Birthday: Jun 13, 1951
Place of Birth: Gothenburg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden

Stellan Skarsgård

Stellan Skarsgård is a Swedish actor, known internationally for his film roles in Angels & Demons, Breaking the Waves, The Hunt for Red October, Ronin, Good Will Hunting, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist, Mamma Mia! and Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again. He also portrays Dr. Erik Selvig in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. He has appeared as the character in Thor (2011), The Avengers (2012), Thor: The Dark World (2013), and Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) and Thor: Love and Thunder (2022). Skarsgård is particularly associated with director Lars von Trier and has appeared in six of the Danish auteur's features: The Kingdom, Breaking the Waves, Dancer in the Dark, Dogville, Melancholia, and Nymphomaniac.

Filmography

Movie	Cast	Year
Dancer in the Dark	Doctor	2000
Breaking the Waves	Jan Nyman	1996
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End	William "Bootstrap Bill" Turner	2007
Good Will Hunting	Gerald Lambeau	1997
Dogville	Chuck	2003
The Hunt for Red October	Captain Tupolev	1990
Savior	Peter	1998
No Good Deed	Tyrone	2002
The Glass House	Terence Glass	2001
Thor	Erik Selvig	2011
The Unbearable Lightness of Being	The Engineer	1988
Exorcist: The Beginning	Father Lankester Merrin	2004
Beowulf & Grendel	Hrothgar	2005
Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang)	Felix	2001
Goya's Ghosts	Francisco Goya	2006
A Somewhat Gentle Man	Ulrik	2010
Taking Sides	Wilhelm Furtwängler	2002
Mamma Mia!	Bill Anderson	2008
Code Name Coq Rouge	Carl Hamilton	1989
Amistad	Tappan	1997
Ronin	Gregor	1998
The Avengers	Erik Selvig	2012
God on Trial	Baumgarten	2008
King Arthur	Cerdic	2004
Insomnia	Jonas Engström	1997
Aberdeen	Tomas	2000
Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist	Father Lankester Merrin	2005
Kill Your Darlings	Erik's Father	2006
Angels & Demons	Commander Richter	2009
Arn: The Knight Templar	Birger Brosa	2007
Arn: The Kingdom at Road's End	Birger Brosa	2008
The Slingshot	Fritiof Schütt	1993
WΔZ	Eddie Argo	2007
The Jönsson Gang's Greatest Robbery	Herman Melvin	1995
Melancholia	Jack	2011
Peter-No-Tail in Americat	Pelle Swanson	1985
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo	Martin Vanger	2011
Anita, Swedish Nymphet	Erik	1973
Signs & Wonders	Alec	2001
The Democratic Terrorist	Carl Hamilton	1992
Guilty Hearts	Stangl	2006
Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg	Raoul Wallenberg	1990
King of Devil's Island	Bestyrer Håkon	2010
The Perfect Murder	Axel Svensson	1988
The Glass-Blower's Children	Albert	1998
Frankie & Alice	Oz	2010
Jim and the Pirates Blom	Gustav	1987
Förhöret	Carl Hamilton	1989
Raid in the Summer	Erik	1972
Thor: The Dark World	Erik Selvig	2013
Zero Kelvin	Randbæk	1995
As If I Am Not There	Docteur	2010
Wrath of Gods	Self	2007
P & B	Karl-Johan "Charlie" Pettersson	1983
False as Water	Stig	1985
Schrader's Exorcism	Himself	2008
Åke and His World	Ebenholtz	1984
The Railway Man	Finlay	2013
Hip Hip Hurrah!	Sören Kröyer	1987
The Serpent's Way	Karl Orsa Markström	1986
The Last Dance	Host in Norrköping	1993
The Office Party	Peter	1972
The Women on the Roof	Willy	1989
Harlan County War	Warren Jakopovich	2000
The Physician	Barber	2013
S/Y Joy	Klas Larsson	1989
Hemåt i natten	Kurt Sjöberg	1977
In Order of Disappearance	Nils	2014
Hector and the Search for Happiness	Edward	2014
The Dogs of Riga	Magnus Björk	1995
Harry & Sonja	Harry Olsson	1996
Friends	Matt	1987
Nymphomaniac: Vol. I	Seligman	2013
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II	Seligman	2013
Boogie Woogie	Bob Maclestone	2009
Tabu	Jan-Erik	1977
Wind	Joe Heiser	1992
Avengers: Age of Ultron	Erik Selvig	2015
Five Days in August	Christer	1973
The Ox	Helge Roos	1991
Powder Keg	Harvey Jacobs	2001
Romeo & Juliet	Prince of Verona	2013
Dogville Confessions	Himself	2004
Parker Kane	Nathan Van Adams	1990
Our Kind of Traitor	Dima	2016
The School of Wives	Horace	1983
Borg vs McEnroe	Lennart Bergelin	2017
Polis polis potatismos	Security Manager	1993
Passion of Mind	William Granther	2000
My Son the Fanatic	Schitz	1997
D-Day	Lise's Mand	2001
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	William "Bootstrap Bill" Turner	2006
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote	The Boss	2018
City of Ghosts	Joseph Kaspar	2002
Return to Montauk	Max Zorn	2017
The Hotel	Self	2016
Metropia	Ralph Parker (voice)	2009
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again	Bill Anderson / Kurt Anderson	2018
The Simple-Minded Murderer	Sven	1982
The Kingdom II	Stig Helmers advokat	1997
The Painted Bird	Hans	2019
Den tragiska historien om Hamlet - Prins av Danmark	Hamlet	1985
The Intruders	Peter Delaney	1975
Hasse Alfredson - Ett porträtt	Self	2017
Our Need for Consolation	Narrator	2012
Den byxlöse äventyraren		1971
Gordon & Paddy	Gordon (voice)	2017
Out Stealing Horses	Trond	2019
Tranceformer: A Portrait of Lars von Trier		1997
Filmworker	Self	2018
The Volcano Man	English voice (voice)	1997
Thor: Assembling the Troupe	Himself	2011
Erik Skjoldbjærg and Stellan Skarsgard on 'Insomnia'	Himself	2014
The Wedding	Roffe Eriksson	1973
Dune	Baron Vladimir Harkonnen	2021
Eiffel Tower	Jakob	2004
I'll Find You	Benno Moser	2022
To Kill a Child	Narrator	2003
Hope	Tomas	2019
Dimension		2010
Svenska ord i bild och tal	Self	2006
Hasse & Tage - En kärlekshistoria	Himself	2019
I Remember Lena Svedberg	Narrator (Eng)	2000
Behind the Moomins	Self	2010
Moomins and the Winter Wonderland	Moomin Pappa (voice)	2017
Time of the Wolf	Peder Ulfstand	1988
Last Words	Zyberski	2020
The Ape Star	Tord Fjordmark (voice)	2021
Dune: Part Two	Baron Harkonnen	2024
11 Colours of the Bird	Self	2020
Cinderella	Grand Duke	2015
What Remains	Sören Rank	2022
Soul of a Man	Bon-Bon	2022
The Making of King Arthur	Self	2004
Thor: Love and Thunder	Erik Selvig	2022
Birthing Mamma Mia!	Self	2008
Timecode	Alex Green	2000
Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look	Luthen Rael (archive footage) (uncredited)	2022
Det är din boll, Jim	Journalist	1978
Light Keeps Me Company	Self	2000
Ronin: Filming in the Fast Lane	Self	2004
Noon Wine		1985
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Men Who Hate Women	Self	2012
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Characters - Salander, Blomkvist and Vanger	Self	2012
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Hard Copy		2012
Helen of Troy	Theseus	2003
Den sanne lögnaren - Fritiof Nilsson Piraten	Narrator (voice)	1992
Liten Skär och alla små Brokiga		2012
Deep Blue Sea	Jim Whitlock	1999
Alf Sjöberg - mästaren		1983
Series	Cast	Year
August Strindberg: Ett liv	Verner von Heidenstam	1985
Entourage		2004
The Kingdom	Stig Helmer's Attorney	1994
American Playhouse		1982
Playhouse Presents		2012
Skavlan	Self - Guest	2009
River	John River	2015
The Hire	Harvey Jacobs	2001
Rouge Brésil	Villegagnon	2013
Report to Heaven	Gary	1994
Helen of Troy	King Theseus of Athens	2003
Chernobyl	Boris Shcherbina	2019
Arn: The Knight Templar	Birger Brosa	2010
The Guldbagge Awards	Self - Best Actor winner	1981
Star Wars: Andor	Luthen Rael	2022
The Simpsons	Stellan Skarsgård (voice)	1989
Smash	Finansministerns sekreterare	1990
Bombi Bitt och jag	Bombi Bitt	1968
Hundarna i Riga	Magnus Björk	2004
Vildanden	Gregers Werle	1989
Marvel Studios Legends	Erik Selvig (archive footage)	2021
Honest Trailers	Erik Selvig (archive footage)	2012

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