# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/stellan-skarsgard
# Generated: 2026-08-31T23:27:38.035Z

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name: "Stellan Skarsgård"
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description: "He's the Swedish character actor who's everywhere without announcing it — von Trier's muse, Marvel's scientist, the bloated villain in Dune, the Soviet deputy who stared down Chernobyl. Stellan Skarsgård works in every register, prestige to blockbuster, and vanishes into each."
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birthDate: "1951-06-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  category: null
totalFollowers: 477
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Born in Sweden in 1951, Skarsgård broke into English-language film in the late '80s with The Unbearable Lightness of Being and The Hunt for Red October, then anchored Good Will Hunting in 1997. He became Lars von Trier's recurring anchor across five films, starting with Breaking the Waves in 1996 and running through Nymphomaniac. The 2000s brought blockbusters — Pirates of the Caribbean, Mamma Mia!, Angels and Demons — and Marvel's Dr. Erik Selvig across five MCU entries. He played the grotesque Baron Harkonnen in Denis Villeneuve's Dune films, then won a Golden Globe and an Oscar nomination for Sentimental Value in 2025. On television, he won another Globe as the Soviet minister in Chernobyl and returned to Star Wars as the rebel strategist in Andor.