Stellan Skarsgård is read about 10,119 times a day, in 61 languages.
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Something wrong?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.
A life in dates
Variety & CNN Actors on ActorsSeries, 2025
Sentimental ValueFilm, 2025Producer2022
Thor: Love and ThunderFilm, Selvig2021
Marvel Studios LegendsSeries, Erik Selvig (archive footage) (uncredited)2020Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Series, Miniseries or Television FilmAward2019
The Painted BirdFilm, Hans2017
Borg vs McEnroeFilm, Lennart Bergelin2015
RiverSeries, John River
Avengers: Age of UltronFilm, 2015Erik Selvig2013
Nymphomaniac: Vol. IFilm, Seligman2012
Playhouse PresentsSeries, The Man2011
MelancholiaFilm, Jack2010Amanda Award for Best ActorAwardKanon Award for Best Actor in a Leading RoleAward2009
SkavlanSeries2007
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's EndFilm, Bootstrap Bill2005
Dominion: Prequel to The ExorcistFilm, Father Lankester Merrin2003
DogvilleFilm, Chuck2001
The HireSeries, Harvey Jacobs2000
Dancer in the DarkFilm, Doctor1998European Film Academy Achievement in World Cinema AwardAward
RoninFilm, 1998Gregor1996
Breaking the WavesFilm, Jan Nyman1990
SmashSeries, Finansministerns sekreterare1988
The Unbearable Lightness of BeingFilm, The Engineer1982Silver Bear for Best ActorAward
American PlayhouseSeries, 1982Olaf Helton1975
Saturday Night LiveSeries1951Born13 June 1951Also in Deutsch
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SVSentimental Value
DTDune: Part TwoTTThor: Love and Thunder
DUDuneTBThe Painted Bird
MAMamma Mia! Here We Go Again
TQThe Man Who Killed Don QuixoteBMBorg vs McEnroe
OTOur Kind of TraitorAUAvengers: Age of Ultron
CICinderella
HHHector and the Search for Happiness
IDIn Order of Disappearance
TWThor: The Dark World
NINymphomaniac: Vol. II
TPThe Physician
TMThe Railway ManNINymphomaniac: Vol. I
RJRomeo & Juliet
TAThe Avengers
THThor
TTThe Girl with the Dragon TattooMEMelancholia
ADAngels & Demons
MMMamma Mia!PEPirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
PCPirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
GGGoya's GhostsDEDominion: Prequel to The Exorcist
KAKing Arthur
EBExorcist: The BeginningDODogville
THThe Glass HouseDDDancer in the Dark
DSDeep Blue SeaRORonin
GHGood Will HuntingBWBreaking the Waves
TOThe Hunt for Red OctoberTBThe Unbearable Lightness of Being197 credits on file
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VAVariety & CNN Actors on Actors
ANAndorMLMarvel Studios Legends
CHChernobyl
TCThe Late Show with Stephen ColbertRIRiver
DMDer MedicusPPPlayhouse Presents
ATArn: The Knight TemplarSKSkavlan
ENEntourage
KUKulturplatz
JLJimmy Kimmel Live!
HTHelen of TroyTHThe Hire
TKThe Kingdom
RHReport to HeavenSMSmash
TSThe SimpsonsAPAmerican Playhouse
TAThe Guldbagge AwardsSLSaturday Night Live
TOThe Oscars
GAGolden Globe AwardsAwards
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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.
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