Stellan Skarsgård

Acting · Born 1951-06-13 in Gothenburg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden

Biography

Stellan Skarsgård (born June 13, 1951) is a Swedish actor, known internationally for The Hunt for Red October and Good Will Hunting, as well as his supporting roles in the Pirates of the Caribbean, Mamma Mia!, and Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) franchises. 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

• Dancer in the Dark as Doctor
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest as Bootstrap Bill
• Breaking the Waves as Jan Nyman
• Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End as Bootstrap Bill
• Good Will Hunting as Gerald Lambeau
• Dogville as Chuck
• The Hunt for Red October as Capt. 2nd Viktor Tupolev (V.K. Konovalov)
• Mamma Mia! as Bill Anderson
• Amistad as Tappan
• Ronin as Gregor

TV

• Chernobyl as Boris Shcherbina
• Andor as Luthen Rael
• The Simpsons as Stellan Skarsgård (voice)
• Entourage as Verner Vollstedt
• Smash as Finansministerns sekreterare
• American Playhouse
• Report to Heaven as Gary
• Playhouse Presents
• August Strindberg: A Life as Verner von Heidenstam
• Marvel Studios Legends as Erik Selvig (archive footage) (uncredited)