Stellan Skarsgård

Highest Rated:
97% Good Will Hunting (1997)
Lowest Rated:
11% Exorcist - The Beginning (2004)
Birthday:
Jun 13, 1951
Birthplace:
Gothenburg, Västra Götalands Iän, Sweden
Bio:
A Swedish actor who has become known to American audiences thanks to roles in Breaking the Waves and Good Will Hunting, Stellan Skarsgård is one of Scandinavia's best-known and most well-respected performers. Renowned for giving measured characterizations that draw their strength from a delicate…

Filmography

Range of Movie T-meters: 11% - 97%
Number of Movies: 77
Box Office Since 2001: $2033.1M
Year Rating Title Credit Box Office
2013 Romeo and Juliet
  • Prince of Verona
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2013 The Physician
  • Barber
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2013 Thor: The Dark World
  • Dr. Erik Selvig
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2013 The Nymphomaniac Part 2
  • Seligman
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2013 Nymphomaniac
  • Seligman
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2012 93% Marvel's The Avengers
  • Professor Erik Selvig
$623.3M
2011 77% Melancholia
  • Jack
$3.0M
2011 77% Thor
  • Dr. Erik Selvig
$181.0M
2011 93% King of Devil's Island
  • Governor/Bestyreren
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2011 Guilty Hearts
  • Actor
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2011 Un Chic Type
  • Actor
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2011 86% The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
  • Martin Vanger
$102.5M
2010 Underkastelsen (Submission)
  • Actor
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2010 Muumi ja punainen pyrstötähti (Moomins and the Comet Chase)
  • Actor
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2010 14% Frankie and Alice
  • Oz
$7.8k
2010 92% As If I Am Not There
  • Actor
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2010 84% A Somewhat Gentle Man
  • Ulrik
$37.5k
2009 37% Angels & Demons
  • Commander Richter
$133.4M
2009 36% Boogie Woogie
  • Actor
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2009 Metropia
  • Stefan
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2008 54% Mamma Mia!
  • Bill
$143.7M
2008 God on Trial
  • Baumgarten
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2007 44% Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End
  • 'Bootstrap' Bill Turner
$309.4M
2007 Arn - Tempelriddaren (Arn: The Knight Templar)
  • Actor
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2006 Kill Your Darlings
  • Director
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2006 30% Goya's Ghosts
  • Francisco Goya
$0.7M
2006 71% W Delta Z (The Killing Gene)
  • Eddie Argo
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2006 54% Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
  • Bootstrap Bill
$423.0M
2005 30% Dominion - Prequel to the Exorcist
  • Father Lankester Merrin
$0.2M
2005 48% Beowulf & Grendel
  • Hrothgar
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2004 11% Exorcist - The Beginning
  • Father Lankester Merrin
$41.8M
2004 31% King Arthur
  • Cerdic
$51.7M
2003 70% Dogville
  • Chuck
$1.5M
2003 Helen of Troy
  • Theseus
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2003 20% No Good Deed
  • Tyrone
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2002 47% City of Ghosts
  • Kaspar
$0.3M
2001 Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang)
  • Actor
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2001 21% The Glass House
  • Terry
$17.4M
2001 73% Taking Sides
  • Wilhelm Furtwangler
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2000 87% Aberdeen
  • Tomas
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2000 Harlan County War
  • Warren Jakopovich
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2000 83% Light Keeps Me Company
  • Actor
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2000 66% Signs & Wonders
  • Alec
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2000 17% Passion of Mind
  • William
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2000 68% Timecode (Time Code)
  • Alex Green
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1999 56% Deep Blue Sea
  • Dr. Jim Whitlock
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1998 Glasblåsarns barn (The Glass-blower's Children)
  • Albert
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1998 56% Savior
  • Peter
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1998 68% Ronin
  • Gregor
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1997 Tranceformer - A Portrait of Lars von Trier
  • Actor
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1997 97% Good Will Hunting
  • Lambeau
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1997 97% Insomnia
  • Jonas Engstrom
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1997 76% Amistad
  • Tappan
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1997 78% My Son the Fanatic
  • Schitz
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1996 86% Breaking the Waves
  • Jan
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1995 Hundarna i Riga (The Dogs of Riga) (The Hounds of Riga)
  • Actor
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1995 Jönssonligans största kupp (The Jönsson Gang's Greatest Robbery)
  • Actor
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1995 Kjærlighetens kjøtere (Zero Kelvin)
  • Randbaek
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1994 89% Slingshot
  • Fritiof Schutt
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1993 Last Dance
  • Host in Norrkoeping
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1992 55% Wind
  • Joe Heiser
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1991 Oxen (The Ox)
  • Helge Roos
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1990 Parker Kane
  • Van Adams
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1990 Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg
  • Raoul Wallenberg
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1990 96% The Hunt for Red October
  • Capt. Tupolev
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1990 The Perfect Murder
  • Actor
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1989 Women on the Roof
  • Willy
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1988 Perfect Murder
  • Axel Svensson
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1988 95% The Unbearable Lightness of Being
  • The Engineer
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1987 Hip Hip Hurrah
  • Soeren Kroeyer
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1986 Ormens väg på hälleberget (The Serpent's Way)
  • Karl Orsa
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1985 Pelle Svanslös i Amerikatt (Peter-No-Tail in Americat)
  • Peter Swanson
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1984 Noon Wine
  • Olaf Helton
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1982 Den Enfaldige mördaren (The Simple-Minded Murder)
  • The Idiot
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1973 Anita - ur en tonårsflickas dagbok (Anita: Swedish Nymphet) (Anita)
  • Erik
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Jim and the Pirates (Jim & piraterna Blom)
  • Actor
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Anita - ur en tonarsflickas dagbok
  • Actor
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Stellan Skarsgård Trivia

He has a son named Alexander Skarsgård who is an actor too. He plays Eric in HBO's series True Blood.
- submitted by Maria M (3 years ago)

Quotes from Stellan Skarsgård's Characters

    1. Martin Vanger: You know what's harder than shooting someone? Just missing him. That was a very good shot up at the cabin.
    2. Mikael Blomkvist: it didn't work. I'm here.
    3. Martin Vanger: Mikael, it did work. You're here.
    From The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Submitted by R?o?d?r?i?g?o? R (4 months ago)
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