Stellan Skarsgård

Stellan Skarsgård

CountrySweden Sweden
GenderMale
Birthdayjuin 13, 1951
BiographyStellan John Skarsgård ( STEL-un SKARS-gord, Swedish: [ˈstɛ̂lːan ˈskɑ̌ːʂɡoːɖ] ; born 13 June 1951) is a Swedish actor. He is known for his collaborations with director Lars von Trier, appearing in Breaking the Waves (1996), Dancer in the Dark (2000), Dogville (2003), Melancholia (2011), and Nymphomaniac (2013). Skarsgård's early English-speaking film roles include The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988), The Hunt for Red October (1990), Good Will Hunting (1997), Ronin (1998), and King Arthur (2004). His accolades include two Golden Globe Awards, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Critics’ Choice Award.

Skarsgård has since starred in blockbusters such as Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007). He also starred in the musical Mamma Mia! (2008) and its 2018 sequel Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, the thriller Angels and Demons (2009), and the neo-noir thriller The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (2011). He played Dr. Erik Selvig in five Marvel Cinematic Universe films, starting with Thor (2011), and portrayed Baron Harkonnen in Denis Villeneuve's two-part Dune adaptation, Dune (2021) and Dune: Part Two (2024). For his performance as an aging, once-celebrated filmmaker in Sentimental Value (2025), Skarsgård won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

He is also known for his work in television portraying Boris Shcherbina in the HBO miniseries Chernobyl (2019), for which he received the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film and a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie, and Luthen Rael in the Star Wars political spy thriller series Andor (2022–2025).

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