John Stellan Skarsgård Wiki Biography
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| Net Worth | $40 Million |
| Date Of Birth | June 13, 1951 |
| Died | 2012-05-20 |
| Place Of Birth | Gothenburg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden |
| Height | 6′ 3″ (1.91 m) |
| Profession | Actor, Producer, Writer |
| IMDB |
| Title | Salary |
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| Goya’s Ghosts (2006) | $1,000,000 |
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| 1 | [on ‘Robin Williams (I)’ (qv] It was as though he had three brains going at full speed all the time. |
| 2 | I was born naked and walk around naked at home. My parents walked around naked and when my friends in school still thought babies were brought by storks I could tell them how they were really made. I have a very relaxed relationship[p with my genitals. |
| 3 | [on any potential sexual awareness emanating from making “Nymphomaniac’I and II] Well, it’s not only about that, but if you get a chance to learn about something that’s good, isn’t it? I’d never heard about the ‘silent duck’ before. I have a lot of female friends who consider me one of their girlfriends because they talk very openly in front of me, so I’ve heard quite a lot. |
| 4 | Th main pleasure of working with Lars [von Trier] is that you feel absolutely free and safe, and you can’t fail because if you fuck up it’s considered good…We’ve matured a little, hopefully, but hopefully not too much. |
| 5 | [on his first time on stage] I played a heap of snow in a school play. I was under a sheet, and crawled out when spring came. I often say I’ll never reach the same artistic level again. |
| 6 | I’m not religious or anything, but to me it’s great fun and it’s nice to have a lot of kids. They take care of each other. |
| 7 | There is no overacting, only untrue acting. |
| 8 | It takes a long time to make me beautiful, but it goes fast to make me ugly. |
| 9 | In Hollywood you got work around you all the time. You can’t get a taxi without that the driver hands you a script. Where I live [in Sweden] people still read books that can’t be made into film. |
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| 1 | Plays in two different movie roles in which his character orders “two boilermakers.” The first is in the sports bar in Good Will Hunting (1997) and the second is in a bar in Thor (2011). Stellan Skarsgård says the word “boilermakers” in his very distinctive Swedish accent. |
| 2 | Is the father of actors Alexander Skarsgård, Gustaf Skarsgård, Bill Skarsgård, Valter Skarsgård, and Sam Skarsgård. |
| 3 | Kalmar and Öland, Sweden [July 2009] |
| 4 | Became a father for the 8th time at age 61 when his 2nd wife Megan Everett-Skarsgard gave birth to their son Kolbjörn Skarsgård on August 24, 2012. |
| 5 | Became a father for the 7th time at age 57 when his 2nd wife Megan Everett-Skarsgard gave birth to their son Ossian Skarsgård on April 26, 2009. |
| 6 | Became a father for the 6th time at age 44 when his 1st [now ex] wife ‘My Skarsgard’ gave birth to their son ‘Valter Skarsgard’ in 1995. |
| 7 | Became a father for the 5th time at age 41 when his 1st [now ex] wife ‘My Skarsgard’ gave birth to their daughter Eija Skarsgård in 1992. |
| 8 | Became a father for the 4th time at age 39 when his 1st [now ex] wife ‘My Skarsgard’ gave birth to their son Bill Istvan Günther Skarsgård, aka ‘Bill Skarsgard’, on August 9, 1990. |
| 9 | Became a father for the 3rd time at age 31 when his 1st [now ex] wife ‘My Skarsgard’ gave birth to their son Samuel Kristoffer Ymer Skarsgård, aka ‘Sam Skarsgard’, on June 5, 1982. |
| 10 | Became a father for the 2nd time at age 29 when his 1st [now ex] wife ‘My Skarsgard’ gave birth to their son Gustaf Caspar Orm Skarsgård, aka ‘Gustaf Skarsgard’, on November 12, 1980. |
| 11 | Became a father for the 1st time at age 25 when his 1st [now ex] wife ‘My Skarsgard’ gave birth to their son Alexander Johan Hjalmar Skarsgård, aka ‘Alexander Skarsgard’, on August 25, 1976. |
| 12 | Frequently visits the city of Kalmar in the southeast of Sweden for summer vacation as he has family there. |
| 13 | The Skarsgård family has a summer house in Öland, an island just off the coast of Kalmar, Sweden. |
| 14 | Invited to join AMPAS in 2005. |
| 15 | Jennifer Connelly and Paul Bettany’s son Stellan was named after Skarsgard, who is a friend of Bettany’s. |
| 16 | Released the single “Bombi Bitt/Ler Mot Dej” in 1968, of which he is very ashamed today. |
| 17 | Was considered for the part of Oskar Schindler in Schindler’s List (1993). |
| 18 | Claims people frequently mistake him for Liam Neeson. |
| 19 | Signed the appeal Swedish Film Workers for Peace and Freedom in an Independent Palestine. |
| 20 | Been friends with Peter Stormare since 1976. |
| 21 | His ex-wife is a doctor. |
Actor
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
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| Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again | 2018 | post-production | Bill |
| The Man Who Killed Don Quixote | 2018 | post-production | The Boss |
| Music, War and Love | 2017 | post-production | Benno Moser |
| Out Stealing Horses | pre-production |
| The Painted Bird | filming | Hans |
| Gordon & Paddy | 2017 | Gordon (voice) |
| Muumien taikatalvi | 2017 | Moomin Pappa (voice) |
| Borg McEnroe | 2017 | Lennart Bergelin |
| Return to Montauk | 2017 | Max Zorn |
| Quarry | 2016 | TV Series | The Broker |
| Our Kind of Traitor | 2016 | Dima |
| River | 2015 | TV Mini-Series | John River |
| Avengers: Age of Ultron | 2015 | Erik Selvig |
| Cinderella | 2015/I | Grand Duke |
| Hector and the Search for Happiness | 2014 | Edward |
| Kraftidioten | 2014 | Nils Dickman |
| Nymphomaniac: Vol. I | 2013 | Seligman |
| Nymphomaniac: Vol. II | 2013 | Seligman |
| The Physician | 2013 | Barber |
| Thor: The Dark World | 2013 | Erik Selvig |
| Romeo & Juliet | 2013/II | Prince of Verona |
| The Railway Man | 2013 | Finlay |
| Rouge Brésil | 2012-2013 | TV Mini-Series | Villegagnon |
| Liten Skär och alla små Brokiga | 2012 | Short | Narrator |
| Playhouse Presents | 2012 | TV Series | The Man |
| The Avengers | 2012 | Selvig |
| The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | 2011 | Martin Vanger |
| Melancholia | 2011 | Jack |
| Thor | 2011 | Erik Selvig |
| Kongen av Bastøy | 2010 | Bestyrer Håkon |
| Dimension 1991-2024 | 2010 | Video short |
| Muumi ja punainen pyrstötähti | 2010 | Moominpapa / Hemulens (English version, voice) |
| As If I Am Not There | 2010 | Doctor |
| Frankie & Alice | 2010 | Oz |
| Arn | 2010 | TV Mini-Series | Birger Brosa |
| En ganske snill mann | 2010 | Ulrik |
| Metropia | 2009 | Ralph Parker (voice) |
| Boogie Woogie | 2009 | Bob Maclestone |
| Angels & Demons | 2009 | Commander Richter |
| Entourage | 2008 | TV Series | Verner Vollstedt |
| Masterpiece Contemporary | 2008 | TV Series |
| God on Trial | 2008 | TV Movie | Baumgarten (as Stellan Skarsgard) |
| Arn: Riket vid vägens slut | 2008 | Birger Brosa |
| Mamma Mia! | 2008 | Bill |
| Mamma Mia: Deleted Scenes | 2008 | Video short | Bill (uncredited) |
| Arn: Tempelriddaren | 2007 | Birger Brosa |
| The Killing Gene | 2007 | Eddie Argo |
| Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End | 2007 | Bootstrap Bill |
| Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End | 2007 | Video Game | Bootstrap Bill Turner (voice) |
| Guilty Hearts | 2006 | Stangl |
| Goya’s Ghosts | 2006 | Francisco Goya |
| Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest | 2006 | Bootstrap Bill |
| Kill Your Darlings | 2006 | Erik’s Father |
| Beowulf & Grendel | 2005 | Hrothgar |
| Torte Bluma | 2005 | Short | Stangl |
| Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist | 2005 | Father Lankester Merrin |
| Exorcist: The Beginning | 2004 | Father Merrin |
| King Arthur | 2004 | Cerdic |
| Eiffeltornet | 2004 | Short | Jakob |
| Dogville | 2003 | Chuck |
| Helen of Troy | 2003 | TV Mini-Series | Theseus |
| Att döda ett barn | 2003 | Short | Narrator (voice) |
| City of Ghosts | 2002 | Joseph Kaspar |
| No Good Deed | 2002 | Tyrone (as Stellan Skarsgard) |
| D-dag – Den færdige film | 2001 | TV Movie | Lise’s Mand |
| The Glass House | 2001 | Terrence ‘Terry’ Glass |
| Taking Sides | 2001 | Dr. Wilhelm Furtwängler |
| Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang) | 2001 | Felix |
| Powder Keg | 2001 | Short | Harvey Jacobs |
| Aberdeen | 2000 | Tomas |
| Harlan County War | 2000 | TV Movie | Warren Jakopovich |
| Dancer in the Dark | 2000 | Doctor |
| Timecode | 2000 | Alex Green |
| Signs & Wonders | 2000 | Alec |
| Passion of Mind | 2000 | William Granther |
| D-dag | 2000 | TV Movie | Lise’s Mand |
| D-dag – Lise | 2000 | TV Movie | Lise’s Mand |
| Deep Blue Sea | 1999 | Jim Whitlock |
| Ronin | 1998 | Gregor |
| Savior | 1998 | Peter Dominic (as Stellan Skarsgard) |
| Glasblåsarns barn | 1998 | Albert |
| Amistad | 1997 | Tappan |
| Good Will Hunting | 1997 | Lambeau |
| Riget | 1997 | TV Mini-Series | Stig Helmers advokat |
| My Son the Fanatic | 1997 | Schitz |
| Insomnia | 1997 | Jonas Engström |
| Breaking the Waves | 1996 | Jan Nyman |
| Harry och Sonja | 1996 | Harry Olsson |
| The Hounds of Riga | 1995 | Magnus Björk |
| Zero Kelvin | 1995 | Randbæk |
| Jönssonligans största kupp | 1995 | Herman Melvin |
| Rapport till himlen | 1994 | TV Mini-Series | Gary |
| Sista dansen | 1993 | Host in Norrköping |
| Murder at the Savoy | 1993 | Video | Säkerhetschef på Palmgrens företag (uncredited) |
| The Slingshot | 1993 | Fritiof Schütt |
| Wind | 1992/I | Joe Heiser |
| Den demokratiske terroristen | 1992 | Carl Hamilton |
| Oxen | 1991 | Helge Roos |
| God afton, Herr Wallenberg | 1990 | Raoul Wallenberg |
| Parker Kane | 1990 | TV Movie | Nathan Van Adams |
| The Hunt for Red October | 1990 | Captain Tupolev |
| S*M*A*S*H | 1990 | TV Mini-Series | Statssekreteraren |
| Förhöret | 1989 | TV Movie | Kommendörkapten Hamilton |
| Kvinnorna på taket | 1989 | Willy |
| Vildanden | 1989 | TV Mini-Series | Gregers Werle |
| Täcknamn Coq Rouge | 1989 | Carl Hamilton |
| s/y Glädjen | 1989 | Klas Larsson |
| Familjen Schedblad | 1989 | TV Series | Direktör Fagin / Harry Svensson |
| The Perfect Murder | 1988 | Axel Svensson |
| Friends | 1988 | Matt |
| Vargens tid | 1988 | Peder Ulfstand |
| The Unbearable Lightness of Being | 1988 | The Engineer |
| Hip hip hurra! | 1987 | Søren Krøyer |
| Jim & piraterna Blom | 1987 | Gustav, Jim’s Father |
| Ormens väg på hälleberget | 1986 | Karl Orsa Markström |
| Pelle Svanslös i Amerikatt | 1985 | Pelle Swanson (voice) |
| Falsk som vatten | 1985 | Stig |
| August Strindberg: Ett liv | 1985 | TV Mini-Series | Verner von Heidenstam |
| American Playhouse | 1985 | TV Series | Olaf Helton |
| Den tragiska historien om Hamlet – Prins av Danmark | 1985 | TV Movie | Hamlet |
| Åke och hans värld | 1984 | Ebenholtz |
| Hustruskolan | 1983 | TV Movie | Horace |
| P & B | 1983 | Karl-Johan ‘Charlie’ Pettersson |
| Farmor och vår herre | 1983 | TV Mini-Series | Nathan |
| The Simple-Minded Murderer | 1982 | Sven |
| Olsson per sekund eller Det finns ingen anledning till oro | 1981 | TV Movie | The Tardy One |
| Skärp dig älskling | 1981 | TV Mini-Series | Georg |
| Babels hus | 1981 | TV Mini-Series | Dr. Mattsson |
| Kyssen | 1981 | Short |
| Hemåt i natten | 1977 | Kurt Sjöberg |
| Tabu | 1977 | Jan-Erik |
| Kalkonen | 1977 | TV Movie | The Work Buddy |
| The Intruders | 1975 | Peter Delaney, their son |
| Anita: Swedish Nymphet | 1973 | Erik |
| Bröllopet | 1973 | Roffe Eriksson |
| Fem døgn i august | 1973 | Christer |
| Åttonde budet | 1973 | Short |
| Magnetisören | 1972 | TV Movie | Soldier |
| Firmafesten | 1972 | Peter |
| Strandhugg i somras | 1972 | Erik |
| Den byxlöse äventyraren | 1971 | TV Series | Bondens son |
| Bombi Bitt och jag | 1968 | TV Series | Bombi Bitt |
Producer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
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| Muumien taikatalvi | 2017 | executive producer |
| Kraftidioten | 2014 | executive producer |
| Kongen av Bastøy | 2010 | executive producer |
| Aberdeen | 2000 | associate producer |
Writer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
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| Jim & piraterna Blom | 1987 |
Soundtrack
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
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| Mamma Mia! | 2008 | performer: “Our Last Summer”, “Take A Chance On Me”, “Waterloo” |
Stunts
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
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| Kraftidioten | 2014 | stunt driver |
Thanks
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
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| La ritournelle | 2014 | thanks |
| Kill Your Darlings | 2006 | special thanks |
| Manderlay | 2005 | the production wishes to thank |
| Dogville Confessions | 2003 | Documentary thanks |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
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| Gomorron | 1998-2017 | TV Series | Himself / Himself – Guest / Himself – Goya’s Ghosts / … |
| Filmworker | 2017 | Documentary | Himself |
| Rencontres de cinéma | 2016 | TV Series | Himself |
| Hotellet | 2016 | Documentary | Himself |
| The Making of Our Kind of Traitor | 2016 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| Días de cine | 2014-2015 | TV Series | Himself |
| Erik Skjoldbjærg and Stellan Skarsgard on ‘Insomnia’ | 2014 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| A Brothers’ Journey: Thor & Loki | 2014 | Video documentary short | Himself – ‘Erik Selvig’ |
| Behind the Scenes: The Filming of Bye | 2013 | Short | Himself – Interviewer |
| The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Characters – Salander, Blomkvist and Vanger | 2012 | Video documentary | Himself |
| The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Hard Copy | 2012 | Video short | Himself |
| The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Men Who Hate Women | 2012 | Video short | Himself |
| The Vanger Archives | 2012 | Video documentary | Himself |
| Our Need for Consolation | 2012 | Documentary short | Narrator (voice) |
| Janela Indiscreta | 2012 | TV Series | Himself |
| Charlie Rose | 2011 | TV Series | Himself – Guest |
| The Big Picture | 2011 | TV Series | Himself |
| Made in Hollywood | 2011 | TV Series | Himself |
| The 2011 European Film Awards | 2011 | TV Special | Himself – Presenter |
| Cinema 3 | 2011 | TV Series | Himself |
| Thor: Assembling the Troupe | 2011 | Video short | Himself – ‘Erik Selvig’ |
| Skavlan | 2009-2010 | TV Series | Himself – Guest |
| Angels & Demons: Characters in the Search of the True Story | 2009 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| Mamma Mia: The Making of Mamma Mia | 2008 | Video documentary short | Himself / Bill |
| Entertainment Tonight | 2008 | TV Series | Himself |
| Närbild | 2007 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Svenska Ord i bild och tal | 2006 | Video documentary | Himself |
| Wrath of Gods | 2006 | Documentary | Himself |
| Exorcist: The Beginning – Behind the Scenes | 2005 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| The 2004 European Film Awards | 2004 | TV Special | Himself |
| Blood on the Land: The Making of a King | 2004 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| The Making of ‘King Arthur’ | 2004 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Taking Sides Again | 2004 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| Dogville Confessions | 2003 | Documentary | Himself |
| Sen kväll med Luuk | 1996-2001 | TV Series | Himself |
| Først & sist | 2000 | TV Series | Himself |
| Ljuset håller mig sällskap | 2000 | Documentary | Himself – Interviewee |
| Jag minns Lena Svedberg | 2000 | Documentary short | Narrator (English version) |
| The Sharks of the Deep Blue Sea | 1999 | Video documentary short | Himself (as Stellan Skarsgard) |
| Tranceformer – A Portrait of Lars von Trier | 1997 | Documentary | Himself |
| Vulkanmannen | 1997 | Documentary | English voice (voice) |
| Skvaller | 1990 | TV Series | Himself – Guest |
| Svepet | 1988 | TV Series | Himself – Guest |
Archive Footage
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
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| Lego Marvel’s Avengers | 2016 | Video Game | Erik Selvig |
| Death and Taxes | 2011 | Short | Prof. Gerald Lambeau |
| Banda sonora | 2008 | TV Series | Prof. Gerald Lambeau |
| Gomorron | 1999-2008 | TV Series | Himself / Himself – Mamma Mia! |
| Planet Voice | 2007 | TV Series | ‘Bootstrap’ Bill Turner |
| XXI Premios Anuales de la Academia | 2007 | TV Special | Goya (uncredited) |
| Sendung ohne Namen | 2003 | TV Series documentary | Dr. Wilhelm Furtwängler |
Won Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
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| 2012 | Career Achievement Award | Dublin International Film Festival | For his work in both Scandinavian and English language film |
| 2010 | Amanda | Amanda Awards, Norway | Best Actor (Årets mannlige skuespiller) | En ganske snill mann (2010) |
| 2010 | EuroCinema Hawai’i Award | Hawaii International Film Festival | Best Actor | En ganske snill mann (2010) |
| 2002 | Best Actor | Mar del Plata Film Festival | Taking Sides (2001) |
| 2000 | Silver Medallion Award | Telluride Film Festival, US |
| 1998 | Outstanding European Achievement in World Cinema | European Film Awards | Amistad (1997) |
| 1990 | Guldbagge | Guldbagge Awards | Best Actor (Bästa manliga huvudroll) | Täcknamn Coq Rouge (1989) |
| 1982 | Silver Berlin Bear | Berlin International Film Festival | Best Actor | Den enfaldige mördaren (1982) |
| 1982 | Guldbagge | Guldbagge Awards | Best Actor (Bästa manliga huvudroll) | Den enfaldige mördaren (1982) |
Nominated Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
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| 2015 | Robert | Robert Festival | Best Actor (Årets mandlige hovedrolle) | Nymphomaniac: Vol. I (2013) |
| 2014 | Bodil | Bodil Awards | Best Actor (Bedste mandlige hovedrolle) | Nymphomaniac: Vol. I (2013) |
| 2014 | European Film Award | European Film Awards | Best Actor | Nymphomaniac: Vol. I (2013) |
| 2012 | Chlotrudis Award | Chlotrudis Awards | Best Actor | En ganske snill mann (2010) |
| 2009 | People’s Choice Award | People’s Choice Awards, USA | Favorite Cast | Mamma Mia! (2008) |
| 2008 | Satellite Award | Satellite Awards | Best Actor in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television | God on Trial (2008) |
| 2006 | Chainsaw Award | Fangoria Chainsaw Awards | Best Actor | Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist (2005) |
| 2005 | Teen Choice Award | Teen Choice Awards | Choice Movie Scary Scene | Exorcist: The Beginning (2004) |
| 2004 | Robert | Robert Festival | Best Supporting Actor (Årets mandlige birolle) | Dogville (2003) |
| 2004 | Bodil | Bodil Awards | Best Supporting Actor (Bedste mandlige birolle) | Dogville (2003) |
| 2003 | Chlotrudis Award | Chlotrudis Awards | Best Actor | Aberdeen (2000) |
| 2001 | European Film Award | European Film Awards | Best Actor | Taking Sides (2001) |
| 2000 | European Film Award | European Film Awards | Best Actor | Aberdeen (2000) |
| 1998 | Actor | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by a Cast | Good Will Hunting (1997) |
