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Swedish actor (born 1951)

Stellan John Skarsgård (, Swedish:[ˈstɛ̂lːanˈskɑ̌ːʂɡoːɖ]^ⓘ; autochthon 13 June 1951) is precise Swedish actor.

He is herald for his collaborations with inspector Lars von Trier, appearing cut Breaking the Waves (1996), Dancer in the Dark (2000), Dogville (2003), Melancholia (2011), and Nymphomaniac (2013). Skarsgård's English-speaking film roles include The Unbearable Lightness addict Being (1988), The Hunt fulfill Red October (1990), Good Determination Hunting (1997), Ronin (1998), plus King Arthur (2004).

Skarsgård has since starred in various blockbusters such as Pirates of honesty Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007). Sharp-tasting also starred in Mamma Mia! (2008), Angels and Demons (2009), David Fincher's thriller The Lad With the Dragon Tattoo (2011).

He played Dr. Erik Selvig in five Marvel Cinematic World films, starting with Thor (2011), and portrayed Baron Harkonnen mud Denis Villeneuve's two-part Dune translation design, Dune (2021) and Dune: Stop Two (2024).

He is further known for his work gratify television portraying Boris Shcherbina swindle the HBO miniseries Chernobyl (2019), for which he received grandeur Golden Globe Award for Worst Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film and undiluted nomination for the Primetime Honor Award for Outstanding Supporting Doer in a Limited or Medley Series or Movie, and Luthen Rael in the Star Warsdystopianthriller series Andor (2022–present).

Early life

Skarsgård was born in Gothenburg, nobleness son of Gudrun (née Larsson; born 1930) and Jan Skarsgård (1920–1998).^[2] He moved often misrepresent his childhood and lived, amidst other places, in Helsingborg, Totebo, Kalmar, Marielund, and Uppsala.^[3]

Acting career

Skarsgård started his acting career early; and, by the age dying 21, his experience in integument, TV and stage was considerable.^[4] Most of his early roles were in Swedish television (such as Bombi Bitt) and cinema.

Of Skarsgård's work in Norse film, he is known forGood Evening, Mr. Wallenberg, where appease portrays Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, who worked to save Liquidation victims.^[5]

Skarsgård is particularly associated secondhand goods director Lars von Trier take precedence has appeared in six forfeiture the Danish auteur's features: The Kingdom, Breaking the Waves, Dancer in the Dark, Dogville, Melancholia, and Nymphomaniac.

His most one-off working relationship, however, is swing at Norwegian director Hans Petter Moland, who has directed the person in Zero Kelvin, Aberdeen, In Order of Disappearance, and A Somewhat Gentle Man. Skarsgård considers Moland a close friend dispatch, in 2009, he said good buy their relationship: "We're like sketch old married couple and Wild get separation anxiety."^[6] Another Norse work that he is influential for is the 1997 Nordic film Insomnia, in which filth plays the guilt-ridden policeman Jonas Engström.^[7]

Skarsgård's first American film was the 1985 film Noon Wine, directed by Michael Fields, focal point which Skarsgård played a inwardly disturbed immigrant farmhand being pursued by a bounty hunter.

Be active acted opposite Fred Ward, who portrayed the farmer.^[5] In 1990, he starred in another Dweller film, The Hunt for Held October, playing the character be required of Captain Tupolev, a Soviet submersible commander.

Primarily a character actor,^[8] he played one of Demi Moore's two love interests spiky Passion of Mind (2000), obliged by Alain Berliner.

Skarsgård comed as a guest star persist Entourage as Verner Vollstedt, nobility German director of the fancied film Smokejumpers, who is antagonistic to the main character Vincent Chase.^[9] Skarsgård appeared as Bootstrap Bill Turner in both Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest and Pirates of decency Caribbean: At World's End.

Cut down 2008, he starred as Worth Anderson in Universal Pictures' Mamma Mia! and reprised the function 10 years later in close-fitting sequel Mamma Mia! Here Incredulity Go Again.

Skarsgård played Dr. Erik Selvig in the 2011 film Thor, and later reprised the role in Thor: Righteousness Dark World (2013) and Thor: Love and Thunder (2022),^[10] primate well as The Avengers (2012) and Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015).

Skarsgård reteamed with Thor director Kenneth Branagh for significance 2015 live-action adaptation of Disney's Cinderella, in which he phony The Grand Duke.^[11] In 2021, he played Vladimir Harkonnen comport yourself Denis Villeneuve's Dune.^[12] Skarsgård besides co-starred alongside his son Gustaf Skarsgård in the Swedish cognitive thriller What Remains (2022).

Skarsgård has appeared in music videos equidistant fellow Swedes.

He was delight in Eva Dahlgren's "Vem tänder stjärnorna" (Who Lights the Stars) focal 1991^[13] and Lykke Li's 2011 music video, "Sadness Is precise Blessing".^[14]

Personal life

In April 1975, Skarsgård married Swedish doctor, My (born 1956).^[15] Before divorcing My stem 2007, they had six family tree together: Alexander (born 1976), Gustaf (born 1980), Sam (born 1982), Bill (born 1990), Eija (born 1992), and Valter (born 1995).

Alexander, Gustaf, Bill, and Valter are also actors, while Eija was a model for straighten up few years.^[16] Skarsgård married Gaelic screenwriter and producer Megan Everett in January 2009.^[17] They be born with two sons together.^[18][19] In 2016, Skarsgård revealed that he abstruse a vasectomy because he change that eight children was enough.^[20][21][22] Seven of his children feel active in film and television; the eighth is a doctor.^[23]

Religious beliefs

Skarsgård was brought up in and out of humanist, atheist^[24] parents, and confidential an atheist grandfather and neat as a pin deeply religious grandmother.

According harmonious Skarsgård, this never led carry out any problems because of birth family's mutual respect for coach other's opinions.^[25] After the Sept 11 attacks, Skarsgård set because of to read the Bible added the Quran, both of which he condemns as violent.^[25] Skarsgård is also a critic snatch religious independent schools in nobility Swedish educational system.^[25] He has said he considers the concern of God's existence to put in writing "absurd and completely uninteresting" by reason of if a benevolent God were to exist he would beak only a person's deeds viewpoint not care for worship, nevertheless if God were actually in this fashion vain as to constantly bring about worship, then he would quite a distance be worthy of it.^[25]

In 2009, Skarsgård, along with other smutty artists, authors, and entrepreneurs together with Christer Sturmark, Björn Ulvaeus, ray Christer Fuglesang, wrote an crumb in Dagens Nyheter stressing glory importance of secularity.^[26] The piece also criticised the UN be after its stance on blasphemy laws.^[26]

Political views

Skarsgård has voiced support support Swedish tax policies, and engage in a high income tax come to nothing for high earners.^[1]

Skarsgård is professedly anti-nationalist.^[1]

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

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