Stellan Skarsgård
Born	June 13, 1951 (1951-06-13) (age 56) Göteborg, Sweden

Stellan SkarsgÃ¥rd (help·info) (Swedish IPA: ['stÉ›l:an 'skÉ’:Ê‚gÉ"É–], or "Skarshgord") (born June 13, 1951) is a Swedish actor.

SkarsgÃ¥rd was born in Göteborg, Sweden. During his early career most of his work was confined to Sweden. He is particularly associated with director Lars von Trier, having starred in three of the Danish auteur's features, including The Kingdom, Breaking the Waves, and Dogville. Aside from these, his best-known Scandinavian work is probably his leading role as the guilt-ridden policeman Jonas Engström in the original Insomnia.

His other known English language film roles include Russian submarine captain Tupolov in The Hunt for Red October, an engineer in The Unbearable Lightness of Being, an MIT professor of mathematics in Good Will Hunting, a young Lankester Merrin in Exorcist: The Beginning (and in Paul Schrader's version, Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist), Gregor in Ronin, the Saxon warlord Cerdic in King Arthur, William "Bootstrap Bill" Turner in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, and Joe Heiser in Wind. He is the father of Alexander Skarsgård and Gustaf Skarsgård.

He was considered for the role of Oskar Schindler in Schindler's List. Interestingly, Skarsgård reports that people often mistake him for Liam Neeson, who portrayed Schindler in the film. Skarsgård would in fact replace Neeson in Exorcist: The Beginning (2004).

Paul Bettany and Jennifer Connelly named their son Stellan (born August 5, 2003) after the actor. His sons, Alexander Skarsgård and Gustaf Skarsgård, are also actors.

Filmography

• Bombi Bitt och jag (Bombi Bitt and Me, 1968, mini TV series)
• Firmafesten (The Office Party, 1972)
• Strandhugg i somras (Raid in the Summer, 1972)
• Magnetisören (1972, TV)
• Fem døgn i August (1973) ("Five days in August")
• Bröllopet (1973) ("The Wedding")
• Anita: Swedish Nymphet (1974)
• The Intruders (Fait acompli/Inkräktarna/Let Us Play Sex/Swedish Sex Games, 1974)
• Tabu (Taboo, 1977)
• HemÃ¥t i natten (Homeward in the Night, 1977)
• Den enfaldige mördaren (The Simple-Minded Murder, 1982)
• P & B (1983)
• Ã…ke och hans värld (Ã…ke and His World, 1984)
• Falsk som vatten (False as Water, 1985)
• Noon Wine (1985)
• Pelle Svanslös i Amerikatt (Peter-No-Tail in Americat, 1985, voice)
• Ormens väg pÃ¥ hälleberget (The Serpent's Way, 1986)
• Jim & piraterna Blom (Jim and the Pirates, 1987)
• Hip hip hurra! (1987)
• The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988)
• Vargens tid (Arilds tid/Time of the Wolf, 1988)
• Friends (1988)
• The Perfect Murder (1988)
• S/Y Glädjen (S/Y Joy, 1989)
• Täcknamn Coq Rouge (Code Name Coq Rouge, 1989)
• Vildanden (The Wild Duck, 1989)
• Kvinnorna pÃ¥ taket (The Women on the Roof, 1989)
• Förhöret (1989)
• The Hunt for Red October (1990)
• God afton, Herr Wallenberg (Good Evening, 1990])
• Oxen (The Ox, 1991)
• Den demokratiske terroristen (The Democratic Terrorist, 1992)
• Wind (1992)
• KÃ¥disbellan (Innocent Life, 1993)
• Sista dansen (The Last Dance, 1993)
• Jönssonligans största kupp (The Jönsson Gang's Greatest Robbery, 1995)
• Kjærlighetens kjøtere (1995)
• Hundarna i Riga (The Hound of Riga, 1995)
• Harry och Sonja (1996) ("Harry and Sonja")
• Breaking the Waves (1996)
• Insomnia (1997)
• My Son the Fanatic (film) (1997)
• Amistad (1997)
• Good Will Hunting (1997)
• Riket II (1997)
• GlasblÃ¥sarns barn (The Glass-blower's Children, 1997)
• Savior (1998)
• Ronin (1998)
• Deep Blue Sea (1999)
• Passion of Mind (2000)
• Signs & Wonders (2000)
• Timecode (2000)
• Dancer in the Dark (2000)
• Aberdeen (2000)
• The Hire: Powder Keg (2000)
• Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang) (2000)
• Taking Sides (2001)
• The Glass House (2001)
• City of Ghosts (2002)
• No Good Deed, (2003)
• Att döda ett barn (To Kill a Child, 2003, voice)
• Dogville (2003)
• King Arthur (2004)
• Exorcist: The Beginning (2004)
• Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist (2005)
• Beowulf & Grendel (2005)
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
• Goya's Ghosts (2006)
• Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
• Arn (2007)
• Mamma Mia! (2008)

External links

• Stellan SkarsgÃ¥rd at the Internet Movie Database
• Stellan Online (Fan Site)