Won Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture for Sentimental Value (2026).
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Stellan Skarsgård
Stellan John Skarsgård 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 (1…
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Born 13 June 1951 · Q208667
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2026· 8 entries
Yahoo: Stellan Skarsgård Makes His Oscars Red Carpet Debut as a First-Time Nominee
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People: Stellan Skarsgård Says He Forgets His ‘Language’ and ‘Words’ Following 2022 Stroke: It ‘Makes Me More Stupid’
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The Guardian: ‘He’s a little megalomaniac’: Stellan Skarsgård criticises Trump’s ‘criminal’ actions in Greenland
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CBS News: Stellan Skarsgård on acting: "It is like being a child ... you never grow up"
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Yahoo: Stellan Skarsgård Explains Why Meryl Streep’s Character Donna Could Be ‘Brought Back from the Dead’ for “Mamma Mia 3”
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AOL: All About Stellan Skarsgård's Wife, Film Producer Megan Everett-Skarsgård
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FilmBook: Stellan Skarsgård Wins Best Supporting Actor at the Golden Globes For His Work in Sentimental Value
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2025· 5 entries
The Guardian: Stellan Skarsgård starrer Sentimental Value leads nominations for European film awards
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The Guardian: Stellan Skarsgård says he is living ‘on overtime’ since having a stroke three years ago
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The Guardian: Stellan Skarsgård on Ingmar Bergman: ‘The only person I know who cried when Hitler died’
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Awarded CineMerit Award (2025).
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The Guardian: Sentimental Value review – Stellan Skarsgård is an egomaniac director in act of ancestor worship
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2024· 2 entries
The Guardian: What Remains review – sky squid confounds Stellan Skarsgård in true-life Scandi noir
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The Guardian: ‘In Europe, everyone’s screaming kill, kill, kill’: Stellan Skarsgård on Sweden, ‘silly’ Scandi noir and security
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2022· 1 entry
Which affected his memory and language and led him to wear an earpiece with an assistant feeding him his lines during the filming of Dune: Part Two (2024) and Andor season 2 (2025)
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2021· 1 entry
Played Vladimir Harkonnen in Denis Villeneuve's Dune (2021), and reprised the role in Dune: Part Two (2024)
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2020· 1 entry
Won Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film for Chernobyl (2020).
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2016· 2 entries
Skarsgård said that he had a vasectomy because he felt that eight children was enough
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In 2016, Skarsgård said that he had a vasectomy because he felt that eight children was enough.
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2010· 2 entries
Awarded Kanon Award for best actor in a leading role for A Somewhat Gentle Man (2010).
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Awarded Amanda Award for Best Actor for A Somewhat Gentle Man (2010).
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2009· 2 entries
Skarsgård, along with other non-religious artists, authors, and entrepreneurs including Christer Sturmark, Björn Ulvaeus, and Christer Fuglesang, wrote an article in Dagens Nyheter in support of secularity
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Said of their relationship: "We're like an old married couple and I get separation anxiety
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2008· 1 entry
Starred as Bill Anderson in Universal Pictures' Mamma Mia
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2007· 1 entry
Had six children together including Alexander, Gustaf, Bill, and Valter
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1998· 1 entry
Awarded European Film Academy Achievement in World Cinema Award for Amistad (1998).
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1991· 1 entry
And Lykke Li's 2011 music video, "Sadness Is a Blessing"
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1990· 1 entry
Starred in another American film, The Hunt for Red October, playing the character of Captain Tupolev, a Soviet submarine commander
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1982· 1 entry
Earned Silver Bear for Best Actor for The Simple-Minded Murderer (1982).
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1951· 1 entry
Born 1951-06-13.
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