Stellan Skarsgård

Stellan John Skarsgård  (born June 13, 1951) is a Swedish movie, television, stage, and voice actor. He is known for his roles as Bootstrap Bill Turner in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End and as Dr. Erik Selvig in Thor, The Avengers, and Thor: The Dark World. He also played Luthen Rael in the Star Wars series Andor (2022–2025).

For his role as Boris Shcherbina in the HBO miniseries Chernobyl (2019), he won a Golden Globe Award and was nominated for an Emmy Award. 

For his role as Gustav Borg in Sentimental Value (2025), he won a Golden Globe Award and is nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. For this, he became the first actor to be nominated for a Best Supporting Oscar for a role in an international movie.

Personal life
Skarsgård was born in Gothenburg, Sweden on June 13, 1951.

Skarsgård was married to My Skarsgård from 1975 until they divorced in 2007. They had six children: Alexander (born in 1976), Gustaf (born in 1980), Sam (born in 1982), Bill (born in 1990), Eija (born in 1992) and Valter (born in 1995). Skarsgård has been married to Megan Everett since 2010. They have two sons: Ossian (born in 2009) and Kolbjörn (born in 2012).

Five of Skarsgård's children – Alexander, Gustaf, Bill, Valter and Kolbjörn, are also actors.

He had a stroke in 2022 that left him with memory problems.

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Category:1951 births
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Category:Swedish movie actors
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Category:Swedish stage actors
Category:Swedish voice actors
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