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Full Stellan Skarsgard Biography
Stellan Skarsgård (help·info) (pronounced in Swedish), or "Skarshgord"; born June 13, 1951) is a Swedish actor.
Skarsgård was born in Göteborg, Sweden, the son of Gudrun and J. Skarsgård. He moved a great deal in his childhood and he lived, amongst other places, in Totebo, Kalmar, Marielund and Uppsala. Most of his early roles were 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 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. |
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