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His ex-wife, My Skarsgård , is a doctor.



Been friends with Peter Stormare since 1976.

Signed the appeal Swedish Film Workers for Peace and Freedom in an Independent Palestine. [2001]





Claims people frequently mistake him for Liam Neeson

Released the single "Bombi Bitt/Ler Mot Dej" in 1968, of which he is very ashamed today.



Invited to join AMPAS in 2005.



The Skarsgård family has a summer house in Öland, an island just off the coast of Kalmar, Sweden.



Frequently visits the city of Kalmar in the southeast of Sweden for summer vacation as he has family there.





Became a father for the 1st time at age 25 when his 1st [now ex] wife My Skarsgård gave birth to their son Alexander Johan Hjalmar Skarsgård, aka Alexander Skarsgård , on August 25, 1976.



Became a father for the 2nd time at age 29 when his 1st [now ex] wife My Skarsgård gave birth to their son Gustaf Caspar Orm Skarsgård, aka Gustaf Skarsgård , on November 12, 1980.



Became a father for the 3rd time at age 31 when his 1st [now ex] wife My Skarsgård gave birth to their son Samuel Kristoffer Ymer Skarsgård, aka Sam Skarsgård , on June 5, 1982.



Became a father for the 4th time at age 39 when his 1st [now ex] wife My Skarsgård gave birth to their son Bill Istvan Günther Skarsgård, aka Bill Skarsgård , on August 9, 1990.



Became a father for the 5th time at age 41 when his 1st [now ex] wife My Skarsgård gave birth to their daughter Eija Skarsgård in 1992.



Became a father for the 6th time at age 44 when his 1st [now ex] wife My Skarsgård gave birth to their son Valter Skarsgård in 1995.



Became a father for the 7th time at age 57 when his 2nd wife Megan Everett-Skarsgard gave birth to their son Ossian Skarsgård on April 26, 2009.



Became a father for the 8th time at age 61 when his 2nd wife Megan Everett-Skarsgard gave birth to their son Kolbjörn Skarsgård on August 24, 2012.



Plays in two different movie roles in which his character orders "two boilermakers." The first is in the sports bar in Good Will Hunting - Der gute Will Hunting (1997) and the second is in a bar in Thor (2011). Stellan Skarsgård says the word "boilermakers" in his very distinctive Swedish accent.

Fathered a total of 8 children over a period of five decades (1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s and 2010s).



Is fluent in Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, German & English.



Personal Quotes (11)

In Hollywood you got work around you all the time. You can't get a taxi without that the driver hands you a script. Where I live [in Sweden] people still read books that can't be made into film.



It takes a long time to make me beautiful, but it goes fast to make me ugly.



There is no overacting, only untrue acting.



I'm not religious or anything, but to me it's great fun and it's nice to have a lot of kids. They take care of each other.



[on his first time on stage] I played a heap of snow in a school play. I was under a sheet, and crawled out when spring came. I often say I'll never reach the same artistic level again.



Th main pleasure of working with Lars [von Trier] is that you feel absolutely free and safe, and you can't fail because if you fuck up it's considered good...We've matured a little, hopefully, but hopefully not too much.



[on any potential sexual awareness emanating from making "Nymphomaniac'I and II] Well, it's not only about that, but if you get a chance to learn about something that's good, isn't it? I'd never heard about the 'silent duck' before. I have a lot of female friends who consider me one of their girlfriends because they talk very openly in front of me, so I've heard quite a lot.



I was born naked and walk around naked at home. My parents walked around naked and when my friends in school still thought babies were brought by storks I could tell them how they were really made. I have a very relaxed relationship[p with my genitals.





[on Robin Williams ] It was as though he had three brains going at full speed all the time.



[on shooting Rückkehr nach Montauk (2017)] It won't sell a lot of popcorn, but it's right up my alley.



[on Sverrir Gudnason's diet before filming Borg McEnroe - Duell zweier Gladiatoren (2017)] He was living on pizza and beer, basically.

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