Soon, it will certainly be possible to say that the “expansion of the Skarsgård” began in the film industry, because four actors with this name, headed by the father of the family, have already become famous in Sweden and in the world. In addition to his father, the sons of Stellan - Alexander, Billy and Gustav - successfully starred in the movie.
Stellan's father was also an artist of the amateur theater, so we can say that the third generation of their kind has become lyceum.
Biography
Stellan Skarsgård was born in 1951 in the city of Gothenburg. However, his childhood passed in different parts of Sweden: they lived in the village of Totebo, where there were only two hundred inhabitants, in the town of Kalmar and the city of Uppsala. In these places, different nature, their way of life and customs, and each time the family adapted to new conditions.
Stellan's father sometimes played in amateur productions, and each time it was surprising for the boy that the people he knew on stage reincarnated as completely different, unlike themselves.
Parents were not opposed to this hobby, but persuaded his son to get a "serious" profession. Stellan was so confident in himself that right from the school bench he left for the Royal Drama Theater, moving to Stockholm.
This was not his mistake - after all, at the age of sixteen he was assigned even small, but important roles in the theater. Thanks to this, filmmakers noticed him and began to invite him to shoot.
Movie career
The first roles of Stellan in television projects were insignificant, and he simply gained experience in the filming pavilions, looking at the game of famous artists.
And after the project "Bomby Beat and Me" the actor even began to recognize on the street. In 1968, he got a role in the film "This Year" - a full-length picture.
Stellan's dream of the main role soon came true: he played a student in the film "Anita: The Diary of a Teenage Girl" (1973). Following this, there were different roles in the films and series, and eight years later a pleasant event happened in Skarsgård's life: for his role in the film "Unsuccessful Murder" he received the Berlin "Silver Bear" for the role of Sven.
For a while, Stellan was claimed only by Swedish directors, and in the late eighties, Hollywood became interested in him. The role of an engineer in the film “The Unbearable Lightness of Being” did not bring him much fame. But the image of the submarine commander in the film “The Hunt for Red October” was more noticeable, especially since Sean Connery and Alec Baldwin starred in this film.
After these roles, an important stage began in the life of Skarsgård: he began to be invited to roles that were interesting to implement. Moreover, they were very different. And the films in which the actor was shot received a wide resonance and the love of the audience.
For example, these were roles in the films “Breaking the Waves” (1996), “Dancing in the Dark” (2000), “Dogville” (2003), “Melancholy” (2011), “Nymphomaniac” (2013). Each of these films can be called a masterpiece, so they are piercing and exciting.
The actor himself liked to play in the films "Pirates of the Caribbean", "Girl with a Dragon Tattoo" and the musical "Mamma Mia!", Where he sang the songs of the ensemble "ABBA".
The second decade of the twenty-first century brought Skarsgård even more interesting roles. These were the Marvel movies, both parts of The Thor, as well as The Avengers and Avengers: Age of Ultron.
Recent works by Stellan - roles in the films "The Man Who Killed Don Kitoch" and "Mamma Mia 2". The famous actor plans for the future shooting for several years ahead.
