20th-century Swedish male actors

Swedish-French actor (1929–2020)

Swedish actor and martial artist

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 (1998), and King Arthur (2004). His accolades include two Golden Globe Awards, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Critics’ Choice Award.

Alexander Johan Hjalmar Skarsgård is a Swedish actor. A son of actor Stellan Skarsgård, he began acting at the age of seven but quit at thirteen. After serving in the Swedish Navy, Skarsgård returned to acting and gained his first role in the American comedy film Zoolander (2001). He played Brad Colbert in the miniseries Generation Kill (2008) and had his international breakthrough portraying vampire Eric Northman in the television series True Blood (2008–2014).

Charles Joel Nordström Kinnaman is a Swedish-American actor. He first gained recognition for his roles in the 2010 Swedish film Easy Money and the Johan Falk crime series. Kinnaman is known internationally for his television roles as Detective Stephen Holder in AMC's The Killing, Takeshi Kovacs in the first season of Altered Carbon, and Governor Will Conway in the American version of House of Cards. He has also played Alex Murphy in the 2014 RoboCop remake, and Rick Flag in the DC Comics superhero films Suicide Squad (2016) and The Suicide Squad (2021). From 2019 to 2026, he starred as NASA astronaut Ed Baldwin in the Apple TV+ science fiction drama series For All Mankind.

Swedish film director, screenwriter, and actor (1879-1960)

Swedish actor, film director and author (1923-2012)

Swedish actor

Björn Johan Andrésen was a Swedish actor and musician. He was best known for having played the 14-year-old Tadzio in Luchino Visconti's 1971 film adaptation of the 1912 Thomas Mann novella Death in Venice.

Swedish actor

Swedish film and documentary director (1977-2014)

Swedish film director, screenwriter and film editor (1930–1997)

Swedish actor and director (1915–2004)

Swedish actor (1909–1986)

Swedish-Lebanese actor

Swedish actor (1890–1938)

Swedish actor (1939–2017)

Swedish film actor, director, producer and screenwriter (1927-2010)

Swedish actor (1925–2020)

Swedish actor (1946-2017)

Swedish actor (1934–2020)

Swedish actor, director, author, composer and singer (1924-1997)

Swedish actor

Swedish singer and actor (1934–2022)

Swedish professional wrestler and actor (1902-1971)

Swedish actor

Swedish actor (1927-1997)

Swedish film and stage actor (1886-1965)

Swedish actor (1897–1981)

Swedish actor and director (1920–1971)

Swedish actor, writer and director (1928–1985)

Swedish actor

Swedish actor and director

Swedish actor

Swedish entertainer (1908-2000)

Swedish actor and author

Swedish actor (1920–1991)

Swedish actor and singer (1898–1941)

actor (1904–1977)

Swedish actor and film director (1920–1988)

actor, film director (1922–2004)

Swedish singer, actor, and musical artist

Swedish actor

Swedish actor and director (1918–2006)

Swedish actor, director and musician (1920–2008)

Swedish actor and singer (1891–1964)

Swedish actor

Swedish actor

Swedish actor (1910–1998)

Swedish actor and singer (1905-1984)

Swedish actor (1937-2017)

Swedish writer, poet, translator, song lyricist, actor and artist (1928-1986)

Swedish actor and comedian (1945-2014)

Swedish actor (1958–2017)

actor and director (1904–1983)

Swedish actor, song lyricist and singer (1937–2024)

Swedish actor (1907-1983)

actor (1916-1992)

Swedish actor

actor (1916-1979)