Swedish male film actors

Swedish actor and martial artist

Swedish-French actor (1929–2020)

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).

Bill Istvan Günther Skarsgård is a Swedish actor, model, producer, and director. He is best known for portraying Pennywise in the horror films It (2017) and It Chapter Two (2019) and the television series It: Welcome to Derry (2025–present) and Count Orlok in Nosferatu (2024). Skarsgård's roles as monsters and other non-human characters have led him to be described as a creature actor by media sources. He has received multiple awards and nominations, including a Satellite Award and a Berlinale Award. Films in which he has appeared have grossed over $3.3 billion worldwide.

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.

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

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

Swedish actor (1960–2017)

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.

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Swedish actor and director (1915–2004)

Swedish actor (1909–1986)

Swedish-Lebanese actor

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Swedish actor (1939–2017)

Swedish actor (1890–1938)

Swedish actor (1925–2020)

Swedish actor

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

Danish-Swedish actor

Swedish Olympic wrestler (1899–1978)

Swedish actor (1946-2017)

Swedish-American actor (1879–1938)

Swedish actor (1934–2020)

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Swedish professional wrestler and actor (1902-1971)

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Swedish actor (1927-1997)

Swedish singer and actor (1934–2022)

Swedish film and stage actor (1886-1965)

Swedish-American actor

Swedish actor (1897–1981)

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Swedish singer, songwriter, musician

Swedish actor and author

Swedish and Danish actor

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Swedish actor and singer (1898–1941)

actor, film director (1922–2004)

Swedish actor and comedian

Swedish actor and comedian

Swedish actor and director (1918–2006)

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Swedish actor (1925-2009)

Swedish actor, director and musician (1920–2008)

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Swedish singer and actor

Swedish actor and singer (1891–1964)

Swedish actor (1937-2017)

Swedish actor (1958–2017)

Swedish actor and comedian (1945-2014)

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actor and director (1904–1983)