Stellan Skarsgård
- Born June 13rd
- Birth Place Göteborg (Västra Götaland), Sweden
- Starsign Gemini
- Chinese Sign Metal Rabbit
- Numerology Lifepath 8
Stellan Skarsgård Work in chronological order:
The Avengers / May 4th 2012
A global catastrophe is about to happen when the villain Loki is threatening the safety of earth. Nick Fury therefore assembles all superheroes to fight against Loki. Not an easy task, because Iron Man, Hulk, Captain America, Hawkeye, Thor and Black Widow have never before worked as a team. But there is no choice because only with combined powers Loki can be stopped.
Stellan Skarsgård is Selvig
Notes: After some of the Avengers such as Iron Man, Thor or Captain America had their single appearance in the cinema Marvel combined the different comic franchises in this fast paced action blockbuster for the first time.
Thor / May 6th 2011
Thunder god Thor provokes a war and is bannished by god father Odin from Asgard to earth. There he becomes one of the greatest protectors of mankind.
Stellan Skarsgård is Erik Selvig
Notes: With the 150 million $ costing comic adaptation the British actor and director Kenneth Branagh undertook for the first time a journey into the world of the super heroes. He interprets thunder god Thor as a distant relative of the tragic Shakespeare heroes Henry V. and Hamlet.
Angels & Demons / May 15th 2009
The secret order "The Illuminati" has kidnapped four pope aspirants and threatens to destroy the Vatican with an antimatter bombe. Robert Langdon, symbol researcher at the honouralbe Harvard university discovers the conspiracy and endangers his own life while doing so.
Stellan Skarsgård is Commander Richter
Notes: Shortly before shooting the Vatican forebade the team around director Ron Howard all shots in Roman churches since the Pope's court saw in Dan Brown's book Sakrileg an anti catholic attitude. Thereupon the Vatican set locations were re-built on the studio area of Columbia Tristar in Los Angeles.
Mamma Mia! / July 18th 2008
Single parent Donna runs a small hotel on a Greek island together with her daughter Sophie und her fiancée Sky. When the wedding of Sophie and Sky is due the young woman finally wants to know who her father is. Secretly she reads her mother's diary and invites three possible candidates to her wedding. Not knowing that mother Donna has still deep feelings for one of her former lovers.
Stellan Skarsgård is Bill
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End / May 24th 2007
In order to save Captain Sparrow, Will Turner, his love Elizabeth and Captain Barboassa follow the Flying Dutchman across the world seas. Their way leads them to Singapore where they meet pirate captain Sao Feng. In the end a gigantic sea battle must decide the fate of all of the pirates.
Stellan Skarsgård is Bootstrap Bill
Notes: Jack Sparrow actor Johnny Depp originally had planned never to do sequels. The gigantic success of the first Pirates of the Caribbean movies from 2003 taught him otherwise and thus he shot two pirate sequels at once.
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest / July 7th 2006
Captain Jack Sparrow is in blood guilt with the legendary Davy Jones the captain of the Flying Dutchman. If he does not get rid of the ban he will be faced with a life in constant darkness bound to a ship that can only go on shore every 10 years. With his friends Will and Elizabeth who are actually occupied with their wedding preparations Jack enters the fight against the scary being.
Stellan Skarsgård is Bootstrap Bill
King Arthur / July 7th 2004
In the 4th century a.D. the Roman empire is close to decline and in Britain the tribes are feudal. The Roman troops leader Arthur cannot wait to return to his homeland when the Saxons invade the country. After some hesitation he eventually changes sides in order to make an end to the murders at the side of Lancelot and the future queen Guinevere. It comes to an enormous battle which will decide about the fate of an entire nation.
Stellan Skarsgård is Cerdic
Notes: In order to film the big battle at the end of the movie in all detail cameras were put on shields, horses and even on swords.
*The above listed work of Stellan Skarsgård makes no claim of being exhaustive. I took the information from DVD opening and end credits and not from sources on the internet.
