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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.

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.

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

Plays in two different movie roles in which his character orders "two boilermakers." The first is in the sports bar in Good 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.

His breakthrough instead came with Lars von Trier's Breaking the Waves (1996) opposite newcomer Emily Watson.

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.

Was considered for the part of Oskar Schindler in Schindler's List (1993).

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.

He also had the leading part in the Oscar nominated The Ox (1991) directed by the world-famous cinematographer Sven Nykvist.

The role of Captain Tupolev in The Hunt for Red October (1990) was at supposed to be biggest part in a Hollywood-film, but unfortunately it was cut down.

Codename Coq Rouge (1989) and The Democratic Terrorist (1992) he played Jan Guillou's Swedish superagent Carl Hamilton.

Skarsgård did his first (but small) role in an big American film with The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988).

He portrayed the Skagen-painter Sören Kröyer in Hip hip hurra! (1987) and the Swedish ambassador Raoul Wallenberg in God afton, Herr Wallenberg (1990), both directed by Kjell Grede.

Was a massive Tarzan fan growing up & would watch the ones with Johnny Weissmuller on VHS. He was even considered to play Tarzan in the 1984 version, Greystoke (1984). Ironically, years later his son Alexander Skarsgård played the title character in The Legend of Tarzan (2016).

Simultaneously Skarsgård did outstanding film roles, notably in The Simple-Minded Murderer (1982) by Hans Alfredson and with Fred Ward in American Playhouse: Noon Wine (1985). The fantastic performance gave him both a well-earned Guldbagge and Silver Berlin Bear.

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 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.

Between the years 1972-88 he was employed at The Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm, where he participated in "Vita rum" (1988), August Strindberg's "Ett drömspel" (1986) and "Mäster Olof" (1988).

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

Stellan Skarsgård was born in Gothenburg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden, to Gudrun (Larsson) and Jan Skarsgård. He became a star in his teens through the title role in the TV-series Bombi Bitt och jag (1968).