Bill Skarsgård
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Bill Istvan Günther Skarsgård (Swedish: [ˈbɪlːˈskɑ̌ːʂɡoːɖ]; born 9 August 1990) 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 media sources to describe him as a creature actor. 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. Skarsgård started his career as a child actor, starring in White Water Fury (2000), alongside his brother Alexander. After pursuing an education at Södra Latin, he landed his first major role in Simple Simon (2010). He gained international recognition in the main role in Hemlock Grove (2013–2015). His first major American role was in the Robert Schwentke-directed dystopian The Divergent Series: Allegiant (2016). Skarsgård won multiple nominations for his role as Pennywise in It (2017), including a nominated Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor, a nominated MTV Movie Award for Best Villain, and a nominated Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Villain. Description above is from the Wikipedia article Bill Skarsgård, licensed under CC-BY-SA; full list of contributors is on Wikipedia.
Known for
Credits
The Death of Robin Hood (2026)
as Little John
Deadpool 2 (2018)
as Zeitgeist
John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023)
as Marquis
It (2017)
as Pennywise
Eternals (2021)
as Kro (voice)
Nosferatu (2024)
as Count Orlok
It Chapter Two (2019)
as Pennywise
Barbarian (2022)
as Keith
Allegiant (2016)
as Matthew
The Crow (2024)
as Eric
Atomic Blonde (2017)
as Merkel
The Devil All the Time (2020)
as Willard Russell
Once Upon a Deadpool (2018)
as Zeitgeist
Locked (2025)
as Eddie Barrish
Boy Kills World (2024)
as Boy
Dead Man's Wire (2026)
as Tony Kiritsis
Anna Karenina (2012)
as Makhotin
Assassination Nation (2018)
as Mark
Naked Singularity (2021)
as Dane
Nine Days (2021)
as Kane
Villains (2019)
as Mickey
The Summers of It – Chapter One: You'll Float Too (2019)
as Self
Behind Blue Skies (2010)
as Martin
The Summers of It - Chapter Two: It Ends (2019)
as Self
Arn: The Kingdom at Road's End (2008)
as Erik
Burn All My Letters (2022)
as Sven Stolpe
Simple Simon (2010)
as Simon
The Mosquito Bowl (2026)
Actor
Lords of War (—)
as Anton
Simon & the Oaks (2011)
as Simon Larsson
The Crown Jewels (2011)
as Richard Persson
Dad, the policeman (2002)
as Tony
Nosferatu: An Inside Look (2024)
as Self
One Day All This Will Be Yours (2023)
as Coffee Package/The Voice of the Abyss (voice)
Victoria (2013)
as Otto
Gilded Rage (—)
as Thomas Gilbert Jr.
Battlecreek (2017)
as Henry Pearl
White Water Fury (2000)
as Klasse
Kenny Begins (2009)
as Pontus
Alteration (2017)
as Alexandro
Maid on Fire! (2008)
as Teenage Son
A Stone Appears (2016)
as Man
Do You Like the Taste of Beer? (2018)
Actor
Spending the Night (2007)
as Victor