Bill Skarsgård
Acting
Born: August 9, 1990 (age 36) · Vällingby, Sweden
Highest Rated
Biography
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
It
2017
Deadpool 2
2018
It Chapter Two
2019
Eternals
2021
John Wick: Chapter 4
2023
Allegiant
2016
Atomic Blonde
2017
Nosferatu
2024
The Devil All the Time
2020
Barbarian
2022
Anna Karenina
2012
IT: Welcome to Derry
2025
Photos (18)
Movies (38)
The Death of Robin Hood
Little John
Deadpool 2
Zeitgeist
John Wick: Chapter 4
Marquis
It
Pennywise
Eternals
Kro (voice)
Nosferatu
Count Orlok
It Chapter Two
Pennywise
Barbarian
Keith
Allegiant
Matthew
The Crow
Eric
Dead Man's Wire
Tony Kiritsis
Atomic Blonde
Merkel
The Devil All the Time
Willard Russell
Locked
Eddie Barrish
Once Upon a Deadpool
Zeitgeist
Boy Kills World
Boy
Anna Karenina
Makhotin
Assassination Nation
Mark
Naked Singularity
Dane
Nine Days
Kane
Villains
Mickey
Arn: The Kingdom at Road's End
Erik
Behind Blue Skies
Martin
Burn All My Letters
Sven Stolpe
Simple Simon
Simon
Kenny Begins
Pontus
The Crown Jewels
Richard Persson
Simon & the Oaks
Simon Larsson
Dad, the policeman
Tony
One Day All This Will Be Yours
Coffee Package/The Voice of the Abyss (voice)
Victoria
Otto
Battlecreek
Henry Pearl
White Water Fury
Klasse
Alteration
Alexandro
Maid on Fire!
Teenage Son
A Stone Appears
Man
Do You Like the Taste of Beer?
2018
Spending the Night
Victor
TV Shows (7)
IT: Welcome to Derry
Pennywise · 4 eps
Hemlock Grove
Roman Godfrey · 33 eps
Castle Rock
Shawshank Prisoner · 10 eps
Soulmates
Mateo · 1 eps
Arn: The Knight Templar
Erik · 2 eps
Laura Trenter Presents
Tony · 3 eps
Clark
Clark Olofsson · 6 eps
Self / Appearances (7)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest · 2 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self · 1 eps
Made in Hollywood
Self · 1 eps
The Summers of It - Chapter Two: It Ends
Self
The Summers of It – Chapter One: You'll Float Too
Self
Luuk & Hallberg
Self · 1 eps
Nosferatu: An Inside Look
Self
