Bill Skarsgård
Born August 9, 1990 · Vällingby, Sweden
Bill Skarsgård is a Swedish actor, model, producer, and director born on August 9, 1990. He is known for his roles in horror films, including It and It Chapter Two, and has received multiple awards and nominations, including a Satellite Award. Skarsgård has appeared in films that have grossed over $3.3 billion worldwide.
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6.0
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The Death of Robin Hood
Best-reviewed
2026
Years active
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.
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Selected Filmography
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert(2015)TV Series · 2 epsas Self - Guest
- Jimmy Kimmel Live!(2003)TV Series · 1 epas Self
- John Wick: Chapter 4(2023)as Marquis
- Deadpool 2(2018)as Zeitgeist
- Castle Rock(2018)TV Series · 10 epsas Shawshank Prisoner
- IT: Welcome to Derry(2025)TV Series · 4 epsas Pennywise
- Eternals(2021)as Kro (voice)
- Nosferatu(2024)as Count Orlok
- It Chapter Two(2019)as Pennywise
- Barbarian(2022)as Keith
- It(2017)as Pennywise
- Atomic Blonde(2017)as Merkel
- Hemlock Grove(2013)TV Series · 33 epsas Roman Godfrey
- Allegiant(2016)as Matthew
- The Crow(2024)as Eric
- Made in Hollywood(2005)TV Series · 1 epas Self
- Locked(2025)as Eddie Barrish
- The Devil All the Time(2020)as Willard Russell
- Boy Kills World(2024)as Boy
- Dead Man's Wire(2026)as Tony Kiritsis