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.

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2026
The Mosquito Bowl
Movie
2026
The Death of Robin Hood
Movie Little John
2026
Dead Man's Wire
Movie Tony Kiritsis
2025
IT: Welcome to Derry
TV show Pennywise
2025
It: Welcome to Derry
Movie Pennywise
2025
Locked
Movie Eddie Barrish
2024
Nosferatu: An Inside Look
Movie Self
2024
Nosferatu
Movie Count Orlok
2024
The Crow
Movie Eric
2024
Boy Kills World
Movie Boy
2023
John Wick: Chapter 4
Movie Marquis
2023
One Day All This Will Be Yours
Movie Coffee Package/The Voice of the Abyss (voice)
2022
Burn All My Letters
Movie Sven Stolpe
2022
Barbarian
Movie Keith
2022
Clark
TV show Clark Olofsson
2022
Soul of a Man
Movie Director