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Bill Skarsgård

Bill Skarsgård

Actor and producer · Born August 9, 1990 (36) · Vällingby, Sweden

Berlinale award winner

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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Biography from TMDB.

Born
August 9, 1990 (36)
From
Vällingby, Sweden
Works as
Actor and producer
Titles
33 on MovieCove · 50 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 14% in 30 days

What are Bill Skarsgård's films like?

Across their 26 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Action6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 62nd percentile
: browse their Action movies
Comedy4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 50th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 60th percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Biography2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 55th percentile
: browse their Biography movies
Crime2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 75th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies
Horror2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 84th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Horror movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
26%
Self
20%
Morality
20%
Survival
17%
Power
11%
Society
3%
Ideas
2%
Romantic love7 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity6 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds6 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption4 titles, browse their movies with this themeSacrifice3 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival3 titles, browse their movies with this themeTrauma3 titles, browse their movies with this themeViolence3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 22 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 1 · Serious 6 · Dark 15

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 7 · Stylized 8 · Heightened 7

Intense: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their intense movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 1 · Charged 6 · Intense 15

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 5 · Shifting 10 · Whiplash 7

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 15 · Some laughs 7 · Funny 0

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 12 · Relentless 5

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 3 · Engaged 14 · Full focus 5

Heavy: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their heavy movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 1 · Affecting 7 · Heavy 14

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 10 · Open-ended 10 · Ambiguous 2

Roles they play

21 analyzed roles

Usually the Shadow: 9 of 21 analyzed roles.

Shadow
9 of 21
Hero
7 of 21
Ally
2 of 21
Trickster
1 of 21
Shapeshifter
1 of 21
Threshold guardian
1 of 21
Show the 21 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
20
Melancholic
14
Dread
9
Contemplative
6
Absurd
6
Other
21

How their films linger

Bittersweet10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteCathartic6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 8 with a twist

  • Bittersweet15
  • Tragic2
  • Ambiguous9

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Bill Skarsgård's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 27 of their 33 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (7).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Bill Skarsgård's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

50 credits, 33 with a MovieCove page; 8 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • The Mosquito Bowl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Actor

  • The Death of Robin Hood(2026)

    as Little John

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • Dead Man's Wire(2025)

    Executive Producer · as Tony Kiritsis

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • It: Welcome to Derry(2025)

    Show 8 episodes · Executive Producer · as Pennywise

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows

  • Locked(2025)

    Executive Producer · as Eddie Barrish

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Nosferatu(2024)

    as Count Orlok

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • The Crow(2024)

    as Eric

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • Boy Kills World(2023)

    Producer · as Boy

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • John Wick: Chapter 4(2023)

    as Marquis

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • One Day All This Will Be Yours(2023)

    as Coffee Package/The Voice of the Abyss (voice)

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Burn All My Letters(2022)

    as Sven Stolpe

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Barbarian(2022)

    Executive Producer · as Keith

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Clark(2022)

    Show 6 episodes · Executive Producer · as Clark Olofsson

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all shows

  • Soul of a Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Director · Writer

  • Eternals(2021)

    as Kro (voice)

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Naked Singularity(2021)

    as Dane

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • Nine Days(2020)

    as Kane

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Soulmates(2020)

    Show 1 episode · as Mateo

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all shows

  • The Devil All the Time(2020)

    as Willard Russell

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Villains(2019)

    as Mickey

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • It: Chapter Two(2019)

    as Pennywise

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Once Upon a Deadpool(2018)

    as Zeitgeist

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Assassination Nation(2018)

    as Mark

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Castle Rock(2018)

    Show 10 episodes · as Shawshank Prisoner

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows

  • Deadpool 2(2018)

    as Zeitgeist

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Do You Like the Taste of Beer? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Producer · Actor

  • Battlecreek (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as Henry Pearl

  • It(2017)

    as Pennywise

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Atomic Blonde(2017)

    as Merkel

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Alteration (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as Alexandro

  • A Stone Appears (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    as Man

  • The Divergent Series: Allegiant(2016)

    as Matthew

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Hemlock Grove(2013)

    Show 33 episodes · as Roman Godfrey

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all shows

  • Victoria(2013)

    as Otto

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Anna Karenina(2012)

    as Makhotin

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Simon och ekarna(2011)

    as Simon Larsson

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • The Crown Jewels (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Richard Persson

  • Behind Blue Skies(2010)

    as Martin

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Simple Simon(2010)

    as Simon

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Arn: The Knight Templar (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Show 2 episodes · as Erik

  • Uppsala Doctor's (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Show 1 episode · as Lukas Käs

  • Kenny Begins (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Pontus

  • Arn: The Kingdom at the End of the Road(2008)

    as Erik

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Maid on Fire! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Teenage Son

  • Spending the Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Victor

  • Dad, the policeman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as Tony

  • Laura Trenter Presents (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Show 3 episodes · as Tony

  • White Water Fury (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    as Klasse

  • Gilded Rage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Thomas Gilbert Jr.

  • Lords of War (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Executive Producer · as Anton

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 50 titles, 47 of them dated from 2000 to 2026; peak year 2025.

Biggest box office

It (2017)

$720M worldwide

Highest rated

John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023)

Midcredits 96th

Most popular right now

The Death of Robin Hood (2026)

Film career

20002026

Peak 2025 · at the high point of their film career. Top draw in 16 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting49 of 50: 42 only acting, 7 with another role · typical Midcredits score61stDirecting1 of 50: 0 only directing, 1 with another roleWriting1 of 50: 0 only writing, 1 with another roleProducing7 of 50: 0 only producing, 7 with another role · typical Midcredits score66th

50 titles, 8 with more than one role — acting and producing overlap on 7 of them.

By decade

2000s8 · acting2010s21 · 21 acting · 1 crew2020s18 · 17 acting · 6 crew

Billing

usually 3rd · top billed in 32% of 28 roles
081323

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

Awards

Won a Berlinale award in 2012.

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Bill Skarsgård's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 61st percentile, the median of all 28; across their 22 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 62nd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

62ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 22

Approval · how many liked their films

59thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 22

Reach · how many have seen their films

93rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 22

Midcredits score across 33 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up10
  • 50th to 74th13
  • 25th to 49th6
  • Below 25th4

Shape of the crowd

19 of their 33 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Crowd Pleaser19
  • Broadly Agreed4
  • Mixed8

Most divisive · actor

The Crow (2024)

62nd percentile spread · 41% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023)

Midcredits 96th · 83% liked

Reviewers score the acting 73/100 in their films, across 21 reviewed titles; fans 81, detractors 52. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Bill Skarsgård's work okay for kids?

Across up to 21 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore18 titles59–91 · median 88 · severeheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity21 titles13–76 · median 42 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity18 titles48–88 · median 73 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs18 titles31–69 · median 43 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense18 titles57–89 · median 78 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Bill Skarsgård work with?

People who share at least 2 of Bill Skarsgård's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Roy Lee shares the most, 4.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles