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.

Filmography

• 2026Dead Man's Wire — Tony Kiritsis, Executive Producer
• 2026The Death of Robin Hood — Little John
• 2026The Mosquito Bowl
• IT: Welcome to Derry — Pennywise, Executive Producer
• 2025Locked — Eddie Barrish, Executive Producer
• 2024Boy Kills World — Boy
• 2024Nosferatu — Count Orlok
• 2024The Crow — Eric
• 2023John Wick: Chapter 4 — Marquis
• 2023One Day All This Will Be Yours — Coffee Package/The Voice of the Abyss (voice)
• 2022Barbarian — Keith, Executive Producer
• 2022Burn All My Letters — Sven Stolpe
• Clark — Clark Olofsson, Executive Producer
• 2022Soul of a Man — Writer, Director
• 2021Eternals — Kro (voice)
• 2021Naked Singularity — Dane
• 2021Nine Days — Kane
• Soulmates — Mateo
• 2020The Devil All the Time — Willard Russell
• 2019It Chapter Two — Pennywise
• 2019Villains — Mickey
• 2018Assassination Nation — Mark
• Castle Rock — Shawshank Prisoner
• 2018Deadpool 2 — Zeitgeist
• 2018Do You Like the Taste of Beer? — Producer
• 2018Once Upon a Deadpool — Zeitgeist
• 2017Alteration — Alexandro
• 2017Atomic Blonde — Merkel
• 2017Battlecreek — Henry Pearl
• 2017It — Pennywise
• 2016A Stone Appears — Man
• 2016Allegiant — Matthew
• Hemlock Grove — Roman Godfrey
• 2013Victoria — Otto
• 2012Anna Karenina — Makhotin
• 2011Simon & the Oaks — Simon Larsson
• 2011The Crown Jewels — Richard Persson
• Arn: The Knight Templar — Erik
• 2010Behind Blue Skies — Martin
• 2010Simple Simon — Simon
• 2009Kenny Begins — Pontus
• Uppsala Doctor's — Lukas Käs
• 2008Arn: The Kingdom at Road's End — Erik
• 2008Maid on Fire! — Teenage Son
• 2007Spending the Night — Victor
• 2002Dad, the policeman — Tony
• Laura Trenter Presents — Tony
• 2000White Water Fury — Klasse
• Gilded Rage — Thomas Gilbert Jr.
• Lords of War — Anton, Executive Producer

Appearances as themselves (8)

• 2024Nosferatu: An Inside Look — Self
• Luuk & Hallberg — Self
• 2019The Summers of It - Chapter Two: It Ends — Self
• 2019The Summers of It – Chapter One: You'll Float Too — Self
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self - Guest
• Made in Hollywood — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self
• Behind Barbarian — Self