Stellan Skarsgård, Sentimental Value
The veteran Swedish star known for Good Will Hunting, Mamma Mia!, Thor, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Dune, Chernobyl, Andor, his brooding indie collabs with Lars Von Trier and so much more had yet to have “Oscar nominee” on his CV—until now.
Skarsgård, 74, called the accolades he’s been getting for his supporting turn in Joaquim Trier‘s Sentimental Value as Gustav Borg, a revered director who wants to make a film about his family following the death of his ex-wife, much to his estranged daughters’ dismay, delightfully unexpected.
Especially since the father of eight thought he’d never act again after a stroke he suffered three years ago left him with short-term memory damage. Instead, he mastered out how to still be present in a scene while having his lines fed through an earpiece and ended up with the role of a lifetime.
“You can never tell how a film will hit,” Skarsgård, who won the 2026 Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture, told the LA Times, “but this one has reached everybody, every generation, every culture. It’s obviously touched something. And it’s remarkable, because in spite of its seriousness, it’s light. It’s like a soufflé with dark specks in it.”
