Stellan Skarsgård

John Stellan Skarsgård (born 13 June 1951) is a Swedish actor, known internationally for his film roles in Angels & Demons, Breaking the Waves, The Hunt for Red October, Ronin, Good Will Hunting, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest

Trivia

His ex-wife is a doctor.

Been friends with Peter Stormare since 1976.

He has six children with his ex-wife My Skarsgård: Alexander Skarsgård (born 1976), Gustaf Skarsgård (born 1980), Sam Skarsgård (born 1982), Bill Skarsgård (born 1990), Eija Skarsgård (born 1992) and Valter Skarsgård (born 1995).

Signed the appeal Swedish Film Workers for Peace and Freedom in an Independent Palestine. [2001]

Claims people frequently mistake him for Liam Neeson.

Was considered for the part of Oskar Schindler in Schindler’s List (1993).

Released the single “Bombi Bitt/Ler Mot Dej” in 1968, of which he is very ashamed today.

Jennifer Connelly and Paul Bettany’s son Stellan was named after Skarsgard, who is a friend of Bettany’s.

Invited to join AMPAS in 2005.

The Skarsgård family has a summer house in Öland, an island just off the coast of Kalmar, Sweden.

Frequently visits the city of Kalmar in the southeast of Sweden for summer vacation as he has family there.

Seventh child, a son named Ossian, was born on April 26, 2009.

Gore Verbinski

Gregor “Gore” Verbinski (born March 16, 1964) is an American film director and writer.

Trivia:

Winner of 4 Clio Awards and one Cannes advertising Silver Lion.

Creator of the Budweiser frogs.

Was guitarist of punk band, The Daredevils, with Brett Gurewitz of Bad Religion and Josh Freese of The Vandals.

Was guitarist in punk band, Little Kings.

Was brought in to take over the last 18 days of shooting on The Time Machine (2002), as director Simon Wells was suffering from “extreme exhaustion”. Wells returned for post-production.

Ranked #79 on Premiere’s 2004 annual Power 100 List. It is his first appearance on the list.

Was a 1987 graduate of the prestigious UCLA film school

His Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (2006) holds many box office distinctions, such as: fastest film to reach $100M (in just two days), most tickets sold in a single day ($55.8M worth), and largest sum earned in seven days ($196M total and counting). The blockbuster sequel also reached $200M in eight days, tying the industry record.

In 2007, Forbes Magazine estimated his earnings for the year to be $37 million.

One of 105 people invited to join AMPAS in 2008.