Stellan Skarsgård Jokes His 8 Kids Taught Him to Be a "Bad Father"

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Stellan Skarsgård is getting sentimental—kind of. 

As the Sentimental Value star picked up his trophy for Best Supporting Male Actor in a Motion Picture at the 2026 Golden Globes Jan. 11, he took a moment to thank a special group of people who inadvertently helped him with the role.

“My children have been very educational,” Stellan, 74, quipped in his acceptance speech at the Nikki Glaser-hosted event. “I’m playing a father who is a bad father there. And my children have really told me what a bad father is.”

Beyond his eight kids—he’s dad to Alexander Skarsgård, 49, Gustaf Skarsgård, 45, Sam Skarsgård, 43, Bill Skarsgård, 35, Eija Skarsgård, 33, and Valter Skarsgård, 30, with ex-wife My Skarsgård as well as Ossian Skarsgård, 16, and Kolbjörn Skarsgård, 13, with wife Megan Everett—he also gave a shoutout to his longtime love for her role in helping prepare him for the Joachim Trier movie. 

“I got to thank my wife Megan Everett Skarsgård,” he said. “She’s been amazing as a sort of brutal support, a tough lover, and very educational.”

The cheeky jabs at how Stellan’s personal life informed his work in Sentimental Value haven’t just come from him, however. In December, Alexander took a moment to playfully call him out.

Sentimental Value—a beautiful film,” the True Blood star told his dad during their conversation for Variety and CNN’s Actors on Actors. “You play yourself, right? An absentee father?”

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With him adding that he was beginning the smear campaign against his dad after Stellan expressed mock anger at the “insult.”

The 2026 Globes wouldn’t be the first time that Stellan has shared some humor on-stage. After all, he praised Colin Farrell's eyebrows at the 2020 Golden Globes as he accepted the award for Best Supporting Actor in a TV Series, Limited Series or TV movie for Chernobyl, thanking the film’s makeup and prosthetics designers for giving his face a zhuzh in the film. 

"I should, though, thank one person and that is Milos Forman, who said to me a couple of years ago, 'Stellan, I've seen so many films with you, but I never remember your face!'" the Mamma Mia! actor said during the January 2020 ceremony. "And I realized it was because I don't have any eyebrows, nobody could tell if I'm angry or surprised. It’s not like Colin Farrell. You can tell if he's angry 20 miles away, but for this film, Daniel Parker made a couple of eyebrows for me!"

For a look at the full list of Golden Globes 2026 winners, read on…

Best Male Actor – Television – Musical/Comedy

Adam Brody—Nobody Wants This

Steve Martin—Only Murders in the Building

Glen Powell—Chad Powers

WINNER: Seth Rogen—The Studio

Martin Short—Only Murders in the Building

Jeremy Allen White—The Bear

Best Male Actor – Motion Picture – Musical/Comedy

WINNER: Timothee Chalamet—Marty Supreme

George Clooney—Jay Kelly

Leonardo DiCaprio—One Battle After Another

Ethan Hawke—Blue Moon

Lee Byung-Hun—No Other Choice

Jesse Plemons—Bugonia

Best Female Actor – Television – Drama

Kathy Bates—Matlock 

Britt Lower—Severance

Helen Mirran—Mobland

Bella Ramsey—The Last of Us

Keri Russell—The Diplomat

WINNER: Rhea Seehorn—Pluribus

Best Male Actor – Motion Picture – Drama

Joel Edgerton—Train Dreams

Oscar Isaac—Frankenstein

Dwayne Johnson—The Smashing Machine

Michael B. Jordan—Sinners

WINNER: Wagner Moura—The Secret Agent

Jeremy Allen White—Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere

Best Female Actor – Motion Picture – Drama

WINNER: Jessie Buckley—Hamnet

Jennifer Lawrence—Die My Love

Renate Reinsve—Sentimental Value

Julia Roberts—After the Hunt

Tessa Thompson—Hedda

Eva Victor—Sorry, Baby

Best Picture – Musical or Comedy

Marty Supreme

Bugonia 

Blue Moon

No Other Choice

Nouvelle Vague

WINNER: One Battle After Another

Best Female Actor – Television – Musical/Comedy

Kristen Bell—Nobody Wants This

Ayo Edebiri—The Bear

Natasha Lyonne—Poker Face

Selena Gomez—Only Murders in the Building

Jenna Ortega—Wednesday

WINNER: Jean Smart—Hacks

Best Picture—Drama

Sentimental Value

WINNER: Hamnet

Frankenstein

It Was Just an Accident

The Secret Agent

Sentimental Value

Sinners

Best Drama Series—Television

The Diplomat

WINNER: The Pitt

Pluribus

Severance

Slow Horses

The White Lotus

Best Male Actor – Television – Limited Series, Anthology Series or Television Motion Picture

Jacob Elordi—The Narrow Road to the Deep North

Paul Giamatti—Black Mirror

WINNER: Stephen Graham—Adolescence

Charlie Hunnam—Monster: The Ed Gein Story

Jude Law—Black Rabbit

Matthew Rhys—The Beast in Me

Best Supporting Female Actor – Television

WINNER: Erin Doherty—Adolescence

Carrie Coon—The White Lotus

Hannah Einbender—Hacks

Catherine O'Hara—The Studio

Parker Posey—The White Lotus

Aimee Lou Wood—The White Lotus

Best Supporting Male Actor—Motion Picture

Benecio del Toro—One Battle After Another

Jacob Elordi—Frankenstein

Paul Mescal—Hamnet

Sean Penn—One Battle After Another

Adam Sandler—Jay Kelly

WINNER: Stellan Skarsgard—Sentimental Value

Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Drama

Sterling K. Brown—Paradise 

Diego Luna—Andor

Gary Oldman—Slow Horses 

Mark Ruffalo—Task

Adam Scott—Severance

WINNER: Noah Wyle—The Pitt

Best Supporting Male Actor – Television

WINNER: Owen Cooper—Adolescence

Billy Crudup—The Morning Show

Walton Goggins—The White Lotus

Jason Isaacs—The White Lotus

Tramell Tillman—Severance

Ashley Waters—Adolescence

Best Original Song—Motion Picture

"Dream as One"—Avatar: Fire and Ash; Miley Cyrus, Andrew Wyatt, Mark Ronson, Simon Franglen

WINNER: "Golden"—K:Pop Demon Hunters; Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seo, Park Hong Jun, Kim Eun-jae (EJAE), Mark Sonnenblick

"I Lied to You"—Sinners; Raphael Saadiq, Ludwig Göransson

"No Place Like Home"—Wicked: For Good; Stephen Schwartz 

"The Girl in the Bubble"—Wicked: For Good; Stephen Scwartz 

"Train Dreams"—Train Dreams; Nick Cave, Bryce Dessner

Best Limited Series, Anthology Series or Television Motion Picture

WINNER: Adolescence

All Her Fault

The Beast in Me

Black Mirror

Dying for Sex

The Girlfriend

Best Female Actor – Motion Picture – Musical/Comedy

WINNER: Rose Byrne—If I Had Legs, I'd Kick You

Cynthia Erivo—Wicked: For Good

Kate Hudson—Song Sung Blue

Chase Infiniti—One Battle After Another

Amanda Seyfried—The Testament of Ann Lee

Emma Stone—Bugonia

Best Female Actor – Television – Limited Series, Anthology Series or Television Motion Picture

Claire Danes—The Beast in Me

Rashida Jones—Black Mirror

Amanda Seyfried—Long Bright River

Sarah Snook—All Her Fault

WINNER: Michelle Williams—Dying for Sex

Robin Wright—The Girlfriend

Best Supporting Female Actor – Motion Picture

Emily Blunt—The Smashing Machine

Elle Fanning—Sentimental Value

Ariana Grande—Wicked: For Good

Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas—Sentimental Value

Amy Madigan—Weapons

WINNER: Teyana Taylor—One Battle After Another

Best Cinematic and Box Office Achievement

Avatar: Fire and Ash

F1

KPop Demon Hunters

Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning

WINNER: Sinners

Weapons 

Wicked: For Good

Zootopia 2

Best Animated Motion Picture

Arco

Demon Slayer: Kimestu No Yaiba Infinity Castle

Elio 

Little Amelie or The Character of the Rain

WINNER: KPop Demon Hunters

Zootopia 2

Best Musical or Comedy Series—Television

Abbott Elementary

The Bear

Hacks

Nobody Wants This

Only Murders in the Building

WINNER: The Studio

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Best Director - Motion Picture

WINNER: Paul Thomas Anderson—One Battle After Another

Ryan Coogler—Sinners

Guillermo del Toro—Frankenstein

Jafar Panahi—It Was an Accident

Joachim Trier—Sentimental Value

Chloe Zhao—Hamnet

Stuart C. Wilson/Getty Images

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture

WINNER: One Battle After Another—Paul Thomas Anderson

Marty Supreme—Josh Safdie, Ronald Bronstein 

Sinners—Ryan Coogler

It Was Just an Accident—Jafar Panahi 

Sentimental Value—Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier

Hamnet—Chloe Zhao, Maggie O' Farrell

Amy Sussman/Getty Images

Best Podcast 

  • Armchair Expert With Dax Shepard
  • Call Her Daddy
  • WINNER: Good Hang With Amy Poehler
  • The Mel Robbins Podcast
  • SmartLess
  • Up First

Kevork Djansezian/CBS

Best Score - Motion Picture

Alexandre Desplat—Frankenstein 

WINNER: Ludwig Göransson—Sinners

Jonny Greenwood—One Battle After Another

Kangding Ray—Sirat

Max Richter—Hamnet

Hans Simmer—F1

Kevin Winter/Getty Images

Best Non-English Language Motion Picture 

It Was Just an Accident

No Other Choice

Sentimental Value

WINNER: The Secret Agent

Sirat

The Voice of Hind Rajab

Kevin Winter/Getty Images

Best Stand-Up Comedy Performance 

  • Bill Maher, "Bill Maher: Is Anyone Else Seeing This?"
  • Brett Goldstein, "Brett Goldstein: The Second Best Night of Your Life"
  • Kevin Hart, "Kevin Hart: Acting My Age"
  • Kumail Nanjiani, "Kumail Nanjiani, Night Thoughts"
  • WINNER: Ricky Gervais, "Ricky Gervais: Mortality"
  • Sarah Silverman, "Sarah Silverman: Postmortem"

Tim P. Whitby/Getty Images for The Red Sea International Film Festival

Carol Burnett Award

Sarah Jessica Parker 

Photo by Matthew Taplinger/CBS via Getty Images

Cecil B. DeMille Award

Helen Mirren 

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