
Stellan Skarsgård is getting sentimental—kind of.
While accepting the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor on January 11, 2026, the star of Sentimental Value paused to thank an unexpected group of people who unknowingly assisted him with his performance.
During his acceptance speech at the event hosted by Nikki Glaser, 74-year-old Stellan Skarsgård joked that his children have been a great learning experience. He explained he’s playing a flawed father in a project, and his own children have helped him understand what makes a father ‘bad’.
Stellan Skarsgård has eight children: Alexander, 49, Gustaf, 45, Sam, 43, Bill, 35, Eija, 33, and Valter, 30, with his former wife, My Skarsgård, and Ossian, 16, and Kolbjörn, 13, with his current wife, Megan Everett. He also publicly thanked Megan for her support in preparing for his role in a film by Joachim Trier.
He expressed gratitude for his wife, Megan Everett Skarsgård, describing her as a remarkably supportive, challenging, and insightful partner.
Stellan hasn’t been the only one discussing how his personal experiences influenced his performance in Sentimental Value. Alexander also jokingly mentioned it back in December.
During a conversation with his father for Variety and CNN’s Actors on Actors, the True Blood star called the film Sentimental Value “beautiful.” He then jokingly asked his father if he was playing a version of himself – specifically, an absent father – in the movie.

He explained that he started spreading negative rumors about his father after Stellan pretended to be upset by what he considered an offensive remark.
This wouldn’t be the first time Stellan Skarsgård has charmed audiences with his humor at the Golden Globes. Back in 2020, while accepting his award for Best Supporting Actor in a TV Series for Chernobyl, he playfully complimented Colin Farrell’s eyebrows and thanked the show’s makeup artists for giving his own face a little boost.
During the January 2020 ceremony, the Mamma Mia! actor shared a funny story about something Milos Forman told him a couple of years prior: ‘Stellan, I’ve seen you in so many films, but I never remember your face!’ He realized this was because he doesn’t have eyebrows, making it hard for people to read his expressions. Unlike Colin Farrell, whose anger is obvious, he needed help for this particular film. Luckily, Daniel Parker created a pair of eyebrows for him!
For a look at the full list of Golden Globes 2026 winners, read on…

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

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

Kathy Bates—Matlock
Britt Lower—Severance
Helen Mirran—Mobland
Bella Ramsey—The Last of Us
Keri Russell—The Diplomat
WINNER: Rhea Seehorn—Pluribus

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

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

Marty Supreme
Bugonia
Blue Moon
No Other Choice
Nouvelle Vague
WINNER: One Battle After Another

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

Sentimental Value
WINNER: Hamnet
Frankenstein
It Was Just an Accident
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
Sinners

The Diplomat
WINNER: The Pitt
Pluribus
Severance
Slow Horses
The White Lotus

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

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

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

Sterling K. Brown—Paradise
Diego Luna—Andor
Gary Oldman—Slow Horses
Mark Ruffalo—Task
Adam Scott—Severance
WINNER: Noah Wyle—The Pitt

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

“Dream as One”—Avatar: Fire and Ash; Miley Cyrus, Andrew Wyatt, Mark Ronson, Simon Franglen
The team “Golden”—from K:Pop Demon Hunters, consisting of Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seo, Park Hong Jun, Kim Eun-jae (EJAE), and Mark Sonnenblick—were the winners.
“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

WINNER: Adolescence
All Her Fault
The Beast in Me
Black Mirror
Dying for Sex
The Girlfriend

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

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

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

Avatar: Fire and Ash
F1
KPop Demon Hunters
Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning
WINNER: Sinners
Weapons
Wicked: For Good
Zootopia 2

Arco
Demon Slayer: Kimestu No Yaiba Infinity Castle
Elio
Little Amelie or The Character of the Rain
WINNER: KPop Demon Hunters
Zootopia 2

Abbott Elementary
The Bear
Hacks
Nobody Wants This
Only Murders in the Building
WINNER: The Studio

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

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

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

Alexandre Desplat—Frankenstein
WINNER: Ludwig Göransson—Sinners
Jonny Greenwood—One Battle After Another
Kangding Ray—Sirat
Max Richter—Hamnet
Hans Simmer—F1

It Was Just an Accident
No Other Choice
Sentimental Value
WINNER: The Secret Agent
Sirat
The Voice of Hind Rajab

- 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”

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