Became a teen star playing the title role in Swedish TV series "Bombi Bitt och jag"

Employed at The Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm

Acted in the Swedish-French erotic drama "Anita: Swedish Nymphet"

Breakthrough role as the feeble-minded Sven Olsson in the Swedish film drama "The Simple-Minded Murder"

First produced screenplay (also acted), "Jim & piraterna Blom"

First American production, the film adaptation of "The Unbearable Lightness of Being"

American TV debut, the NBC pilot, "Parker Kane"

Featured as a Russian submarine captain in "The Hunt for Red October"

Breakthrough role as oil rig worker Jan, opposite Emily Watson in Lars von Trier's "Breaking the Waves"

Played an MIT professor of mathematics, opposite Matt Damon in Gus Van Sant's "Good Will Hunting"

Played the leading role of a guilt-ridden policeman in the original "Insomnia"

Played a scientist testing a cure for Alzheimer's Disease on sharks in "Deep Blue Sea"

Played a doctor in the award-winning drama, "Dancer in the Dark"; second collaboration with director Lars von Trier

Co-starred with Holly Hunter in Showtime's "Harlan County War"

Featured as a movie producer in Mike Figgis' "Time Code"; once again acted with Holly Hunter

Garnered praise for his performance (also produced) in "Aberdeen"; co-starred with Charlotte Rampling

Second collaboration with Rampling, playing an estranged couple in "Signs & Wonders"

Third film for director Lars von Trier, "Dogville"

Cast as the Saxon warlord Cerdic in "King Arthur"

Played a young Lankester Merrin in "Exorcist: The Beginning"

Reprised role of Lankester Merrin in Paul Schrader's "Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist"

Cast as 'Bootstrap' Bill Turner in Gore Verbinski's "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest"

Reprised role of 'Bootstrap' Bill Turner in "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End"

Portrayed Spanish grand master Francisco de Goya in Milos Forman's "Goya's Ghosts"

Cast as one of the potential fathers in the film version of the ABBA musical "Mamma Mia!"