Alexander Skarsgård

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1976-08-25 (48 years old)

Place of Birth Stockholm, Sweden

Also Known As 알렉산데르 스카르스고르드, الكسندر سكارسجارد, アレクサンダー・スカルスガルド, อเลกซานเดอร์ สกาส์กอร์ด, 亞歷山大·斯卡斯加德, אלכסנדר סקארסגארד, Александер Скашгорд, Александер Скарсґард

Alexander Skarsgård

Biography

Alexander Johan Hjalmar Skarsgård (born August 25, 1976) is a Swedish actor. Born in Stockholm, he began acting at age seven but quit at 13. After serving in the Swedish military, Skarsgård returned to acting and gained his first role in the US film comedy Zoolander. In 2008, he played Marine Brad Colbert in the miniseries Generation Kill. Skarsgård's breakthrough came when he portrayed vampire Eric Northman in the television series True Blood (2008–2014). After appearing in films such as Melancholia (2011), Battleship (2012) and The Legend of Tarzan (2016), Skarsgård starred in the drama series Big Little Lies (2017–2019) as an abusive husband, which earned him a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Critics' Choice Television Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. From 2019 to 2022, he appeared in the films Long Shot (2019), Godzilla vs. Kong (2021), Passing (2021), and The Northman (2022) as well as playing Randall Flagg in the miniseries The Stand (2020–2021). Description above from the Wikipedia article Alexander Skarsgård, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Actor

The Tiger

as Vanzin

Pillion

as Ray

Ulysses 31

as Ulysses (rumored)

2024
Lee

as Roland Penrose

2024
Mr. & Mrs. Smith

as Other John

2023
Infinity Pool

as James Foster

2022
Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus

as Self / The Swedish Lawyer

2022
The Northman

as Amleth

2021
Passing

as John Bellew

2021
Godzilla vs. Kong

as Nathan Lind

2020
The Stand

as Randall Flagg

2019
The Kill Team

as Sergeant Deeks

2019
Long Shot

as Prime Minister James Steward

2019
The Hummingbird Project

as Anton Zaleski

2019
The Aftermath

as Stefan Lubert

2019
What We Do in the Shadows

as Eric Northman

2018
Hold the Dark

as Vernon Slone

2018
Mute

as Leo Beiler

2018
2018
Succession

as Lukas Matsson

2017
Big Little Lies

as Perry Wright

2016
War on Everyone

as Terry Monroe

2016
The Legend of Tarzan

as John Clayton / Tarzan

2016
Zoolander 2

as Adam

2016
Atlanta

as Alexander Skarsgård

2015
Hidden

as Ray

2015
The Diary of a Teenage Girl

as Monroe Rutherford

2015
Documentary Now!

as Rainer Wolz

2014
The Giver

as Father

2013
The East

as Benji

2013
What Maisie Knew

as Lincoln

2013
Disconnect

as Derek Hull

2012
Battleship

as Commander Stone Hopper

2011
Straw Dogs

as Charlie Venner

2011
Melancholia

as Michael

2010
Trust Me

as Alex

2010
13

as Jack

2010
2009
Metropia

as Stefan (voice)

2009
2009
Eastbound & Down

as Adult Toby Powers

2008
True Blood

as Eric Northman

2008
Generation Kill

as Brad Colbert

2007
2006
Score

as Micke

2006
Exit

as Fabian von Klerking

2006
The Last Drop

as Jergen Voller

2006
2006
Never Be Mine

as Christopher

2005
About Sara

as Kalle Öberg

2005
Double Shift

as Nisse

2004
Heartbeat

as Piloten

2002
The Dog Trick

as Micke

2001
Zoolander

as Meekus

2001
Kites Over Helsinki

as Robin Åström

2000
2000
2000
The Diver

as Ingmar

2000
Hundtricket

as Micke

2000
D-Day

as Lise's papsøn

1999
Happy End

as Bamse Viktorsson

1997
White Lies

as Marcus Englund

1996
1994
The Kingdom

as Svensk advokat

1989
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark

as Self - Guest

1987
Idag Röd

as The Boy

1984
Åke and His World

as Kalle Nubb

Producer

Murderbot

as Executive Producer

Pillion

as Executive Producer

2023
Infinity Pool

as Executive Producer

2022
The Northman

as Producer

Director

The Pack

as Director

2003
To Kill a Child

as Director

Writer

2003
To Kill a Child

as Screenplay