Alexander Skarsgård

Acting · Born 1976-08-25 in Stockholm, Sweden

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…

Filmography

• The Last Drop as Jergen Voller
• Wings of Glass as Johan
• Exit as Fabian von Klerking
• Kill Your Darlings as Geert
• Zoolander as Meekus
• Metropia as Stefan (voice)
• Melancholia as Michael
• Svensken bakom Hollywoodkroppen as Himself
• Battleship as Commander Stone Hopper
• 13 as Jack