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

• Melancholia as Michael
• What Maisie Knew as Lincoln
• Disconnect as Derek Hull
• Lee as Roland Penrose
• The Northman as Amleth
• Godzilla vs. Kong as Nathan Lind
• The Last Drop as Jergen Voller
• Wings of Glass as Johan
• Exit as Fabian von Klerking
• Kill Your Darlings as Geert

TV

• True Blood as Eric Northman
• Generation Kill as Brad Colbert
• Succession as Lukas Matsson
• Big Little Lies as Perry Wright
• Atlanta as Alexander Skarsgård
• What We Do in the Shadows as Eric Northman
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
• White Lies as Marcus Englund
• The Jonathan Ross Show as Self
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest