Alexander Skarsgård
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1976-08-25
Place of Birth
Stockholm, Sweden
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.
Also Known For
The Last Drop
Apr 13, 2006
Wings of Glass
Oct 20, 2000
Exit
Oct 06, 2006
Kill Your Darlings
Apr 12, 2006
Zoolander
Sep 28, 2001
Metropia
Oct 21, 2009
Melancholia
May 26, 2011
Svensken bakom Hollywoodkroppen
Apr 12, 2023
Battleship
Apr 11, 2012
13
Mar 12, 2010
Straw Dogs
Sep 16, 2011
White Water Fury
Apr 07, 2000
The Dog Trick
Oct 25, 2002
Double Shift
May 18, 2005
Trust Me
Aug 20, 2010
About Sara
Nov 11, 2005
The East
May 31, 2013
Black Island Sisters
Oct 05, 2007
Åke and His World
Oct 26, 1984
What Maisie Knew
May 02, 2013
Disconnect
Apr 12, 2013
The Diver
Jan 05, 2000
The Tiger
The Diary of a Teenage Girl
Aug 07, 2015
The Giver
Aug 13, 2014
The Dog That Smiled
Dec 19, 1989
Hundtricket
Jan 01, 2000
The Legend of Tarzan
Jun 29, 2016
Eric LaRue
Apr 04, 2025
Lee
Sep 12, 2024
The Pack
Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus
Nov 20, 2022
Hidden
Sep 15, 2015
War on Everyone
Oct 07, 2016
Pillion
Nov 28, 2025
Mute
Feb 23, 2018
Kites Over Helsinki
Sep 07, 2001
Beyond the Pole
Jan 01, 2009
Score
Nov 14, 2006
Never Be Mine
Jan 27, 2006
D-Day
Jan 01, 2000
Zoolander 2
Feb 06, 2016
The Aftermath
Mar 01, 2019
Hold the Dark
Sep 22, 2018
Heartbeat
Jan 30, 2004
The Hummingbird Project
Mar 15, 2019
The Kill Team
Oct 17, 2019
Long Shot
May 02, 2019
Happy End
Sep 10, 1999
Leende Guldbruna Ögon
Feb 26, 2007
The Northman
Apr 07, 2022
Passing
Oct 27, 2021
Behind the Moomins
Jan 01, 2010
Idag Röd
Oct 12, 1987
Godzilla vs. Kong
Mar 24, 2021
Infinity Pool
Jan 27, 2023
Wicker
The Moment
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Feb 17, 2014
True Blood
Sep 07, 2008
White Lies
Oct 27, 1997
Generation Kill
Jul 13, 2008
The Jonathan Ross Show
Sep 03, 2011
Succession
Jun 03, 2018
Big Little Lies
Feb 19, 2017
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Sep 05, 1988
The Little Drummer Girl
Oct 28, 2018
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Sep 08, 2015
The Daily Show
Jul 22, 1996
Atlanta
Sep 06, 2016
Murderbot
May 15, 2025
Eastbound & Down
Feb 15, 2009
Documentary Now!
Aug 20, 2015
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Feb 01, 2024
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Jul 16, 2009
The Stand
Dec 17, 2020
On Becoming a God in Central Florida
Aug 25, 2019
GQ Presents: Iconic Characters
Mar 23, 2018
The Kingdom
Nov 24, 1994
What We Do in the Shadows
Mar 27, 2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Sep 09, 2019
