Alexander Skarsgård
Born August 25, 1976 (Age: 49)
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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 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.
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.
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Filmography
The Moment
2026
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as Johannes
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Age: 49
Pillion
2025
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as Ray
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Age: 49
Lee
2024
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as Roland Penrose
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Age: 48
Infinity Pool
2023
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as James Foster
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Age: 46
The Northman
2022
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as Amleth
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Age: 45
Godzilla vs. Kong
2021
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as Nathan Lind
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Age: 44
The Hummingbird Project
2019
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as Anton Zaleski
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Age: 42
The Aftermath
2019
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as Stefan Lubert
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Age: 42
The Legend of Tarzan
2016
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as John Clayton / Tarzan
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Age: 39
Zoolander 2
2016
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as Adam
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Age: 39
The Diary of a Teenage Girl
2015
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as Monroe Rutherford
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Age: 38
The Giver
2014
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as Father
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Age: 37
The East
2013
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as Benji
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Age: 36
What Maisie Knew
2013
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as Lincoln
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Age: 36
Disconnect
2013
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as Derek Hull
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Age: 36
Battleship
2012
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as Commander Stone Hopper
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Age: 35
Straw Dogs
2011
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as Charlie Venner
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Age: 35
Melancholia
2011
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as Michael
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Age: 34
Behind the Moomins
2010
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as Self
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Age: 33
13
2010
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as Jack
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Age: 33
Black Island Sisters
2007
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as Stefan
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Age: 31
Score
2006
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as Micke
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Age: 30
No Image
Never Be Mine
2006
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as Christopher
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Age: 29
Heartbeat
2004
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as Piloten
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Age: 27
The Dog Trick
2002
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as Micke
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Age: 26
Zoolander
2001
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as Meekus
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Age: 25
Wings of Glass
2000
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as Johan
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Age: 24
White Water Fury
2000
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as Anders
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Age: 23
The Diver
2000
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as Ingmar
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Age: 23
D-Day
2000
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as Lise's papsøn
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Age: 23
Hundtricket
2000
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as Micke
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Age: 23
The Dog That Smiled
1989
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as Jojjo
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Age: 13
Idag Röd
1987
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as The Boy
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Age: 11