Alexander Skarsgård
Birthday: 1976-08-25 | Place of Birth: Stockholm, SwedenAlexander 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
Acting
Role
as Johannes
as Ray
as Murderbot
as Ron LaRue
as Other John Smith
as Roland Penrose
as Himself
as James Foster
as Amleth
as Rainer Wolz
as John Bellew
as Nathan Lind
as Randall Flagg
as Anton Zaleski
as Prime Minister James Steward
as Sergeant Deeks
as Stefan Lubert
as Gadi Becker
as Leo Beiler
as Vernon Slone
as Perry Wright
as John Clayton / Tarzan
as Terry Monroe
as Monroe Rutherford
as Ray
as Father
as Benji
