Alexander Skarsgård

Alexander Skarsgård

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Stockholm, Sweden, 1976-08-25

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1984	Åke and His World	Kalle Nubb	60
2	1987	Idag Röd	The Boy	70
3	1989	The Dog That Smiled	Jojjo	70
4	1999	Happy End	Bamse Viktorsson	0
5	2000	Hundtricket	Micke	0
6	2000	D-Day	Lise's papsøn	55
7	2000	The Diver	Ingmar	28
8	2000	White Water Fury	Anders	32
9	2000	Wings of Glass	Johan	42
10	2001	Kites Over Helsinki	Robin Åström	46
11	2001	Zoolander	Meekus	62
12	2002	The Dog Trick	Micke	47
13	2004	Heartbeat	Piloten	0
14	2005	Double Shift	Nisse	35
15	2005	About Sara	Kalle Öberg	59
16	2006	Never Be Mine	Christopher	0
17	2006	Kill Your Darlings	Geert	58
18	2006	The Last Drop	Jergen Voller	41
19	2006	Exit	Fabian von Klerking	53
20	2006	Score	Micke	30
21	2007	Leende Guldbruna Ögon		100
22	2007	Black Island Sisters	Stefan	20
23	2009	Beyond the Pole	Terje	53
24	2009	Metropia	Stefan (voice)	61
25	2010	Behind the Moomins	Self	0
26	2010	13	Jack	58
27	2010	Trust Me	Alex	63
28	2011	Melancholia	Michael	72
29	2011	Straw Dogs	Charlie Venner	59
30	2012	Battleship	Commander Stone Hopper	59
31	2013	Disconnect	Derek Hull	71
32	2013	What Maisie Knew	Lincoln	71
33	2013	The East	Benji	66
34	2014	The Giver	Father	66
35	2015	Hidden	Ray	69
36	2016	Zoolander 2	Adam	49
37	2016	The Legend of Tarzan	John Clayton / Tarzan	59
38	2018	Mute	Leo Beiler	56
39	2019	The Hummingbird Project	Anton Zaleski	62
40	2019	Long Shot	Prime Minister James Steward	67
41	2019	The Kill Team	Sergeant Deeks	64
42	2021	Godzilla vs. Kong	Nathan Lind	76
43	2023	Svensken bakom Hollywoodkroppen	Himself	100
44		The Tiger	Vanzin	0
45	2015	The Diary of a Teenage Girl	Monroe Rutherford	66
46	2016	War on Everyone	Terry Monroe	58
47	2018	Hold the Dark	Vernon Slone	54
48	2019	The Aftermath	Stefan Lubert	64
49	2021	Passing	John Bellew	63
50	2022	The Northman	Amleth	70
51	2022	Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus	Self / The Swedish Lawyer	0
52	2023	Infinity Pool	James Foster	61
53	2024	Lee	Roland Penrose	71
54	2025	Eric LaRue	Ron LaRue	65
55		The Pack		0
56	2025	Pillion	Ray	0
57		Wicker		0
58		The Moment		0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1988	LIVE with Kelly and Mark	Self - Guest	56
2	1994	The Kingdom	Svensk advokat	76
3	1996	The Daily Show	Self	64
4	1997	White Lies	Marcus Englund	60
5	2006	The One Show	Self	45
6	2008	Generation Kill	Brad Colbert	79
7	2008	True Blood	Eric Northman	76
8	2009	Eastbound & Down	Adult Toby Powers	74
9	2009	Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen	Self - Guest	51
10	2011	The Jonathan Ross Show	Self	51
11	2014	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon	Self	59
12	2015	Documentary Now!	Rainer Wolz	70
13	2015	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert	Self	64
14	2016	Atlanta	Alexander Skarsgård	80
15	2017	Big Little Lies	Perry Wright	79
16	2018	GQ Presents: Iconic Characters	Self	75
17	2018	Succession	Lukas Matsson	83
18	2018	The Little Drummer Girl	Gadi Becker	70
19	2019	What We Do in the Shadows	Eric Northman	80
20	2019	On Becoming a God in Central Florida	Travis Stubbs	65
21	2019	The Kelly Clarkson Show	Self	65
22	2020	The Stand	Randall Flagg	69
23	2024	Mr. & Mrs. Smith	Other John	66
24	2025	Murderbot	Murderbot	75

Alexander Skarsgård

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