
Alexander Skarsgård
Birthday: 1976-08-25
Place of Birth: Vällingby, 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).
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Zoolander, 2001
Comedy

13, 2010
Drama
Thriller

Melancholia, 2011
Drama
Sci-Fi

Straw Dogs, 2011
Drama
Thriller

Battleship, 2012
Thriller
Action
Adventure
Sci-Fi

Disconnect, 2013
Drama
Thriller

The East, 2013
Drama
Thriller

What Maisie Knew, 2013
Drama

The Giver, 2014
Drama
Sci-Fi

Hidden, 2015
Thriller
Horror

The Diary of a Teenage Girl, 2015
Drama
Romance

The Legend of Tarzan, 2016
Fantasy
Action
Adventure

War on Everyone, 2016
Action
Comedy
Mystery

Hold the Dark, 2018
Thriller
Mystery
Detective

Mute, 2018
Sci-Fi
Mystery
Thriller

The Aftermath, 2019
War
Drama
Romance

Long Shot, 2019
Comedy
Romance

The Kill Team, 2019
War
Action
Drama

The Hummingbird Project, 2019
Thriller
Drama

Godzilla vs. Kong, 2021
Action
Sci-Fi
Thriller

Passing, 2021
Drama

The Northman, 2022
Action
Adventure
Fantasy

Infinity Pool, 2023
Horror
Sci-Fi