Alexander Skarsgård

Actor

1976-08-25 · Stockholm, Sweden

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).

• Godzilla vs. Kong (2021) — Nathan Lind
• The Legend of Tarzan (2016) — John Clayton / Tarzan
• Battleship (2012) — Commander Stone Hopper
• The Northman (2022) — Amleth, Producer
• Zoolander (2001) — Meekus
• The Giver (2014) — Father
• Melancholia (2011) — Michael
• Long Shot (2019) — Prime Minister James Steward
• Zoolander 2 (2016) — Adam
• Hidden (2015) — Ray
• Disconnect (2013) — Derek Hull
• Mute (2018) — Leo Beiler
• Infinity Pool (2023) — James Foster, Executive Producer
• Hold the Dark (2018) — Vernon Slone
• 13 (2010) — Jack
• The East (2013) — Benji
• The Diary of a Teenage Girl (2015) — Monroe Rutherford
• The Aftermath (2019) — Stefan Lubert
• Lee (2024) — Roland Penrose
• Straw Dogs (2011) — Charlie Venner
• War on Everyone (2016) — Terry Monroe
• What Maisie Knew (2013) — Lincoln
• The Kill Team (2019) — Sergeant Deeks
• The Hummingbird Project (2019) — Anton Zaleski