Alexander Skarsgård
Acting
Born 1976-08-25
Stockholm, Sweden
90 credits
Primetime Emmy Awards 1
Golden Globe Awards 1
Satellite Award for Best Cast – Television Series 1
Awards
Won 1 Primetime Emmy Award
Primetime Emmy Awards 1 won
- 2017 Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie Won Big Little Lies
Golden Globe Awards 1 won
- — Golden Globe Awards Won
Screen Actors Guild Awards 1 nominated
- 2010 Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Nominated True Blood
Satellite Award for Best Cast – Television Series 1 won
- 2009 Best Cast – Television Series Won True Blood
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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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Filmography
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Acting
60 credits
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Daily Show
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Saturday Night Live
The Graham Norton Show
Succession
True Blood
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
The One Show
What We Do in the Shadows
White Lies
Atlanta
The Jonathan Ross Show
The Northman
Big Little Lies
Godzilla vs. Kong
Eastbound & Down
Murderbot
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Battleship
The Kingdom
Lee
The Legend of Tarzan
The Stand
Documentary Now!
Generation Kill
Pillion
The Giver
Wicker
Long Shot
Zoolander
Variety & CNN Actors on Actors
The Little Drummer Girl
Infinity Pool
Zoolander 2
On Becoming a God in Central Florida
The Moment
The Aftermath
GQ Presents: Iconic Characters
Straw Dogs
Melancholia
Hidden
13
The Kill Team
The Diary of a Teenage Girl
Disconnect
Mute
The Hummingbird Project
The East
Hold the Dark
What Maisie Knew
War on Everyone
Heartbeat
Passing
Metropia
The End
The Last Drop
Producing
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