Alexander Skarsgård
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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Full filmography
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2009) as Self - Guest
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014) as Self
- The Daily Show (1996) as Self
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015) as Self - Guest
- Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014) as Self - Guest
- The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019) as Self
- The Graham Norton Show (2007) as Self
- Saturday Night Live (1975) as Self - Host
- True Blood (2008) as Eric Northman
- Succession (2018) as Lukas Matsson
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1988) as Self - Guest
- What We Do in the Shadows (2019) as Eric Northman
- The One Show (2006) as Self
- Big Little Lies (2017) as Perry Wright
- The Jonathan Ross Show (2011) as Self
- Atlanta (2016) as Alexander Skarsgård
- Eastbound & Down (2009) as Adult Toby Powers
- White Lies (1997) as Marcus Englund
- Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2024) as Other John
- Murderbot (2025) as Murderbot
- Godzilla vs. Kong (2021) as Nathan Lind
- The Stand (2020) as Randall Flagg
- Documentary Now! (2015) as Rainer Wolz
- The Kingdom (1994) as Svensk advokat