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.
Movie | Ulysses 31 | Ulysses (rumored) | 2025 |
Movie | Pillion | Ray | 2025 |
Movie | The Tiger | Vanzin | 2025 |
Series | Murderbot | 2025 | |
Movie | The Pack | 2025 | |
Series | Mr. & Mrs. Smith | Other John | 2024-02-01 |
Movie | Lee | Roland Penrose | 2024-09-13 |
Movie | Svensken bakom Hollywoodkroppen | Himself | 2023-04-12 |
Movie | Eric LaRue | 2023-06-10 | |
Movie | Infinity Pool | James Foster | 2023-01-27 |
Movie | Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus | Self / The Swedish Lawyer | 2022-11-20 |
Movie | The Northman | Amleth | 2022-04-07 |
Movie | Godzilla vs. Kong | Nathan Lind | 2021-03-24 |
Movie | Passing | John Bellew | 2021-10-27 |
Series | The Stand | Randall Flagg | 2020-12-17 |
Movie | The Kill Team | Sergeant Deeks | 2019-10-17 |
Movie | The Aftermath | Stefan Lubert | 2019-03-01 |
Movie | Long Shot | Prime Minister James Steward | 2019-05-02 |
Movie | The Hummingbird Project | Anton Zaleski | 2019-03-15 |
Series | On Becoming a God in Central Florida | Travis Stubbs | 2019-08-25 |
Movie | Mute | Leo Beiler | 2018-02-23 |
Series | Succession | Lukas Matsson | 2018-06-03 |
Movie | Hold the Dark | Vernon Slone | 2018-09-22 |
Series | GQ Presents: Iconic Characters | Self | 2018-03-23 |
Series | The Little Drummer Girl | Gadi Becker | 2018-10-28 |
Series | Big Little Lies | Perry Wright | 2017-02-19 |
Movie | The Legend of Tarzan | John Clayton / Tarzan | 2016-06-29 |
Movie | War on Everyone | Terry Monroe | 2016-10-07 |
Series | Atlanta | Alexander Skarsgård | 2016-09-06 |
Movie | Zoolander 2 | Adam | 2016-02-06 |
Movie | The Diary of a Teenage Girl | Monroe Rutherford | 2015-08-07 |
Series | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self | 2015-09-08 |
Series | Documentary Now! | Rainer Wolz | 2015-08-20 |
Movie | Hidden | Ray | 2015-09-15 |
Movie | The Giver | Jonas' Father | 2014-08-13 |
Series | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self | 2014-02-17 |
Movie | Disconnect | Derek Hull | 2013-04-12 |
Movie | The East | Benji | 2013-05-31 |
Movie | What Maisie Knew | Lincoln | 2013-05-02 |
Movie | Battleship | Commander Stone Hopper | 2012-04-11 |
Series | The Jonathan Ross Show | Self | 2011-09-03 |
Movie | Straw Dogs | Charlie Venner | 2011-09-16 |
Movie | Melancholia | Michael | 2011-05-26 |
Movie | Trust Me | Alex | 2010-08-20 |
Movie | Behind the Moomins | Self | 2010-01-01 |
Movie | 13 | Jack | 2010-03-12 |
Series | Eastbound & Down | Adult Toby Powers | 2009-02-15 |
Movie | Metropia | Stefan (voice) | 2009-10-21 |
Series | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self - Guest | 2009-07-16 |
Movie | Beyond The Pole | Terje | 2009-01-01 |
Series | True Blood | Eric Northman | 2008-09-07 |
Series | Generation Kill | Brad Colbert | 2008-07-13 |
Movie | Black Island Sisters | Stefan | 2007-10-05 |
Movie | Leende Guldbruna Ögon | Unknown | 2007-02-26 |
Movie | Never Be Mine | Christopher | 2006-01-27 |
Movie | Score | Micke | 2006-11-14 |
Movie | Exit | Fabian von Klerking | 2006-10-06 |
Movie | The Last Drop | Jergen Voller | 2006-04-13 |
Movie | Kill Your Darlings | Geert | 2006-04-12 |
Movie | About Sara | Kalle Öberg | 2005-11-11 |
Movie | Double Shift | Nisse | 2005-05-18 |
Movie | Heartbeat | Piloten | 2004-01-30 |
Movie | The Dog Trick | Micke | 2002-10-25 |
Movie | Kites Over Helsinki | Robin Åström | 2001-09-07 |
Movie | Zoolander | Meekus | 2001-09-28 |
Movie | Wings of Glass | Johan | 2000-10-20 |
Movie | Hundtricket | Micke | 2000-01-01 |
Movie | The Diver | Ingmar | 2000-01-05 |
Movie | D-Day | Lise's papsøn | 2000-01-01 |
Movie | White Water Fury | Anders | 2000-04-07 |
Movie | Happy End | Bamse Viktorsson | 1999-09-10 |
Series | White Lies | Marcus Englund | 1997-10-27 |
Series | The Daily Show | Self | 1996-07-22 |
Series | The Kingdom | Svensk advokat | 1994-11-24 |
Movie | The Dog That Smiled | Jojjo | 1989-12-19 |
Series | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | Self - Guest | 1988-09-05 |
Movie | Idag Röd | The Boy | 1987-10-12 |
Movie | Åke and His World | Kalle Nubb | 1984-10-26 |