Alexander Skarsgård

Acting

Alexander Skarsgård

Born 1976-08-25 Stockholm, Sweden 60 films

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).…

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Filmography

60 films
The East poster

An operative for an elite private intelligence firm finds her priorities irrevocably changed after…

The East

★ 6.6 2013

Disconnect poster

A hard-working lawyer, attached to his cell phone, can't find the time to communicate with his fami…

Disconnect

★ 7.1 2013

Battleship poster

When mankind beams a radio signal into space, a reply comes from ‘Planet G’, in the form of several…

Battleship

★ 5.9 2012

Straw Dogs poster

A young couple moves to a quaint southern town. Soon their perfect getaway turns out to become a li…

Straw Dogs

★ 5.9 2011

Melancholia poster

Two sisters find their already strained relationship challenged as a mysterious new planet threaten…

Melancholia

★ 7.1 2011

Trust Me poster

A comical fresco on human misdemeanors and betrayals... A film about our right to not be perfect.

Trust Me

★ 6.3 2010

13 poster

A naive young man assumes a dead man's identity and finds himself embroiled in an underground world…

13

★ 5.8 2010

Metropia poster

In the near future, oil reserves are nearly depleted and Europe is connected by series of undergrou…

Metropia

★ 6.1 2009