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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2014 • TV
1996 • TV
2009 • TV
2015 • TV
2025 • Movie
2012 • Movie
as Ray
as Commander Stone Hopper
as Ray
as John Clayton / Tarzan
as Ron LaRue
as Jack
as Geert
as Vanzin
as Meekus
as Roland Penrose
as Lincoln
as Adam
as Kalle Öberg
as Stefan Lubert
as Father
as Derek Hull
as Self / The Swedish Lawyer
as Prime Minister James Steward
as Michael
as Vernon Slone
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Director
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Producer
as Self
2 episodes
as Self
1 episodes
as Self - Guest
1 episodes
as Self - Guest
2 episodes
as Self
1 episodes
as Self
1 episodes
as Self - Host
1 episodes
as Lukas Matsson
10 episodes
as Eric Northman
80 episodes
as Eric Northman
1 episodes
as Self
1 episodes
as Self - Guest
2 episodes
as Self
1 episodes
as Murderbot
10 episodes
as Marcus Englund
619 episodes
as Alexander Skarsgård
1 episodes
as Perry Wright
14 episodes
as Adult Toby Powers
1 episodes
as Other John
1 episodes
as Randall Flagg
9 episodes
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