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3 | Alexander Johan Hjalmar Skarsgård (born August 25, 1976 in Stockholm, Sweden) is a Swedish actor. |
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5 | Skarsgård is best known for portraying Nordic vampire Eric Northman on Creator/{{HBO}}'s ''Series/TrueBlood'', based on the ''[[Literature/TheSookieStackhouseMysteries Southern Vampire Mysteries]]'' book series by Creator/CharlaineHarris, for the entirety of its run. |
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7 | He's also notable for his work in other HBO dramas based on novels: war drama ''Literature/GenerationKill'', and domestic dramedy ''Literature/BigLittleLies'', for which he received an Emmy award in the Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie category. |
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9 | An actor in his native Sweden for many years, he's since crossed over into mainstream American films like ''Film/{{Zoolander}}'', the 2011 remake of ''Film/{{Straw Dogs|2011}}'', ''Film/{{Battleship}}'', and ''Film/TheLegendOfTarzan'' as the title character. |
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11 | He is the first son of Creator/StellanSkarsgard and the brother of actors Creator/{{Gustaf|Skarsgard}}, Creator/{{Bill|Skarsgard}} and Valter Skarsgård. |
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13 | !! Selected filmography: |
14 | * ''Film/{{Zoolander}}'' (2001) as Meekus |
15 | * ''Film/TheLastDrop'' (2006) as Leutnant Jurgen Voller |
16 | * ''Series/GenerationKill'' (2008) as Sgt. Brad "Iceman" Colbert |
17 | * ''Series/TrueBlood'' (2008 -- 2014) as Eric Northman |
18 | * ''Literature/TheMoomins and the Comet Chase'' (2010) as Moomintroll (voice) |
19 | * ''Film/{{Melancholia}}'' (2011) as Michael |
20 | * ''Film/{{Straw Dogs|2011}}'' (2011) as Charlie Venner |
21 | * ''Film/{{Battleship}}'' (2012) as Commander Stone Hopper |
22 | * ''Film/{{Disconnect}}'' (2012) as Derek Hull |
23 | * ''Film/WhatMaisieKnew'' (2012) as Lincoln |
24 | * ''Film/TheEast'' (2013) as Benji |
25 | * ''Film/TheGiver'' (2014) as Jonas' father |
26 | * ''Film/{{Hidden}}'' (2015) as Ray |
27 | * ''Film/TheDiaryOfATeenageGirl'' (2015) as Monroe Rutherford |
28 | * ''Film/TheLegendOfTarzan'' (2016) as Tarzan / John Clayton |
29 | * ''Film/{{Zoolander 2}}'' (2016) as Adam |
30 | * ''Series/BigLittleLies'' (2017) as Perry Wright [[note]]Emmy award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie[[/note]] |
31 | * ''Film/{{Mute}}'' (2018) as Leo Beiler |
32 | * ''Film/TheHummingbirdProject'' (2018) as Anton Zaleski |
33 | * ''Film/HoldTheDark'' (2018) as Vernon Sloane |
34 | * ''Film/LongShot'' (2019) as Prime Minister James Steward |
35 | * ''Film/TheKillTeam'' (2019) as Sergeant Deeks |
36 | * ''[[Series/TheStand2020 The Stand]]'' (2020-2021) as Randall Flagg |
37 | * ''Film/GodzillaVsKong'' (2021) as Nathan Lind |
38 | * ''Series/{{Succession}}'' (2021-2023) as Lukas Matsson |
39 | * ''Literature/{{Passing}}'' (2021) as John Kendry |
40 | * ''Film/TheNorthman'' (2022) as Amleth |
41 | * ''Series/{{Riget}}'' (2022) as Halmer's lawyer |
42 | * ''Film/InfinityPool'' (2023) as James Foster |
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45 | !! Alexander Skarsgard provides examples of the following tropes: |
46 | * TheBigGuy: He's 6'4'' and naturally slender, but has bulked up for numerous roles to play very physically imposing characters. |
47 | * EveryoneWentToSchoolTogether: He attended high school with Creator/JoelKinnaman and Creator/NoomiRapace. |
48 | * FakeAmerican: He's played a few but doesn't normally make much effort to change his accent due to it being naturally less heavy than other Swedish actors. |
49 | * FamilyBusiness, His father, Creator/StellanSkarsgard, three of his four grown brothers (Gustav, Valter, and Creator/BillSkarsgard) and his sister all have more-or-less successful careers in acting or modeling. The fourth grown brother, Sam, is a doctor like their mother. |
50 | * FormerChildStar: {{Subverted}}. He was a famous child actor in Sweden, but found life as a public figure increasingly awful as he entered his teens. He then took a break from movies and completed high school, went through a stint in the Swedish army and did a semester of college before rediscovering his passion for acting and going to acting school, and eventually began to pick up work again. |
51 | * IcyBlueEyes: Has very pale blue eyes that probably contribute to his being cast as villains or cold-hearted characters. |
52 | * MemeticMutation: The line [[Film/{{Zoolander}} "Orange Mocha Frappuccino!"]] was yelled at him often on the set of Series/GenerationKill. |
53 | * MrFanservice: He has zero issue showing off his impressive physique in roles. |
54 | * WhatCouldHaveBeen: |
55 | ** He and Creator/CharlieHunnam were the runner-ups for the part of [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]] in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse before Creator/ChrisHemsworth was cast. |
56 | ** He screen-tested for the role of [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica Steve Rogers]] in ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'' before the casting of Creator/ChrisEvans. |
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