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Alexander Skarsgard Profile |
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Birth Date: August 25, 1976
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Birth Place: Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden
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Birth Name: Alexander Johan Hjalmar Skarsgård
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Height: 6'4"
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Biography |
Alexander Skarsgård is a Swedish actor and director. He is
the son of Swedish actor Stellan Skarsgård.
Skarsgård has acted in several Swedish TV series and movies.
In 2003 he was nominated for a Guldbagge for male supporting
role in the movie Hundtricket - The Movie.
Since 2005, with his performances in Revelations and The
Last Drop, he has taken part in international productions.
In 2007 he played one of the main characters in the American
miniseries Generation Kill. He is an original member of the
ensemble cast of HBO's television drama series True Blood.
Skarsgård plays the role of Eric Northman, the local vampire
sheriff and owner of Fangtasia, a vampire bar.
In 2009, Skarsgård appeared in the music video for pop
singer Lady Gaga's "Paparazzi". He also has two upcoming
films currently in post-production, Metropia and Beyond the
Pole. He is scheduled to star in the upcoming thriller,
Straw Dogs, along with Kate Bosworth and James Marsden. It
is a remake of the 1971 movie. Filming is set to begin in
August 2009. |
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Other Information |
Voted the sexiest man in Sweden in 1999
Five times voted the sexiest man in Sweden.
His mother is a doctor.
He lives in an apartment in Stockholm, Sweden near his
parents.
Has four younger brothers, Gustaf, Sam, Bill and Walter, and
has one younger sister, Eija.
Supports the Stockholm based football club Hammarby IF
Son of actor Stellan Skarsgård and My Skarsgård.
Brother of Gustaf Skarsgård, Sam Skarsgård, Bill Skarsgård,
Eija Skarsgård and Valter Skarsgård.
His favorite actress is Isabelle Huppert in the movie La
pianiste (2001).
His favorite movie is Duck Soup with the brothers Marx.
Favorite actor is Gary Oldman.
Not comfortable with being a celebrity at such an early age,
Alexander decided to quit acting. During almost eight years
he turned down every offer he got. Instead he studied
Political Science, did his Military service in the Marines
and intended to study at an school of architecture in
Stockholm. But in 1997 his longing for acting grew too
strong and he enrolled at Marymount Theatre School in New
York City.
The interest for Alexander Skarsgard outside of Scandinavia
has grown rapidly over the last few years, and he has
recently signed with the agency Endeavor in Los Angeles and
New York and with Markham & Froggatt, Britains most
acclaimed agency, to represent him in Europe. He can already
be seen in big international movies such as "Zoolander" "The
Last Drop" and "Revelations".
Made his debut in Allan Edwalls award winning drama "Ake och
hans varld" in 1983. Worked frequently as a child actor
during the 80s and became a huge teenage star when he played
"Jojo" in Rumle Hammerichs "Hunden som log" in 1989.
When he came back to Sweden after two years in New York it
didn't take him long to land his first part as a grown up
(in Christina Olofsson's "Happy End" 1999). Since then he
has done over fifteen movies in Scandinavia and is today one
of Swedens most beloved stage and screen actors.
Did his conscript military service at the Berga Naval
Academies as a sergeant (Patrol Leader) with the
SakJakt-unit of the Swedish Navy. |
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since August 20, 2009