Alexander Skarsgård

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Biography

Actor Alexander Skarsgård exuded a mysterious magnetism that made him a natural to play dark, often disturbed characters. He amassed a decade's worth of work in Sweden before emerging as the fanged bad-boy Eric Northman on HBO's gripping vampire series, "True Blood" (2008- ). Skarsgård first impressed as a stoic Marine leader in the HBO miniseries, "Generation Kill" (2008), based on journalist Evan Wright's painstakingly accurate account of …
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Job Title

Actor, Producer

Born

Alexander Johan Hjalmar Skarsgård on August 25, 1976 in Sweden

Career Milestones

2012

Cast as one of the leads in the sci-fi action feature "Battleship"

2011

Co-starred opposite Kirsten Dunst in Lars Von Trier's apocalyptic drama "Melancholia"

2011

Co-starred in Rod Lurie's remake of "Straw Dogs"

2008

Cast as the handsome vampire Eric Northman on HBO's "True Blood," based on Charlaine Harris' novel series The Southern Vampire Mysteries

2008

Portrayed Brad 'Iceman' Colbert in the HBO miniseries "Generation Kill"

2005

Cast in the NBC miniseries "Revelations"

2003

Wrote and directed first film "Att döda ett barn"

2001

Cast in first U.S. film, playing the dim-witted male model Meekus in "Zoolander"

1999

Landed his first role as an adult, in Christina Olofssons' "Happy End"

Took an eight-year hiatus from acting to concentrate on school and military service

1989

Became a teen star when he played 'Jojo' in Rumle Hammerichs' "Hunden som log"

1983

Made his debut in Allan Edwalls award-winning drama "Ake och hans varld"

Awards

2010

Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in True Blood