Alexander Skarsgård, From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Alexander Skarsgård
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Born
Alexander Johan Hjalmar SkarsgårdAugust 25, 1976 (1976-08-25) (age 32)Stockholm, Sweden
Occupation
Actor, director
Years active
1984–present
Alexander Johan Hjalmar Skarsgård (IPA: [ˈskɑːʂgoːɖ]; born August 25, 1976, in Stockholm, Sweden) is a Swedish actor and director. He is the son of My Guenther, a doctor, and Swedish actor Stellan Skarsgård, and a brother to Gustaf Skarsgård.[1]
Contents[hide]
1 Career
2 Filmography
2.1 Film
2.2 Television
2.3 Director
3 References
4 External links
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[edit] Career
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.[2]
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. As of 2008, he is currently a part of the ensemble cast of HBO's True Blood, a TV series from Six Feet Under creator, Alan Ball. Skarsgård plays the Role of Eric Northman, an extremely attractive 1000 year old Viking vampire, and owner of "Fangtasia" - the fictional vampire bar in Charlaine Harris' Sookie Stackhouse Vampire Series. As of October 2008, True Blood has been picked up for a second season.

[edit] Filmography

[edit] Film
Year
Title
Role
Notes
1984
Åke och hans värld
Kalle Nubb
1989
The Dog That Smiled
Jojjo
1999
Happy End
Bamse Viktorsson
2000
The Dog Trick
Micke
Remade as Hundtricket - The movie in 2002
The Diver
Ingmar
White Water Fury
Anders
Wings of Glass
Johan
2001
Kites Over Helsinki
Robin Åström
Zoolander
Meekus
2004
Heartbeat
The pilot
2005
Double Shift
Nisse
The Last Drop
Lt. Jergen Voller
Om Sara
Kalle Öberg
2006
Never Be Mine
Christopher
Kill Your Darlings
Geert
Score
Micke
Exit
Fabian von Klerking
2007
Järnets änglar
Stefan
2009
Puss
2011
Thor (film)
Thor
rumored
2012
The Avengers (film)
Thor
rumored

[edit] Television
Year(s)
Title
Role
Notes
1987
Idag röd
1999
Vita lögner
Marcus Englund
10 episodes
2000
D-dag
Lise's stepson
Released as a movie in 2001
Judith
Ante Lindström
2005
Revelations
Gunnar Eklind
2007
Golden Brown Eyes
Boogey Knights singer
2008
Generation Kill
Sgt. Brad 'Iceman' Colbert
2008
True Blood
Eric Northman
From the Sookie Stackhouse Novel by Charlaine Harris

[edit] Director
Year
Title
Other notes
2003
To Kill a Child
Co-directing with Björne Larson

[edit] References
^ http://www.filmreference.com/film/25/Stellan-Skarsgaard.html
^ "Alexander Skarsgård - Awards". IMDb. IMDb.com, Inc.. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002907/awards. Retrieved on 2008-07-30.
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v • d • eThe Southern Vampire Mysteries / True Blood
Novels
Dead Until Dark · Living Dead in Dallas · Club Dead · Dead to the World · Dead as a Doornail · Definitely Dead · All Together Dead · From Dead to Worse · Dead and Gone
Episodes
Season one
Characters
Sookie Stackhouse · Bill Compton · Sam Merlotte · Tara Thornton · Jason Stackhouse · Eric Northman · Pam
Writers
Charlaine Harris (novels) · Alan Ball (TV series)
Cast
Anna Paquin · Stephen Moyer · Sam Trammell · Rutina Wesley · Ryan Kwanten · Alexander Skarsgård · Kristin Bauer
Persondata
NAME
Skarsgård, Alexander
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION
Actor, director
DATE OF BIRTH
August 25, 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH
Stockholm, Sweden
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH

[edit] External links
Alexander Skarsgård at the Internet Movie Database
AlexanderSkarsgard.org
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