Alexander Skarsgård

Alexander Skarsgård

Alexander Johan Hjalmar Skarsgård (born 25 August 1976) is a Swedish actor. He played Brad Colbert in the miniseries Generation Kill and Eric Northman in the television series True Blood. His role in Big Little Lies earned him several accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. He was named the Sexiest Man in Sweden five times.

About Alexander Skarsgård in brief

Summary Alexander SkarsgårdAlexander Johan Hjalmar Skarsgård (born 25 August 1976) is a Swedish actor. He played Brad Colbert in the miniseries Generation Kill and Eric Northman in the television series True Blood. His role in Big Little Lies earned him several accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. He has also appeared in the films Melancholia and The Legend of Tarzan. He was named the Sexiest Man in Sweden five times. He is the eldest son of actor Stellan Skars gård and physician My SkarsGård. He also has five younger siblings: Gustaf, Sam, Bill, Eija and Valter, and two half-brothers from his father’s second wife, Megan Everett.

He appeared in 2010 as the voice of Stefan in the animated film Metropia, directed by Tarik Saleh Saleh. He models for Annie Leibovitz and has appeared in a number of ad campaigns, including for Lady Gaga’s music video for “Paparazzi” and the movie “The Secret of the Dragon’s Squeak”. He has a son with actress Sofia Coppola and a daughter with actor Tom Hanks. He currently lives in Los Angeles, California with his wife and three children. He lives with his family in a suburb of Los Angeles called La Jolla, California. His son is the star of the reality TV series The Voice, which airs on Bravo.