Alexander Johan Hjalmar Skarsgård born August 25 1976 is a Swedish actor Born in Stockholm he began acting at age seven but quit at 13 After serving in the Swedish military Skarsgård returned to acting and gained his first role in the US film comedy Zoolander In 2008 he played Marine Brad Colbert in the miniseries Generation Kill Skarsgårds breakthrough came when he portrayed vampire Eric Northman in the television series True Blood 20082014 After appearing in films such as Melancholia 2011 Battleship 2012 and The Legend of Tarzan 2016 Skarsgård starred in the drama series Big Little Lies 20172019 as an abusive husband which earned him a Primetime Emmy Award a Golden Globe Award a Critics Choice Television Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award From 2019 to 2022 he appeared in the films Long Shot 2019 Godzilla vs Kong 2021 Passing 2021 and The Northman 2022 as well as playing Randall Flagg in the miniseries The Stand 20202021 Description above from the Wikipedia article Alexander Skarsgård licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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