Alexander Skarsgard

August 25th, 1976

Alexander Johan Hjalmar Skarsgard

Was in a relationship with actress Kate Bosworth.

Actor

2013 Hidden

2012 What Maisie Knew

2012 The East

2012 Disconnect

2008-2012 True Blood (TV series)

2012 Battleship

2011 Straw Dogs

2011 Melancholia

2010 Trust Me

2010 Moomins and the Comet Chase l (voice: English version)

2010 A Drop of True Blood (TV series)

2010 13

2009 Beyond the Pole

2009 Metropia (voice)

2009 Paparazzi (TV short)

2008 Generation Kill (TV mini-series)

2007 Järnets änglar

2007 Golden Brown Eyes (TV mini-series)

2006 Exit

2006 Cuppen (TV movie)

2006 Kill Your Darlings

2006 Never Be Mine (short)

2006 The Last Drop

2005 Om Sara

2005 Revelations (TV mini-series)

2005 Double Shift

2004 Heartbeat (short)

2002 The Dog Trick

2001 D-dag - Den færdige film (TV movie)

2001 Zoolander

2001 Kites Over Helsinki

2000 Wings of Glass

2000 White Water Fury

2000 Judith (TV movie)

2000 The Diver

2000 Hundtricket (short)

2000 D-dag - Lise (TV movie)

2000 D-dag (TV movie)

1999 Happy End

1999 Vita lögner (TV series)

1989 The Dog That Smiled

1987 Idag röd (TV movie)

1984 Åke och hans värld

Director

2003 Att döda ett barn (short)

Writer

2003 Att döda ett barn (short) (writer)

Appearances

2011 Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV series)

2011 LIVE! with Regis and Kelly (TV series)

2011 Cannes Film Festival 2011 (TV special)

2010 Scream Awards 2010 (TV special)

2010 The 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards (TV special)

2000-2010 Gomorron (TV series)

2010 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (TV special)

2010 The 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV special)

2009 Scream Awards 2009 (TV special)

2008 True Blood-Lines: A New Type (TV documentary)

2008 Making 'Generation Kill' (TV documentary short)

2007 DP/30: Conversations About Movies (TV series)

2006 The Making of 'Kill Your Darlings' (TV documentary)

Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films

2010 Nominated Saturn Award Best Supporting Actor on Television for: "True Blood" (2008).

Fangoria Chainsaw Awards

2012 Nominated Chainsaw Award Best Supporting Actor for: Straw Dogs (2011).

Guldbagge Awards

2003 Nominated Guldbagge Best Supporting Actor (Bästa manliga biroll) for: The Dog Trick (2002).

Hamptons International Film Festival

2011 Won Special Recognition Breakthrough Performer
for: Melancholia (2011).

Odense International Film Festival

2003 Won Grand Prix for: Att döda ett barn (2003).
Shared with: Björne Larson

2003 Won Press Award for: Att döda ett barn (2003).
Shared with: Björne Larson

Robert Festival

2012 Nominated Robert Best Supporting Actor (Årets mandlige birolle) for: Melancholia (2011).

Satellite Awards

2009 Won Special Achievement Award Best Ensemble, Television for: "True Blood" (2008).

Screen Actors Guild Awards

2010 Nominated Actor Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series for: "True Blood" (2008).

Teen Choice Awards

2011 Nominated Teen Choice Award Choice Vampire
for: "True Blood" (2008).

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I'm always looking for something that's real and that's got meat on it. I think it's artistic suicide if you're too vain, or if you're afraid to play ugly. I would never fall for that.

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Speaks French as well as Swedish and English.
Voted Five times voted the sexiest man in Sweden

Son of actor Stellan Skarsgard

He served in the Swedish military for 18 months, in a unit that dealt with anti-sabotage and anti-terrorism in the Stockholm archipelago.

Skarsgård is a fan of Swedish football and supports Hammarby IF, a club based in his birth city.

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