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Alexander Johan Hjalmar Skarsgård is a Swedish actor. A son of actor Stellan Skarsgård, he began acting at the age of seven but quit at thirteen. After serving in the Swedish Navy, Skarsgård returned to acting and gained his first role in the American comedy film Zoolander (2001). He played Brad Colbert in the miniseries Generation Kill (2008) and had his international breakthrough portraying vamp…
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Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie for Big Little Lies (2017).
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“I didn’t feel pressured [by the box office demands] though. It wasn’t like: ‘Oh fuck, this is a big movie.’ It was an incredible experience, but it was also nine months of just gym, work and bed. I didn’t have a sip of alcohol. It was robotic.”
Far Out Magazine: The 2008 role Alexander Skarsgård thought would be his last: “Pack your bags”
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Played the title role in the science-fiction comedy series Murderbot on Apple TV+, and stars as a sexually dominant gay biker in the British film Pillion
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Skarsgård starred in the thriller Infinity Pool, and returned as Lukas Matsson for the fourth and final season of Succession
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With Swedish actress Tuva Novotny, who lives in Denmark
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Portrayed a sensitive German architect in The Aftermath, a film set in 1946 post-war Hamburg
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Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie for Big Little Lies (2017).
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Skarsgård appeared alongside Taylor Kitsch and Rihanna in Peter Berg's Battleship, an adaptation of the Hasbro game of the same name
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Skarsgård starred in Melancholia, a film directed by Lars von Trier
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Skarsgård portrayed Terje, a gay Norwegian trekking to the North Pole, in the British mockumentary Beyond the Pole
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Awarded Satellite Award for Best Cast – Television Series for True Blood (2009).
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Skarsgård appeared in the music video for pop singer Lady Gaga's "Paparazzi"
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His performance in Hundtricket-the Movie (The Dog Trick) earned him an Guldbagge Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor
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Studied at Marymount Manhattan College (1997).
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Enrolled in a theatre course at Marymount Manhattan College and moved to New York City
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Studied at Leeds Beckett University (1996).
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Left Sweden and attended Leeds Metropolitan University in England for six months
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His lead role in the Swedish television production Hunden som log (The Dog That Smiled) earned him praise and brought him to prominence in Sweden at age 13
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Born 1976-08-25.
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