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Alexander Skarsgard Wiki Biography

Alexander Skarsgard was born on the 25th August 1976, in Stockholm, Sweden, and is an actor probably best known for his role as Eric Northman in the HBO hit series “True Blood” (2008-2014). Skarsgard also appeared in the mini-series “Generation Kill” (2008), and in movies such as “Battleship” (2012), and “The Legend of Tarzan” (2016). His career started in 1984.

Have you ever wondered how rich Alexander Skarsgard is, as of late 2016? According to authoritative sources, it has been estimated that Skarsgard’s net worth is as high as $12 million, an amount earned through his successful acting career. In addition to being a popular actor in Hollywood, Skarsgard has also played in Swedish cinemas, which has contributed to his wealth.

Alexander Skarsgard was a son of My Agnes, a physician, and Stellan Skarsgard, the famous Swedish actor. He has five younger siblings and two half-brothers of whom Gustaf, Bill, Sam, and Valter are also actors. Alexander made his debut in a movie when his father’s friend offered him a role in “Åke och hans värld” in 1984. Skarsgard later appeared in “Idag röd” (1987) and “The Dog That Smiled” (1989), before deciding to join the Swedish military at the age of 19.

After finishing his 18 months service, Alexander went to England to study at the Leeds Beckett University, and stayed there for six months before moving to New York City to enrol in a theatre course at Marymount Manhattan College in 1997. He returned to Sweden and secured roles in the TV series “Vita lögner” (1999) and the movie “Happy End” (1999). In the early 2000’s, Skarsgard played in Swedish films such as “The Diver” (2000), “White Water Fury” (2000), and “Wings of Glass” (2000), as well as the Finnish film “Kites Over Helsinki” (2001). His first Hollywood project came in 2001 when he appeared in “Zoolander” starring Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson. He continued with “The Dog Trick” (2002), “Om Sara” (2005), “Kill Your Darlings” (2006) with Lolita Davidovich, “Cuppen” (2006), and “Exit” (2006) with Mads Mikkelsen, contributing steadily to his net worth.

Skarsgard biggest role at the time was a leading role as Sgt. Brad ‘Iceman’ Colbert in the Emmy-winning mini-series called “Generation Kill” in 2008. From that point, Alexander’s career would take a huge lift as his popularity rose. Also in 2008, he started playing the powerful vampire named Eric Northman in the HBO series “True Blood”, appearing in 76 episodes and the last two seasons, during which Skarsgard’s salary was $275,000 per episode.

Early in this decade, Skarsgard had parts in Géla Babluani’s “13” (2010), Lars von Trier’s “Melancholia” (2011) starring Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg, and Kiefer Sutherland, and “Straw Dogs” (2011) with James Marsden. He later played in “Battleship” (2012), “What Maisie Knew” (2012) with Julianne Moore, “Disconnect” (2012) starring Jason Bateman, and “The East” (2013). Most recently, Skarsgard had parts in “The Giver” (2014) with Brenton Thwaites, Jeff Bridges, and Meryl Streep, “The Diary of a Teenage Girl” (2015), “Hidden” (2015), “Zoolander 2” (2016), and “The Legend of Tarzan” (2016). He is currently filming “The Aftermath” with Keira Knightley, “Mute” with Justin Theroux, and Paul Rudd, and TV series “Big Little Lies” that will come out in 2017.

Regarding his personal life, Alexander Skarsgard has apparently been dating British fashion journalist and model Alexa Chung since 2015. He is a big fan of Swedish football club Hammarby IF and helped to raise money for financially struggling club. Skarsgard currently lives in Los Angeles.

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Alexander Skarsgard Quick Info

Alexander Skarsgard Trademarks

1. Towering height and lean yet impressively athletic physique
2. Cleft chin and razor-sharp cheekbones
3. Frequently plays very calm restrained individuals, often with positions of authority (Ex. Meekus from Zoolander)
4. Blonde hair and magnetic blue green eyes
5. “Skarsbrow”, i.e. he habitually lifts his left eyebrow quizzically
6. Distinctive mellow voice

Alexander Skarsgard Quotes

• [on being unsure about the skimpy costumes for Tarzan] I don’t want to disappoint the audience. It was important to me that before he met other people, the character never used to wear clothes. It would look absurd if a man raised by apes would suddenly start blushing and covering up. Tarzan would go naked and so I had to as well. The jungle’s very humid. I’m quite pleased I didn’t have to wear any clothes.
• [on playing Tarzan as a superhero] I see Tarzan as the original superhero. But he doesn’t need a cape, or gadgets, or a mutation to be badass. His superpower lies in his fists. It’s about what’s a human being capable of physically. It’s someone who learns to work with the jungle and not against it.
• I grew up in a very secular society. I have atheist parents. My morality never came from religion or from scripture, but that doesn’t mean I can’t have the same values or ethics.
• I was nervous when I first started True Blood (2008). If you do a play or a movie, you know the complete arc of the character. You can see the end. But with a show like True Blood, you don’t know what’s going to happen.
• (2011) The nice thing is that as long as I’m doing this TV show, I’ve got fuck-you money. So I can say no to things. I never want to be in a position where I can’t defend why I said yes.
• (2011, on L.A.) You walk into the coffee shop, and the girl asks how your day is. When I first moved here, I loved that. I know it’s shallow and superficial and she doesn’t give a fuck about my day, but I still like it. It’s difficult to get to know a Swede. But once you do, you’re in.
• I spent two months in Fredericksburg, Texas, when I was 8, while my father shot a movie, and I loved it. I just embraced the whole cowboy culture. I got myself a pair of awesome boots and a cowboy hat. Then I got back to Sweden in September to go back to school, and I was so proud of my cowboy boots. I told my mom and my dad, “I’m going to wear these bad boys to school today, and all the kids are going to love me. I’m going to be the coolest kid in school.” Then I showed up and everyone was like, “Dude, why are you wearing ladies’ boots?” They didn’t really work in Sweden. I wore them that one day, and then I ran home and cried and never wore those boots again.
• (2011, on his father) We’re more like brothers than father and son. We hang out. I’ll take him out with my buddies in LA or in Stockholm, and it’s never awkward or anything. He’s 60, but he likes to party.
• (2010, on his family life growing up) The doors were always open. On any given night, there would be 10 to 15 people around the dinner table. It was very loud, very crazy, there was a lot of food, a lot of alcohol, but it was also very loving. I was very much part of the chaos but I also had my room, and in there, when I was four or five, I would organize my cars and my action figures. I needed some kind of structure, I think, because it was so chaotic in the rest of the apartment.
• (2010, on his career) 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.
• (2010, on moving to L.A. in 2004) The industry is very small in Sweden,’ he says. ‘There are a lot of great young filmmakers coming up now but 10 years ago it was very different. I was fortunate enough to be working, but when I was 28 or 29 and the offers were still “college guy, misunderstood, wants the girl”, I just needed something different.
• When I step into a project, I need to feel that there’s a challenge, something new, something fresh about it. That being said, I’m kind of attracted to characters with a darkness or a sadness that they carry with them.
• I was fascinated by the male lion, the way he moved, the confidence. When he just sat down and looked straight at the cameraman, he did absolutely nothing, but for a second you didn’t know whether he was going to yawn and fall asleep or pounce. I thought it would be interesting to try to find that. You don’t show your teeth, you don’t say anything, you don’t show it. It’s the not knowing that’s interesting. Anything could happen. -on studying film of wild lions that helped inspire his performance as Eric Northman.
• I wasn’t like a Hollywood child actor – “I’m five! I can sing, I can dance, I can act! I wanna be a star!” – the movie I did [at 13] was because the director was a friend of my dad’s. I told my parents, I don’t want to do this any more. My dad said, “You have to love it, if you don’t feel that way, do the other thing, whatever it is.” I’m very grateful that he did that. I would have listened to him if he’d said, “Keep going”. I would have tried, and I would have done it for a few more years probably, but I’m absolutely sure I wouldn’t be acting today. I would have crashed and burned after a while.
• I don’t want people to know too much about me. It’s easier for people to suspend belief that way. There’s a risk when people see you in a part and they’re watching Alexander Skarsgard. Also, I learned from my father to keep your integrity and protect your family…there are certain things that you can talk about and certain things you shouldn’t talk about.
• I enjoy everything. Every single part of it is great — just going to work, every day, and working on this show. It’s HBO and it’s Alan Ball. Just look at the cast, and the writing is phenomenal. I couldn’t ask for a better job. I’m so happy to have the job. And, it was challenging, definitely in the beginning, when I was trying to find the character. I was reading the books and trying to figure out who this guy was, and also trying to find that balance of making him likable, but menacing. I wanted people to be intimidated by him, but intrigued, at the same time — on what is the most enjoyable and the most challenging aspects of working on True Blood (2008).
• Yeah. First of all, sex and violence are always something that attracts an audience, and vampire stories usually have a lot of both. And, vampires symbolize consistency and something that’s permanent, in a world where everything is constantly changing — humans, animals, nature and even mountains will change over time. To have something that will just stand the test of time is attractive. Eric has been around for a thousand years, and he hasn’t changed one bit. That intrigues people. What makes good drama is that people are intrigued by that and drawn towards it, but at the same time, that comfort they feel in something that is consistent, is also lethal and can kill them in a second. That creates a good platform for drama. — on why people are attracted to vampires and the whole sub-genre in general.

Alexander Skarsgard Important Facts

• $275,000 per episode (2013-2014)
• In the movie “Hitch” (2005,) Alex’s face is on the top of the front page of the tabloid that is held up by Sarah’s coworker in front of the newsstand.
• He is the first “Tarzan” actor to not wear a loincloth.
• Is in a relationship with talk show host Alexa Chung.
• Ranked #30 on Empire Online list of the 100 Sexiest Movie Stars in 2013.
• Stepson of Megan Everett-Skarsgard.
• He speaks French, Swedish, and English.
• A fan of Robert Duvall.
• The eldest of six children.
• Did his conscript military service at the Berga Naval Academies as a sergeant (Patrol Leader) with the SakJakt-unit of the Swedish Navy.
• When he came back to Sweden after studying acting for two years in New York, it didn’t take him long to land his first part as a grownup (in Christina Olofsson’s Happy End (1999)).
• Not comfortable with being a celebrity at such an early age, Alexander decided to quit acting. During almost eight years, he turned down every offer he got. Instead he studied Political Science, did his military service in the Marines and intended to study at an school of architecture in Stockholm. But in 1997 his longing for acting grew too strong and he enrolled at Marymount Theatre School in New York City.
• Favorite actor is Gary Oldman.
• His favorite movie is Duck Soup (1933).
• His favorite actress is Isabelle Huppert in the movie The Piano Teacher (2001).
• Older brother of Gustaf Skarsgård, Sam Skarsgård, Bill Skarsgård, Eija Skarsgård, and ‘Valter Skarsgård’ , and two half-brothers, Ossian and Kolbjörn.
• Son of actor Stellan Skarsgård and My Skarsgård.
• Supports the Stockholm based football club Hammarby IF
• He lives in an apartment in Stockholm, Sweden, near his parents.
• His mother is a doctor.
• Five times voted the sexiest man in Sweden.
• Voted the sexiest man in Sweden in 1999.

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