Alexander Skarsgård
Alexander Johan Hjalmar Skarsgård ( born 25 August 1976) is a Swedish actor. He played Brad "Iceman" Colbert in the miniseries Generation Kill (2008) and Eric Northman in the television series True Blood (2008–2014). His role as Perry Wright in the television series Big Little Lies (2017–2019) 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 (2011) and The Legend of Tarzan (2016).
| Full name at birth | Alexander Johan Hjalmar Skarsgård
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| Claim to fame | Eric Northman on True Blood
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| Date of birth | 25 August 1976
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| Place of birth | Stockholm, Sweden
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| Age | 46
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| Occupation | Actor
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PERSONAL DETAILS
| Height | 6' 4½" (194 cm)
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| Weight | 200 lbs (91 kg)
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| Tattoo | He has a tattoo of a green bird on his left leg
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| Shoe size | 13
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ADDITIONAL DETAILS
| Residence | Sweden
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| Net worth | $12,000,000 USD
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- Appeared as Lady Gaga`s boyfriend in the music video for her single, "Paparazzi".
- 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 two years in New York it didn`t take him long to land his first part as a grown up (in Christina Olofsson`s "Happy End" 1999). Since then he has done over fifteen movies in Scandinavia and is today one of Swedens most beloved stage and screen actors.
- Made his debut in Allan Edwalls award winning drama "Ake och hans varld" in 1983. Worked frequently as a child actor during the 80s and became a huge teenage star when he played "Jojo" in Rumle Hammerichs "Hunden som log" in 1989.
- The interest for Alexander Skarsgard outside of Scandinavia has grown rapidly over the last few years, and he has recently signed with the agency Endeavor in Los Angeles and New York and with Markham & Froggatt, Britains most acclaimed agency, to represent him in Europe. He can already be seen in big international movies such as "Zoolander" "The Last Drop" and "Revelations".
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