Who is Alexander Skarsgard? Little Dummer Girl star and True Blood vampire Eric

Here's all you need to know about Alexander Skarsgard…

Who is Alexander Skarsgard?

Alexander Skarsgard is a Swedish actor from Stockholm.

He was born on August 25, 1976 – which makes the actor 42-years-old.

His first film role was at just seven years old in Åke och hans värld and by the time he was 13 he was famous in Sweden.

Alexander said he felt uncomfortable with fame so gave up acting until he was 20 when he moved to New York.

What has Alexander Skarsgard been in?

His first major role was Meekus in Zoolander in 2001 – he's been named the sexiest man in Sweden five times.

His big break came with Sergeant Brad Iceman Colbert in the HBO series Generation Kill where he had to have a full-time voice coach to help him perfect his American accent.

Alexander's next big job was True Blood, where he played Eric Northman, the 1000-year old Viking vampire sheriff.

He has also appeared in Melancholia, What Maisie Knew and The Legend of Tarzan.

His most recent notable performance was playing abusive husband Perrie in Big Little Lies.

 

Who has Alexander Skarsgard dated?

He was with Alexa Chung from 2014 but the pair were intensely private and were rarely photographed together.

He was also rumoured to have dated Katie Holmes and also Margot Robbie, after they starred in Tarzan together, but that turned out to be untrue as Margot was already married.

Alexander was linked to Alicia Vikander as well but neither ever confirmed the rumours.

Other leading ladies he has been linked to are Evan Rachel Wood, Amanda Seyfried, Kate Bosworth and Charlize Theron.

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