Alexander Skarsgard
Alexander Skarsgard
Alexander Johan Hjalmar Skarsgårdis a Swedish actor. He is best known for his roles as vampire Eric Northman on the HBO series True Blood, Meekus in Zoolander and Brad Colbert in the HBO miniseries Generation Kill. He is the son of Swedish actor Stellan Skarsgård...
NationalitySwedish
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth25 August 1976
CityVallingby, Sweden
CountrySweden
crazy drama dark
I'm not interested in parts where they are looking for a good-looking guy. I want to be a weird little sidekick in a crazy comedy and then play like a dark drama or a thriller.
crazy ducks interesting
As an actor, what's interesting is what's hidden away beneath the surface. You want to be like a duck on a pond - very calm on the surface but paddling away like crazy underneath.
girl crazy hero
What intrigues me is that people kind of naturally want to label or pigeonhole the characters. They want to make it easy for themselves to go, "All right. There's the good guy, there's the bad guy, there's the girl. Okay, I get it now." But life isn't one-dimensional. The world isn't simply divided into good versus evil. I think we're all capable of both. So any time the hero does something I'm not crazy about, or the bad guy does something I can relate to, I'll find it more interesting.
crazy people important
Life is crazy. You travel and you're busy and there's so much going on that it's important to have the moments where you can breathe and you can just be present with the person or the people that you're there with.
sibling thinking media
I'm not very active on social media. I'm not on Facebook or Twitter or Instagram, or anything like that. But I think it's wonderful that they're out there. They're fantastic. I have a lot of siblings and friends that use it, and it's great for them. It's such a connected world.
country vacation phones
To turn off your phone when you go to your country house or you're on vacation for a few days is important. I turn off my phone and just check it once a day. I turn it on and, if it's an important message, I'll call back. Otherwise, it can wait.
character blood play
I was nervous when I first started True Blood because 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.
fun good-times having-a-good-time
If you are with someone who is awesome and having a good time, you can sit at a bus station and still have fun.
teenager members greenpeace
I've been a member of Greenpeace since I was a teenager.
father actors plans
My plan was never to be an actor like my father.
sweden paparazzi following
We don't have paparazzi following you in Sweden.
people interesting tunes
A lot of times we associate Greenpeace and climate change and shrinking polar caps with heavy-handed, weighty material. It's somber stuff. But with Funny Or Die we thought we could put an interesting take on it. Make it a little more palatable, especially for young people who tune into the website.
difficult knows
It's difficult to get to know a Swede. But once you do, you're in.
fall get-up hard
I don't fall often, but I fall hard. And when you fall hard, it takes a while to get up.