Gustaf Skarsgård is a Swedish actor who works in the Swedish and American film and television industries. He is known for his work on the Canadian TV series Vikings (2013), and the American TV series, Westworld (2018), and Cursed (2020).
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Wiki/Biography
Gustaf Skarsgård was born as ‘Gustaf Caspar Orm Skarsgård’ on Wednesday, November 12, 1980 (age 39 years; as in 2019) in Stockholm, Sweden. Their zodiac sign is Scorpio. He attended Teaterhögskolan in Stockholm from 1993 to 2003. After graduation, he joined The Royal Dramatic Theater in Stockholm.
Physical Appearance
Height: 6′ 4”
Eye colour: blue
Hair Colour: Brown
Family and ethnicity
He grew up in a bohemian household. His father, Stellan Skarsgård, is a Swedish actor. His mother, Mae, is a physician and Stellan’s first wife.
Gustaf Skarsgård’s parents
He has five siblings – Alexander (actor), Sam (doctor), Bill (actor), Iza (model), and Walter (actor). He has two half-brothers – Ossian and Kolbjorn – from his father’s marriage to Megan Everett.
Gustaf Skarsgård with his siblings and half-siblings
His godfather is actor Peter Stormare.
Peter Stormare
He was in a relationship with actress Hannah Alström from 1999 to 2005.
Gustaf Skarsgård with Hannah Alström
livelihood
in movies
When he was nine years old, he started his film career with the role of ‘Eric Hamilton’ in the 1989 Swedish film ‘Takanman Kok Rouge’.
Gustaf Skarsgård in Takname Coq Rouge (1989)
He was then seen in the feature and short films, Prima Ballerina (1989), Sommaren (1995), Euroboy (1996), Contract (2006), and Gavan (2002). He got his first lead role as ‘Niklas’ in the Swedish film ‘The Invisible’ (2002).
He starred in the Swedish films, Govan (2002), Evil (2003), Detteljaer (2003), Babylonsjukan (2004), Kidz in the Hood (2006), Pyramiden (2007), Arn – The Kingdom at Road’s End (2008) Is. ), Patrick, Age 1.5 (2008), Trust Me (2010), Happy End (2011), Kon Tiki (2012), VI (2013), 438 Days (2019), and Immigrants (2020). He made his Norwegian film debut as a ‘stranger’ in The Color of Milk (2004).
Gustaf Skarsgård in The Color of Milk (2004)
He made his American short film debut with the film ‘May Fly’ (2009) as ‘Jimmy’ and his feature film debut with ‘The Way Back’ (2010) as ‘Vos’.
Gustaf Skarsgard in May Fly (2009)
Gustaf Skarsgard in The Way Back (2010)
He has also worked in the American film ‘The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden’ (2013). He made his Austrian film debut as ‘Butcher’ with ‘Autumn Blood’ (2013) and his Danish film debut as ‘France’ with Darling (2017).
Gustaf Skarsgard in Autumn Blood (2013)
Gustaf Skarsgård in The Darling (2017)
in television
She made her television debut as ‘January’ in the Swedish series ‘Min van Persis magiska gymnasticskor’ (1994).
Gustaf Skarsgård in Min van Persie’s Magiska Gymnasticscore (1994)
She has starred in the Swedish television series, Skugnors hus (1996), Cleo (2003), Snapnar (2006), Meln 11 och 12 (2008), Arn (2010), Bibliotextjuven (2011). He made his Canadian television debut as ‘Floki’ with ‘Vikings’ (2013).
Gustaf Skarsgård as ‘Floki’ in Vikings (2013)
Next, he was seen in Vikings: Athelstan’s Journal (2015). In 2018, he made his American television debut as ‘Carl Strand’ with ‘Westworld’ (2018).
Gustaf Skarsgård in Westworld (2018)
She also stars as ‘Merlin’ in the 2020 Netflix series ‘Cursed’.
Gustaf Skarsgård in Cursed (2020)
Other work
He has written and directed the short film ‘Maniskor helt utan betidelse’ (2011).
He was also the executive producer of the film VI (2013). He has also worked in theatre; He performed in many works of Shakespeare, Chekhov and Soderbergh at the Royal Dramatic Theater and the Stockholm City Theatre. He has acted in the plays Bee Man (2004), The Merchant of Venice (2004), Platonov (2005), Tit for Tat (2005), Lulu (2006) and Hamlet (2009).
Gustaf Skarsgard in a scene from Hamlet
Awards and Achievements
- EFP Shooting Star in 2007
- Guldbagge Award for Best Actor (Basta manliga huvudrol) for the film ‘Forortsungar’ in 2007
- Screamfest Award for Best Actor for the film ‘The Invisible’ in 2002
favorite things
- Actresses: Juliette Binoche and Isabelle Huppert
- TV Show: Game of Thrones Series
Facts/General Knowledge
- He is best friends with Swedish actor Mattias Varela since childhood.
Gustaf Skarsgård with Mattias Varela
- His middle name ‘Orm’ means snake in Swedish.
- He was born on the same day as Canadian musician and actor Ryan Gostling.
Ryan Gostling
- He voiced the characters: ‘Stan Shunpike’ in the Swedish version of ‘Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban’ (2004), and ‘Valiant’ in the Swedish version of the British-American animated film ‘Valiant’ (2005).
- Although he has ridden a horse several times in his films, he is afraid of horses. Talking about it he says,
I was humiliated many times when I was a child. Also, I have worked on a lot of historical things in Sweden and there are always conflicts with horses. When I’m in front of them I get a little anxious and they pick up on it and they get a little anxious. It ends up in this bad cycle where I don’t want to be on their back, and they don’t want me to be on their back.
- He has often raised concerns regarding wildlife and environmental protection and has supported the NGO Greenpeace International.
Gustaf Skarsgård Instagram post on climate strike
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