Gustaf Skarsgård Explained

Gustaf Skarsgård
Birth Name:Gustaf Caspar Orm Skarsgård
Birth Date: df=yes 12 November 1980
Birth Place:Södermalm, Stockholm, Sweden
Occupation:Actor
Years Active:1989–present
Partner:Hanna Alström (1999–2005)
Father:Stellan Skarsgård

Gustaf Caspar Orm Skarsgård (born 12 November 1980) is a Swedish actor. He is known for his roles in Evil (2003), The Way Back (2010), Kon-Tiki (2012), and Oppenheimer (2023). He also appeared in the HBO TV series Westworld (2018), as Merlin in the Netflix TV series Cursed (2020), and as Floki in the History Channel series Vikings (2013–2020).

Early life

Skarsgård was born on 12 November 1980 in Stockholm, Sweden, to Swedish actor Stellan Skarsgård and his first wife, My, a physician. He has five siblings: Alexander, Sam, Bill, Eija and Valter, and two half-brothers Ossian and Kolbjörn by his father's second marriage, to Megan Everett.[1] Alexander, Bill, and Valter are also actors. His godfather is Swedish actor Peter Stormare. Gustaf decided to follow in his father's footsteps as an actor at the age of six and attended drama school.[2]

Career

Skarsgård’s film debut was in 1989 in the short film Prima Ballerina, where he played a ballet pupil. The same year, Skarsgård starred in the Swedish Film Codename Coq Rouge. Gustaf Skarsgård continued with several children's and youth roles, for example, Min vän Percys magiska gymnastikskor (1994) and Skuggornas hus (1996).

He attended the Swedish National Academy of Mime and Acting in Stockholm (Teaterhögskolan)[3] from 1998 to 2003, before joining the Royal Dramatic Theatre, Stockholm. He played in several of Shakespeare’s, Chekhov's and Söderberg’s works both on the Royal Dramatic Theatre and on Stockholm City Theatre.[4] [5] In 2003 he performed in Evil and 2008 in Patrik 1,5. For both roles he was nominated for the Guldbagge Award as Best Supporting Actor and as Best Leading Actor. The same year he was awarded the Shooting Star at the Berlin International Film Festival. He finally won the Guldbagge as Best Leading Actor for his performance in Förortsungar.[6]

In 2012, Skarsgård joined the History Channel's series Vikings in the main role of Floki, the shipbuilder.[7] In 2018, he joined the cast of Westworld as Karl Strand for five episodes.

In March 2020, Skarsgård starred in a main role as Merlin, in Cursed, a Netflix original television series based on a re-imaging of the Arthurian legend.[8]

Personal life

Gustaf Skarsgård was in a relationship with actress Hanna Alström from 1999 to 2005.[9] [10]

He is in a relationship with Caroline Sjöström. Their daughter was born in November 2020.[11]

Awards and distinctions

Skarsgård won a Guldbagge Awards for Kidz In da Hood. He won the European Film Academy's Shooting Stars Award in 2007.[12]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1989Prima ballerinaSpinkenShort
1989Täcknamn Coq Rouge
1995SommarenSteffeCredited as Gustav Skarsgård
1996EuroboyRobberShort
2002KontraktShort
2002The InvisibleNiklas
2002GåvanDavidShort
2003EvilOtto Silverhielm
2003DetaljerDaniel (old)
2004The Color of MilkThe Stranger
2004BabylonsjukanOlle, Maja's boyfriend
2006Kidz in da HoodJohan
2007PyramidenKurt Wallander (aged 24)Video
2007Arn – The Knight TemplarKing Canute I of Sweden
2008IskariotAdam
2008Arn – The Kingdom at Road's EndKing Canute I of Sweden
2008Patrik, Age 1.5Göran Skoogh
2009May FlyJimmyShort
2010Trust MeJon
2010The Way BackVoss
2011Happy EndPeter
2011Människor helt utan betydelseDirector and writer
2012Kon-TikiBengt Danielsson
2013Autumn BloodThe Butcher
2013ViKrister
2013The Big LeapJohnShort
2013 The Galapagos Affair

Satan Came to Eden

Rolf Blomberg Narration/voice
2017 DarlingFrans
2019438 Days[13] Martin Schibbye
2021The EmigrantsKarl Oskar
2023AirHorst Dassler
2023OppenheimerHans Bethe

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1994JanTV miniseries
1996Skuggornas husJulius "J.B" BloomendolfTV miniseries
2002CleoJonas No. 15 episodes
2003Bo SwedenhielmTV movie
2006SnapphanarKing Charles XI of SwedenTV miniseries
2008Mellan 11 och 12JonasTV movie
2010ArnKnut4 episodes
2011BibliotekstjuvenJohnTV miniseries
2013–2020VikingsMain cast; TV series
2014 Ettor & nollorKarlTV miniseries
2018WestworldKarl Strand5 episodes
2020CursedMerlinMain role

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Abramovitch. Seth. Stellan Skarsgard, 61, Welcomes Baby Number 8. The Hollywood Reporter. 21 September 2012. 24 August 2012. 30 April 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200430150001/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/stellan-skarsgard-61-welcomes-baby-365430. live.
  2. Web site: interview – Gustaf Skarsgård. schonmagazine.com. 15 April 2018. 24 July 2021. 24 July 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210724182539/https://schonmagazine.com/interview-gustaf-skarsgard/. live.
  3. Web site: Swedish National Academy of Mime and Acting (NAMA). combster.tv. 2020. 24 July 2021. 24 July 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210724183121/https://www.combster.tv/t/2689552-swedish-national-academy-of-mime-and-acting. live.
  4. Web site: Dramatens arkiv Rollboken Gustaf Skarsgård . https://web.archive.org/web/20210301104009/https://www.dramaten.se/medverkande/rollboken/Person/4895 . 13 April 2018. 1 March 2021 . sv.
  5. Web site: Stockholms stadsteater Arkiv Medverkande. 13 April 2018. sv. 14 April 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180414172341/http://tkt.kulturhusetstadsteatern.se/arkiv/arkiv_med.php?id=5858. live.
  6. Web site: Gustaf Skarsgård är Guldbaggarnas herre. Expressen. 10 January 2007 . 24 March 2017. sv. 26 June 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180626083249/https://www.expressen.se/nyheter/gustaf-skarsgard-ar-guldbaggarnas-herre/. live.
  7. Web site: Comic-Con: George Blagden and Gustaf Skarsgard Talk VIKINGS, Favorite Moments from Season 1, and Tease Season 2. Collider. 24 March 2017. 21 July 2013. 5 January 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200105103344/https://collider.com/vikings-season-2-george-blagden-gustaf-skarsgard-interview/. live.
  8. Web site: Ramos. Dino-Ray. 4 March 2019. 'Cursed': Devon Terrell, Gustaf Skarsgard, Lily Newmark & More Join Arthurian Netflix Series. 7 March 2019. Deadline Hollywood. 4 March 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190304180340/https://deadline.com/2019/03/cursed-netflix-devon-terrell-gustaf-skarsgard-lily-newmark-peter-mullan-shalom-brune-ranklin-danielsharman-sebastian-armesto-emily-coates-billy-jenkins-1202568666/. live.
  9. Web site: De är ett par i tv – och på riktigt. aftonbladet. 28 March 2002. sv. They're a couple on TV – and for real. 14 April 2018. 14 April 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180414233806/https://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/tv/article10268076.ab. live.
  10. Web site: Hanna Alström är öppen för allt: "Hittills har jag träffat män – men man kan aldrig veta" . Hanna Alström is open to everything: "So far I have met men – but you can never know" . Hänt. March 2015 . 29 March 2023. sv . https://web.archive.org/web/20190904213624/https://www.hant.se/hanna-alstrom-ar-oppen-for-allt-hittills-har-jag-traffat-man-men-man-kan-aldrig-veta/ . 4 September 2019.
  11. News: Caroline Sjöström om föräldralivet med Skarsgård . 30 June 2023 . Expressen . 27 January 2022 . 30 June 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230630094527/https://www.expressen.se/noje/caroline-sjostrom-om--foraldralivet-med-skarsgard/ . live .
  12. Web site: Floki (Gustaf Skarsgard). Vikings. 9 May 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160918034256/http://vikings.history.co.uk/?person=floki. 18 September 2016. dead.
  13. Web site: Jesper Ganslandt to direct story of imprisoned Swedish journalists for SF Studios. Screen Daily. Mitchell. Wendy. 28 March 2018. 8 December 2019. 18 July 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200718165122/https://www.screendaily.com/news/jesper-ganslandt-to-direct-story-of-imprisoned-swedish-journalists-for-sf-studios/5127871.article. live.