With a dad like Stellan Skarsgård, that has a long history of Swedish films and TV-series as well as international productions and big Hollywood movies behind him, the pressure on the sons of the Skarsgård family is hugh. Nevertheless this hasn’t prevent Alexander, Gustav and Bill Skarsgård from choosing the actor career like their father.
The good-looking Alexander is the oldest and the most successfull actor so far among the three sons. He was last seen as the vampire Eric in True Blood, the addictive serie showed in Sweden this Autumn by the creator of Six feet under, Alan Ball. Even though Gustav is not as famous as his father and older brother, he is most likely to catch up. His filmography so far is not bad, with smaller parts in more than 20 films and TV-series. He was also elected “The Shooting star of the year” during Berlin’s film festival 2007. Bill who is only 19 years old has, like his brothers, already participated in several films and will play the main character in the Swedish film” Himlen är oskyldigt blå” that will premier on cinemas this weekend.
Even if you don’t recognize the name Stellan Skarsgård, or knew he was Swedish, you have probably seen him on the screen already. In Exorcist: the Beginning he played one of the main roles as Father Merrin, in Pirates of the Caribbean he played Will’s father Bootstrap Bill and in the TV-serie Entourage he did a guest performance as an arrogant film director. This Automn Stellan is, together with Alexander, performing in the animated movie Metropia that has Swedish film premier this weekend. Book a ticket and form your own opinion of the Swedish Skarsgård family.
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