Alexander Skarsg?rd

Alexander Johan Hjalmar Skarsg?rd was born in Stockholm, Sweden and is the eldest son of famed actor Stellan Skarsg?rd. Among his siblings are actors Gustaf Skarsg?rd, Bill Skarsg?rd, and Valter Skarsg?rd. For most of his formative years, his father was an acclaimed actor in Europe but had not yet achieved the international fame that came after his star turn in Breaking the Waves (1996). Young Alexander was raised under modest circumstances in a working-class Swedish neighborhood as his parents wanted their children to have as normal an upbringing as possible. He began his acting career at the age of eight and continued working in films and on Swedish television until he turned sixteen and decided acting was not the career for him. Life under a microscope lost its charm and perhaps due to the influence of My Skarsg?rd, his physician mother, he stopped working as an actor, to continue his education.Instead of continuing college, at the age of nineteen, he entered compulsory military ... [Details Intro]