Gustaf Skarsgård
Gustaf Caspar Orm Skarsgård (born November 12, 1980 in Södermalm , Stockholm ) is a Swedish actor and belongs to the Swedish actor family Skarsgård .
Life
Gustaf Caspar Orm Skarsgård was born as the second eldest son of the Swedish actor Stellan Skarsgård and his former wife My. Stellan's friend, the actor Peter Stormare , became Gustav's godfather. In addition to his father, his older brother Alexander (* 1976) and his younger brothers Bill (* 1990) and Valter (* 1995) are actors. After attending the Teaterhögskolan in Stockholm from 1999 to 2003 , he joined the Dramaten , the society for theater actors. He played in several works by Shakespeare , Chekhov and Söderberg at different theaters in Stockholm.
In 1989, at the age of nine, he played the son of his father's character in the Swedish thriller Coq Rouge . After graduating from drama school, he pushed his film career. With Faustrecht and Patrik 1.5 he received a nomination for Best Supporting Actor and Best Lead Actor at the Swedish Guldbagge Film Award . For his role as the singing teacher Johan in the Swedish family film Förortsungar , he was named best actor.
It was almost 20 years before he played again with his father in Arn - Der Kreuzritter and Arn - Riket vid vägens slut , whereby he found that his acting style developed independently and was very similar to that of his father. He was particularly well known for the role of Floki from the Vikings series , which he has played since 2013. In 2018 he took on a leading role in the HBO series Westworld with the beginning of the second season as Karl Strand .
Skarsgård works for the Palestinian Autonomous Areas and the Gaza Strip .
Filmography (selection)
- 1989: Coq Rouge (Täcknamn Coq Rouge)
- 1995: Sommaren
- 2002: Invisible - Trapped in the Hereafter (Den osynlige)
- 2003: Details
- 2003: Law of the Fist (Ondskan)
- 2004: The color of milk (Ikke naken)
- 2006: Förortungar
- 2007: Arn - The Crusader (Arn - Tempelriddaren)
- 2008: Arn - Riket vid vägens slut
- 2008: Millennium Brothers (Iscariot)
- 2008: Patrik 1.5
- 2010: The Way Back - The Long Road (The Way Back)
- 2011: happy ending
- 2012: Kon-Tiki
- 2013-2019: Vikings (TV series)
- 2013: Autumn Blood
- since 2018: Westworld (TV series)
- 2020: Cursed ( Cursed , TV series)
Theater roles (selection)
- 2004: Köpmannen i Venice ( The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare ) - Director: Bassanio ( Royal Dramatic Theater in Stockholm )
- 2005: Platonov (by Anton Chekhov ) - Director: Karl Dunér (Royal Dramatic Theater in Stockholm)
- 2008: Den Allvarsamma Leken (by Hjalmar Söderberg ) - Director: Daniel Lind Lagerlöf ( Stadsteatern in Stockholm)
- 2009: Hamlet (by William Shakespeare) - Director: Katrin Wiedemann ( Stadsteatern in Stockholm)
Awards
- 2004: Nomination for Best Supporting Actor for Faustrecht
- 2007: Best Actor Award for Förortsungar
- 2009: Nomination for Best Actor for Patrik 1,5
Web links
- Gustaf Skarsgård in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gustaf Skarsgård on sfi.se (Swedish), accessed October 14, 2011
- ↑ Elina Sorri: Gudmor, gudfar eller fadder on arbetarbladet.se of September 17, 2011 (Swedish), accessed on October 14, 2011
- ↑ Linn Heiel Ekeborg: Gustaf Skarsgård spelar Hamlet i Stockholm (PDF; 1.9 MB) on shakespearesallskapet.se , 4/2008 (Swedish), accessed on October 14, 2011
- ↑ Nicholas Wennö: Påläggskalven Skarsgård on dn.se of March 7, 2008 (Swedish), accessed October 14, 2011
- ↑ Cecilia Hagen: Cecilia Hagen möter Gustaf Skarsgård ( Memento of the original from April 8, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on expressen.se January 31, 2010 (Swedish), accessed October 14, 2011
- ↑ Lars Ring: Vidunderligt spel om kärlekens villkor on svd.se of March 29, 2008 (Swedish), accessed on October 14, 2011
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SURNAME | Skarsgård, Gustaf |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Skarsgård, Gustaf Caspar Ohm (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 12, 1980 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Södermalm , Stockholm , Sweden |