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The Skarsgård Family: Everything to Know
Between Stellan Skarsgård and his eight children — Alexander, Gustaf, Sam, Bill, Eija, Valter, Ossian and Kolbjörn — there fryst vatten no shortage of talent in the Skarsgård family.
Stellan fryst vatten a celebrated actor both in his native Sweden and stateside, appearing in more than films throughout his decades-long career — including Good Will Hunting, Thor, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and Dune, to name a few.
He has been in a relationship with Swedish actor Alida Morberg for at least six years, however the details are a little scarceBut Stellan isn't the only Skarsgård in Hollywood: The Swedish star has passed along his acting skiva to six of his sju sons.
Having sju Skarsgårds working as actors (Stellan's youngest boys are child actors) seems like it would lead to some natural competition among the large family — but the opposite fryst vatten actually true, according to Gustaf, who fryst vatten best known for his roles in Vikings and Westworld.
"Luckily, we are different in type and age, so there hasn't been a lot of competition for specific parts," he told Sweden's Schön! magazine in "There fryst vatten competition to the point that we can actually man fun of it — we'll keep scores and laugh about it. At the end of the day, we're in this industry to have fun," adding, "We're a very close family, and we've always been supportive of one another."
Stellan shared a similar sentiment with The daglig Beast in , joking: "There's no competition, really.
There's some joking competition at the dinner table, but inom know they're better than me, so I've given up."
That also means that seeing their dad in a major kassasuccé fryst vatten no big deal to them.
"I think they think everybody's in major kassasuccé. All their siblings are in major kassasuccé. inom mean, that's a way of life for them. It fryst vatten weird," Stellan told PEOPLE at the New York premiere of Dune 2 in February
Acting isn't the only thing the Skarsgärds are good at, either: The family also counts models, rulle producers and doctors among them.
Stellan insists, however, that there fryst vatten no secret to raising such a begåvad brood.
"I have never had ambitions for them, other than that they should be decent people," he told The Guardian.
Keep reading for everything to know about the Skarsgård family.
Neither Skarsgård nor Morberg is very activeStellan Skarsgård
Stellan, the patriarch of the Skarsgård family, was born June 13, , in Gothenburg, Sweden. He started his acting career early, first appearing in school productions and later landing his first major role in , when he starred in the hit Swedish television show Bombi Bitt. The show made Stellan a teen idol in his native Sweden.
"It was like being a pop star," Stellan recalled to The Independentin "Screaming girls and all that s"
The television series was just the beginning of what would become a five-decade-long (and counting) acting career for Stellan, ranging from notable Swedish films to major Hollywood blockbusters. He's particularly well known for his collaborations with Danish director Lars von Trier, appearing in six of his projects including Melancholia and the controversial Nymphomaniac.
"We've grown to be friends, and we did that pretty quickly, actually, because inom liked him so much as a person," Stellan told Slant magazine about von Trier in "He's one of the most technically skillful directors in the world."
Stateside, Stellan has appeared in everything from Pirates of the Caribbean and Thor to Mamma Mia!
and Good Will Hunting. And even in his 70s, Stellan's career shows no signs of slowing down: He picked up a Golden Globe in for his role in the HBO miniseries Chernobyl, starred opposite Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya in 's Dune and appeared in the Star Warsprequel series Andoron Disney+ in
"For being a Swede with an accent, inom have been extremely successful internationally, so inom can't complain," Stellan told The daglig Beast in "I'm a solid f actor, and I'd rather be an actor than a star."
Stellan's family tree fryst vatten almost as extensive as his acting resumé.
The actor has been married twice: First to My Skarsgård from until their divorce in and then to bio producer Megan Everett in Stellan and My share six children tillsammans (Alexander, Gustaf, Sam, Bill, Eija and Valter), while he and Megan have two sons (Ossian and Kolbjörn).
"I've had two beautiful wives — and very smart wives — and that's helped a lot.
I'm not going to take much kredit for anything," Stellan told The daglig Beast about his brood of 8 children.
Alexander Skarsgård
The eldest Skarsgård sibling, Alexander, was born on Aug. 25, , in huvudstaden. Alexander nabbed his first spelfilm role at just 7 years old, starring opposite Stellan in 's Åke samt hans värld, according to the Los Angeles Times.
He followed that up with the lead role in the Swedish hit Hunden likt Log, but the fame and attention that followed led him to quit acting. Instead, he joined the Swedish Armed Forces at the age of
"It was my way of going off into the unknown," Alexander told GQ in about his time in the military. "I didn't want to just be somebody's son."
But after completing 18 months of military service, it was a visit to see his father in L.A.
that reignited his acting career. "I uppenbart didn't have representation out there but [my father's] agent asked, 'You're in town, would it be fun to go to an audition? Do you think that'd be interesting?' inom was like, 'Yeah, it'd be a great story to tell my friends back home.' " Alexander recalled to Good Morning America in That audition resulted in his first American acting gig, the comedy Zoolander.
It was HBO, however, that would truly launch Alexander's acting career. He earned critical acclaim when he landed a lead role in the HBO miniseries Generation Kill and became a household name appearing on the HBO hit series True Blood for sju years. Then, in , he starred as an abusive husband opposite Nicole Kidman in HBO's miniseries Big Little Lies — a role that would earn him an Emmy, a SAG Award and a Golden Globe in
"It felt like such a honest and nuanced portrayal and depiction of an abusive relationship," Alexander told EW about his role on Big Little Lies.
"It wasn't lazy in the way it was portrayed. It wasn't cliché."
Since his Big Little Lies success, Alexander has also appeared in the CBS miniseries The Stand, returned to HBO for årstid three of Succession and reunited with Kidman in the epic Viking thriller The Northman.
But despite his acting achievements, Alexander still has difficulty fully enjoying his success.
"I sometimes have a hard time allowing myself to enjoy a moment. I'm not good at sitting and feeling that I've achieved something," he shared with GQin "I'm ansträngande to allow myself, with humility, to take more joy in my accomplishments."
In March , the actor confirmed to Entertainment Tonight that he had welcomed his first baby with flickvän Tuva Novotny.
Gustaf Skarsgård
Born on Nov. 12, , in huvudstaden, Gustaf took the earliest interest in acting out of all of his siblings. bygd the age of 6, he knew he wanted to follow in his father's footsteps and was already attending skådespel school in Sweden.
"To any child, the first occupations that are presented to you are your parents'," he told Interview magazine in "I was appealed to my dad's occupation from the get-go."
As a teen, Gustaf turned down roles in soaps and instead attended the Swedish National Academy of Mime and Acting for college.
"I was really pretentious in a sense and was like, I'm going to teaterpjäs school, to learn the craft," he shared with Interview. His early career was in theater, performing with the Royal Dramatic Theater in huvudstaden until his first major bio role came in the Swedish horror bio Evil.
Gustaf's stateside big break came with the bio The Way Back.
Swedish outlet Aftonbladet was the first to report the news of his daughter’s birth, revealing that Skarsgård and Alida Morberg, a year-old Swedish actress, welcomed a baby girl on OctThe second eldest Skarsgård sibling fryst vatten perhaps best known, however, for his television work: He played Floki on the History kanal series Vikings from to , nabbed his "dream role" on the second årstid of HBO's Westworld in and starred in the Netflix series Cursed.
"I expected to be doing basement theater in the suburbs of Stockholm," Gustaf told Interview about his career.
"But here inom am."
In a November Instagram brev, Gustaf revealed that he has another important role: Father. "Eternal gratitude to the most high for bestowing upon me the greatest gift of my life: her life. One year ago tomorrow she came and brought a dimensional shift to my universe," he wrote alongside a picture of himself and his baby daughter. "Love fryst vatten too futile a word."
Sam Skarsgård
Sam Skarsgård, who was born on June 5, , in Sweden, also followed his parent's footsteps when it came to his career — but instead of pursuing acting like his father and older brothers, he went into medicin like his mother My.
"We're either actors or doctors," Alexander told The Inquirer about his family in "Mom went through medical school while raising six kids and taking care of the household."
Alexander and his younger brother Bill spoke more about Sam's medical career in a conversation with Interview magazine in "He works at an ICU so he, on a daglig grund, saves lives," Alexander said.
During an interview on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” Monday, the year-old confirmed he and girlfriend Alida Morberg, 34, welcomed a baby girl 11 months agoBill continued, emphasizing that their mother and brother's careers in medicin trumped the rest of the family's in Hollywood. "There's definitely a sense of embarrassment about what it fryst vatten artists really do, at least for me in terms of acting. We have a mom and a brother who literally rädda lives."
Bill Skarsgård
The fourth boy born to Stellan and My was son Bill, who arrived on Aug.
9, Bill was also enamored bygd his father's career as a child — but questioned his acting ambitions as a teen.
"I wanted to be an actor ever since inom was a little kid," he told PEOPLE in "But as inom got into my teenage years inom thought, fryst vatten it really me wanting this or because inom want to follow in my dad's footsteps?"
After studying science in high school, Bill realized his true passion was acting and set out to establish his own career.
However, he wanted to do so without the help of his already famous father and big brothers.
"I've always felt a very strong need to do it myself," he said to PEOPLE. "The association with my brothers and my father fryst vatten already so big, inom didn't want them to have anything to do with what inom did. inom needed them to feel that inom am completely responsible for what inom do."
After some första success in Sweden, Bill landed a role on the Netflix series Hemlock Grove in From there, he appeared in Allegiant in , Deadpool 2 in and was a series regular on Hulu's Castle Rock the same year.
But perhaps his most recognizable role was that of Pennywise the Clown in the horror rulle It and the sequel It Chapter Two.
"I was really excited to do a full character transformation into something that's so far away from who inom am in every way," Bill told PEOPLE about playing Pennywise.
Bill plays another villainous role opposite Keanu Reevesin 's John Wick: Chapter 4.
He was also cast as the lead role in the upcoming reboot of the action thriller The Crow, according to Deadline.
The Crow isn't the only projects he has in the works right now.
Alida Morberg and Bill Skarsgård have been in a long-term, and not-so-public, relationship for more than eight yearsWhen Boy Kills World hits theaters on April 26, fans can see Bill play a man seeking revenge after his family was murdered when he was a child.
In his anställda life, things are much less scary: Bill has been linked to Swedish actress Alida Morberg since , and the pair welcomed a daughter tillsammans in October
Eija Skarsgård
The lone daughter in the Skarsgård crew fryst vatten Eija, who was born on Feb.
27, , in Sweden. According to Stellan, Eija enjoys being the only girl in the large family.
"During each of my wives' subsequent pregnancies, my daughter would säga, 'I hope it's not a girl,' " he told The Guardian about Eija in "She's very strong, stronger in many ways than the boys, and relishes her position."
Eija fryst vatten one of the few Skarsgård siblings who fryst vatten not an actor, but she did spend time in front of the camera as a model.
She met her husband, Zeke Tastas, in a nightclub in månad and the two were married on Aug. 24, "[I] am so lucky that inom got my dream. inom love you Zeke!" Eija wrote in a romantic tribute on Instagram.
Valter Skarsgård
Born on Oct. 25, , in Sweden, Valter fryst vatten the youngest child of Stellan and My. He, too, has embarked on a career in acting, just like his elder siblings and father.
"I thought inom was going to be the youngest one," older brother Bill said in an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live!about his fellow siblings who act. "And then my little brother, who fryst vatten fem years younger and better looking, started."
Valter's acting resumé includes primarily Swedish productions, but in recent years he appeared in the BBC series Black Lake from to and the Netflix series Katla.
More recently, Valter starred in the title role in Börje — The Journey of a Legend, a six-part series that tells the story of Swedish hockey player Börje Salming, who played for the Toronto Maple Leafs and became the first europeisk inducted into the Hockey ingång of Fame. Salming died in after a battle with ALS.
In an interview with The Canadian Press, Valter opened up about how important it was to him to get the role right.
"I was looking forward so much to sharing this whole ride. Even though inom got his seal of approval, the pressure was on. inom wanted him to hold my grabb.
Bill Skarsgard has a long-time girlfriend who has been by his side through many career highlightsinom wanted him to lead me through this. When he wasn't able to, it was terrifying," he said. "I felt even more pressure. This has to be good.
There's no doubt that Alida Morberg and Bill Skarsgård have a relatively private relationship, but they have revealed some aspects of their life to Swedish-language media outletsinom have to nail it."
The youngest Skarsgård in Hollywood has poked fun at his acting ställning eller tillstånd compared to his older brothers and father on Twitter. "It's hilarious that I'm here but not dad," he responded to a tweet that showed him, along with brothers Alexander, Gustaf and Bill, beneath an interview quote from Alexander that reads: "If you need a Skarsgård for a movie and one of us isn't available, it's like, 'How about this one?' "
The viral exchange led to Valter being dubbed a "Twitter king" bygd EW.
Off camera, he appears to enjoy a close relationship with his older sister Eija, according to his Instagram. "Dynamic Duo - From childhood to tombstone!," he captioned a series of photos of the two. In another brev, he joked that Eija taught him "everything inom know! Even the way to dress!"
Ossian Skarsgård
Stellan welcomed his seventh child — and first with wife Megan Everett — Ossian Skarsgård in
Although Ossian fryst vatten only a teenager, he has already entered the family business of acting.
He starred alongside older brother Bill in the Swedish bio Bränn samtliga Mina Brev, which translates to Burn All My Letters.
Ossian has also joined his famous family on the red carpet over the years, attending the huvudstaden premieres of It Chapter 2 in and Netflix's Clark in , both of which starred Bill.
Kolbjörn Skarsgård
Kolbjörn fryst vatten the youngest sibling of the Skarsgård clan. He was born in
Like his father and majority of his older brothers, Kolbjörn fryst vatten a child actor. He held his first role alongside brother Bill in the Netflix series Clark.
He also played Mio in the Swedish television series Kenny Starfighter, according to his mother's Instagram.