Gustaf Skarsgård is a Swedish actor best known for his role as Floki in the series Vikings . He is the second-born child of celebrated Swedish actor Stellan Skarsgård with his first wife My Skarsgard, a doctor. He was her first child to be bitten from acting at a relatively young age. In the meantime, 4 brothers have joined the family business.

He has had roles in films such as The Way Back , Ballet Dancer , Min vän Percys magiska gymnastikskor , Euroboy , Cleo , The Color of Milk , Arn , The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden , Sneakers among others. He has also had roles in TV shows such as My Friend Percy’s Magic Sneakers , Westworld , Ettor & Nollor (The Fat and the Angry One) , Vikings: Athelstan’s Diary , S wedenhielms , among others.

He joined the Royal Dramatic Theater after attending the Teaterhögskolan from 1999 to 2003 in Stockholm. He took part in plays for Chekhov, Shakespeare and Söderberg at the Stockholm City Theater and the Royal Dramatic Theatre .

Born name

Gustaf Caspar Olm Skarsgård

nickname

Gustaf

Sun sign

Scorpio

Place of birth

Södermalm, Stockholm, Sweden

Residence

Stockholm, Sweden

nationality

training

Gustaf Skarsgård has attended the Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts .

occupation

Actor, voice actor, director, screenwriter

family

• Father – Stellan Skarsgård (Actor)
• Mother – My Skarsgård (Doctor)
• Siblings – Alexander Skarsgård (Older Brother) (Actor), Bill Skarsgård (Younger Brother) (Actor, Model), Sam Skarsgård (Younger Brother) (Doctor), Valter Skarsgård (Younger Brother) (Actor), Eija Skarsgård (Younger Brother) (model)
• Others – Megan Everett (Stepmother), Ossian Skarsgård (Half Brother), Kolbjörn Skarsgård (Half Brother)

Manager

Gustaf Skarsgård is managed by –

• MGMT Entertainment (Talent Management Company), West Hollywood, United States
• Agentfirman Planthaber / Kildén / Mandic (Manager), Stockholm, Schweden
• Wolf-Kasteler Public Relations (publicist), Los Angeles, California, USA

To build

Average

Height

6 feet 4 inches or 193 cm

weight

84 kg or 185 lbs

girlfriend/spouse

Gustaf Skarsgård dated –

1. Hanna Alström (1999-2005) – Gustaf dated Hanna, a Swedish actress for 6 years from 1999 to 2005.

race/ethnicity

White

hair colour

dark brown

eye color

Blau

sexual orientation

Just

distinguishing features

Receding hairline

brand promotion

Gustaf Skarsgård hasn’t endorsed any brands yet.

Known for

• Acting in films such as Ballet Dancer , Min vän Percys magiska gymnastikskor , Euroboy , Cleo , The Color of Milk , Arn – The Kingdom at the End of the Road , The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden , Sneakers among others
• Appears in TV shows such as My Friend Percy’s Magic Sneakers , Westworld , Ettor & Nollor (The Fat and the Angry One) , Vikings: Athelstan’s Diary , S wedenhielms, among others
• The film is produced by Vi in 2013
• Screenplay and direction for the 2011 film Människor helt utan betydelse

first movie

Gustaf Skarsgård made his cinema debut in 1989 as Spinken Codename Coq Rouge (Täcknamn Coq Rouge).

First TV show

He made his TV show debut on My Friend Percy’s Magic Sneakers (Min vän Percys magiska gymnastikskor) in 1994.

Gustaf Skarsgård Favorite thing

• Actor – Gary Oldman
• Actress – Isabelle Huppert and Juliette Binoche
• TV series – Game of Thrones

Gustaf Skarsgård The facts

1. In 2007, the European film promotion called him “Shooting Stars of European Films”.
2. Swedish actor Matias Varela has been his best friend since childhood.
3. The name Orm means “snake” in Swedish.
4. Sara Alström is his ex-sister-in-law.
5. He shares a birthday with Ryan Gosling.
6. He has won the Shooting Stars Award from the European Film Academy and Guldbagge Awards for his role in the film Kidz In da Hood .
7. When Gustaf left Teaterhogskolan in Stockholm he joined the Royal Dramatic Theater where he acted in works by Shakespeare, Soderberg and Chekov.
8. He has acted in a number of short films such as May Fly , The Great Leap , Euroboy: Cambrioleu , among others .
9. He’s afraid of horses.
10. Famous Swedish actor Peter Stormare is his godfather, famous for his roles in The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997), Prison Break (2005), Bad Boys II (2003) among others.
11. He comes from a large family of 6 siblings from his mother and 2 half-brothers from his father’s second wife.
12. All 5 brothers and their fathers are tall, over 6ft 3″ and their 1 sister is 5ft 10″.
13. His sister Eija is a model.
14. 4 of his brothers are actors following in their father’s footsteps and the other brother is a doctor like their mother.
15. Both of his brothers have successful careers in Hollywood. Alexander is in the cast of Big Little Liars and Bill plays the clown in the horror film It: Chapter One .
16. His father Stellan has acted in the films Goodwill Hunt (1997), Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man (2006) Mama Mia (2008), Thor (2011), The Avengers (2012) among others.
17. He has also acted at the Stockholm City Theatre .
18. Gustaf has played the Swedish king twice. as King Charles XI. (Charles XI) of the 17th century and as King Knut Eriksson (Canute I) of the 13th century.
19. He lent his voice to the Swedish version of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) for the character Stan Shunpike.
20. He was again the voice for the Swedish version of Brave (2005) for the character of “Valiant”.
21. He produced the Swedish film Us (2013) about a love story gone bad.
22. He is the screenplay writer for the short film Manniskor Helt Utan Betydelse .
23. He made his directorial debut in 2011 with the short film Manniskor Helt Utan Betydelse (People of No Importance).
24. He was the winner of the “Best Actor Award” in Screamfest for his role in Dan Osynlige (2002).
25. He was cast in the role of Rolf Blomberg in the documentary The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden (2013) about the unsolved disappearance of European emigrants on the Galapagos island of Floreana in the 1930s.
26. His acting career has taken him to many different places; Viking was shot in Ireland, Herbstblut was in Austria, Westworld was in California, Kon Tiki was filmed in Norway, Malta, Bulgaria, Thailand, Sweden and the Maldives.
27. He has settled in Sweden and travels back and forth wherever his next role will take him.
28. Gustaf was cast for the role of Martin Schbbye in the film 438 Days (2019) about 2 Swedish journalists who survive 438 days in Ethiopia’s infamous Kality prison.
29. Follow him on Instagram.