Gustaf Skarsgård

Gustaf Skarsgård is one of those actors you genuinely cannot help but respect, partly because he clearly refuses to coast on the family name. Yes, he's part of that Skarsgård dynasty out of Stockholm — which in itself is a lot to carry — but he built his own thing entirely. Floki in Vikings is just a masterclass in controlled chaos: that wide-eyed, twitchy unpredictability he brought to the role made every scene feel like it could go anywhere. Then he turns around and plays it cool in Westworld, shows up in the mammoth Oppenheimer ensemble, and somewhere in between won a Guldbagge Award for Best Actor back in 2007. He's a director and screenwriter on top of it all, which tells me the performance work isn't accidental — this guy understands story from the inside out. Quietly one of the most interesting people working in the business.

Name (English)

Gustaf Skarsgård

Name (Japanese)

グスタフ・スカルスガルド

Reading

ぐすたふ・すかるすがるど

Born

November 12, 1980 (age 45)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Monkey

Origin

Maria Magdalena parish, Stockholm County, Sweden

Occupation

actor / film actor / television actor / film director / screenwriter

Awards & achievements

• 2007 Guldbagge Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
• 2007 Shooting Stars Award

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B0%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%83%95%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AB%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%89

Tags

• Stockholm County
• actor
• film actor
• television actor

Last updated

2026-06-02

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