Stellan
We start with the pinnacle of the Skarsgård household, Stellan. Having married a health care provider known as My within the mid-70s, Stellan ended up making six infants together with her. He later divorced My and married screenwriter Megan Everett, they usually had two extra sons collectively. With eight Skarsgård children now roaming the Earth, Stellan lastly determined sufficient was sufficient and promptly had a vasectomy, forcing Hollywood into the tough place of sourcing its regular, contemporary stream of Vikings and murderclowns elsewhere sooner or later.
Stellan has featured prominently in movies like Breaking the Waves, Dancer within the Darkish, Dogville, Melancholia, and Nymphomaniac from Danish director Lars von Trier, and in addition starred in a handful of Hans Petter Moland’s flicks, together with Zero Kelvin, Aberdeen, In Order of Disappearance, and A Considerably Light Man. Simply as notable for that type of indie fare as he’s for larger initiatives, he signed up for recurring roles in each the Marvel Cinematic Universe and Pirates of the Caribbean franchises, whereas he was clearly recreation for amusing when he climbed aboard the blockbuster musical Mamma Mia! and its sequel.
Stellan actually reveals no indicators of slowing down and letting his kids do all of the work stateside. He’s relatively casually starred in two of the perfect TV reveals of the final 5 years, the truth is: HBO’s award-winning Chernobyl and the critically acclaimed Star Wars spinoff Andor, wherein he delivered a viral monologue that impressed even these with persistent Star Wars fatigue to mutter “grasp on, possibly Star Wars is sweet now” in opposition to their higher judgement.
Alexander
Alexander Skarsgård is the eldest of Stellan’s sons, and he’s arguably nonetheless probably the most well-known of them on the time of writing. Alex caught the appearing bug when he was a baby however for no matter purpose stop and joined the navy as a substitute. These Skarsgård genes have been simply too rattling highly effective, although. He returned to appearing later, snagging a small function as dim mannequin roommate Meekus in Zoolander and a a lot bigger function in David Simon’s HBO miniseries Technology Kill.
His breakout function got here alongside in 2008, when he was forged as bisexual Viking vampire Eric in True Blood. The present ran for seven seasons on HBO, and Alex had a frothing on-line following all through its run. The transition to celluloid success stays a tricky nut to crack. He did get huge components within the flop actioner Battleship and The Legend of Tarzan, however arguably his largest hit so far has been 2021’s Godzilla vs. Kong, and that was extra about Godzilla and Kong than it was Alex. He’s properly continued to embrace smaller and extra celebrated movies like The Northman and Maintain the Darkish when he isn’t working the small display screen.
Certainly, Alex continues to be a giant catch on TV, having made an influence as Nicole Kidman’s horrible husband Perry in Large Little Lies and as Lukas in Succession, whereas nonetheless taking main roles within the likes of The Little Drummer Lady and a reimagining of Stephen King’s horror saga The Stand.