Valter Skarsgård (; born 25 October 1995) is a Swedish actor, a member of the Skarsgård acting family that includes his father, Stellan, and brothers

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, Gustaf, and Bill.

Early life and education

Valter Skarsgård was born on 25 October 1995 in

Stockholm Stockholm (; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, most populous city of Sweden, as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in the Nordic countries. Approximately ...

, Sweden. He is the youngest son of actor Stellan Skarsgård and My Skarsgård, a physician. He has seven siblings, five of whom are from his father's first marriage:

, Gustaf, Sam, Bill, and Eija. He has two half-brothers, Ossian and Kolbjörn, from his father's second marriage. Skarsgård studied at St. Erik's High School.

Career

As an actor, Skarsgård has mainly appeared in Swedish or other Scandinavian productions. His first roles came as a child through his acting family: in 2003, he appeared in the short film '' To Kill a Child'', written and directed by his brother Alexander, and in '' Details'' as the younger version of his brother Gustaf's role. In 2007's '' Arn: The Knight Templar'', he and Bill played the sons of Knut Eriksson, played by Gustaf. He had his first lead part in the 2013 film '' IRL'' and his first main television role in the series '' Black Lake'', which ran from 2016 to 2018. He later portrayed the metal musician Bård Guldvik "Faust" Eithun in the 2018 film '' Lords of Chaos''. This was followed by two horror film leads, in '' Don't Click'' and ''

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''. During 2021 and 2022, he became known to global audience in several

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shows, including '' Katla'' and '' The Playlist''. In 2023, he played the ice hockey player

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in the biopic series ''Börje''.

Selected filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Skarsgard, Valter 21st-century Swedish male actors Living people Male actors from Stockholm Valter 1995 births