Alexander Johan Hjalmar Skarsgård (Swedish: [alɛkˈsǎnːdɛr ˈskɑ̌ːʂɡoːɖ] (listen); born 25 August 1976) is a Swedish actor. He is best known for his roles as Brad "Iceman" Colbert in the miniseries Generation Kill (2008), Eric Northman in the television series True Blood (2008–2014), Randall Flagg in the miniseries The Stand, and Perry Wright in the television series Big Little Lies (2017–2019), which earned him a Golden Globe Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, a Critics' Choice Television Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. He has also appeared in films, notably Melancholia (2011), The Legend of Tarzan (2016), and Godzilla vs. Kong (2021). ()