Gustaf Skarsgård

Gustaf Skarsgård Caspar Orm ( born November 12, 1980 in Södermalm, Stockholm ) is a Swedish actor and part of the Swedish actor Skarsgard family.

Life

Gustaf Skarsgård Caspar Orm was born as the second son of Swedish actor Stellan Skarsgård and his former wife My. Stellan's friend, actor Peter Stormare, took over after the birth of the sponsorship of Gustaf. In addition to his father are also his older brother Alexander (* 1976) and his younger brothers Bill (* 1990) and Valter (* 1995), actor. After 2003 he attended from 1999 Teaterhögskolan in Stockholm, he joined the then Dramatan, the Society for theater actors, in and henceforth worked and played in several works of Shakespeare, Chekhov and Söderbergs at different theaters in Stockholm.

However, he played in 1989 already as a nine -year-old son of the figure of his father Stellan on Swedish thriller Coq Rouge and forced his film career after graduating from drama school even more and was able to Faustrecht and Patrik have 1.5 two films for which he both a nomination Best Supporting Actor and a nomination for Best Actor at the Swedish film Award Guldbagge received. For his role of a singing teacher Johan in the Swedish family film Förortsungar he was even honored as best actor.

It took almost 20 years until he and his father again in Arn - The Knight Templar Arn and - Riket vid Vägens slut played together, where he realized that his style of acting independently developed and that of his father but very similar.

Skarsgård sits down frequently and for the Palestinian Authority and the Gaza Strip. He has appeared with a keffiyeh on at the award ceremony of the Swedish film award Guldbagge in 2009. However, he is " annoyed " the fact that he is permanently supplied on charges of anti-Semitism.

Filmography (selection)

Theater roles (selection)

• 2004: Köpmannen i Venice ( The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare) - Director: Bassanio ( Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm )
• 2005: Platonov ( by Anton Chekhov ) - Director: Karl Dunér ( Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm )
• 2008: The allvarsamma Leken ( by Hjalmar Söderberg ) - Director: Daniel Lind Lagerlöf ( Stadsteatern in Stockholm)
• 2009: Hamlet ( by William Shakespeare) - Director: Katrin Wiedemann ( Stadsteatern in Stockholm)

Awards

• 2004: Nomination as Best Supporting Actor for My Darling
• 2007: Award for Best Actor for Förortsungar
• 2009: Nomination as Best Actor for Patrik 1.5