<Tr> <Th> Parent (s) </Th> <Td> Stellan Skarsgård My Agnes </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Relatives </Th> <Td> Gustaf Skarsgård (brother) Bill Skarsgård (brother) Valter Skarsgård (brother) </Td> </Tr> <P> Alexander Johan Hjalmar Skarsgård (Swedish pronunciation: (aleksˈander ˈskɑːʂɡoːɖ) (listen); born August 25, 1976) is a Swedish actor . He is best known for his roles as vampire Eric Northman on the HBO series True Blood, Meekus in Zoolander, the title character in The Legend of Tarzan, Brad Colbert in the HBO miniseries Generation Kill and as Perry Wright in the HBO miniseries Big Little Lies, for which he won an Emmy . </P> <P> Alexander Skarsgård was born in Stockholm, Sweden . He is the eldest son of actor Stellan Skarsgård and his first wife, My Sonja Marie Agnes, a physician . He has five younger siblings: Gustaf, Sam, Bill, Eija and Valter, and two half - brothers, Ossian and Kolbjörn . Gustaf, Bill, and Valter are also actors . </P>

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