Alexander Skarsgård
Appearances: 4Shows: 3Latest: Feb 2, 2026
Latest appearance: Feb 2, 2026 on Late Night with Seth Meyers →
Alexander Skarsgård is an actor known for his work in film and television, including both drama and action genres. He is widely recognized for his role as Eric Northman in the series True Blood.
All appearances
Late Night with Seth Meyers (1)
Interview
Alexander Skarsgård's Dad Wanted to Play a Human-Sized Condom on SNL
Alexander Skarsgård discusses Pillion, explaining how members of a British gay motorcycle club helped the cast inhabit the film’s BDSM biker world. He also recounts his first SNL hosting experience, including his father Stellan flying in and pitching a sketch in which he would play a human-sized condom.
Saturday Night Live (1)
Alexander Skarsgård hosts Saturday Night Live’s 1,000th episode, spotlighting the house band in his monologue and appearing in sketches about Viking camaraderie, a fictional Scandinavian family film, an ICE training meeting, immigrant-family dynamics, the Winter Olympics, a children’s play date, and an overconfident boyfriend. The episode’s sketches repeatedly place him in exaggerated characters and absurd social situations.
Monologue
Alexander Skarsgård Monologue - SNL
Alexander Skarsgård opens Saturday Night Live’s 1,000th episode by reflecting on watching the show from Stockholm and then turning the spotlight on the house band. He interviews the musicians, encourages a burst of free-form jazz, tries a saxophone, and previews a show featuring Cardi B.
Sketch
Scandinavian Movie 2 ft. Stellan Skarsgård - SNL
Alexander Skarsgård directs an intentionally grim Scandinavian family movie in which actors repeatedly break character, forget lines, and turn a morbid bathtub scene into a blooper-filled prank. The fake film’s melodramatic family trauma keeps colliding with the cast’s laughter and improvisation.
Sketch
Immigrant Dad Talk Show 3 ft. Cardi B and Stellan Skarsgård - SNL
On the ‘Immigrant Dad Talk Show,’ Joaquin welcomes a Finnish neighbor and another father for exaggerated conversations about parenting, discipline, marriage, and affection. The segment escalates from deadpan family stories to a chaotic argument at Joaquin’s house before he signs off with advice to dads.
Sketch
Winter Olympics Promo - SNL
A mock Winter Olympics promo introduces athletes who describe their dreams of competing in Milan, while one terrified luger dreads the speed. The montage turns inspirational sports language into a series of escalating jokes about endurance, fear, and the 16 events.
Sketch
Play Date - SNL
At a play date, a group of girls welcomes Agnes, a new arrival from Iowa, but their questions about Bluey, Harry Styles, Olivia Rodrigo, and TikTok quickly overwhelm her. After several eruptions, pizza and a dance help Agnes find her place while the girls turn on the meanest friend.
Sketch
Funny Boyfriend - SNL
A new boyfriend wins over a ski-trip group with a stream of outrageous jokes, but his girlfriend discovers he is reading them from Cards Against Humanity cards. He admits he carries multiple decks to manufacture a comic persona and insists he is really just a ‘normie.’
Sketch
The Viking Raid - SNL
After a Viking raid, Ivar tells his comrades he feels excluded from their tight-knit group. The Vikings apologize, confess that they idolize him, and restore his confidence—only to politely pretend his new hairstyle looks good.
Sketch
Mom Confession - SNL
A mother tells her grown children she may have changed her mind about Trump, demanding that they remain calm while the family erupts over politics, religion, trans rights, drag queens, and her birthday dinner.
Other
Behind the Sketch: The Viking Raid with Alexander Skarsgård - SNL
A behind-the-scenes look at ‘The Viking Raid’ follows Alexander Skarsgård and the cast through elaborate Viking and monk costumes, heavy makeup, fake blood, and early-morning filming. Skarsgård plays the swaggering Einer Nopenis and embraces the sketch’s absurd wardrobe and character work.
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (2)
Interview
"It's Kind Of A Love Story" - Alexander Skarsgård On His Kinky New Film, "Pillion"
Alexander Skarsgård discusses "It's Kind Of A Love Story" - Alexander Skarsgård On His Kinky New Film, "Pillion".
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