Gustaf Skarsgård Net Worth

What is Gustaf Skarsgård's Net Worth?

Gustaf Skarsgård is a Swedish actor who has a net worth of $8 million. Gustaf Skarsgård is known for his roles on the television series "Vikings," "Westworld," "Cursed," and "Evil." He has also acted in many films, including "Kidz in da Hood," "The Way Back," "Kon-Tiki," "Air," and the 2023 Best Picture Oscar winner "Oppenheimer."

Early Life and Education

Gustaf Skarsgård was born on November 12, 1980 in Stockholm, Sweden to My, a physician, and Stellan, an actor. He has five siblings — Alexander, Sam, Bill, Eija, and Valter — plus two half-brothers, Ossian and Kolbjörn, from his father's second marriage. Alexander, Bill, and Valter are also actors. From 1998 to 2003, Gustaf Skarsgård attended the National Academy of Mime and Acting in Stockholm.

Film Career

Skarsgård began acting in films as a child. He made his debut in the 1989 short film "Prima Ballerina," and later in the year appeared alongside his father in the thriller "Codename Coq Rouge." After a break, Skarsgård returned to film in the mid-1990s with roles in the feature film "Sommaren" and the short film "Euroboy." His breakout role came in 2002 when he starred in the supernatural thriller "The Invisible." The following year, Skarsgård was in "Evil" and "Detaljer," the former of which won the Guldbagge Award for Best Film and received an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film. In 2004, he starred in the Norwegian film "The Color of Milk." Skarsgård went on to give an acclaimed performance in the 2006 film "Kidz in da Hood," earning him the Guldbagge Award for Best Actor. In 2007, he portrayed King Canute I of Sweden in the epic "Arn: The Knight Templar," and in 2008 he reprised the role in the sequel "Arn: The Kingdom at Road's End." Also in 2008, Skarsgård starred opposite Torkel Petersson as one half of a gay couple in the dramedy "Patrik, Age 1.5." For his performance, he earned a Guldbagge Award nomination.

Skarsgård was in two films in 2010, starting with the Swedish dramedy "Trust Me," which also stars his brother Alexander. He then made his American film debut in Peter Weir's survival film "The Way Back," playing a Latvian inmate. Skarsgård had his next major big-screen role in 2012, when he portrayed real-life Swedish anthropologist Bengt Danielsson in the Norwegian historical seafaring drama "Kon-Tiki." A huge commercial hit, the film also earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film. Skarsgård subsequently appeared in the thriller "Autumn Blood" and narrated the documentary "The Galapagos Affair," both in 2013. After starring in some Swedish films over the ensuing years, including "438 Days" and "The Emigrants," Skarsgård returned to Hollywood cinema in 2023. That year, he portrayed real-life figures in two biopics: German businessman Horst Dassler in "Air" and German-American physicist Hans Bethe in "Oppenheimer." The latter film, a major blockbuster, went on to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. Skarsgård next appeared in Steven Soderbergh's spy thriller "Black Bag," which came out in 2025.

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Television Career

As a teenager, Skarsgård acted in the television miniseries "My Friend Percy's Magical Sneakers" (1994) and "Skuggornas hus" (1996). In 2002, he appeared in five episodes of the SVT series "Cleo," and in 2003 he was seen in the television film "Swedenhielms." Returning to miniseries, Skarsgård portrayed King Charles XI of Sweden in SVT's "Snapphanar" in late 2006. His subsequent credits included the 2008 television film "Mellan 11 och 12" and the 2011 miniseries "Bibliotekstjuven." Skarsgård landed his biggest role to date in 2013, when he began starring as shipbuilder Floki on the History Channel series "Vikings." He remained on the show until 2020, leaving after the end of the first part of the show's sixth and final season. During his time on "Vikings," Skarsgård also appeared in the miniseries "Ettor & nollor" and in five episodes of the HBO series "Westworld." He had his next main role in 2020, playing Merlin on the Netflix series "Cursed." Based on the graphic novel of the same name by Frank Miller and Tom Wheeler, the series was ultimately short-lived, being canceled after a single season. Skarsgård went on to star in the 2023 miniseries adaptation of Jan Guillou's novel "Evil," the second time he starred in an adaptation of that book after the 2003 film of the same name.

Gustaf Skarsgard and Caroline Sjostrand (Photo by Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic)

Stage Career

In the '00s, Skarsgård performed in many stage productions at the Royal Dramatic Theatre and Stockholm City Theatre, including plays by Shakespeare, Söderberg, and Chekhov.

Personal Life

From 1999 to 2005, Skarsgård was in a relationship with fellow Swedish actor Hanna Alström. He later began dating Caroline Sjöström, with whom he had a daughter in late 2020.

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