Biography
Date of Birth
9 December 1990, Vällingby, Sweden
Birth Name
Bill Istvan Günther Skarsgård
Nickname
Billie
Height
6' 3½" (1.92 m)
Trivia
Son of Stellan Skarsgård and My Skarsgård.
Brother of Alexander Skarsgård, Gustaf Skarsgård, Sam Skarsgård, Eija Skarsgård and Valter Skarsgård.
Although he is 6' 3½", very tall by any standard, he is the shortest of his siblings as his brother Gustaf is an inch taller and both Alexander and Sam are two inches taller.
Trademarks:
Large green eyes
Small scar on cheek
Quotes
I have three older brothers, and each one of them has chosen one of my parents education. Two of them are actors, and the third is a doctor as my mother is. I wasn't sure of what i wanted to do, until Arn.
[on succeeding Tim Curry as Pennywise] Tim Curry's performance was truly great, but it's important for me to do something different because of that. I'll never be able to make a Tim Curry performance as good as Tim Curry.
A lot of people ask how actors learn their lines. It's a very mechanical thing that anyone can do really. It's all about repetition. The job as an actor is about blowing life into the text and finding pauses. That's the exciting part, how to act and approach different parts.
Part of being an actor is having the face for the role, right? There's always some extent of luck going into getting a job. I try not to think too much about my own looks or how I work. There's a danger in becoming too self-aware.
I've always been a night person. There's a sense of virtue attached to getting up in the morning and doing things and starting the day, and I always felt bad for not being that person. But as I've gotten a bit older, now I'm completely okay with it. That's just who I am.
I started acting when I was nine. I did smaller parts here and there as a kid, and then as I grew older I started resisting it, because I didn't like the idea of being, at the time, number four of the Skarsgård actors. So in high school I majored in science and was like, "Maybe I'll do something rebellious and become a doctor."
I'm constantly embarrassed at the level of attention actors get and the level of money that we get. It's completely disproportionate. I think you have to feel guilty about it. I think it makes you a better person to keep reminding yourself.
All actors have comfort zones. Some actors tend to only do parts where they can play in those comfort zones and you get bored of them because they always do the same thing over and over again. I think if I have a goal, it would be to play so many different complete characters. That is something I really admire in other actors, being able to play this different range of characters.
