Who are the lesser-known Skarsgård siblings, Sam and Eija? Only 2 of Dune actor Stellan Skarsgård’s 8 children have shunned acting, so what do they do, and what do their famous brothers think?
- Most will know Swedish actor Stellan Skarsgård from Dune, Mamma Mia! or Thor, but did you know that Hollywood actors Alexander, Gustaf, Bill and Valter Skarsgård are his sons?
- Incredibly, all 8 of Stellan Skarsgård’s children have an IMDB page – but two of them decided to go in a different direction – and seem to have earned the respect of their siblings as a result …
In case you hadn’t yet linked all of these famous actors together via their distinctly Swedish surname, Stellan, Alexander, Gustaf, Bill and Valter Skarsgård are all from the same family.
But there are two members of the family who have opted out of the limelight – Sam and Eija Skarsgård. So what do we know about the siblings, and how do their Hollywood fam feel about them?
How many children does Stellan Skarsgård have?
Stellan Skarsgård began acting in his home country of Sweden in the late 1960s and scored his first big Hollywood role in 1997’s Good Will Hunting. The now 72-year-old actor married his first wife My Skarsgård in 1972 and they had six children together: Alexander, Gustaf, Sam, Bill, Eija and Valter, per People.
Stellan and My divorced in 2007 and he married Megan Everett two years later, with whom he now has two young sons – Ossian and Kolbjörn – who are also child stars! Talk about acting being in the genes …
What does Sam Skarsgård do?
