The Skarsgård family includes several actors, including Stellan, the patriarch, and his sons Alexander, Gustaf and Bill
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NEED TO KNOW
- Bill Skarsgård revealed the name of the Skarsgård family group chat which is humorously named after another famous Hollywood family
- The Skarsgård family includes several actors, including Stellan, the patriarch, and his sons Alexander, Gustaf and Bill
- Stellan has eight children total, with all but one pursuing an entertainment-related career
Bill Skarsgård is sharing a peek into the Skarsgård family group chat!
The Death of Robin Hood star, 35, revealed he and the other Skarsgård actors — including his father Stellan, 74, and his brothers, Alexander and Gustaf, 49 and 45, respectively — are all in a group chat together, which bears a silly name that nods to another set of related Hollywood stars.
"Do you guys have a family group text?" asked host Lara Spencer on Good Morning America.
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"Yes, yes — it's called 'The Baldwins,' " Bill replied.
Like the Skarsgårds, the Baldwins — brothers Alec, 68; Daniel, 65; William, 63; and Stephen, 60 — also embraced acting as the unofficial family profession and forged their careers in Hollywood alongside each other.
When Spencer asked if Bill was serious, he affirmed that it was indeed the name of their group text — and joked they offered "a lot more critiques than help. Harsh critics!"
"I mean, we’re all very supportive and I think we’re all rooting for each other as well," he added.
Stellan, who's starred in numerous hit films ranging from Mamma Mia to Dune to Pirates of the Caribbean, is father to eight children in total.
The patriarch shares six adult children with his first wife, My Skarsgård. Alexander, who earned his fame with roles in Succession and Big Little Lies, is the eldest, followed by Gustaf, who featured in Westworld and Netflix's Cursed. Bill, in turn, gained critical acclaim for his roles in It and Nosferatu. Their younger brother, 30-year-old Valter, also broke into acting with BBC's Black Lake and Netflix's Katla.
Middle brother, 44-year-old Sam, instead followed in the footsteps of his mother and became a doctor, PEOPLE previously reported. The Skarsgård's lone sister, Eija, had a brief modeling career and is now a casting director, per IMDb.
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Stellan shares his two youngest sons, 17-year-old Ossian and 13-year-old Kolbjörn, with his current wife Megan Everett-Skarsgård. Both sons have made their foray into acting — alongside their brother, Bill, in 2022 — as Ossian starred in Bränn Alla Mina Brev (Burn All My Letters) and Kolbjörn was featured in Netflix's Clark.
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