These days Alexander Skarsgard often uses his teeth as weapons, but he is much more comfortable with your garden variety guns and ammo.
Long before he became known as the evil head vampire Eric in 'True Blood,' SKarsgard was an anti-terrorist marine in his home country of Sweden, London's Telegraph reports.
The 33-year-old actor grew up in Stockholm as the son of famous actor Stellan Skarsgard. As he grew up, he says he wanted the challenge of a hard life.
At 19, he enrolled in Sweden's national service where he practised battle tactics, combat and anti-sabotage assaults.
"I hated it most of the time, because a lot of the guys I served with wanted to be James Bond," he tells the newspaper. "I was a hippie. But it was good for me."
Despite the fact that he can "strip a gun and that sort of thing," Skarsgard is quick to point out that he was training in Sweden, not Iraq.
"People don’t shoot us, so you can’t really... I never left Sweden," he tells the Telegraph. "Our last war was 200 years ago."
Subject: 'True Blood' star Alexander Skarsgard reveals he used to be an anti-terrorist marine in Sweden 
Tue Feb 23, 2010 3:54 pm