Alexander Skarsgård Wins First SAG Award for Big Little Lies and Pokes Fun at Himself in the Process

Alexander Skarsgård better start building an addition to that mantle, he's got another award to take home. Skarsgård took home the Screen Actors Guild Award, also known as The Actor, for his work in HBO's Big Little Lies.

"A lot of people have been talking about who the greatest male actor ever is," Skarsgård said on stage. "Is it Mr. Robert De Niro or the tall dude from True Blood? The thespians have spoken, thank you so much for that."

He's joking, naturally.

Skarsgård previously won an Emmy, Golden Globe and Critics Choice Award for his work in the HBO miniseries (which will return for a second season in 2019). Also up for the award in his category, Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series, was Robert De Niro for The Wizard of Lies, Geoffrey Rush for Genius, Godless star Jeff Daniels and Benedict Cumberbatch for Sherlock: The Lying Detective. This was his first SAG Award win.

"I'm incredibly embarrassed and infinitely grateful. Thank you, thank you so much for this," he said on stage.

It's safe to say Skarsgård won't be back—at least in a major way—for Big Little Lies season two. The series ended with the ladies of Monterey, played by Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, Laura Dern, Shailene Woodley and Zoë Kravitz confronting Skarsgård's abusive Perry Wright, ultimately—and accidentally—killing him. Aside from Skarsgård, the main cast of Big Little Lies is expected to return for another go.