--- title: Internet Reacts to Alexander Skarsgard Mustache at Emmys description: The internet could not contain its thoughts about Alexander Skarsgard's Emmy night facial hair canonical: https://time.com/4946124/internet-reacts-to-alexander-skarsgard-at-emmys/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-09-18T15:27:32.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:47:21.342Z og:title: Internet Has Feelings About Alexander Skarsgard's Mustache og:description: The Big Little Lies star debuted a new look at the Emmy Awards og:url: https://time.com/4946124/internet-reacts-to-alexander-skarsgard-at-emmys/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf6d04bbfe4934734/6988de3dbc6cfc2af93e320a/gettyimages-848808380.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 69th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards - Press Room og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Internet Has Feelings About Alexander Skarsgard's Mustache twitter:description: The Big Little Lies star debuted a new look at the Emmy Awards twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf6d04bbfe4934734/6988de3dbc6cfc2af93e320a/gettyimages-848808380.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Internet Has Made Its Strong Feelings About Alexander Skarsgard's Emmy Mustache Known by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Sep 18, 2017 3:27 PM UTC  LOS ANGELES, CA - SEPTEMBER 17: Alexander Skarsgard and Nicole Kidman pose in the press room at the 69th annual Primetime Emmy Awards at Microsoft Theater on September 17, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic) LOS ANGELES, CA - SEPTEMBER 17: Alexander Skarsgard and Nicole Kidman pose in the press room at the 69th annual Primetime Emmy Awards at Microsoft Theater on September 17, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic)Jason LaVeris—FilmMagic by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Sep 18, 2017 3:27 PM UTC Alexander Skarsgård won Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series for his role as in _Big Little Lies_ during the 69th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards. The internet, however, was not as interested in his craft or how a nice guy like Skarsgård managed to wholly embody the abuser Perry in the HBO series. All the internet wanted to know: what the heck was that mustache doing on Skarsgård’s face. > [](https://twitter.com/klawls/status/909560588203970567) The internet had a few theories as to why the actor decided to sprout a little facial hair: > [](https://twitter.com/aimeok/status/909617658890412032) > [](https://twitter.com/thisisjelli/status/909560943012712449) > [](https://twitter.com/ZenLizzie/status/909561117537705984) Some Twitter commentators hated the ’stache: > [](https://twitter.com/AmericanMerman/status/909562132571795456) > [](https://twitter.com/4lisaguerrero/status/909561423012999168) While others realized that they could find still manage to Skarsgård attractive despite the facial hair: > [](https://twitter.com/GRIZZtina80/status/909568373939478529) > [](https://twitter.com/joshgondelman/status/909586721804713984) A few Twitter users did their part to prevent this mustache thing from becoming a full-blown trend, reminding the social network that very, very few people can make a mustache look good. > [](https://twitter.com/pop%5Fwitch/status/909586286138273792) > [](https://twitter.com/AnyaGeo/status/909560605262143488) Got it hand it to those Skarsgård men, though, they look good even when sporting 1940s style mustaches or nightmarish grins. For further proof, see Bill Skarsgård in his role as Pennywise the clown in _It_. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4946124/internet-reacts-to-alexander-skarsgard-at-emmys/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4946124/internet-reacts-to-alexander-skarsgard-at-emmys/"},"headline":"The Internet Has Made Its Strong Feelings About Alexander Skarsgard's Emmy Mustache Known","datePublished":"2017-09-18T15:27:32.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:47:21.342Z","description":"The internet could not contain its thoughts about the facial hair that Alexander Skarsgard debuted at the Emmys","url":"https://time.com/4946124/internet-reacts-to-alexander-skarsgard-at-emmys/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf6d04bbfe4934734/6988de3dbc6cfc2af93e320a/gettyimages-848808380.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf6d04bbfe4934734/6988de3dbc6cfc2af93e320a/gettyimages-848808380.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"69th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards - Press Room","caption":"69th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards - Press Room","creditText":"Jason LaVeris—FilmMagic","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4946124/internet-reacts-to-alexander-skarsgard-at-emmys/","name":"The Internet Has Made Its Strong Feelings About Alexander Skarsgard's Emmy Mustache Known"}}]}] ```