Peter Sarsgaard
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 7, 1971 (age 55)
- Birthplace
- Belleville, Illinois, USA
Biography
John Peter Sarsgaard (born March 7, 1971) is an American actor. His first feature role was in Dead Man Walking in 1995. He then appeared in the 1998 independent films Another Day in Paradise and Desert Blue. That same year, Sarsgaard received a substantial role in The Man in the Iron Mask (1998), playing Raoul, the ill-fated son of Athos. Sarsgaard later achieved critical recognition when he was cast in Boys Don't Cry (1999) as John Lotter. He landed his first leading role in the 2001 film The Center of the World. The following year, he played supporting roles in Empire, The Salton Sea, and K-19: The Widowmaker. For his portrayal of Charles Lane in Shattered Glass, Sarsgaard won the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor and was nominated for the 2004 Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor. Sarsgaard has appeared in an eclectic range of films, including the 2004 comedy-drama Garden State, the biographical film Kinsey (2004), the drama The Dying Gaul (2005), and big-budget films such as Flightplan (2005), Jarhead (2005), The Skeleton Key (2005), Orphan (2009), An Education (2009), Knight and Day (2010), Green Lantern (2011), Lovelace (2013), Kelly Reichardt's Night Moves (2013), Blue Jasmine (2013), Black Mass (2015), and The Magnificent Seven (2016). Sarsgaard also appeared in the American TV series The Killing (2013) as a man on death row perhaps wrongfully convicted for the brutal murder of his wife—a performance which he says included "some of the best acting I have ever done in my life." In 2021, he had a recurring role on the Hulu miniseries Dopesick. Sarsgaard has appeared in Off-Broadway productions including Kingdom of Earth, Laura Dennis, Burn This, and Uncle Vanya. In September 2008, he made his Broadway debut as Boris Alexeyevich Trigorin in The Seagull. He is married to actress Maggie Gyllenhaal.
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Filmography
The Damning of a Country Merchant
Movie
Zero K
Movie
Road House 2
Movie
Erosion
Movie · as Christian Andersen
Laird
TV · 1 ep
Neuromancer
TV · as John Ashpool · 10 eps
The Bride!
Movie · as Jake Wiles
Flesh Impact
Movie · as Director
DTF St. Louis
TV · as 'Modern Love' / Christopher Spurce · 4 eps
Pet Shop Days
Movie
Coup!
Movie · as Floyd Monk
September 5
Movie · as Roone Arledge
Presumed Innocent
TV · as Tommasino 'Tommy' Molto · 8 eps
Memory
Movie · as Saul
The Survivor
Movie · as Emory Anderson
The Batman
Movie · as District Attorney Gil Colson
The Lost Daughter
Movie · as Professor Hardy
The Guilty
Movie · as Henry Fisher (voice)
Dopesick
TV · as Rick Mountcastle · 8 eps
Human Capital
Movie · as Quint Manning
Best Summer Ever
Movie · as Camera Man
Interrogation
TV · as David Russell · 10 eps
Homemade
TV · as Frank · 1 ep
Mr. Jones
Movie · as Walter Duranty
The Sound of Silence
Movie · as Peter Lucian
The Lie
Movie · as Jay Logan
The Looming Tower
TV · as Martin Schmidt · 10 eps
Loving Pablo
Movie · as Shepard
Wormwood
Movie · as Frank Olson
Wormwood
TV · as Frank Olson · 6 eps
Jackie
Movie · as Robert Kennedy
The Magnificent Seven
Movie · as Bartholomew Bogue
Starring Austin Pendleton
Movie · as Self
America Divided
TV · as Self · 8 eps
Pawn Sacrifice
Movie · as Father Bill Lombardy
Experimenter
Movie · as Stanley Milgram
Black Mass
Movie · as Brian Halloran
Ladygrey
Movie · as Samuel
The Slap
TV · as Hector · 8 eps
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Night Moves
Movie · as Harmon
Valley Uprising
Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Very Good Girls
Movie · as Fitzsimmons
Lovelace
Movie · as Chuck Traynor
Blue Jasmine
Movie · as Dwight
Robot & Frank
Movie · as Robot (voice)
Green Lantern
Movie · as Hector Hammond
The Killing
TV · as Ray Seward · 12 eps
Knight and Day
Movie · as Fitzgerald
Jake Gyllenhaal Challenges the Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize
Movie · as Alan Troy (archive footage)
Conan
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Orphan
Movie · as John
An Education
Movie · as David Goldman
In the Electric Mist
Movie · as Elrod Sykes
Mama's Little Devils: Bad Seeds and Evil Children
Movie · as Self
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
Movie · as Cleveland Arning
Elegy
Movie · as Kenneth Kepesh
Indie Sex: Teens
Movie
Rendition
Movie · as Alan Smith
Year of the Dog
Movie · as Newt
High Falls
Movie · as Pedro
Indie Sex
TV · as Self · 3 eps
"Jarhead" Diaries
Movie · as Self
Jarhead: Background
Movie · as Self
Jarhead
Movie · as Alan Troy
Flightplan
Movie · as Carson
The Skeleton Key
Movie · as Luke Marshall
The Dying Gaul
Movie · as Robert Sandrich
Garden State
Movie · as Mark
Kinsey
Movie · as Clyde Martin
Shattered Glass
Movie · as Charles 'Chuck' Lane
Death of a Dynasty
Movie · as Brendon III
The Salton Sea
Movie · as Jimmy the Finn
K-19: The Widowmaker
Movie · as Vadim Radtchinko
Empire
Movie · as Jack
Unconditional Love
Movie · as Window Washer
The Center of the World
Movie · as Richard Longman
Housebound
Movie · as Mignon
The Cell
Movie · as Julia Hickson's Fiancee (uncredited)
Boys Don't Cry
Movie · as John Lotter
Desert Blue
Movie · as Billy Baxter
Freak City
Movie · as Cal Jackson
The Man in the Iron Mask
Movie · as Raoul
Another Day in Paradise
Movie · as Ty
Subway Stories
Movie · as Boy No. 1 (segment "Underground")
Cracker
TV · 1 ep
The Daily Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Film Independent Spirit Awards
TV · as Self - Nominee · 1 ep
Dead Man Walking
Movie · as Walter Delacroix
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Law & Order
TV · as Josh Strand · 1 ep
This Week
TV · 1 ep
Saturday Night Live
TV · as Self - Host, Boogerman (uncredited) · 1 ep