Peter Sarsgaard
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Person

Peter Sarsgaard

Known for
Acting
Born
March 7, 1971
Place of birth
Belleville, Illinois, USA
Also known as
John Peter Sarsgaard

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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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In Catlg

3 Works in the catalog credit them.

Acting (3)

Filmography

  • NeuromancerTV · 2027 · as John Ashpool · 10 episodes
  • DTF St. LouisTV · 2026 · as 'Modern Love' / Christopher Spurce · 4 episodes
  • Flesh ImpactFilm · 2026 · as Director
  • The Bride!Film · 2026 · as Jake Wiles
  • Pet Shop DaysFilm · 2025 · Acting
  • Coup!Film · 2024 · as Floyd Monk
  • Presumed InnocentTV · 2024 · as Tommasino 'Tommy' Molto · 8 episodes
  • September 5Film · 2024 · as Roone Arledge
  • MemoryFilm · 2023 · as Saul
  • The BatmanFilm · 2022 · as District Attorney Gil Colson
  • The SurvivorFilm · 2022 · as Emory Anderson
  • DopesickTV · 2021 · as Rick Mountcastle · 8 episodes
  • The GuiltyFilm · 2021 · as Henry Fisher (voice)
  • The Lost DaughterFilm · 2021 · as Professor Hardy
  • Best Summer EverFilm · 2020 · as Camera Man
  • HomemadeTV · 2020 · as Frank · 1 episode
  • Human CapitalFilm · 2020 · as Quint Manning
  • InterrogationTV · 2020 · as David Russell · 10 episodes
  • Mr. JonesFilm · 2019 · as Walter Duranty
  • The Sound of SilenceFilm · 2019 · as Peter Lucian
  • The LieFilm · 2018 · as Jay Logan
  • The Looming TowerTV · 2018 · as Martin Schmidt · 10 episodes
  • Loving PabloFilm · 2017 · as Shepard
  • WormwoodFilm · 2017 · as Frank Olson
  • WormwoodTV · 2017 · as Frank Olson · 6 episodes
  • America DividedTV · 2016 · as Self · 8 episodes
  • JackieFilm · 2016 · as Robert Kennedy
  • Starring Austin PendletonFilm · 2016 · as Self
  • The Magnificent SevenFilm · 2016 · as Bartholomew Bogue
  • Black MassFilm · 2015 · as Brian Halloran
  • ExperimenterFilm · 2015 · as Stanley Milgram
  • LadygreyFilm · 2015 · as Samuel
  • Pawn SacrificeFilm · 2015 · as Father Bill Lombardy
  • The Late Show with Stephen ColbertTV · 2015 · as Self · 2 episodes
  • The SlapTV · 2015 · as Hector · 8 episodes
  • Late Night with Seth MeyersTV · 2014 · as Self - Guest · 1 episode
  • Night MovesFilm · 2014 · as Harmon
  • The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonTV · 2014 · as Self · 1 episode
  • Valley UprisingFilm · 2014 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
  • Blue JasmineFilm · 2013 · as Dwight
  • LovelaceFilm · 2013 · as Chuck Traynor
  • Very Good GirlsFilm · 2013 · as Fitzsimmons
  • Robot & FrankFilm · 2012 · as Robot (voice)
  • Green LanternFilm · 2011 · as Hector Hammond
  • The KillingTV · 2011 · as Ray Seward · 12 episodes
  • ConanTV · 2010 · as Self · 1 episode
  • Jake Gyllenhaal Challenges the Winner of the Nobel Peace PrizeFilm · 2010 · as Alan Troy (archive footage)
  • Knight and DayFilm · 2010 · as Fitzgerald
  • An EducationFilm · 2009 · as David Goldman
  • In the Electric MistFilm · 2009 · as Elrod Sykes
  • Mama's Little Devils: Bad Seeds and Evil ChildrenFilm · 2009 · as Self
  • OrphanFilm · 2009 · as John
  • The Tonight Show with Conan O'BrienTV · 2009 · as Self · 1 episode
  • ElegyFilm · 2008 · as Kenneth Kepesh
  • Indie Sex: TeensFilm · 2008 · Acting
  • The Mysteries of PittsburghFilm · 2008 · as Cleveland Arning
  • High FallsFilm · 2007 · as Pedro
  • Indie SexTV · 2007 · as Self · 3 episodes
  • RenditionFilm · 2007 · as Alan Smith
  • Year of the DogFilm · 2007 · as Newt
  • "Jarhead" DiariesFilm · 2006 · as Self
  • Jarhead: BackgroundFilm · 2006 · as Self
  • FlightplanFilm · 2005 · as Carson
  • JarheadFilm · 2005 · as Alan Troy
  • The Dying GaulFilm · 2005 · as Robert Sandrich
  • The Skeleton KeyFilm · 2005 · as Luke Marshall
  • Garden StateFilm · 2004 · as Mark
  • KinseyFilm · 2004 · as Clyde Martin
  • Death of a DynastyFilm · 2003 · as Brendon III
  • Shattered GlassFilm · 2003 · as Charles 'Chuck' Lane
  • EmpireFilm · 2002 · as Jack
  • K-19: The WidowmakerFilm · 2002 · as Vadim Radtchinko
  • The Salton SeaFilm · 2002 · as Jimmy the Finn
  • Unconditional LoveFilm · 2002 · as Window Washer
  • The Center of the WorldFilm · 2001 · as Richard Longman
  • HouseboundFilm · 2000 · as Mignon
  • The CellFilm · 2000 · as Julia Hickson's Fiancee (uncredited)
  • Boys Don't CryFilm · 1999 · as John Lotter
  • Desert BlueFilm · 1999 · as Billy Baxter
  • Freak CityFilm · 1999 · as Cal Jackson
  • Another Day in ParadiseFilm · 1998 · as Ty
  • The Man in the Iron MaskFilm · 1998 · as Raoul
  • CrackerTV · 1997 · Acting · 1 episode
  • Subway StoriesFilm · 1997 · as Boy No. 1 (segment "Underground")
  • The Daily ShowTV · 1996 · as Self · 1 episode
  • Dead Man WalkingFilm · 1995 · as Walter Delacroix
  • Late Night with Conan O'BrienTV · 1993 · as Self - Guest · 1 episode
  • Law & OrderTV · 1990 · as Josh Strand · 1 episode
  • This WeekTV · 1981 · Acting · 1 episode
  • Saturday Night LiveTV · 1975 · as Self - Host · 1 episode
  • ErosionFilm · as Christian Andersen
  • Road House 2Film · Acting
  • The Damning of a Country MerchantFilm · Acting
  • Zero KFilm · Acting

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