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Peter Sarsgaard

Peter Sarsgaard

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.

Personal information

Birthday

1971-03-07

Birth Place

Belleville, Illinois, USA

Movies and TV shows :

poster

America Divided

2016

5.2

TV
An Education

An Education

2009

6.9

Movie
Another Day in Paradise

Another Day in Paradise

1998

6.3

Movie
Best Summer Ever

Best Summer Ever

2020

7.0

Movie
Black Mass

Black Mass

2015

6.5

Movie
Blue Jasmine

Blue Jasmine

2013

7.0

Movie
Boys Don't Cry

Boys Don't Cry

1999

7.4

Movie
poster

Conan

2010

7.0

TV
Coup!

Coup!

2024

6.7

Movie
poster

Cracker

1997

6.6

TV
Dead Man Walking

Dead Man Walking

1995

7.3

Movie
Death of a Dynasty

Death of a Dynasty

2003

6.3

Movie
Desert Blue

Desert Blue

1999

5.6

Movie
poster

Dopesick

2021

8.0

TV
Elegy

Elegy

2008

6.3

Movie
Empire

Empire

2002

6.0

Movie
Experimenter

Experimenter

2015

6.5

Movie
Flightplan

Flightplan

2005

6.5

Movie
Freak City

Freak City

1999

5.0

Movie
Garden State

Garden State

2004

7.1

Movie
Green Lantern

Green Lantern

2011

5.2

Movie
High Falls

High Falls

2007

0.0

Movie
poster

Homemade

2020

5.8

TV
Housebound

Housebound

2000

4.8

Movie
Human Capital

Human Capital

2020

5.7

Movie
In the Electric Mist

In the Electric Mist

2009

6.1

Movie
poster

Indie Sex

2007

5.2

TV
poster

Interrogation

2020

6.8

TV
Jackie

Jackie

2016

6.5

Movie
Jake Gyllenhaal Challenges the Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize

Jake Gyllenhaal Challenges the Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize

2010

3.8

Movie
Jarhead

Jarhead

2005

6.7

Movie
K-19: The Widowmaker

K-19: The Widowmaker

2002

6.5

Movie
Kinsey

Kinsey

2004

6.6

Movie
Knight and Day

Knight and Day

2010

6.2

Movie
Ladygrey

Ladygrey

2015

4.8

Movie
poster

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

1993

7.1

TV
poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014

5.5

TV
poster

Law & Order

1990

7.4

TV
Lovelace

Lovelace

2013

6.0

Movie
Loving Pablo

Loving Pablo

2017

6.3

Movie
Mama's Little Devils: Bad Seeds and Evil Children

Mama's Little Devils: Bad Seeds and Evil Children

2009

0.0

Movie
Memory

Memory

2023

7.2

Movie
Mr. Jones

Mr. Jones

2019

6.8

Movie
Night Moves

Night Moves

2014

5.8

Movie
Orphan

Orphan

2009

7.0

Movie
Pawn Sacrifice

Pawn Sacrifice

2015

6.8

Movie
Pet Shop Days

Pet Shop Days

2023

0.0

Movie
Presumed Innocent

Presumed Innocent

2024

8.0

Movie
poster

Presumed Innocent

2024

8.1

TV
Rendition

Rendition

2007

6.4

Movie
Robot & Frank

Robot & Frank

2012

6.9

Movie
poster

Saturday Night Live

1975

6.9

TV
September 5

September 5

2024

5.7

Movie
Shattered Glass

Shattered Glass

2003

7.0

Movie
Starring Austin Pendleton

Starring Austin Pendleton

2016

6.7

Movie
Subway Stories

Subway Stories

1997

6.0

Movie
The Batman

The Batman

2022

7.7

Movie
The Bride!

The Bride!

2025

0.0

Movie
The Cell

The Cell

2000

6.3

Movie
The Center of the World

The Center of the World

2001

4.9

Movie
poster

The Daily Show

1996

6.4

TV
The Damning of a Country Merchant

The Damning of a Country Merchant

0.0

Movie
The Dying Gaul

The Dying Gaul

2005

6.1

Movie
The Guilty

The Guilty

2021

6.4

Movie
poster

The Killing

2011

7.9

TV
poster

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015

6.6

TV
The Lie

The Lie

2018

6.3

Movie
poster

The Looming Tower

2018

7.3

TV
The Lost Daughter

The Lost Daughter

2021

6.5

Movie
The Magnificent Seven

The Magnificent Seven

2016

6.5

Movie
The Man in the Iron Mask

The Man in the Iron Mask

1998

6.6

Movie
The Mysteries of Pittsburgh

The Mysteries of Pittsburgh

2008

4.0

Movie
The Salton Sea

The Salton Sea

2002

6.6

Movie
The Skeleton Key

The Skeleton Key

2005

6.6

Movie
poster

The Slap

2015

6.1

TV
The Sound of Silence

The Sound of Silence

2019

5.7

Movie
The Survivor

The Survivor

2022

6.9

Movie
poster

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014

5.8

TV
poster

The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien

2009

7.0

TV
poster

This Week

1981

9.0

TV
Unconditional Love

Unconditional Love

2002

6.0

Movie
Valley Uprising

Valley Uprising

2014

7.7

Movie
Vengeance in the Making

Vengeance in the Making

2022

7.0

Movie
Very Good Girls

Very Good Girls

2013

5.8

Movie
Wormwood

Wormwood

2017

7.0

Movie
poster

Wormwood

2017

6.4

TV
Year of the Dog

Year of the Dog

2007

5.4

Movie