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  • BIRTH 07/03/1971
  • Country United States
  • SHOWS 15
  • MOVIES 55
  • PRODUCTION 2

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.

Peter Sarsgaard

Shows (15)

Presumed Innocent
Presumed Innocent
Tommasino 'Tommy' Molto
Dopesick
Dopesick
Rick Mountcastle
The Killing
The Killing
Ray Seward
Law & Order
Law & Order
Josh Strand
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited) / Self - Host
The Looming Tower
The Looming Tower
Martin Schmidt
The Slap (US)
The Slap (US)
Hector
Interrogation
Interrogation
David Russell
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
The Daily Show
The Daily Show
Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
Conan (2010)
Conan (2010)
Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
America Divided
America Divided
Himself

Movies (55)

September 5
September 5
Roone Arledge
The Batman
The Batman
District Attorney Gil Colson
Knight and Day
Knight and Day
Fitzgerald
The Guilty
The Guilty
Henry Fisher (voice)
The Magnificent Seven
The Magnificent Seven
Bartholomew Bogue
Green Lantern
Green Lantern
Hector Hammond
The Man in the Iron Mask
The Man in the Iron Mask
Raoul
K-19: The Widowmaker
K-19: The Widowmaker
Vadim Radtchinko
Orphan
Orphan
John
Memory
Memory
Saul
Jarhead
Jarhead
Alan Troy
Flightplan
Flightplan
Carson
The Bride!
The Bride!
The Lie
The Lie
Jay Logan
Jackie
Jackie
Robert Kennedy
Black Mass
Black Mass
Brian Halloran
The Lost Daughter
The Lost Daughter
Professor Hardy
The Cell
The Cell
Julia Hickson's Fiancee (uncredited)
Pawn Sacrifice
Pawn Sacrifice
Father Bill Lombardy
Boys Don't Cry
Boys Don't Cry
John Lotter
Dead Man Walking
Dead Man Walking
Walter Delacroix
The Skeleton Key
The Skeleton Key
Luke Marshall
Lovelace
Lovelace
Chuck Traynor
In the Electric Mist
In the Electric Mist
Elrod Sykes
Garden State
Garden State
Mark
The Salton Sea
The Salton Sea
Jimmy the Finn
Shattered Glass
Shattered Glass
Charles 'Chuck' Lane
Mr. Jones
Mr. Jones
Walter Duranty
Blue Jasmine
Blue Jasmine
Dwight
Night Moves
Night Moves
Harmon
Robot & Frank
Robot & Frank
Robot (voice)
Kinsey
Kinsey
Clyde Martin
Coup!
Coup!
Floyd Monk
Human Capital
Human Capital
Quint Manning
The Survivor
The Survivor
Emory Anderson
The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
Cleveland Arning
Very Good Girls
Very Good Girls
Fitzsimmons
Experimenter
Experimenter
Stanley Milgram
Rendition
Rendition
Alan Smith
Elegy
Elegy
Kenneth Kepesh
Year of the Dog
Year of the Dog
Newt
Unconditional Love
Unconditional Love
Window Washer
Another Day in Paradise
Another Day in Paradise
Ty
Jasmine
Jasmine
Dwight
Loving Pablo
Loving Pablo
Shepard
An Education
An Education
David Goldman
Freak City
Freak City
Cal Jackson
Empire
Empire
Jack
Vengeance in the Making
Vengeance in the Making
Self
The Center of the World
The Center of the World
Richard Longman
Housebound
Housebound
Mignon
The Sound of Silence
The Sound of Silence
Peter Lucian
Ladygrey
Ladygrey
Samuel
Valley Uprising
Valley Uprising
Narrator (Voice)
Desert Blue
Desert Blue
Billy Baxter

Production (2)

Lovelace
Lovelace
Coup!
Coup!