Peter Stormare

Actor

Peter Stormare

Born August 27, 1953 in Arbrå, Gävleborgs län, Sweden140 films

Rolf Peter Ingvar Stormare (August 27, 1953) was born in Arbrå, Gävleborgs län, Sweden. He is a Swedish film, stage, voice and television actor as well as a theatrical director, playwright and musician. He is perhaps best known for his roles as John Abruzzi in Prison Break and as Gaear Grimsrud, one of the two kidnappers in Fargo.

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Peter Stormare began his acting career at the Royal National Theatre of Sweden, performing for eleven years. In 1990 he became the Associate Artistic Director at the Tokyo Globe Theatre and directed productions of many Shakespeare plays, including "Hamlet". In 1993 he moved to New York, where he appeared in English productions. He continues to work in both the United States and his his homeland of Sweden. He resides in Los Angeles, California, USA, with his wife.

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Fargo posterFirst watchFargo19967.8as Gaear GrimsrudA major role in one of the best-rated films of their career.Jerry Lundegaard is a small-town Minnesota car salesman deeply in debt and willing to do almost anything to get out.View film

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22 Jump Street poster6.822 Jump Street2014Dancer in the Dark poster7.8Dancer in the Dark2000False Trail poster6.2False Trail2011Windtalkers poster6.4Windtalkers2002Hamilton poster5.8Hamilton1998Bruiser poster5.5Bruiser2000Small Town Murder Songs poster5.3Small Town Murder Songs2010Bad Boys II poster6.7Bad Boys II2003

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The Big Lebowski poster7.9The Big Lebowski1998John Wick: Chapter 2 poster7.3John Wick: Chapter 22017Fargo poster7.8Fargo1996Lockout poster5.9Lockout2012

Filmography

140 films as actor
  1. TBADwellerJohn Gaines
  2. TBAPinocchio: Carved from DarknessGeppetto
  3. TBAThe Knife ThrowerKaspar Olofsson
  4. TBAThe Debt InheritedStanley
  5. TBALifsens rotDidrik
  6. TBAThe Awakening 2Mason
  7. 2026The AwakeningMason
  8. 2026Grylu SkerThe Mariner
  9. 2026Never heavellPeter (Angel)
  10. 2025Off the GridBelcor
  11. 2025Stand Your GroundBastion
  12. 2025Until DawnDr. Hill
  13. 2024Kill 'em All 2Agent Holman
  14. 2024Guy Manley: Super SpyHurricane Pete
  15. 2024HangmanBobby
  16. 2023The Ritual KillerCaptain Marchand
  17. 2022Day ShiftTroy
  18. 2022Tuesday ClubHenrik
  19. 2021Horror NoireErebus (segment 'Sundown')
  20. 2021The Grand Duke of CorsicaThe Grand Duke of Corsica
  21. 2021CryptozooGustav (voice)
  22. 2020SongbirdEmmett Harland
  23. 2020Gnomes & Trolls II: The Forest TrialMini (voice)
  24. 2020Making Magic - a visual effects storyvoice
  25. 2019The Poison RoseSlide
  26. 2018Age of SummerRock God
  27. 2018Beyond the SkyPeter Norton
  28. 2018The Assassin's CodeKurt Schlychter
  29. 2017V.I.P.Paul
  30. 2017The Nut Job 2: Nutty by NatureGunther (voice)
  31. 2017Kill 'em AllAgent Mark Holman
  32. 2017John Wick: Chapter 2Abram Tarasov
  33. 2017King of the DancehallPierce Davidson
  34. 2016RuptureTerrence
  35. 2015I Am HereThe Russian
  36. 2015Every Thing Will Be FineEditor
  37. 2015Strange MagicThang (voice)
  38. 2015Dark SummerStokes
  39. 2014Penguins of MadagascarCorporal (voice)
  40. 2014ClownKarlsson
  41. 2014Bang Bang BabyGeorge
  42. 2014The Penguins of Madagascar - Operation: Penguin TakeoverCorporal (voice)
  43. 2014Poseidon Code
  44. 2014MallBarry
  45. 201422 Jump StreetThe Ghost
  46. 2014RageFrancis O'Connell
  47. 2013HeatstrokeMallick
  48. 2013The Zero TheoremDoctor 2
  49. 2013Autumn BloodThe Mayor
  50. 2013Bad Milo!Highsmith
  51. 2013Phineas and Ferb: Mission MarvelWhiplash (voice)
  52. 2013Pain & GainDr. Bjornson
  53. 2013Siberian EducationInk
  54. 2013Hansel & Gretel: Witch HuntersSheriff Berringer
  55. 2013The Last StandBurrell
  56. 2012Tai Chi HeroFlamming
  57. 2012Big Top Scooby-Doo!Wulfric von Rydingsvard (voice)
  58. 2012InseparableRichard
  59. 2012JewtopiaBuck O'Connell
  60. 2012LockoutScott Langral
  61. 2012Get the GringoFrank
  62. 2012Small ApartmentsDr. Olivetti
  63. 2011A Standard StoryBully
  64. 2011MarianneSven
  65. 2011False TrailTorsten
  66. 2011You Said What?Peter Stormare
  67. 2011The WayshowerPrince of Doubt
  68. 2011Dylan Dog: Dead of NightGabriel
  69. 2010Janie JonesSloan
  70. 2010Small Town Murder SongsWalter
  71. 2010UndocumentedZ
  72. 2010IvoryDavid Strauss
  73. 2010CorridorMicke
  74. 2010Henry's CrimeDarek Millodragovic
  75. 2009Otis E.Reverand Roy
  76. 2009The Imaginarium of Doctor ParnassusThe President
  77. 2009HorsemenDavid Spitz
  78. 2009The Killing RoomDr. Phillips
  79. 2008InsanitariumDr. Gianetti
  80. 2008WolfKlemens
  81. 2008Witless ProtectionArthur Grimsley
  82. 2008Boot CampNorman Hail
  83. 2008Gnomes and Trolls: The Secret ChamberPrickles (voice)
  84. 2008Orgies and the Meaning of LifeIvy Michigan
  85. 2007EchoSimon’s Father
  86. 2007SwitchTommen
  87. 2007AnamorphBlair Collet
  88. 2007Gone with the WomanGlenn
  89. 2007They Never Found HerWoods
  90. 2007Leaps and BoundsKorvgubbe
  91. 2007PremonitionDr. Roth
  92. 2006One Night with YouSteinmetz
  93. 2006UnknownSnakeskin Boots
  94. 2006Nacho LibreEmperor
  95. 2005The Batman vs. DraculaDracula (voice)
  96. 2005The Brothers GrimmCavaldi
  97. 20052001 ManiacsProfessor Ackerman
  98. 2005ConstantineLucifer
  99. 2004BirthClifford
  100. 2003Bad Boys IIAlexei
  101. 2003The Movie HeroThe Suspicious Character
  102. 2003SpunMullet Cop
  103. 2002The TuxedoDr. Simms
  104. 200213 MoonsSlovo
  105. 2002Minority ReportDr. Solomon Eddie
  106. 2002Bad CompanyAdrik Vas
  107. 2002WindtalkersSergeant Eric Hjelmstad
  108. 2002The Beatle FanAlbert
  109. 2001Happy CampersOberon
  110. 2000ChocolatSerge Muscat
  111. 2000Dancer in the DarkJeff
  112. 2000CircusJulius
  113. 2000BruiserMilo Styles
  114. 2000The Million Dollar HotelDixie
  115. 19998MMDino Velvet
  116. 1999PurgatoryCavin Guthrie
  117. 1998In the Presence of a ClownPetrus Landahl
  118. 1998ArmageddonLev Andropov
  119. 1998Somewhere in the CityGraham
  120. 1998Mercury RisingShayes