Peter Stormare

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1953-08-27 (72 years old)

Place of Birth

Arbrå, Gävleborgs län, Sweden

Peter Stormare

Biography

Peter 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. 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...

Acting

1998

Armageddon

as Lev Andropov

1998

The Big Lebowski

as Nihilist

2002

Minority Report

as Dr. Solomon Eddie

1996

Fargo

as Gaear Grimsrud

2000

Chocolat

as Serge Muscat

2005

Constantine

as Lucifer

2002

Bad Company

as Adrik Vas

2004

Birth

as Clifford

2005

The Batman vs. Dracula

as Dracula (voice)

2005

2001 Maniacs

as Professor Ackerman

2005

1990

Awakenings

as Neurochemist

1992

Damage

as Peter Wetzler

2009

The Killing Room

as Dr. Phillips

2023

The Ritual Killer

as Captain Marchand

1999

Purgatory

as Cavin Guthrie

1999

8MM

as Dino Velvet

2002

Windtalkers

as Sergeant Eric Hjelmstad

1998

2003

Bad Boys II

as Alexei

2007

Premonition

as Dr. Roth

2006

Unknown

as Snakeskin Boots

2006

One Night with You

as Steinmetz

2007

Switch

as Tommen

2008

Wolf

as Klemens

2007

Anamorph

as Blair Collet

2000

Bruiser

as Milo Styles

2008

Boot Camp

as Norman Hail

2013

Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters

as Sheriff Berringer

2008

Witless Protection

as Arthur Grimsley

2007

Echo

as Simon’s Father

2009

Otis E.

as Reverand Roy

2008

Insanitarium

as Dr. Gianetti

1998

Hamilton

as Carl Hamilton

2009

Horsemen

as David Spitz

1998

2012

Lockout

as Scott Langral

2012

2011

The Wayshower

as Prince of Doubt

2000

Circus

as Julius

2010

2012

Inseparable

as Richard

2007

Leaps and Bounds

as Korvgubbe

2010

Janie Jones

as Sloan

2011

False Trail

as Torsten

2010

Corridor

as Micke

2013

The Last Stand

as Burrell

1987

2003

The Movie Hero

as The Suspicious Character

2011

You Said What?

as Peter Stormare

2012

Small Apartments

as Dr. Olivetti

2003

2024

Hangman

as Bobby

2013

Pain & Gain

as Dr. Bjornson

2012

Tai Chi Hero

as Flamming

2013

Bad Milo!

as Highsmith

1996

Le Polygraphe

as Christof Haussman

2012

Jewtopia

as Buck O'Connell

2013

Autumn Blood

as The Mayor

2014

Rage

as Francis O'Connell

2002

2014

22 Jump Street

as The Ghost

2014

2014

Mall

as Barry

2001

Happy Campers

as Oberon

2013

The Zero Theorem

as Doctor 2

2014

Penguins of Madagascar

as Corporal (voice)

1997

Playing God

as Vladimir

2022

Day Shift

as Troy

2013

Heatstroke

as Mallick

2015

I Am Here

as The Russian

2015

Strange Magic

as Thang (voice)

2014

Clown

as Karlsson

2015

Dark Summer

as Stokes

2010

Ivory

as David Strauss

2002

The Tuxedo

as Dr. Simms

2016

Rupture

as Terrence

-

Dweller

as John Gaines

2010

Henry's Crime

as Darek Millodragovic

2017

John Wick: Chapter 2

as Abram Tarasov

1990

From the Dead

as Chessplayer

2025

-

2002

13 Moons

as Slovo

2006

Nacho Libre

as Emperor

-

The Knife Thrower

as Kaspar Olofsson

2024

Kill 'em All 2

as Agent Holman

1986

1999

Love in the Mirror

as Giovanni Andreini

2017

Kill 'em All

as Agent Mark Holman

2003

Spun

as Mullet Cop

2017

V.I.P.

as Paul

2017

2017

King of the Dancehall

as Pierce Davidson

2018

Beyond The Sky

as Peter Norton

1996

2018

The Assassin's Code

as Kurt Schlychter

1993

The Bacchae

as The Messenger

2019

2013

2018

Age of Summer

as Rock God

1987

Seppan

as Sara's Father

2021

The Grand Duke Of Corsica

as The Grand Duke of Corsica

1982

Fanny and Alexander

as Young Man Who Helps Isak with Coffer (uncredited)

2012

Big Top Scooby-Doo!

as Wulfric von Rydingsvard (voice)

1978

Lyftet

as Prisoner

1991

2020

Songbird

as Emmett Harland

2007

2021

Cryptozoo

as Gustav (voice)

2022

Tuesday Club

as Henrik

2021

Horror Noire

as Erebus (segment 'Sundown')

2024

Guy Manley - A Real Movie

as Hurricane Pete

2025

Off the Grid

as Belcor

2011

2025

Until Dawn

as Dr. Alan Hill

-

Lifsens rot

as Didrik

2003

Production

2005

Soldier of God

as Additional Music

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