Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
August 27, 1953
Place of Birth:
Arbrå, Gävleborgs län, Sweden
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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. 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.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | The Wizard Hunter: The Hunt for Evangelion Crowley | Magister Barres |
| 2025 | The Evolution of Horror Cinema Worldwide | Horror Film Expert |
| 2025 | Stand Your Ground | Bastion |
| 2025 | Off the Grid | Belcor |
| 2025 | Hellenius hörna hyllar TV | Self |
| 2025 | Until Dawn | Dr. Alan Hill |
| 2024 | Hangman | Bobby |
| 2024 | Kill 'em All 2 | Agent Holman |
| 2024 | Guy Manley - A Real Movie | Hurricane Pete |
| 2023 | The Ritual Killer | Captain Marchand |
| 2022 | Day Shift | Troy |
| 2022 | Tuesday Club | Henrik |
| 2021 | The Grand Duke Of Corsica | The Grand Duke of Corsica |
| 2021 | Cryptozoo | Gustav (voice) |
| 2021 | Horror Noire | Erebus (segment 'Sundown') |
| 2020 | Gnomes & Trolls II: The Forest Trial | Mini (voice) |
| 2020 | Songbird | Emmett Harland |
| 2019 | The Poison Rose | Slide |
| 2018 | Beyond The Sky | Peter Norton |
| 2018 | The Assassin's Code | Kurt Schlychter |
| 2018 | Age of Summer | Rock God |
| 2017 | John Wick: Chapter 2 | Abram Tarasov |
| 2017 | Kill 'em All | Agent Mark Holman |
| 2017 | V.I.P. | Paul |
| 2017 | The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature | Gunther (voice) |
| 2017 | King of the Dancehall | Pierce Davidson |
| 2016 | Rupture | Terrence |
| 2015 | I Am Here | The Russian |
| 2015 | Strange Magic | Thang (voice) |
| 2015 | Dark Summer | Stokes |
| 2015 | Every Thing Will Be Fine | Editor |
| 2014 | Rage | Francis O'Connell |
| 2014 | 22 Jump Street | The Ghost |
| 2014 | Bang Bang Baby | George |
| 2014 | Mall | Barry |
| 2014 | Penguins of Madagascar | Corporal (voice) |
| 2014 | Clown | Karlsson |
| 2014 | Poseidon Code | |
| 2014 | The Penguins of Madagascar: Operation Search and Rescue | Corporal (voice) |
| 2013 | Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters | Sheriff Berringer |
| 2013 | The Last Stand | Burrell |
| 2013 | Pain & Gain | Dr. Bjornson |
| 2013 | Siberian Education | Ink |
| 2013 | Bad Milo! | Highsmith |
| 2013 | Autumn Blood | The Mayor |
| 2013 | The Zero Theorem | Doctor 2 |
| 2013 | Heatstroke | Mallick |
| 2013 | Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel | Whiplash (voice) |
| 2012 | Lockout | Scott Langral |
| 2012 | Get the Gringo | Frank |
| 2012 | Inseparable | Richard |
| 2012 | Small Apartments | Dr. Olivetti |
| 2012 | Tai Chi Hero | Flamming |
| 2012 | Jewtopia | Buck O'Connell |
| 2012 | Big Top Scooby-Doo! | Wulfric von Rydingsvard (voice) |
| 2011 | Dylan Dog: Dead of Night | Gabriel |
| 2011 | The Wayshower | Prince of Doubt |
| 2011 | False Trail | Torsten |
| 2011 | You Said What? | Peter Stormare |
| 2011 | Marianne: The Ghost Inside | Sven |
| 2011 | A Standard Story | Bully |
| 2010 | Small Town Murder Songs | Walter |
| 2010 | Undocumented | Z |
| 2010 | Janie Jones | Sloan |
| 2010 | Corridor | Micke |
| 2010 | Ivory | David Strauss |
| 2010 | Henry's Crime | Darek Millodragovic |
| 2010 | Behind the Moomins | Self |
| 2009 | The Killing Room | Dr. Phillips |
| 2009 | Otis E. | Reverand Roy |
| 2009 | Horsemen | David Spitz |
| 2009 | The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus | The President |
| 2008 | Wolf | Klemens |
| 2008 | Boot Camp | Norman Hail |
| 2008 | Witless Protection | Arthur Grimsley |
| 2008 | Insanitarium | Dr. Gianetti |
| 2008 | Gnomes and Trolls: The Secret Chamber | Prickles (voice) |
| 2008 | Orgies and the Meaning of Life | Ivy Michigan |
| 2007 | Gone with the Woman | Glenn |
| 2007 | Premonition | Dr. Roth |
| 2007 | Switch | Tommen |
| 2007 | Anamorph | Blair Collet |
| 2007 | Echo | Simon’s Father |
| 2007 | Leaps and Bounds | Korvgubbe |
| 2007 | They Never Found Her | Woods |
| 2007 | Voom Portraits | Self |
| 2006 | Unknown | Snakeskin Boots |
| 2006 | One Night with You | Steinmetz |
| 2006 | Nacho Libre | Emperor |
| 2005 | Constantine | Lucifer |
| 2005 | The Batman vs. Dracula | Dracula (voice) |
| 2005 | 2001 Maniacs | Professor Ackerman |
| 2005 | The Brothers Grimm | Cavaldi |
| 2005 | Nobody Wants Your Film | Self |
| 2005 | The Brothers Grimm: Bringing the Fairytale to Life | Self |
| 2004 | Birth | Clifford |
| 2003 | Bad Boys II | Alexei |
| 2003 | The Movie Hero | The Suspicious Character |
| 2003 | Minnesota Nice | Self |
| 2003 | Spun | Mullet Cop |
| 2002 | Minority Report | Dr. Solomon Eddie |
| 2002 | Bad Company | Adrik Vas |
| 2002 | Windtalkers | Sergeant Eric Hjelmstad |
| 2002 | The Beatle Fan | Albert |
| 2002 | The Tuxedo | Dr. Simms |
| 2002 | 13 Moons | Slovo |
| 2001 | Happy Campers | Oberon |
| 2000 | Dancer in the Dark | Jeff |
| 2000 | The Million Dollar Hotel | Dixie |
| 2000 | Chocolat | Serge Muscat |
| 2000 | Bruiser | Milo Styles |
| 2000 | Circus | Julius |
| 2000 | Von Trier's 100 Eyes | Self |
| 1999 | Purgatory | Cavin Guthrie |
| 1999 | 8MM | Dino Velvet |
| 1999 | Love in the Mirror | Giovanni Andreini |
| 1998 | Armageddon | Lev Andropov |
| 1998 | The Big Lebowski | Nihilist |
| 1998 | Mercury Rising | Shayes |
| 1998 | Hamilton | Carl Hamilton |
| 1998 | In the Presence of a Clown | Petrus Landahl |
| 1998 | Somewhere in the City | Graham |
| 1997 | The Lost World: Jurassic Park | Dieter Stark |
| 1997 | Playing God | Vladimir |
| 1997 | I sällskap med en clown | Self |
| 1996 | Fargo | Gaear Grimsrud |
| 1996 | Le Polygraphe | Christof Haussman |
| 1996 | A Kind of Hades | Ulf |
| 1993 | The Bacchae | The Messenger |
| 1992 | Damage | Peter Wetzler |
| 1991 | Freud Leaving Home | Berra |
| 1991 | Reflections in a Dark Sky | Carlo |
| 1990 | Awakenings | Neurochemist |
| 1990 | From the Dead | Chessplayer |
| 1987 | Pirates of the Lake | Beekeeper |
| 1987 | Seppan | Sara's Father |
| 1986 | The Frozen Leopard | Jerry |
| 1982 | Fanny and Alexander | Young Man Who Helps Isak with Coffer (uncredited) |
| 1978 | Lyftet | Prisoner |
| 1978 | Hur bär du dig åt, människa?! | |
| Dweller | John Gaines | |
| Pinocchio: Carved from Darkness | Geppetto | |
| The Awakening | Mason | |
| Hard Matter | ||
| The Knife Thrower | Kaspar Olofsson | |
| The Debt Inherited | Stanley | |
| Lifsens rot | Didrik |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Twilight of the Gods | Ulfr (voice) |
| 2024 | Tracker | Valts |
| 2024 | So Long, Marianne | Irving Layton |
| 2022 | Secrets of the Viking Stone | Self |
| 2022 | The Journey - 15 dagar i Nepal | |
| 2022 | 1923 | Lucca |
| 2022 | Chivalry | Garth |
| 2021 | The Box | Jedidiah Brag |
| 2020 | The American Runestone | |
| 2020 | Animaniacs | Nickelwise (voice) |
| 2018 | LA to Vegas | Artem |
| 2017 | American Gods | Czernobog |
| 2017 | Get Shorty | Hafdis Snaejornsson |
| 2017 | Castlevania | Godbrand (voice) |
| 2017 | American Gods | Czernobog, Slavic god of darkness, death, and evil |
| 2016 | Swedish Dicks | Ingmar |
| 2016 | Midnight Sun | Rutger Burlin |
| 2016 | Black Widows | Folke Lundgren |
| 2016 | Justice League Action | Mr. Freeze (voice) |
| 2014 | Manhattan | Lazar |
| 2014 | Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero | Rufus (voice) |
| 2013 | The Blacklist | Figure |
| 2013 | The Blacklist | Berlin |
| 2013 | Graceland | Martun Sarkissian |
| 2013 | Teen Titans Go! | Fibulon (voice) |
| 2012 | Arrow | Werner Zytle / Count Vertigo |
| 2012 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Lord Dregg (voice) |
| 2012 | Longmire | Chance Gilbert |
| 2012 | Longmire | |
| 2011 | Wilfred | Trashface |
| 2011 | Body of Proof | Wilson Polley |
| 2011 | Sveriges Mästerkock | Self - Guest |
| 2010 | Ben 10: Ultimate Alien | King Xarion / King Viktor (voice) |
| 2010 | Hellenius Hörna | Self - Guest |
| 2010 | Hawaii Five-0 | Drago Zankovic |
| 2009 | Svenska Hollywoodfruar | Self |
| 2009 | NCIS: Los Angeles | Interpol Agent Martin Källström |
| 2008 | Leverage | Gunter Hanzig |
| 2007 | Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! | Gorb |
| 2007 | Phineas and Ferb | Whiplash (voice) |
| 2007 | Transformers: Animated | Prometheus Black / Meltdown (voice) |
| 2006 | Stjärnorna på Slottet | Self |
| 2006 | Psych | Cyrus Polk |
| 2005 | Prison Break | John Abruzzi |
| 2005 | Weeds | Chef |
| 2004 | Joey | Viktor |
| 2004 | Entourage | |
| 2003 | Hitler: The Rise of Evil | Ernst Rohm |
| 2002 | Watching Ellie | Ingvar |
| 2002 | Monk | Petya Lovak |
| 2000 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | George 'Binky' Babinkian |
| 1997 | Så ska det låta | Self |
| 1993 | Morsarvet | Kapten Bergkvist |
| 1989 | Seinfeld | Slippery Pete |
| 1984 | Fanny and Alexander | Young man who helps Isak with coffer |