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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.

From Arbrå, Gävleborgs län, Sweden

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2025 The Wizard Hunter: The Hunt for Evangelion Crowley as Magister Barres

2025 The Evolution of Horror Cinema Worldwide as Horror Film Expert

2025 Off the Grid as Belcor

2025 Dweller as John Gaines

2025 The Knife Thrower as Kaspar Olofsson

2025 The Awakening as Mason

2025 Lifsens rot as Didrik

2025 Pinocchio: Carved from Darkness as Geppetto

2025 The Debt Inherited as Stanley

2025 Hard Matter

2025 Stand Your Ground as Bastion

2025 Until Dawn as Dr. Alan Hill

2025 Hellenius hörna hyllar TV as Self

2024 Kill 'em All 2 as Agent Holman

2024 Guy Manley - A Real Movie as Hurricane Pete

2024 Hangman as Bobby

2023 The Ritual Killer as Captain Marchand

2022 Day Shift as Troy

2022 Tuesday Club as Henrik

2021 Horror Noire as Erebus (segment 'Sundown')

2021 The Grand Duke Of Corsica as The Grand Duke of Corsica

2021 Cryptozoo as Gustav (voice)

2020 Songbird as Emmett Harland

2020 Gnomes & Trolls II: The Forest Trial as Mini (voice)

2019 The Poison Rose as Slide

2018 Age of Summer as Rock God

2018 Beyond The Sky as Peter Norton

2018 The Assassin's Code as Kurt Schlychter

2017 V.I.P. as Paul

2017 The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature as Gunther (voice)

2017 Kill 'em All as Agent Mark Holman

2017 John Wick: Chapter 2 as Abram Tarasov

2017 King of the Dancehall as Pierce Davidson

2016 Rupture as Terrence

2015 I Am Here as The Russian

2015 Every Thing Will Be Fine as Editor

2015 Strange Magic as Thang (voice)

2015 Dark Summer as Stokes

2014 Penguins of Madagascar as Corporal (voice)

2014 Clown as Karlsson

2014 Bang Bang Baby as George

2014 The Penguins of Madagascar: Operation Search and Rescue as Corporal (voice)

2014 Poseidon Code

2014 Mall as Barry

2014 22 Jump Street as The Ghost

2014 Rage as Francis O'Connell

2013 Heatstroke as Mallick

2013 The Zero Theorem as Doctor 2

2013 Autumn Blood as The Mayor

2013 Bad Milo! as Highsmith

2013 Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel as Whiplash (voice)

2013 Pain & Gain as Dr. Bjornson

2013 Siberian Education as Ink

2013 Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters as Sheriff Berringer

2013 The Last Stand as Burrell

2012 Tai Chi Hero as Flamming

2012 Big Top Scooby-Doo! as Wulfric von Rydingsvard (voice)

2012 Inseparable as Richard

2012 Jewtopia as Buck O'Connell

2012 Lockout as Scott Langral

2012 Get the Gringo as Frank

2012 Small Apartments as Dr. Olivetti

2012 Imperiet: Här föll Imperiet Director

2011 A Standard Story as Bully

2011 Marianne: The Ghost Inside as Sven

2011 False Trail as Torsten

2011 You Said What? as Peter Stormare

2011 The Wayshower as Prince of Doubt

2011 Dylan Dog: Dead of Night as Gabriel

2010 Janie Jones as Sloan

2010 Small Town Murder Songs as Walter

2010 Undocumented as Z

2010 Ivory as David Strauss

2010 Corridor as Micke

2010 Henry's Crime as Darek Millodragovic

2010 Behind the Moomins as Self

2009 Otis E. as Reverand Roy

2009 The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus as The President

2009 Horsemen as David Spitz

2009 The Killing Room as Dr. Phillips

2008 Insanitarium as Dr. Gianetti

2008 Wolf as Klemens

2008 Witless Protection as Arthur Grimsley

2008 Boot Camp as Norman Hail

2008 Gnomes and Trolls: The Secret Chamber as Prickles (voice)

2008 Orgies and the Meaning of Life as Ivy Michigan

2007 Echo as Simon’s Father

2007 Switch as Tommen

2007 Voom Portraits as Self

2007 Anamorph as Blair Collet

2007 Gone with the Woman as Glenn

2007 They Never Found Her as Woods

2007 Leaps and Bounds as Korvgubbe

2007 Premonition as Dr. Roth

2006 One Night with You as Steinmetz

2006 Unknown as Snakeskin Boots

2006 Nacho Libre as Emperor

2005 The Brothers Grimm: Bringing the Fairytale to Life as Self

2005 Soldier of God Additional Music

2005 The Batman vs. Dracula as Dracula (voice)

2005 The Brothers Grimm as Cavaldi

2005 2001 Maniacs as Professor Ackerman

2005 Nobody Wants Your Film as Self

2005 Constantine as Lucifer

2004 Birth as Clifford

2003 Bad Boys II as Alexei

2003 Minnesota Nice as Self

2003 The Movie Hero as The Suspicious Character

2003 Spun as Mullet Cop

2002 The Tuxedo as Dr. Simms

2002 13 Moons as Slovo

2002 Minority Report as Dr. Solomon Eddie

2002 Windtalkers as Sergeant Eric Hjelmstad

2002 Bad Company as Adrik Vas

2002 The Beatle Fan as Albert

2001 Happy Campers as Oberon

2000 Chocolat as Serge Muscat

2000 Von Trier's 100 Eyes as Self

2000 Dancer in the Dark as Jeff

2000 Circus as Julius

2000 Bruiser as Milo Styles

2000 The Million Dollar Hotel as Dixie

1999 Love in the Mirror as Giovanni Andreini

1999 8MM as Dino Velvet

1999 Purgatory as Cavin Guthrie

1998 In the Presence of a Clown as Petrus Landahl

1998 Armageddon as Lev Andropov

1998 Somewhere in the City as Graham

1998 Mercury Rising as Shayes

1998 The Big Lebowski as Nihilist

1998 Hamilton as Carl Hamilton

1997 I sällskap med en clown as Self

1997 Playing God as Vladimir

1997 The Lost World: Jurassic Park as Dieter Stark

1996 A Kind of Hades as Ulf

1996 Le Polygraphe as Christof Haussman

1996 Fargo as Gaear Grimsrud

1993 The Bacchae as The Messenger

1992 Damage as Peter Wetzler

1991 Reflections in a Dark Sky as Carlo

1991 Freud Leaving Home as Berra

1990 Awakenings as Neurochemist

1990 From the Dead as Chessplayer

1987 Seppan as Sara's Father

1987 Pirates of the Lake as Beekeeper

1986 The Frozen Leopard as Jerry

1982 Fanny and Alexander as Young Man Who Helps Isak with Coffer (uncredited)

1978 Lyftet as Prisoner

1978 Hur bär du dig åt, människa?!

Genres

7.20 Western 1

6.94 Music 6

6.60 TV Movie 4

6.53 Documentary 5

6.44 Animation 9

6.31 War 1

6.26 Fantasy 16

6.20 Crime 29

6.19 Action 37

6.11 Science Fiction 13

6.10 Mystery 18

5.88 Adventure 16

5.86 Thriller 50

5.85 Family 8

5.72 Comedy 33

5.56 Horror 18

5.55 History 2

5.53 Romance 6

5.45 Drama 56