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.
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Credits6.3
Rating46.5M
Budget152M
RevenueActing
Primarily2025 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
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