7.7
7.7
Valley Uprising
2014
as Narrator (Voice)
Peter Sarsgaard
Also known as: John Peter Sarsgaard
Acting
Born:March 7, 1971(age 55)
Birthplace:Belleville, Illinois, USA
Nationality:United States
Education:Bard College, Washington University in St. Louis, Fairfield College Preparatory School
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CommunityBiography
John Peter Sarsgaard (born March 7, 1971) is an American actor. His first feature role was in Dead Man Walking in 1995. He then appeared in the 1998 independent films Another Day in Paradise and Desert Blue. That same year, Sarsgaard received a substantial role in The Man in the Iron Mask (1998), playing Raoul, the ill-fated son of Athos. Sarsgaard later achieved critical recognition when he was cast in Boys Don't Cry (1999) as John Lotter. He landed his first leading role in the 2001 film The Center of the World. The following year, he played supporting roles in Empire, The Salton Sea, and K-19: The Widowmaker. For his portrayal of Charles Lane in Shattered Glass, Sarsgaard won the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor and was nominated for the 2004 Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor. Sarsgaard has appeared in an eclectic range of films, including the 2004 comedy-drama Garden State, the biographical film Kinsey (2004), the drama The Dying Gaul (2005), and big-budget films such as Flightplan (2005), Jarhead (2005), The Skeleton Key (2005), Orphan (2009), An Education (2009), Knight and Day (2010), Green Lantern (2011), Lovelace (2013), Kelly Reichardt's Night Moves (2013), Blue Jasmine (2013), Black Mass (2015), and The Magnificent Seven (2016). Sarsgaard also appeared in the American TV series The Killing (2013) as a man on death row perhaps wrongfully convicted for the brutal murder of his wife—a performance which he says included "some of the best acting I have ever done in my life." In 2021, he had a recurring role on the Hulu miniseries Dopesick. Sarsgaard has appeared in Off-Broadway productions including Kingdom of Earth, Laura Dennis, Burn This, and Uncle Vanya. In September 2008, he made his Broadway debut as Boris Alexeyevich Trigorin in The Seagull. He is married to actress Maggie Gyllenhaal.
Filmography (62 movies)
7.7
7.7
The Batman
2022
as District Attorney Gil Colson
7.4
7.4
Boys Don't Cry
1999
as John Lotter
7.1
7.1
Garden State
2004
as Mark
7.1
7.1
Memory
2023
as Saul
7.0
7.0
September 5
2024
as Roone Arledge
7.0
7.0
Orphan
2009
as John
7.0
7.0
Blue Jasmine
2013
as Dwight
7.0
7.0
Shattered Glass
2003
as Charles 'Chuck' Lane
6.9
6.9
An Education
2009
as David Goldman
6.9
6.9
Wormwood
2017
as Frank Olson
6.9
6.9
Robot & Frank
2012
as Robot (voice)
6.8
6.8
The Survivor
2022
as Emory Anderson
6.8
6.8
Mr. Jones
2019
as Walter Duranty
6.7
6.7
Best Summer Ever
2020
Executive Producer
6.7
6.7
Pawn Sacrifice
2015
as Father Bill Lombardy
6.7
6.7
Jarhead
2005
as Alan Troy
6.6
6.6
The Man in the Iron Mask
1998
as Raoul
6.6
6.6
The Skeleton Key
2005
as Luke Marshall
6.6
6.6
Kinsey
2004
as Clyde Martin
6.5
6.5
The Salton Sea
2002
as Jimmy the Finn
6.5
6.5
K-19: The Widowmaker
2002
as Vadim Radtchinko
6.5
6.5
Black Mass
2015
as Brian Halloran
6.5
6.5
Flightplan
2005
as Carson
6.5
6.5
Coup!
2024
Executive Producer
6.5
6.5
Experimenter
2015
as Stanley Milgram
6.5
6.5
The Lost Daughter
2021
as Professor Hardy
6.5
6.5
The Magnificent Seven
2016
as Bartholomew Bogue
6.5
6.5
Jackie
2016
as Robert Kennedy
6.4
6.4
The Guilty
2021
as Henry Fisher (voice)
6.4
6.4
Rendition
2007
as Alan Smith
6.4
6.4
The Lie
2018
as Jay Logan
6.3
6.3
Loving Pablo
2017
as Shepard
6.3
6.3
Elegy
2008
as Kenneth Kepesh
6.3
6.3
The Cell
2000
as Julia Hickson's Fiancee (uncredited)
6.2
6.2
Knight and Day
2010
as Fitzgerald
6.2
6.2
Another Day in Paradise
1998
as Ty
6.1
6.1
The Bride!
2026
as Jake Wiles
6.0
6.0
In the Electric Mist
2009
as Elrod Sykes
6.0
6.0
Lovelace
2013
Executive Producer
6.0
6.0
Empire
2002
as Jack
5.9
5.9
The Dying Gaul
2005
as Robert Sandrich
5.8
5.8
Unconditional Love
2002
as Window Washer
5.8
5.8
Very Good Girls
2013
as Fitzsimmons
5.8
5.8
Night Moves
2014
as Harmon
5.8
5.8
The Sound of Silence
2019
as Peter Lucian
5.7
5.7
Desert Blue
1999
as Billy Baxter
5.7
5.7
Human Capital
2020
as Quint Manning
5.4
5.4
Year of the Dog
2007
as Newt
5.2
5.2
Green Lantern
2011
as Hector Hammond
5.0
5.0
The Center of the World
2001
as Richard Longman
5.0
5.0
Freak City
1999
as Cal Jackson
4.5
4.5
Pet Shop Days
2025
4.4
4.4
Ladygrey
2015
as Samuel
4.1
4.1
The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
2008
as Cleveland Arning
4.0
4.0
Housebound
2000
as Mignon
3.8
3.8
Jake Gyllenhaal Challenges the Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize
2010
as Alan Troy (archive footage)
Road House 2
TBA
The Damning of a Country Merchant
TBA
High Falls
2007
as Pedro
Zero K
TBA
Mama's Little Devils: Bad Seeds and Evil Children
2009
as Self
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