Peter Sarsgaard

Peter Sarsgaard

Acting
Born 1971-03-07Belleville, Illinois, USA
Also known as John Peter Sarsgaard
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.

Titles

Presumed Innocent
Presumed Innocent
Tommasino 'Tommy' Molto • 2024
Series
8/10
September 5
September 5
Roone Arledge • 2024
Movie
7/10
Coup!
Coup!
Floyd Monk • 2024
Movie
6/10
Memory
Memory
Saul • 2023
Movie
7/10
The Batman
The Batman
District Attorney Gil Colson • 2022
Movie
8/10
The Survivor
The Survivor
Emory Anderson • 2022
Movie
7/10
Dopesick
Dopesick
Rick Mountcastle • 2021
Series
8/10
The Lost Daughter
The Lost Daughter
Professor Hardy • 2021
Movie
7/10
The Guilty
The Guilty
Henry Fisher (voice) • 2021
Movie
6/10
Interrogation
Interrogation
David Russell • 2020
Series
7/10
Human Capital
Human Capital
Quint Manning • 2020
Movie
6/10
Mr. Jones
Mr. Jones
Walter Duranty • 2019
Movie
7/10
The Sound of Silence
The Sound of Silence
Peter Lucian • 2019
Movie
6/10
The Looming Tower
The Looming Tower
Martin Schmidt • 2018
Series
7/10
The Lie
The Lie
Jay Logan • 2018
Movie
6/10
Wormwood
Wormwood
Frank Olson • 2017
Series
6/10
Loving Pablo
Loving Pablo
Shepard • 2017
Movie
6/10
The Magnificent Seven
The Magnificent Seven
Bartholomew Bogue • 2016
Movie
6/10
Jackie
Jackie
Robert Kennedy • 2016
Movie
6/10
Pawn Sacrifice
Pawn Sacrifice
Father Bill Lombardy • 2015
Movie
7/10
Black Mass
Black Mass
Brian Halloran • 2015
Movie
7/10
Experimenter
Experimenter
Stanley Milgram • 2015
Movie
7/10
The Slap
The Slap
Hector • 2015
Series
6/10
Valley Uprising
Valley Uprising
Narrator (Voice) • 2014
Movie
8/10
Night Moves
Night Moves
Harmon • 2014
Movie
6/10
Blue Jasmine
Blue Jasmine
Dwight • 2013
Movie
7/10
Lovelace
Lovelace
Chuck Traynor • 2013
Movie
6/10
Very Good Girls
Very Good Girls
Fitzsimmons • 2013
Movie
6/10
Robot & Frank
Robot & Frank
Robot (voice) • 2012
Movie
7/10
Green Lantern
Green Lantern
Hector Hammond • 2011
Movie
5/10
Knight and Day
Knight and Day
Fitzgerald • 2010
Movie
6/10
Orphan
Orphan
John • 2009
Movie
7/10
An Education
An Education
David Goldman • 2009
Movie
7/10
In the Electric Mist
In the Electric Mist
Elrod Sykes • 2009
Movie
6/10
Elegy
Elegy
Kenneth Kepesh • 2008
Movie
6/10
The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
Cleveland Arning • 2008
Movie
4/10
Rendition
Rendition
Alan Smith • 2007
Movie
6/10
Year of the Dog
Year of the Dog
Newt • 2007
Movie
5/10
Jarhead
Jarhead
Alan Troy • 2005
Movie
7/10
The Skeleton Key
The Skeleton Key
Luke Marshall • 2005
Movie
7/10
Flightplan
Flightplan
Carson • 2005
Movie
6/10
The Dying Gaul
The Dying Gaul
Robert Sandrich • 2005
Movie
6/10
Garden State
Garden State
Mark • 2004
Movie
7/10
Kinsey
Kinsey
Clyde Martin • 2004
Movie
7/10
Shattered Glass
Shattered Glass
Charles 'Chuck' Lane • 2003
Movie
7/10
The Salton Sea
The Salton Sea
Jimmy the Finn • 2002
Movie
7/10
K-19: The Widowmaker
K-19: The Widowmaker
Vadim Radtchinko • 2002
Movie
7/10
Empire
Empire
Jack • 2002
Movie
6/10