Peter Stormare (born Rolf Peter Ingvar Storm; 27 August 1953) 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.
Movie | Untitled Constantine Sequel | Lucifer | 2025 |
Movie | Thicker | Cub Scoutmaster | 2025 |
Movie | Dweller | John Gaines | 2025 |
Movie | Dark Ascension | Lucius | 2025 |
Movie | The Wizard Hunter: The Hunt for Evangelion Crowley | Magister Barres | 2025 |
Movie | The Ritual Killer | Captain Marchand | 2023-03-09 |
Movie | Tuesday Club | Henrik | 2022-03-04 |
Movie | Day Shift | Troy | 2022-08-12 |
Movie | The Grand Duke Of Corsica | The Grand Duke of Corsica | 2021-10-15 |
Series | The Box | Jedidiah Brag | 2021-11-28 |
Movie | Horror Noire | Erebus (segment 'Sundown') | 2021-10-28 |
Movie | Songbird | Emmett Harland | 2020-12-10 |
Movie | The Poison Rose | Slide | 2019-05-23 |
Movie | The Assassin's Code | Kurt Schlychter | 2018-05-11 |
Series | LA to Vegas | Artem | 2018-01-02 |
Movie | Beyond The Sky | Peter Norton | 2018-09-21 |
Movie | Age of Summer | Rock God | 2018-10-19 |
Movie | V.I.P. | Paul | 2017-08-23 |
Movie | King of the Dancehall | Pierce Davidson | 2017-01-13 |
Series | Castlevania | Godbrand | 2017-07-07 |
Movie | Kill 'em All | Agent Mark Holman | 2017-06-06 |
Movie | John Wick: Chapter 2 | Abram Tarasov | 2017-02-08 |
Movie | The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature | Gunther (voice) | 2017-08-11 |
Series | Midnight Sun | Rutger Burlin | 2016-10-23 |
Movie | Rupture | Terrence | 2016-11-04 |
Series | Swedish Dicks | Ingmar | 2016-09-02 |
Movie | Every Thing Will Be Fine | Editor | 2015-02-10 |
Movie | Dark Summer | Stokes | 2015-01-09 |
Movie | I Am Here | The Russian | 2015-06-12 |
Movie | Strange Magic | Thang (voice) | 2015-01-23 |
Movie | Rage | Francis O'Connell | 2014-05-09 |
Movie | 22 Jump Street | The Ghost | 2014-06-05 |
Movie | Mall | Barry | 2014-06-18 |
Movie | Penguins of Madagascar | Corporal (voice) | 2014-11-22 |
Movie | Bang Bang Baby | George | 2014-09-08 |
Movie | Clown | Karlsson | 2014-11-13 |
Movie | The Penguins of Madagascar: Operation Search and Rescue | Corporal | 2014-07-22 |
Movie | Poseidon Code | 2014-06-27 | |
Movie | Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters | Sheriff Berringer | 2013-01-17 |
Movie | The Last Stand | Burrell | 2013-01-12 |
Movie | Siberian Education | Ink | 2013-02-27 |
Movie | The Zero Theorem | Doctor 2 | 2013-09-20 |
Movie | Heatstroke | Mallick | 2013-12-19 |
Movie | Pain & Gain | Dr. Bjornson | 2013-04-18 |
Series | The Blacklist | Berlin | 2013-09-23 |
Movie | Autumn Blood | The Mayor | 2013-09-10 |
Series | Graceland | Martun Sarkissian | 2013-06-06 |
Movie | Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel | Whiplash (voice) | 2013-08-16 |
Movie | Bad Milo! | Highsmith | 2013-08-28 |
Movie | Small Apartments | Dr. Olivetti | 2012-03-10 |
Movie | Get the Gringo | Frank | 2012-03-15 |
Movie | Jewtopia | Buck O'Connell | 2012-04-26 |
Movie | Tai Chi Hero | Duke Fleming | 2012-10-25 |
Series | Arrow | Werner Zytle / Count Vertigo | 2012-10-10 |
Movie | Big Top Scooby-Doo! | Wulfric von Rydingsvard (voice) | 2012-10-09 |
Movie | Inseparable | Richard | 2012-05-04 |
Movie | Lockout | Scott Langral | 2012-04-12 |
Movie | Dylan Dog: Dead of Night | Gabriel | 2011-03-16 |
Movie | The Wayshower | Prince of Doubt | 2011-04-10 |
Movie | Marianne: The Ghost Inside | Sven | 2011-11-04 |
Movie | False Trail | Torsten | 2011-09-02 |
Movie | You Said What? | Peter Stormare | 2011-07-29 |
Movie | Janie Jones | Sloan | 2010-09-17 |
Movie | Henry's Crime | Darek Millodragovic | 2010-01-14 |
Movie | Corridor | Micke | 2010-02-05 |
Movie | Small Town Murder Songs | Walter | 2010-09-14 |
Movie | Undocumented | Z | 2010-09-14 |
Movie | Moomins and the Comet Chase | Snufkin (voice) | 2010-08-06 |
Movie | Ivory | David Strauss | 2010-03-24 |
Movie | Otis E. | Reverand Roy | 2009-10-25 |
Movie | The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus | The President | 2009-10-01 |
Movie | Horsemen | David Spitz | 2009-02-06 |
Movie | The Killing Room | Dr. Phillips | 2009-01-16 |
Movie | Witless Protection | Arthur Grimsley | 2008-02-22 |
Movie | Wolf | Klemens | 2008-04-04 |
Movie | Insanitarium | Dr. Gianetti | 2008-07-15 |
Movie | Boot Camp | Norman Hail | 2008-02-07 |
Movie | Gnomes and Trolls: The Secret Chamber | 2008-01-31 | |
Movie | Echo | Simons far | 2007-12-07 |
Movie | Premonition | Dr. Roth | 2007-02-08 |
Movie | Anamorph | Blair Collet | 2007-09-21 |
Movie | Voom Portraits | Self | 2007-10-01 |
Movie | Switch | Tommen | 2007-10-26 |
Movie | Gone with the Woman | Glenn | 2007-09-07 |
Movie | Leaps and Bounds | Korvgubbe | 2007-02-09 |
Movie | Unknown | Snakeskin Boots | 2006-11-03 |
Movie | Nacho Libre | Emperor | 2006-06-16 |
Movie | Constantine | Lucifer | 2005-02-08 |
Movie | The Batman vs. Dracula | Dracula (voice) | 2005-10-18 |
Series | Prison Break | John Abruzzi | 2005-08-29 |
Movie | The Brothers Grimm | Cavaldi | 2005-08-26 |
Series | Weeds | Chef | 2005-08-07 |
Movie | 2001 Maniacs | Professor Ackerman | 2005-05-12 |
Movie | Nobody Wants Your Film | Self | 2005-05-06 |
Series | Entourage | Unknown | 2004-07-18 |
Series | Joey | Unknown | 2004-09-08 |
Movie | Birth | Clifford | 2004-10-29 |
Series | Hitler: The Rise of Evil | Ernst Rohm | 2003-05-18 |
Movie | Minnesota Nice | Self | 2003-04-01 |
Movie | Bad Boys II | Alexei | 2003-07-18 |
Movie | The Movie Hero | The Suspicious Character | 2003-03-08 |
Movie | Spun | Mullet Cop | 2003-02-07 |
Series | Watching Ellie | 2002-02-26 | |
Movie | Windtalkers | Sergeant Eric Hjelmstad | 2002-06-14 |
Movie | 13 Moons | Slovo | 2002-08-30 |
Movie | The Tuxedo | Dr. Simms | 2002-09-27 |
Movie | Bad Company | Adrik Vas | 2002-06-07 |
Series | Monk | Unknown | 2002-07-12 |
Movie | Minority Report | Dr. Solomon Eddie [Operating Room] | 2002-06-20 |
Movie | Happy Campers | Oberon | 2001-01-21 |
Movie | The Million Dollar Hotel | Dixie | 2000-02-09 |
Series | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Unknown | 2000-10-06 |
Movie | Bruiser | Milo Styles | 2000-02-13 |
Movie | Von Trier's 100 Eyes | Self | 2000-12-02 |
Movie | Circus | Julius | 2000-05-05 |
Movie | Chocolat | Serge Muscat | 2000-12-22 |
Movie | Dancer in the Dark | Jeff | 2000-09-01 |
Movie | Purgatory | 1999-01-01 | |
Movie | Love in the Mirror | Giovanni Andreini | 1999-11-14 |
Movie | 8MM | Dino Velvet | 1999-02-26 |
Movie | Purgatory | Cavin Guthrie | 1999-01-10 |
Movie | Hamilton | Carl Hamilton | 1998-01-30 |
Movie | Mercury Rising | Shayes | 1998-04-03 |
Movie | Armageddon | Lev Andropov | 1998-07-01 |
Movie | In the Presence of a Clown | Petrus Landahl | 1998-10-01 |
Movie | Somewhere in the City | Graham | 1998-06-11 |
Movie | The Big Lebowski | Nihilist | 1998-03-06 |
Movie | The Lost World: Jurassic Park | Dieter Stark | 1997-05-23 |
Movie | Playing God | Vladimir | 1997-10-17 |
Movie | Fargo | Gaear Grimsrud | 1996-03-08 |
Movie | A Kind of Hades | Ulf | 1996-11-30 |
Movie | Le Polygraphe | Christof Haussman | 1996-05-26 |
Movie | The Bacchae | The Messenger | 1993-04-09 |
Movie | Damage | Peter Wetzler | 1992-12-02 |
Movie | Freud Leaving Home | Berra | 1991-11-15 |
Movie | Awakenings | Neurochemist | 1990-12-04 |
Series | Seinfeld | Unknown | 1989-07-05 |
Movie | Pirates of the Lake | Beekeeper | 1987-02-25 |
Movie | Seppan | Sara's Father | 1987-05-01 |
Movie | The Frozen Leopard | Jerry | 1986-08-29 |
Series | Fanny and Alexander | Young Man who Helps Isak with Coffer | 1984-12-26 |
Movie | Fanny and Alexander | Young Man Who Helps Isak with Coffer (uncredited) | 1982-12-17 |
Movie | Lyftet | Prisoner | 1978-01-20 |
Series | Twilight of the Gods | Ulfr (voice) | 0 |