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 | Dweller | John Gaines | 2025 |
Movie | Dark Ascension | Lucius | 2025 |
Movie | The Evolution of Horror Cinema Worldwide | Horror Film Expert | 2024-10-15 |
Movie | The Wizard Hunter: The Hunt for Evangelion Crowley | Magister Barres | 2024-12-18 |
Movie | The Ritual Killer | Captain Marchand | 2023-03-09 |
Movie | Tuesday Club | Henrik | 2022-03-04 |
Movie | Day Shift | Troy | 2022-08-12 |
Series | The Box | Jedidiah Brag | 2021-11-28 |
Movie | The Grand Duke Of Corsica | The Grand Duke of Corsica | 2021-10-15 |
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 | Beyond The Sky | Peter Norton | 2018-09-21 |
Movie | Age of Summer | Rock God | 2018-10-19 |
Series | LA to Vegas | Artem | 2018-01-02 |
Movie | The Assassin's Code | Kurt Schlychter | 2018-05-11 |
Movie | King of the Dancehall | Pierce Davidson | 2017-01-13 |
Movie | John Wick: Chapter 2 | Abram Tarasov | 2017-02-08 |
Movie | The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature | Gunther (voice) | 2017-08-11 |
Movie | Kill 'em All | Agent Mark Holman | 2017-06-06 |
Series | Castlevania | Godbrand | 2017-07-07 |
Movie | V.I.P. | Paul | 2017-08-23 |
Series | Swedish Dicks | Ingmar | 2016-09-02 |
Movie | Rupture | Terrence | 2016-11-04 |
Series | Midnight Sun | Rutger Burlin | 2016-10-23 |
Movie | Dark Summer | Stokes | 2015-01-09 |
Movie | Every Thing Will Be Fine | Editor | 2015-04-02 |
Movie | Strange Magic | Thang (voice) | 2015-01-23 |
Movie | I Am Here | The Russian | 2015-06-12 |
Movie | 22 Jump Street | The Ghost | 2014-06-05 |
Movie | Rage | Francis O'Connell | 2014-05-09 |
Movie | Mall | Barry | 2014-06-18 |
Movie | Poseidon Code | 2014-06-27 | |
Movie | Penguins of Madagascar | Corporal (voice) | 2014-11-22 |
Movie | Clown | Karlsson | 2014-11-13 |
Movie | The Penguins of Madagascar: Operation Search and Rescue | Corporal | 2014-07-22 |
Movie | Bang Bang Baby | George | 2014-09-08 |
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 | Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel | Whiplash (voice) | 2013-08-16 |
Movie | Heatstroke | Mallick | 2013-12-19 |
Movie | Pain & Gain | Dr. Bjornson | 2013-04-18 |
Movie | The Zero Theorem | Doctor 2 | 2013-09-20 |
Movie | Autumn Blood | The Mayor | 2013-09-10 |
Movie | Bad Milo! | Highsmith | 2013-08-28 |
Movie | Get the Gringo | Frank | 2012-03-15 |
Movie | Small Apartments | Dr. Olivetti | 2012-03-10 |
Movie | Lockout | Scott Langral | 2012-04-12 |
Movie | Jewtopia | Buck O'Connell | 2012-04-26 |
Movie | Tai Chi Hero | Duke Fleming | 2012-10-25 |
Movie | Big Top Scooby-Doo! | Wulfric von Rydingsvard (voice) | 2012-10-09 |
Movie | Inseparable | Richard | 2012-05-04 |
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 | Henry's Crime | Darek Millodragovic | 2010-01-14 |
Movie | Corridor | Micke | 2010-02-05 |
Movie | Janie Jones | Sloan | 2010-09-17 |
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 | Horsemen | David Spitz | 2009-02-06 |
Movie | The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus | The President | 2009-10-01 |
Movie | The Killing Room | Dr. Phillips | 2009-01-16 |
Movie | Gnomes and Trolls: The Secret Chamber | 2008-01-31 | |
Movie | Insanitarium | Dr. Gianetti | 2008-07-15 |
Movie | Boot Camp | Norman Hail | 2008-02-07 |
Movie | Wolf | Klemens | 2008-04-04 |
Movie | Witless Protection | Arthur Grimsley | 2008-02-22 |
Movie | Premonition | Dr. Roth | 2007-02-08 |
Movie | Anamorph | Blair Collet | 2007-09-21 |
Movie | Gone with the Woman | Glenn | 2007-09-07 |
Movie | Echo | Simons far | 2007-12-07 |
Movie | Switch | Tommen | 2007-10-26 |
Movie | Nacho Libre | Emperor | 2006-06-16 |
Movie | Unknown | Snakeskin Boots | 2006-11-03 |
Movie | Nobody Wants Your Film | Self | 2005-05-06 |
Movie | Constantine | Lucifer | 2005-02-08 |
Movie | The Batman vs. Dracula | Dracula (voice) | 2005-10-18 |
Movie | The Brothers Grimm | Cavaldi | 2005-08-26 |
Movie | 2001 Maniacs | Professor Ackerman | 2005-05-12 |
Movie | Birth | Clifford | 2004-10-29 |
Movie | Spun | Mullet Cop | 2003-02-07 |
Movie | The Movie Hero | The Suspicious Character | 2003-03-08 |
Movie | Bad Boys II | Alexei | 2003-07-18 |
Series | Hitler: The Rise of Evil | Ernst Rohm | 2003-05-18 |
Movie | Minnesota Nice | Self | 2003-04-01 |
Series | Watching Ellie | 2002-02-26 | |
Movie | Bad Company | Adrik Vas | 2002-06-07 |
Movie | 13 Moons | Slovo | 2002-08-30 |
Movie | The Tuxedo | Dr. Simms | 2002-09-27 |
Movie | Windtalkers | Sergeant Eric Hjelmstad | 2002-06-14 |
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 |
Movie | Bruiser | Milo Styles | 2000-02-13 |
Movie | Von Trier's 100 Eyes | Self | 2000-12-02 |
Movie | Circus | Julius | 2000-05-05 |
Movie | Dancer in the Dark | Jeff | 2000-09-01 |
Movie | Chocolat | Serge Muscat | 2000-12-22 |
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 | Armageddon | Lev Andropov | 1998-01-07 |
Movie | Hamilton | Carl Hamilton | 1998-01-30 |
Movie | Mercury Rising | Shayes | 1998-04-03 |
Movie | The Big Lebowski | Nihilist | 1998-03-06 |
Movie | In the Presence of a Clown | Petrus Landahl | 1998-10-01 |
Movie | Somewhere in the City | Graham | 1998-06-11 |
Movie | The Lost World: Jurassic Park | Dieter Stark | 1997-05-23 |
Movie | Playing God | Vladimir | 1997-10-17 |
Movie | A Kind of Hades | Ulf | 1996-11-30 |
Movie | Fargo | Gaear Grimsrud | 1996-03-08 |
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 |
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 |