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Peter Sarsgaard
Peter Sarsgaard’s screen credits include District Attorney Gil Colson in The Batman, Bartholomew Bogue in The Magnificent Seven, and Hector Hammond in Green Lantern.
Born March 7, 1971 Belleville, Illinois, USA3 movies on MoviHero
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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. …
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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.
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- 2026Flesh ImpactDirector
- 2026The Bride!Jake Wiles
- 2025Pet Shop DaysActor
- 2024September 5Roone Arledge
- 2024Coup!Producer · Floyd Monk
- 2023MemorySaul
- 2022The SurvivorEmory Anderson
- 2021The Lost DaughterProfessor Hardy
- 2021The GuiltyHenry Fisher (voice)
- 2020Best Summer EverProducer · Camera Man
- 2020Human CapitalQuint Manning
- 2019Mr. JonesWalter Duranty
- 2019The Sound of SilencePeter Lucian
- 2018The LieJay Logan
- 2017Loving PabloShepard
- 2017WormwoodFrank Olson
- 2016JackieRobert Kennedy
- 2016Starring Austin PendletonSelf
- 2015ExperimenterStanley Milgram
- 2015Black MassBrian Halloran
- 2015Pawn SacrificeFather Bill Lombardy
- 2015LadygreySamuel
- 2014Valley UprisingSelf - Narrator (voice)
- 2014Night MovesHarmon
- 2013LovelaceProducer · Chuck Traynor
- 2013Blue JasmineDwight
- 2013Very Good GirlsFitzsimmons
- 2012Robot & FrankRobot (voice)
- 2010Knight and DayFitzgerald
- 2010Jake Gyllenhaal Challenges the Winner of the Nobel Peace PrizeAlan Troy (archive footage)
- 2009An EducationDavid Goldman
- 2009Mama's Little Devils: Bad Seeds and Evil ChildrenSelf
- 2009OrphanJohn
- 2009In the Electric MistElrod Sykes
- 2008ElegyKenneth Kepesh
- 2008The Mysteries of PittsburghCleveland Arning
- 2008Indie Sex: TeensActor
- 2007RenditionAlan Smith
- 2007Year of the DogNewt
- 2007High FallsPedro
- 2006"Jarhead" DiariesSelf
- 2006Jarhead: BackgroundSelf
- 2005JarheadAlan Troy
- 2005FlightplanCarson
- 2005The Skeleton KeyLuke Marshall
- 2005The Dying GaulRobert Sandrich
- 2004KinseyClyde Martin
- 2004Garden StateMark
- 2003Shattered GlassCharles 'Chuck' Lane
- 2003Death of a DynastyBrendon III
- 2002EmpireJack
- 2002Unconditional LoveWindow Washer
- 2002K-19: The WidowmakerVadim Radtchinko
- 2002The Salton SeaJimmy the Finn
- 2001The Center of the WorldRichard Longman
- 2000HouseboundMignon
- 2000The CellJulia Hickson's Fiancee (uncredited)
- 1999Boys Don't CryJohn Lotter
- 1999Desert BlueBilly Baxter
- 1999Freak CityCal Jackson
- 1998Another Day in ParadiseTy
- 1998The Man in the Iron MaskRaoul
- 1997Subway StoriesBoy No. 1 (segment "Underground")
- 1995Dead Man WalkingWalter Delacroix
- ErosionChristian Andersen
- Road House 2Actor
- The Damning of a Country MerchantActor
- Zero KActor
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