Peter Stormare
Peter Stormare (August 27, 1953) was born in Arbrå, Gävleborgs län, Sweden. He 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.
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · The Wizard Hunter: The Hunt for Evangelion Crowley as Magister Barres
- 2025 · Off the Grid as Belcor
- 2025 · Until Dawn as Dr. Alan Hill
- 2024 · Kill 'em All 2 as Agent Holman
- 2024 · Twilight of the Gods as Ulfr (voice)
- 2024 · Hangman as Bobby
- 2024 · Tracker as Valts
- 2023 · The Ritual Killer as Captain Marchand
- 2022 · 1923 as Lucca
- 2022 · Day Shift as Troy
- 2022 · Tuesday Club as Henrik
- 2020 · Songbird as Emmett Harland
- 2020 · Animaniacs as Nickelwise (voice)
- 2019 · The Poison Rose as Slide
- 2017 · V.I.P. as Paul
- 2017 · Get Shorty as Hafdis Snaejornsson
- 2017 · Castlevania as Godbrand (voice)
- 2017 · Kill 'em All as Agent Mark Holman
- 2017 · American Gods as Czernobog
- 2017 · American Gods as Czernobog, Slavic god of darkness, death, and evil
- 2017 · John Wick: Chapter 2 as Abram Tarasov
- 2017 · King of the Dancehall as Pierce Davidson
- 2016 · Justice League Action as Mr. Freeze (voice)
- 2016 · Rupture as Terrence
- 2016 · Swedish Dicks as Ingmar
- 2015 · Every Thing Will Be Fine as Editor
- 2015 · Strange Magic as Thang (voice)
- 2014 · Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero as Rufus (voice)
- 2014 · Penguins of Madagascar as Corporal (voice)
- 2014 · Clown as Karlsson
- 2014 · Manhattan as Lazar
- 2014 · Mall as Barry
- 2014 · 22 Jump Street as The Ghost
- 2014 · Rage as Francis O'Connell
- 2013 · The Blacklist as Figure
- 2013 · The Blacklist as Berlin
- 2013 · Autumn Blood as The Mayor
- 2013 · Graceland as Martun Sarkissian
- 2013 · Teen Titans Go! as Fibulon (voice)
- 2013 · Pain & Gain as Dr. Bjornson
- 2013 · Siberian Education as Ink
- 2013 · Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters as Sheriff Berringer
- 2013 · The Last Stand as Burrell
- 2012 · Tai Chi Hero as Flamming
- 2012 · Arrow as Werner Zytle / Count Vertigo
- 2012 · Big Top Scooby-Doo! as Wulfric von Rydingsvard (voice)
- 2012 · Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as Lord Dregg (voice)
- 2012 · Longmire as Chance Gilbert
- 2012 · Longmire as
- 2012 · Jewtopia as Buck O'Connell
- 2012 · Lockout as Scott Langral
- 2012 · Get the Gringo as Frank
- 2011 · Wilfred as Trashface
- 2011 · The Wayshower as Prince of Doubt
- 2011 · Body of Proof as Wilson Polley
- 2011 · Sveriges Mästerkock as Self - Guest
- 2010 · Hellenius Hörna as Self - Guest
- 2010 · Hawaii Five-0 as Drago Zankovic
- 2010 · Small Town Murder Songs as Walter
- 2010 · Undocumented as Z
- 2010 · Ben 10: Ultimate Alien as King Xarion / King Viktor (voice)
- 2010 · Corridor as Micke
- 2010 · Henry's Crime as Darek Millodragovic
- 2009 · NCIS: Los Angeles as Interpol Agent Martin Källström
- 2009 · Svenska Hollywoodfruar as Self
- 2008 · Leverage as Gunter Hanzig
- 2007 · Transformers: Animated as Prometheus Black / Meltdown (voice)
- 2007 · Phineas and Ferb as Whiplash (voice)
- 2007 · Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! as Gorb
- 2007 · Premonition as Dr. Roth
- 2006 · Psych as Cyrus Polk
- 2006 · Nacho Libre as Emperor
- 2005 · The Brothers Grimm: Bringing the Fairytale to Life as Self
- 2005 · The Batman vs. Dracula as Dracula (voice)
- 2005 · Prison Break as John Abruzzi
- 2005 · The Brothers Grimm as Cavaldi
- 2005 · Weeds as Chef
- 2005 · 2001 Maniacs as Professor Ackerman
- 2005 · Constantine as Lucifer
- 2004 · Birth as Clifford
- 2004 · Joey as Viktor
- 2004 · Entourage as Aaron Cohen
- 2003 · Bad Boys II as Alexei
- 2003 · Hitler: The Rise of Evil as Ernst Rohm
- 2002 · The Tuxedo as Dr. Simms
- 2002 · Monk as Petya Lovak
- 2002 · Minority Report as Dr. Solomon Eddie
- 2002 · Windtalkers as Sergeant Eric Hjelmstad
- 2000 · Chocolat as Serge Muscat
- 2000 · CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as George 'Binky' Babinkian
- 2000 · Dancer in the Dark as Jeff
- 1999 · 8MM as Dino Velvet
- 1998 · Armageddon as Lev Andropov
- 1998 · The Big Lebowski as Nihilist
- 1997 · Så ska det låta as Self
- 1996 · Fargo as Gaear Grimsrud
- 1992 · Damage as Peter Wetzler
- 1990 · Awakenings as Neurochemist
- Future · The Knife Thrower as Kaspar Olofsson
- 2024 · So Long, Marianne as Irving Layton
- 2021 · The Box as Jedidiah Brag
- 2021 · The Grand Duke Of Corsica as The Grand Duke of Corsica
- 2021 · Cryptozoo as Gustav (voice)
- 2020 · Gnomes & Trolls II: The Forest Trial as Mini (voice)
- 2018 · Age of Summer as Rock God
- 2018 · LA to Vegas as Artem
- 2017 · The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature as Gunther (voice)
- 2016 · Midnight Sun as Rutger Burlin
- 2016 · Black Widows as Folke Lundgren
- 2015 · Dark Summer as Stokes
- 2014 · Bang Bang Baby as George
- 2013 · The Zero Theorem as Doctor 2
- 2013 · Bad Milo! as Highsmith
- 2013 · Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel as Whiplash (voice)
- 2012 · Inseparable as Richard
- 2012 · Small Apartments as Dr. Olivetti
- 2011 · Dylan Dog: Dead of Night as Gabriel
- 2010 · Janie Jones as Sloan
- 2010 · Behind the Moomins as Self
- 2010 · Ivory as David Strauss
- 2009 · The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus as The President
- 2009 · Horsemen as David Spitz
- 2009 · The Killing Room as Dr. Phillips
- 2008 · Insanitarium as Dr. Gianetti
- 2008 · Wolf as Klemens
- 2008 · Witless Protection as Arthur Grimsley
- 2008 · Boot Camp as Norman Hail
- 2008 · Gnomes and Trolls: The Secret Chamber as Prickles (voice)
- 2007 · Anamorph as Blair Collet
- 2007 · Leaps and Bounds as Korvgubbe
- 2006 · Unknown as Snakeskin Boots
- 2006 · Stjärnorna på Slottet as Self
- 2003 · Spun as Mullet Cop
- 2002 · Bad Company as Adrik Vas
- 2002 · Watching Ellie as Ingvar
- 2000 · Circus as Julius
- 2000 · The Million Dollar Hotel as Dixie
- 1998 · Somewhere in the City as Graham
- 1998 · Mercury Rising as Shayes
- 1998 · Hamilton as Carl Hamilton
- 1997 · Playing God as Vladimir
- 1996 · Le Polygraphe as Christof Haussman
- 1993 · The Bacchae as The Messenger
- Future · Hard Matter as
- 1991 · Reflections in a Dark Sky as Carlo
- Future · The Awakening as Mason
- 1999 · Purgatory as Cavin Guthrie
- 1987 · Pirates of the Lake as Beekeeper
- Future · Dweller as John Gaines
- 2025 · The Evolution of Horror Cinema Worldwide as Horror Film Expert
- 2025 · Stand Your Ground as Bastion
- 2025 · Hellenius hörna hyllar TV as Self
- 2024 · Guy Manley: Super Spy as Hurricane Pete
- 2022 · The Journey - 15 dagar i Nepal as
- 2022 · Chivalry as Garth
- 2022 · Secrets of the Viking Stone as Self
- 2021 · Horror Noire as Erebus (segment 'Sundown')
- 2020 · The American Runestone as
- 2018 · Beyond The Sky as Peter Norton
- 2018 · The Assassin's Code as Kurt Schlychter
- 2015 · I Am Here as The Russian
- 2014 · The Penguins of Madagascar: Operation Search and Rescue as Corporal (voice)
- 2014 · Poseidon Code as
- 2013 · Heatstroke as Mallick
- 2011 · A Standard Story as Bully
- 2011 · Marianne: The Ghost Inside as Sven
- 2011 · False Trail as Torsten
- 2011 · You Said What? as Peter Stormare
- 2009 · Otis E. as Reverand Roy
- 2008 · Orgies and the Meaning of Life as Ivy Michigan
- 2007 · Echo as Simon’s Father
- 2007 · Switch as Tommen
- 2007 · Voom Portraits as Self
- 2007 · Gone with the Woman as Glenn
- 2007 · They Never Found Her as Woods
- 2006 · One Night with You as Steinmetz
- 2005 · Nobody Wants Your Film as Self
- 2003 · Minnesota Nice as Self
- 2003 · The Movie Hero as The Suspicious Character
- 2002 · 13 Moons as Slovo
- 2002 · The Beatle Fan as Albert
- 2001 · Happy Campers as Oberon
- 2000 · Von Trier's 100 Eyes as Self
- 2000 · Bruiser as Milo Styles
- 1999 · Love in the Mirror as Giovanni Andreini
- 1998 · In the Presence of a Clown as Petrus Landahl
- 1997 · I sällskap med en clown as Self
- 1997 · The Lost World: Jurassic Park as Dieter Stark
- 1996 · A Kind of Hades as Ulf
- 1993 · Morsarvet as Kapten Bergkvist
- 1990 · Fångarna på fortet as Kapten Kaboom
- 1990 · From the Dead as Chessplayer
- 1989 · Seinfeld as Slippery Pete
- 1982 · Fanny and Alexander as Young Man Who Helps Isak with Coffer (uncredited)
- Future · Lifsens rot as Didrik
- 1991 · Freud Leaving Home as Berra
- Future · The Debt Inherited as Stanley
- 1987 · Seppan as Sara's Father
- 1986 · The Frozen Leopard as Jerry
- 1984 · Fanny and Alexander as Young Man Who Helps Isak with Coffer
- 1978 · Lyftet as Prisoner
- 1978 · Hur bär du dig åt, människa?! as
- Future · Pinocchio: Carved from Darkness as Geppetto
- 1978 · Hur bär du dig åt, människa?! as