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