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 · Stand Your Ground as Bastion
- 2024 · Guy Manley - A Real Movie as Hurricane Pete
- 2022 · Tuesday Club as Henrik
- 2021 · Horror Noire as Erebus (segment 'Sundown')
- 2021 · The Grand Duke Of Corsica as The Grand Duke of Corsica
- 2021 · Cryptozoo as Gustav (voice)
- 2018 · Age of Summer as Rock God
- 2018 · Beyond The Sky as Peter Norton
- 2018 · The Assassin's Code as Kurt Schlychter
- 2017 · King of the Dancehall as Pierce Davidson
- 2016 · Rupture as Terrence
- 2015 · Every Thing Will Be Fine as Editor
- 2015 · Dark Summer as Stokes
- 2014 · Bang Bang Baby as George
- 2014 · The Penguins of Madagascar: Operation Search and Rescue as Corporal (voice)
- 2014 · Mall as Barry
- 2013 · Autumn Blood as The Mayor
- 2013 · Bad Milo! as Highsmith
- 2013 · Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel as Whiplash (voice)
- 2013 · Siberian Education as Ink
- 2012 · Big Top Scooby-Doo! as Wulfric von Rydingsvard (voice)
- 2012 · Inseparable as Richard
- 2012 · Jewtopia as Buck O'Connell
- 2012 · Small Apartments as Dr. Olivetti
- 2011 · False Trail as Torsten
- 2011 · Dylan Dog: Dead of Night as Gabriel
- 2010 · Janie Jones as Sloan
- 2010 · Corridor as Micke
- 2010 · Henry's Crime as Darek Millodragovic
- 2009 · Horsemen as David Spitz
- 2009 · The Killing Room as Dr. Phillips
- 2008 · Insanitarium as Dr. Gianetti
- 2008 · Witless Protection as Arthur Grimsley
- 2008 · Gnomes and Trolls: The Secret Chamber as Prickles (voice)
- 2008 · Orgies and the Meaning of Life as Ivy Michigan
- 2007 · Anamorph as Blair Collet
- 2006 · One Night with You as Steinmetz
- 2006 · Unknown as Snakeskin Boots
- 2005 · The Brothers Grimm: Bringing the Fairytale to Life as Self
- 2005 · 2001 Maniacs as Professor Ackerman
- 2002 · 13 Moons as Slovo
- 2001 · Happy Campers as Oberon
- 2000 · Circus as Julius
- 2000 · Bruiser as Milo Styles
- 1998 · In the Presence of a Clown as Petrus Landahl
- 1997 · Playing God as Vladimir
- 1997 · The Lost World: Jurassic Park as Dieter Stark
- 1993 · Morsarvet as Kapten Bergkvist
- 1982 · Fanny and Alexander as Young Man Who Helps Isak with Coffer (uncredited)
- Future · The Awakening as Mason
- 2025 · The Evolution of Horror Cinema Worldwide as Horror Film Expert
- 2025 · Off the Grid as Belcor
- 2025 · Until Dawn as Dr. Alan 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 · 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 · Secrets of the Viking Stone as Self
- 2021 · The Box as Jedidiah Brag
- 2020 · Songbird as Emmett Harland
- 2020 · Animaniacs as Nickelwise (voice)
- 2020 · The American Runestone as
- 2020 · Gnomes & Trolls II: The Forest Trial as Mini (voice)
- 2019 · The Poison Rose as Slide
- 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
- 2016 · Justice League Action as Mr. Freeze (voice)
- 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)
- 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 · Poseidon Code as
- 2014 · 22 Jump Street as The Ghost
- 2014 · Rage as Francis O'Connell
- 2013 · Heatstroke as Mallick
- 2013 · The Blacklist as Figure
- 2013 · The Blacklist as Berlin
- 2013 · The Zero Theorem as Doctor 2
- 2013 · Graceland as Martun Sarkissian
- 2013 · Teen Titans Go! as Fibulon (voice)
- 2013 · Pain & Gain as Dr. Bjornson
- 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 · Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as Lord Dregg (voice)
- 2012 · Longmire as Chance Gilbert
- 2012 · Longmire as
- 2012 · Lockout as Scott Langral
- 2012 · Get the Gringo as Frank
- 2011 · A Standard Story as Bully
- 2011 · Marianne: The Ghost Inside as Sven
- 2011 · You Said What? as Peter Stormare
- 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 · Undocumented as Z
- 2010 · Small Town Murder Songs as Walter
- 2010 · Ben 10: Ultimate Alien as King Xarion / King Viktor (voice)
- 2010 · Ivory as David Strauss
- 2010 · Behind the Moomins as Self
- 2009 · Otis E. as Reverand Roy
- 2009 · The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus as The President
- 2009 · NCIS: Los Angeles as Interpol Agent Martin Källström
- 2009 · Svenska Hollywoodfruar as Self
- 2008 · Leverage as Gunter Hanzig
- 2008 · Wolf as Klemens
- 2008 · Boot Camp as Norman Hail
- 2007 · Transformers: Animated as Prometheus Black / Meltdown (voice)
- 2007 · Echo as Simon’s Father
- 2007 · Switch as Tommen
- 2007 · Voom Portraits as Self
- 2007 · Gone with the Woman as Glenn
- 2007 · Phineas and Ferb as Whiplash (voice)
- 2007 · They Never Found Her as Woods
- 2007 · Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! as Gorb
- 2007 · Leaps and Bounds as Korvgubbe
- 2007 · Premonition as Dr. Roth
- 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 · 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 · Minnesota Nice as Self
- 2003 · The Movie Hero as The Suspicious Character
- 2003 · Spun as Mullet Cop
- 2002 · The Tuxedo as Dr. Simms
- 2002 · Monk as Petya Lovak
- 2002 · Minority Report as Dr. Solomon Eddie
- 2002 · Windtalkers as Sergeant Eric Hjelmstad
- 2002 · Bad Company as Adrik Vas
- 2002 · The Beatle Fan as Albert
- 2002 · Watching Ellie as Ingvar
- 2000 · Chocolat as Serge Muscat
- 2000 · Von Trier's 100 Eyes as Self
- 2000 · CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as George 'Binky' Babinkian
- 2000 · Dancer in the Dark as Jeff
- 2000 · The Million Dollar Hotel as Dixie
- 1999 · Love in the Mirror as Giovanni Andreini
- 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 · I sällskap med en clown as Self
- 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 · The Bacchae as The Messenger
- 1992 · Damage as Peter Wetzler
- 1991 · Reflections in a Dark Sky as Carlo
- 1991 · Freud Leaving Home as Berra
- 1990 · Awakenings as Neurochemist
- 1990 · From the Dead as Chessplayer
- 1989 · Seinfeld as Slippery Pete
- 1987 · Pirates of the Lake as Beekeeper
- Future · Hard Matter as
- Future · Dweller as John Gaines
- 1986 · The Frozen Leopard as Jerry
- Future · Pinocchio: Carved from Darkness as Geppetto
- 1987 · Seppan as Sara's Father
- 1984 · Fanny and Alexander as Young man who helps Isak with coffer
- 1978 · Lyftet as Prisoner
- Future · The Knife Thrower as Kaspar Olofsson
- Future · The Debt Inherited as Stanley
- Future · Lifsens rot as Didrik
- 1978 · Hur bär du dig åt, människa?! as