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
- 2024 · Guy Manley - A Real Movie as Hurricane Pete
- 2022 · Tuesday Club as Henrik
- 2021 · The Box as Jedidiah Brag
- 2021 · The Grand Duke Of Corsica as The Grand Duke of Corsica
- 2021 · Cryptozoo as Gustav (voice)
- 2020 · The American Runestone as
- 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 · I Am Here as The Russian
- 2015 · Every Thing Will Be Fine as Editor
- 2014 · The Penguins of Madagascar: Operation Search and Rescue as Corporal (voice)
- 2014 · Mall as Barry
- 2013 · Heatstroke as Mallick
- 2013 · Autumn Blood as The Mayor
- 2013 · Bad Milo! as Highsmith
- 2012 · Tai Chi Hero as Flamming
- 2012 · Jewtopia as Buck O'Connell
- 2012 · Small Apartments as Dr. Olivetti
- 2011 · Marianne: The Ghost Inside as Sven
- 2011 · False Trail as Torsten
- 2011 · Dylan Dog: Dead of Night as Gabriel
- 2010 · Janie Jones as Sloan
- 2010 · Small Town Murder Songs as Walter
- 2010 · Undocumented as Z
- 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 · Boot Camp as Norman Hail
- 2008 · Gnomes and Trolls: The Secret Chamber as Prickles (voice)
- 2007 · Anamorph as Blair Collet
- 2005 · The Brothers Grimm: Bringing the Fairytale to Life as Self
- 2005 · 2001 Maniacs as Professor Ackerman
- 2001 · Happy Campers as Oberon
- 2000 · Circus as Julius
- 2000 · Bruiser as Milo Styles
- 2000 · The Million Dollar Hotel as Dixie
- 1999 · Purgatory as Cavin Guthrie
- 1998 · Hamilton as Carl Hamilton
- 1997 · Playing God as Vladimir
- 1997 · The Lost World: Jurassic Park as Dieter Stark
- Future · The Awakening as Mason
- Future · Hard Matter as
- 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 · Horror Noire as Erebus (segment 'Sundown')
- 2020 · Songbird as Emmett Harland
- 2020 · Animaniacs as Nickelwise (voice)
- 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 Tarasov
- 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 · 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 · Poseidon Code as
- 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 · 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 · 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
- 2012 · Longmire as Chance Gilbert
- 2012 · Inseparable as Richard
- 2012 · Lockout as Scott Langral
- 2012 · Get the Gringo as Frank
- 2011 · A Standard Story as Bully
- 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 · 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
- 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 · One Night with You as Steinmetz
- 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 · 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 · 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 · The Beatle Fan as Albert
- 2002 · Watching Ellie as Ingvar
- 2001 · Band of Brothers as
- 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
- 1999 · Love in the Mirror as Giovanni Andreini
- 1999 · 8MM as Dino Velvet
- 1998 · In the Presence of a Clown as Petrus Landahl
- 1998 · Armageddon as Lev Andropov
- 1998 · Somewhere in the City as Graham
- 1998 · Mercury Rising as Shayes
- 1998 · The Big Lebowski as Nihilist
- 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 · Morsarvet as Kapten Bergkvist
- 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 · Seppan as Sara's Father
- 1987 · Pirates of the Lake as Beekeeper
- 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 · Pinocchio: Carved from Darkness as Geppetto
- Future · Dweller as John Gaines
- 1986 · The Frozen Leopard as Jerry
- Future · The Debt Inherited as Stanley
- 1993 · The Bacchae as The Messenger
- 1978 · Hur bär du dig åt, människa?! as
- Future · The Knife Thrower as Kaspar Olofsson