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 · Stand Your Ground as Bastion
- 2024 · So Long, Marianne as Irving Layton
- 2024 · Hangman as Bobby
- 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 · 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
- 2011 · Marianne: The Ghost Inside as Sven
- 2010 · Small Town Murder Songs as Walter
- 2009 · The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus as The President
- 2008 · Wolf as Klemens
- 2008 · Boot Camp as Norman Hail
- Future · The Knife Thrower as Kaspar Olofsson
- Future · Hard Matter as
- 2018 · Age of Summer as Rock God
- 2017 · King of the Dancehall as Pierce Davidson
- 2013 · Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel as Whiplash (voice)
- 2012 · Small Apartments as Dr. Olivetti
- 2011 · The Wayshower as Prince of Doubt
- 2011 · Dylan Dog: Dead of Night as Gabriel
- 2010 · Behind the Moomins as Self
- 2010 · Ivory as David Strauss
- 2009 · Horsemen as David Spitz
- 2008 · Insanitarium as Dr. Gianetti
- 2008 · Witless Protection as Arthur Grimsley
- 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
- 2005 · 2001 Maniacs as Professor Ackerman
- 2002 · Watching Ellie as Ingvar
- 2000 · Circus as Julius
- 2000 · The Million Dollar Hotel as Dixie
- 1999 · Purgatory as Cavin Guthrie
- 1998 · Mercury Rising as Shayes
- 1998 · Hamilton as Carl Hamilton
- 1996 · Le Polygraphe as Christof Haussman
- 1991 · Reflections in a Dark Sky as Carlo
- 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)
- Future · The Awakening as Mason
- 1978 · Hur bär du dig åt, människa?! as
- Future · Dweller as John Gaines
- 2025 · The Evolution of Horror Cinema Worldwide as Horror Film Expert
- 2025 · Until Dawn as Dr. Alan Hill
- 2025 · Hellenius hörna hyllar TV as Self
- 2024 · Kill 'em All 2 as Agent Holman
- 2024 · Twilight of the Gods as Ulfr (voice)
- 2024 · Guy Manley: Super Spy as Hurricane Pete
- 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
- 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 · Beyond The Sky as Peter Norton
- 2018 · The Assassin's Code as Kurt Schlychter
- 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
- 2016 · Justice League Action as Mr. Freeze (voice)
- 2016 · Rupture as Terrence
- 2016 · Swedish Dicks as Ingmar
- 2015 · I Am Here as The Russian
- 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 · The Penguins of Madagascar: Operation Search and Rescue as Corporal (voice)
- 2014 · Poseidon Code as
- 2014 · Mall as Barry
- 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 · 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
- 2012 · Longmire as Chance Gilbert
- 2012 · Inseparable as Richard
- 2012 · Jewtopia as Buck O'Connell
- 2012 · Lockout as Scott Langral
- 2012 · Get the Gringo as Frank
- 2011 · A Standard Story as Bully
- 2011 · False Trail as Torsten
- 2011 · You Said What? as Peter Stormare
- 2011 · Wilfred as Trashface
- 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 · Janie Jones as Sloan
- 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 · Otis E. as Reverand Roy
- 2009 · NCIS: Los Angeles as Interpol Agent Martin Källström
- 2009 · Svenska Hollywoodfruar as Self
- 2009 · The Killing Room as Dr. Phillips
- 2008 · Leverage as Gunter Hanzig
- 2007 · Switch as Tommen
- 2007 · Voom Portraits as Self
- 2006 · One Night with You as Steinmetz
- 2003 · The Movie Hero as The Suspicious Character
- 2000 · Bruiser as Milo Styles
- Future · Lifsens rot as Didrik
- 2008 · Orgies and the Meaning of Life as Ivy Michigan
- 2007 · Transformers: Animated as Prometheus Black / Meltdown (voice)
- 2007 · Echo as Simon’s Father
- 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 · 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 · Nobody Wants Your Film as Self
- 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
- 2003 · Minnesota Nice as Self
- 2002 · The Tuxedo as Dr. Simms
- 2002 · Spun as Mullet Cop
- 2002 · 13 Moons as Slovo
- 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
- 2001 · Happy Campers as Oberon
- 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 · The Big Lebowski as Nihilist
- 1997 · I sällskap med en clown as Self
- 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 · Fargo as Gaear Grimsrud
- 1993 · Morsarvet as Kapten Bergkvist
- 1993 · The Bacchae as The Messenger
- 1992 · Damage as Peter Wetzler
- 1991 · Freud Leaving Home as Berra
- 1990 · Awakenings as Neurochemist
- 1990 · Fångarna på fortet as Kapten Kaboom
- 1990 · From the Dead as Chessplayer
- 1989 · Seinfeld as Slippery Pete
- Future · The Debt Inherited as Stanley
- Future · Pinocchio: Carved from Darkness as Geppetto
- 1987 · Seppan as Sara's Father
- 1986 · The Frozen Leopard as Jerry
- 1978 · Hur bär du dig åt, människa?! as
- 1978 · Lyftet as Prisoner