Peter Sarsgaard
John Peter Sarsgaard (born March 7, 1971) is an American actor. His first feature role was in Dead Man Walking in 1995. He then appeared in the 1998 independent films Another Day in Paradise and Desert Blue. That same year, Sarsgaard received a substantial role in The Man in the Iron Mask (1998), playing Raoul, the ill-fated son of Athos. Sarsgaard later achieved critical recognition when he was cast in Boys Don't Cry (1999) as John Lotter. He landed his first leading role in the 2001 film The Center of the World. The following year, he played supporting roles in Empire, The Salton Sea, and K-19: The Widowmaker.
For his portrayal of Charles Lane in Shattered Glass, Sarsgaard won the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor and was nominated for the 2004 Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor. Sarsgaard has appeared in an eclectic range of films, including the 2004 comedy-drama Garden State, the biographical film Kinsey (2004), the drama The Dying Gaul (2005), and big-budget films such as Flightplan (2005), Jarhead (2005), The Skeleton Key (2005), Orphan (2009), An Education (2009), Knight and Day (2010), Green Lantern (2011), Lovelace (2013), Kelly Reichardt's Night Moves (2013), Blue Jasmine (2013), Black Mass (2015), and The Magnificent Seven (2016). Sarsgaard also appeared in the American TV series The Killing (2013) as a man on death row perhaps wrongfully convicted for the brutal murder of his wife—a performance which he says included "some of the best acting I have ever done in my life." In 2021, he had a recurring role on the Hulu miniseries Dopesick.
Sarsgaard has appeared in Off-Broadway productions including Kingdom of Earth, Laura Dennis, Burn This, and Uncle Vanya. In September 2008, he made his Broadway debut as Boris Alexeyevich Trigorin in The Seagull. He is married to actress Maggie Gyllenhaal.
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Movies (71)
Flesh Impact
2026 · Director
¡La novia!
2026 · Jake Wiles
Pet Shop Days
2025
Septiembre 5
2024 · Roone Arledge
Coup!
2024 · Floyd Monk, Executive Producer
Memory
2023 · Saul
Peleando por mi vida
2022 · Emory Anderson
Batman
2022 · District Attorney Gil Colson
La Hija Oscura
2021 · Professor Hardy
Culpable
2021 · Henry Fisher (voice)
Best Summer Ever
2020 · Camera Man, Executive Producer
Capital Humano
2020 · Quint Manning
Mr. Jones
2019 · Walter Duranty
The Sound of Silence
2019 · Peter Lucian
Juego perverso
2018 · Jay Logan
Escobar: La traición
2017 · Shepard
Wormwood
2017 · Frank Olson
Jackie
2016 · Robert Kennedy
Los siete magníficos
2016 · Bartholomew Bogue
Starring Austin Pendleton
2016 · Self
Experimenter: La historia de Stanley Milgram
2015 · Stanley Milgram
Pacto criminal
2015 · Brian Halloran
La jugada maestra
2015 · Father Bill Lombardy
Ladygrey
2015 · Samuel
Valley Uprising
2014 · Self - Narrator (voice)
Night Moves
2014 · Harmon
Lovelace: Garganta Profunda
2013 · Chuck Traynor, Executive Producer
Jazmín Azul (Blue Jasmine)
2013 · Dwight
Muy buenas chicas
2013 · Fitzsimmons
Frank Y El Robot
2012 · Robot (voice)
Linterna Verde
2011 · Hector Hammond
Encuentro Explosivo
2010 · Fitzgerald
Jake Gyllenhaal Challenges the Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize
2010 · Alan Troy (archive footage)
Enseñanza de vida
2009 · David Goldman
Mama's Little Devils: Bad Seeds and Evil Children
2009 · Self
La huérfana
2009 · John
En el centro de la tormenta
2009 · Elrod Sykes
La elegida
2008 · Kenneth Kepesh
Los misterios de Pittsburgh
2008 · Cleveland Arning
Indie Sex: Teens
2008
El Sospechoso
2007 · Alan Smith
El año del perro
2007 · Newt
High Falls
2007 · Pedro
"Jarhead" Diaries
2006 · Self
Jarhead: Background
2006 · Self
Soldado anónimo
2005 · Alan Troy
Plan de Vuelo
2005 · Carson
La llave maestra
2005 · Luke Marshall
The Dying Gaul
2005 · Robert Sandrich
Kinsey, el científico del sexo
2004 · Clyde Martin
Tiempo de volver
2004 · Mark
Shattered Glass
2003 · Charles 'Chuck' Lane
Death of a Dynasty
2003 · Brendon III
Empire
2002 · Jack
Unconditional Love
2002 · Window Washer
K-19: The Widowmaker
2002 · Vadim Radtchinko
The Salton Sea
2002 · Jimmy the Finn
The Center of the World
2001 · Richard Longman
Housebound
2000 · Mignon
La Célula
2000 · Julia Hickson's Fiancee (uncredited)
Los Muchachos No Lloran
1999 · John Lotter
Desert Blue
1999 · Billy Baxter
Freak City
1999 · Cal Jackson
Another Day in Paradise
1998 · Ty
El hombre de la máscara de hierro
1998 · Raoul
Subway Stories
1997 · Boy No. 1 (segment "Underground")
Pena de muerte
1995 · Walter Delacroix
The Damning of a Country Merchant
Zero K
Road House 2
Erosion
· Christian Andersen
TV shows (25)
Neuromancer
2027 · John Ashpool
DTF St. Louis
2026 · 'Modern Love' / Christopher Spurce
Presumed Innocent
2024 · Tommasino 'Tommy' Molto
Dopesick: Historia de una adicción
2021 · Rick Mountcastle
Hecho en casa
2020 · Frank
Interrogation
2020 · David Russell
The Looming Tower
2018 · Martin Schmidt
Wormwood
2017 · Frank Olson
America Divided
2016 · Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Self
The Slap
2015 · Hector
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · Self
The Killing
2011 · Ray Seward
Conan
2010 · Self
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
2009 · Self
Indie Sex
2007 · Self
Cracker
1997
The Daily Show
1996 · Self
Film Independent Spirit Awards
1996 · Self - Nominee
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 · Self - Guest
Law & Order
1990 · Josh Strand
This Week
1981
Saturday Night Live
1975 · Self - Host, Boogerman (uncredited)
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