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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1953-08-27 (71 years old)

Place of Birth

Arbrå, Gävleborgs län, Sweden

Peter Stormare

Biography:

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

Acting

2025

2024

Hangman as Bobby
Kill 'em All 2 as Agent Holman
Guy Manley - A Real Movie as Hurricane Pete
Twilight of the Gods as Ulfr (voice)
Tracker as Valts
So Long, Marianne as Irving Layton

2023

The Ritual Killer as Captain Marchand

2022

2021

The Grand Duke Of Corsica as The Grand Duke of Corsica
Cryptozoo as Gustav (voice)
Horror Noire as Erebus (segment 'Sundown')
The Box as Jedidiah Brag

2020

Songbird as Emmett Harland
Animaniacs as Nickelwise (voice)

2019

2018

Beyond The Sky as Peter Norton
The Assassin's Code as Kurt Schlychter
Age of Summer as Rock God
LA to Vegas as Artem

2017

John Wick: Chapter 2 as Abram Tarasov
Kill 'em All as Agent Mark Holman
V.I.P. as Paul
King of the Dancehall as Pierce Davidson
American Gods as Czernobog
Get Shorty as Hafdis Snaejornsson
Castlevania as Godbrand (voice)
American Gods as Czernobog, Slavic god of darkness, death, and evil

2016

Rupture as Terrence
Swedish Dicks as Ingmar
Midnight Sun as Rutger Burlin
Black Widows as Folke Lundgren
Justice League Action as Mr. Freeze (voice)

2015

I Am Here as The Russian
Strange Magic as Thang (voice)
Dark Summer as Stokes

2014

Rage as Francis O'Connell
22 Jump Street as The Ghost
Bang Bang Baby as George
Mall as Barry
Penguins of Madagascar as Corporal (voice)
Clown as Karlsson
Manhattan as Lazar
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero as Rufus (voice)

2013

Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters as Sheriff Berringer
The Last Stand as Burrell
Pain & Gain as Dr. Bjornson
Bad Milo! as Highsmith
Autumn Blood as The Mayor
The Zero Theorem as Doctor 2
Heatstroke as Mallick
The Blacklist as Figure
The Blacklist as Berlin
Graceland as Martun Sarkissian
Teen Titans Go! as Fibulon (voice)

2012

Lockout as Scott Langral
Inseparable as Richard
Small Apartments as Dr. Olivetti
Tai Chi Hero as Flamming
Jewtopia as Buck O'Connell
Big Top Scooby-Doo! as Wulfric von Rydingsvard (voice)
Arrow as Werner Zytle / Count Vertigo
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as Lord Dregg (voice)
Longmire as Chance Gilbert

2011

The Wayshower as Prince of Doubt
False Trail as Torsten
You Said What? as Peter Stormare
Wilfred as Trashface
Body of Proof as Wilson Polley
Sveriges Mästerkock as Self - Guest

2010

Janie Jones as Sloan
Corridor as Micke
Ivory as David Strauss
Henry's Crime as Darek Millodragovic
Ben 10: Ultimate Alien as King Xarion / King Viktor (voice)
Hellenius Hörna as Self - Guest
Hawaii Five-0 as Drago Zankovic

2009

The Killing Room as Dr. Phillips
Otis E. as Reverand Roy
Horsemen as David Spitz
NCIS: Los Angeles as Interpol Agent Martin Källström

2008

Wolf as Klemens
Boot Camp as Norman Hail
Witless Protection as Arthur Grimsley
Insanitarium as Dr. Gianetti
Leverage as Gunter Hanzig

2007

Premonition as Dr. Roth
Switch as Tommen
Anamorph as Blair Collet
Echo as Simon’s Father
Leaps and Bounds as Korvgubbe
Phineas and Ferb as Whiplash (voice)
Transformers: Animated as Prometheus Black / Meltdown (voice)

2006

Unknown as Snakeskin Boots
One Night with You as Steinmetz
Nacho Libre as Emperor
Psych as Cyrus Polk

2005

Constantine as Lucifer
2001 Maniacs as Professor Ackerman
The Batman vs. Dracula as Dracula (voice)
Prison Break as John Abruzzi
Weeds as Chef

2004

Birth as Clifford
Joey as Viktor

2003

Bad Boys II as Alexei
The Movie Hero as The Suspicious Character
Spun as Mullet Cop

2002

Minority Report as Dr. Solomon Eddie [Operating Room]
Bad Company as Adrik Vas
Windtalkers as Sergeant Eric Hjelmstad
The Beatle Fan as Albert
The Tuxedo as Dr. Simms
13 Moons as Slovo
Watching Ellie as Ingvar
Monk as Petya Lovak

2001

2000

Chocolat as Serge Muscat
Bruiser as Milo Styles
Circus as Julius
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as George 'Binky' Babinkian

1999

Purgatory as Cavin Guthrie
8MM as Dino Velvet
Love in the Mirror as Giovanni Andreini

1998

Armageddon as Lev Andropov
The Big Lebowski as Nihilist
Mercury Rising as Shayes
Hamilton as Carl Hamilton
In the Presence of a Clown as Petrus Landahl

1997

1996

Fargo as Gaear Grimsrud
Le Polygraphe as Christof Haussman

1993

The Bacchae as The Messenger
Morsarvet as Kapten Bergkvist

1992

Damage as Peter Wetzler

1991

1990

Awakenings as Neurochemist
From the Dead as Chessplayer

1989

Seinfeld as Slippery Pete

1987

Pirates of the Lake as Beekeeper
Seppan as Sara's Father

1986

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

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Dweller as John Gaines
The Awakening as Mason
The Knife Thrower as Kaspar Olofsson

Crew

2005

Soldier of God as Additional Music

Directing

2016

Swedish Dicks as Director

Creator

2020

2016

Swedish Dicks as Creator