Peter Stormare
Acting • Born 1953-08-27
Biography
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.
Filmography
209 credits
Dancer in the Dark
Movie • 2000
Jeff
Armageddon
Movie • 1998
Lev Andropov
The Big Lebowski
Movie • 1998
Nihilist
Minority Report
Movie • 2002
Dr. Solomon Eddie
Fargo
Movie • 1996
Gaear Grimsrud
The Million Dollar Hotel
Movie • 2000
Dixie
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Movie • 1997
Dieter Stark
Chocolat
Movie • 2000
Serge Muscat
Constantine
Movie • 2005
Lucifer
Bad Company
Movie • 2002
Adrik Vas
Birth
Movie • 2004
Clifford
2001 Maniacs
Movie • 2005
Professor Ackerman
The Batman vs. Dracula
Movie • 2005
Dracula (voice)
The Brothers Grimm
Movie • 2005
Cavaldi
Awakenings
Movie • 1990
Neurochemist
Damage
Movie • 1992
Peter Wetzler
The Killing Room
Movie • 2009
Dr. Phillips
The Ritual Killer
Movie • 2023
Captain Marchand
Purgatory
Movie • 1999
Cavin Guthrie
Gone with the Woman
Movie • 2007
Glenn
8MM
Movie • 1999
Dino Velvet
Windtalkers
Movie • 2002
Sergeant Eric Hjelmstad
Mercury Rising
Movie • 1998
Shayes
Bad Boys II
Movie • 2003
Alexei
Premonition
Movie • 2007
Dr. Roth
Unknown
Movie • 2006
Snakeskin Boots
One Night with You
Movie • 2006
Steinmetz
Switch
Movie • 2007
Tommen
Wolf
Movie • 2008
Klemens
Anamorph
Movie • 2007
Blair Collet
Bruiser
Movie • 2000
Milo Styles
Boot Camp
Movie • 2008
Norman Hail
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
Movie • 2013
Sheriff Berringer
Witless Protection
Movie • 2008
Arthur Grimsley
Dylan Dog: Dead of Night
Movie • 2011
Gabriel
Echo
Movie • 2007
Simon’s Father
Otis E.
Movie • 2009
Reverand Roy
Insanitarium
Movie • 2008
Dr. Gianetti
Hamilton
Movie • 1998
Carl Hamilton
Horsemen
Movie • 2009
David Spitz
Gnomes & Trolls II: The Forest Trial
Movie • 2020
Mini (voice)
In the Presence of a Clown
Movie • 1998
Petrus Landahl
Small Town Murder Songs
Movie • 2010
Walter
Lockout
Movie • 2012
Scott Langral
Get the Gringo
Movie • 2012
Frank
The Wayshower
Movie • 2011
Prince of Doubt
Circus
Movie • 2000
Julius
Undocumented
Movie • 2010
Z
Inseparable
Movie • 2012
Richard
Leaps and Bounds
Movie • 2007
Korvgubbe
Janie Jones
Movie • 2010
Sloan
Von Trier's 100 Eyes
Movie • 2000
Self
False Trail
Movie • 2011
Torsten
Corridor
Movie • 2010
Micke
The Last Stand
Movie • 2013
Burrell
Pirates of the Lake
Movie • 1987
Beekeeper
The Movie Hero
Movie • 2003
The Suspicious Character
You Said What?
Movie • 2011
Peter Stormare
Small Apartments
Movie • 2012
Dr. Olivetti
Minnesota Nice
Movie • 2003
Self
Hangman
Movie • 2024
Bobby
Pain & Gain
Movie • 2013
Dr. Bjornson
Tai Chi Hero
Movie • 2012
Flamming
Siberian Education
Movie • 2013
Ink
Bad Milo!
Movie • 2013
Highsmith
Le Polygraphe
Movie • 1996
Christof Haussman
Jewtopia
Movie • 2012
Buck O'Connell
Autumn Blood
Movie • 2013
The Mayor
Rage
Movie • 2014
Francis O'Connell
The Beatle Fan
Movie • 2002
Albert
They Never Found Her
Movie • 2007
Woods
22 Jump Street
Movie • 2014
The Ghost
Bang Bang Baby
Movie • 2014
George
Mall
Movie • 2014
Barry
Happy Campers
Movie • 2001
Oberon
The Zero Theorem
Movie • 2013
Doctor 2
Penguins of Madagascar
Movie • 2014
Corporal (voice)
Playing God
Movie • 1997
Vladimir
Marianne: The Ghost Inside
Movie • 2011
Sven
Gnomes and Trolls: The Secret Chamber
Movie • 2008
Prickles (voice)
Day Shift
Movie • 2022
Troy
Heatstroke
Movie • 2013
Mallick
I Am Here
Movie • 2015
The Russian
The Evolution of Horror Cinema Worldwide
Movie • 2025
Horror Film Expert
Strange Magic
Movie • 2015
Thang (voice)
Clown
Movie • 2014
Karlsson
Dark Summer
Movie • 2015
Stokes
Ivory
Movie • 2010
David Strauss
The Tuxedo
Movie • 2002
Dr. Simms
Rupture
Movie • 2016
Terrence
Somewhere in the City
Movie • 1998
Graham
Dweller
Movie
John Gaines
Every Thing Will Be Fine
Movie • 2015
Editor
Henry's Crime
Movie • 2010
Darek Millodragovic
John Wick: Chapter 2
Movie • 2017
Abram Tarasov
Pinocchio: Carved from Darkness
Movie
Geppetto
From the Dead
Movie • 1990
Chessplayer
Stand Your Ground
Movie • 2025
Bastion
The Awakening
Movie
Mason
13 Moons
Movie • 2002
Slovo
Kill Code
Movie
Nacho Libre
Movie • 2006
Emperor
The Knife Thrower
Movie
Kaspar Olofsson
Kill 'em All 2
Movie • 2024
Agent Holman
The Frozen Leopard
Movie • 1986
Jerry
Love in the Mirror
Movie • 1999
Giovanni Andreini
Kill 'em All
Movie • 2017
Agent Mark Holman
Nobody Wants Your Film
Movie • 2005
Self
Poseidon Code
Movie • 2014
Spun
Movie • 2003
Mullet Cop
V.I.P.
Movie • 2017
Paul
The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature
Movie • 2017
Gunther (voice)
King of the Dancehall
Movie • 2017
Pierce Davidson
Beyond The Sky
Movie • 2018
Peter Norton
A Kind of Hades
Movie • 1996
Ulf
The Assassin's Code
Movie • 2018
Kurt Schlychter
The Bacchae
Movie • 1993
The Messenger
The Poison Rose
Movie • 2019
Slide
Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel
Movie • 2013
Whiplash (voice)
Age of Summer
Movie • 2018
Rock God
Seppan
Movie • 1987
Sara's Father
The Grand Duke Of Corsica
Movie • 2021
The Grand Duke of Corsica
Fanny and Alexander
Movie • 1982
Young Man Who Helps Isak with Coffer
I sällskap med en clown
Movie • 1997
Self
Big Top Scooby-Doo!
Movie • 2012
Wulfric von Rydingsvard (voice)
Lyftet
Movie • 1978
Prisoner
Behind the Moomins
Movie • 2010
Self
The Brothers Grimm: Bringing the Fairytale to Life
Movie • 2005
Self
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Movie • 2009
The President
Freud Leaving Home
Movie • 1991
Berra
Songbird
Movie • 2020
Emmett Harland
Voom Portraits
Movie • 2007
Self
Cryptozoo
Movie • 2021
Gustav (voice)
Tuesday Club
Movie • 2022
Henrik
The Penguins of Madagascar: Operation Search and Rescue
Movie • 2014
Corporal (voice)
Reflections in a Dark Sky
Movie • 1991
Carlo
Horror Noire
Movie • 2021
Erebus (segment 'Sundown')
Guy Manley: Super Spy
Movie • 2024
Hurricane Pete
The Debt Inherited
Movie
Stanley
Off the Grid
Movie • 2025
Belcor
Hellenius hörna hyllar TV
Movie • 2025
Self
A Standard Story
Movie • 2011
Bully
Hur bär du dig åt, människa?!
Movie • 1978
Until Dawn
Movie • 2025
Dr. Alan Hill
Orgies and the Meaning of Life
Movie • 2008
Ivy Michigan
Lifsens rot
Movie
Didrik
Grylu Sker
Movie
The Mariner
Constantine 2
Movie
Lucifer
The Awakening 2
Movie
Mason
Watching Ellie
TV • 2002
Ingvar
Seinfeld
TV • 1989
Slippery Pete
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV • 2000
George 'Binky' Babinkian
Joey
TV • 2004
Viktor
Monk
TV • 2002
Petya Lovak
Prison Break
TV • 2005
John Abruzzi
Entourage
TV • 2004
Aaron Cohen
The American Runestone
TV • 2020
The Blacklist
TV • 2013
Figure
Wilfred
TV • 2011
Trashface
Twilight of the Gods
TV • 2024
Ulfr (voice)
The Box
TV • 2021
Jedidiah Brag
Så ska det låta
TV • 1997
Self
Svenska Hollywoodfruar
TV • 2009
Self
Stjärnorna på slottet
TV • 2006
Self
The Blacklist
TV • 2013
Berlin
Arrow
TV • 2012
Werner Zytle / Count Vertigo
Weeds
TV • 2005
Chef
Manhattan
TV • 2014
Lazar
Ben 10: Ultimate Alien
TV • 2010
King Xarion / King Viktor (voice)
Graceland
TV • 2013
Martun Sarkissian
Body of Proof
TV • 2011
Wilson Polley
Swedish Dicks
TV • 2016
Ingmar
Midnight Sun
TV • 2016
Rutger Burlin
Secrets of the Viking Stone
TV • 2022
Self
Black Widows
TV • 2016
Folke Lundgren
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
TV • 2014
Rufus (voice)
LA to Vegas
TV • 2018
Artem
American Gods
TV • 2017
Czernobog
Hellenius Hörna
TV • 2010
Self - Guest
Hitler: The Rise of Evil
TV • 2003
Ernst Rohm
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
TV • 2007
Gorb
Get Shorty
TV • 2017
Hafdis Snaejornsson
Morsarvet
TV • 1993
Kapten Bergkvist
Teen Titans Go!
TV • 2013
Fibulon (voice)
Phineas and Ferb
TV • 2007
Whiplash (voice)
The Journey - 15 dagar i Nepal
TV • 2022
Self
Castlevania
TV • 2017
Godbrand (voice)
Psych
TV • 2006
Cyrus Polk
Sveriges Mästerkock
TV • 2011
Self - Guest
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
TV • 2012
Lord Dregg (voice)
Tracker
TV • 2024
Valts
Leverage
TV • 2008
Gunter Hanzig
Transformers: Animated
TV • 2007
Prometheus Black / Meltdown (voice)
1923
TV • 2022
Lucca
Hawaii Five-0
TV • 2010
Drago Zankovic
Longmire
TV • 2012
Chance Gilbert
Longmire
TV • 2012
Animaniacs
TV • 2020
Nickelwise (voice)
Justice League Action
TV • 2016
Mr. Freeze (voice)
Chivalry
TV • 2022
Garth
So Long, Marianne
TV • 2024
Irving Layton
Fanny and Alexander
TV • 1984
Young Man Who Helps Isak with Coffer
NCIS: Los Angeles
TV • 2009
Interpol Agent Martin Källström
Fångarna på fortet
TV • 1990
Kapten Kaboom
Hur bär du dig åt, människa?!
TV • 1978
BIANCA
TV • 2022
Self - Guest
Renées brygga
TV • 2015
Self
Screen Two
TV • 1985
Byrd
Swift Justice
TV • 1996
Johnny D.