Peter Stormare
Born: 1953-08-27 in Arbrå, Gävleborgs län, Sweden
Known For: Acting
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
2026
- Kill Code
- Detective Hole as Odin
2025
- Until Dawn as Dr. Hill
- Off the Grid as Belcor
- Stand Your Ground as Bastion
- PLANET HORROR: The Evolution of Horror Cinema Worldwide as Horror Film Expert
- Hellenius hörna hyllar TV as Self
2024
- Tracker as Valts
- Twilight of the Gods as Ulfr (voice)
- Kill 'em All 2 as Agent Holman
- So Long, Marianne as Irving Layton
- Guy Manley: Super Spy as Hurricane Pete
- Hangman as Bobby
2023
- The Ritual Killer as Captain Marchand
2022
- 1923 as Lucca
- Day Shift as Troy
- BIANCA as Self - Guest
- Chivalry as Garth
- The Journey - 15 dagar i Nepal as Self
- Tuesday Club as Henrik
- Secrets of the Viking Stone as Self
2021
- The Box as Jedidiah Brag
- Cryptozoo as Gustav (voice)
- The Grand Duke Of Corsica as The Grand Duke of Corsica
- Horror Noire as Erebus (segment 'Sundown')
2020
- Animaniacs as Nickelwise (voice)
- Songbird as Emmett Harland
- The American Runestone as Self
- Gnomes & Trolls II: The Forest Trial as Mini (voice)
- Making Magic - a visual effects story as voice
2019
- The Poison Rose as Slide
2018
- LA to Vegas as Artem
- Beyond the Sky as Peter Norton
- Age of Summer as Rock God
- The Assassin's Code as Kurt Schlychter
2017
- John Wick: Chapter 2 as Abram Tarasov
- American Gods as Czernobog
- Castlevania as Godbrand (voice)
- Get Shorty as Hafdis Snaejornsson
- The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature as Gunther (voice)
- Kill 'em All as Agent Mark Holman
- V.I.P. as Paul
- King of the Dancehall as Pierce Davidson
2016
- Justice League Action as Mr. Freeze (voice)
- Swedish Dicks as Ingmar
- Midnight Sun as Rutger Burlin
- Black Widows as Folke Lundgren
- Rupture as Terrence
2015
- Strange Magic as Thang (voice)
- Renées brygga as Self
- Every Thing Will Be Fine as Editor
- Dark Summer as Stokes
- I Am Here as The Russian
2014
- Penguins of Madagascar as Corporal (voice)
- Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero as Rufus (voice)
- 22 Jump Street as The Ghost
- Manhattan as Lazar
- Clown as Karlsson
- Rage as Francis O'Connell
- Bang Bang Baby as George
- The Penguins of Madagascar - Operation: Penguin Takeover as Corporal (voice)
- Mall as Barry
- Poseidon Code
2013
- Teen Titans Go! as Fibulon (voice)
- The Blacklist as Figure
- The Last Stand as Burrell
- Graceland as Martun Sarkissian
- Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters as Sheriff Berringer
- Pain & Gain as Dr. Bjornson
- The Zero Theorem as Doctor 2
- Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel as Whiplash (voice)
- Siberian Education as Ink
- Bergs bärbara talkshow as Self
- Autumn Blood as The Mayor
- Bad Milo! as Highsmith
- Heatstroke as Mallick
2012
- Arrow as Werner Zytle / Count Vertigo
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as Lord Dregg (voice)
- Longmire
- Get the Gringo as Frank
- Lockout as Scott Langral
- Big Top Scooby-Doo! as Wulfric von Rydingsvard (voice)
- Small Apartments as Dr. Olivetti
- Tai Chi Hero as Flamming
- Inseparable as Richard
- Imperiet: Här föll Imperiet ... (Director)
- Jewtopia as Buck O'Connell
2011
- Body of Proof as Wilson Polley
- Sveriges Mästerkock as Self - Guest
- Wilfred as Trashface
- Dylan Dog: Dead of Night as Gabriel
- False Trail as Torsten
- Marianne as Sven
- You Said What? as Peter Stormare
- The Wayshower as Prince of Doubt
- A Standard Story as Bully
2010
- Hawaii Five-0 as Drago Zankovic
- Ben 10: Ultimate Alien as King Xarion / King Viktor (voice)
- Hellenius Hörna as Self - Guest
- Henry's Crime as Darek Millodragovic
- Janie Jones as Sloan
- Corridor as Micke
- Undocumented as Z
- Behind the Moomins as Self
- Small Town Murder Songs as Walter
- Ivory as David Strauss
2009
- NCIS: Los Angeles as Interpol Agent Martin Källström
- The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus as The President
- Svenska Hollywoodfruar as Self
- Horsemen as David Spitz
- The Killing Room as Dr. Phillips
- Otis E. as Reverand Roy
2008
- Leverage as Gunter Hanzig
- Boot Camp as Norman Hail
- Insanitarium as Dr. Gianetti
- Witless Protection as Arthur Grimsley
- Gnomes and Trolls: The Secret Chamber as Prickles (voice)
- Wolf as Klemens
- Orgies and the Meaning of Life as Ivy Michigan
2007
- Phineas and Ferb as Whiplash (voice)
- Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! as Gorb
- Transformers: Animated as Prometheus Black / Meltdown (voice)
- Premonition as Dr. Roth
- Anamorph as Blair Collet
- Gone with the Woman as Glenn
- Voom Portraits as Self
- Switch as Tommen
- Echo as Simon’s Father
- Leaps and Bounds as Korvgubbe
- They Never Found Her as Woods
2006
- Psych as Cyrus Polk
- Stjärnorna på slottet as Self
- Nacho Libre as Emperor
- Unknown as Snakeskin Boots
- One Night with You as Steinmetz
2005
- Prison Break as John Abruzzi
- Weeds as Chef
- Constantine as Lucifer
- The Brothers Grimm as Cavaldi
- 2001 Maniacs as Professor Ackerman
- The Batman vs. Dracula as Dracula (voice)
- Soldier of God ... (Additional Music)
- Nobody Wants Your Film as Self
- The Brothers Grimm: Bringing the Fairytale to Life as Self
2003
- Bad Boys II as Alexei
- Hitler: The Rise of Evil as Ernst Rohm
- Spun as Mullet Cop
- Minnesota Nice as Self
- The Movie Hero as The Suspicious Character
2002
- Monk as Petya Lovak
- Minority Report as Dr. Solomon Eddie
- The Tuxedo as Dr. Simms
- Windtalkers as Sergeant Eric Hjelmstad
- Watching Ellie as Ingvar
- Bad Company as Adrik Vas
- 13 Moons as Slovo
- The Beatle Fan as Albert
2001
- Happy Campers as Oberon
2000
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as George 'Binky' Babinkian
- Dancer in the Dark as Jeff
- Chocolat as Serge Muscat
- The Million Dollar Hotel as Dixie
- Bruiser as Milo Styles
- Circus as Julius
- The Coen Brothers as Self
- Von Trier's 100 Eyes as Self
1999
- 8MM as Dino Velvet
- Purgatory as Cavin Guthrie
- Love in the Mirror as Giovanni Andreini
1998
- The Big Lebowski as Nihilist
- Armageddon as Lev Andropov
- Mercury Rising as Shayes
- Hamilton as Carl Hamilton
- Somewhere in the City as Graham
- In the Presence of a Clown as Petrus Landahl
1997
- Så ska det låta as Self
- Playing God as Vladimir
- I sällskap med en clown as Self
- The Lost World: Jurassic Park as Dieter Stark
1996
- Fargo as Gaear Grimsrud
- Swift Justice as Johnny D.
- Ett sorts Hades as Ulf
- Le Polygraphe as Christof Haussman
- A Kind of Hades as Ulf
1993
- Morsarvet as Kapten Bergkvist
- The Bacchae as The Messenger
1992
- Damage as Peter Wetzler
1991
- Freud Leaving Home as Berra
- Reflections in a Dark Sky as Carlo
1990
- Fångarna på fortet as Kapten Kaboom
- 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
- The Frozen Leopard as Jerry
1985
- Screen Two as Byrd
1984
- Fanny and Alexander as Young Man Who Helps Isak with Coffer
1982
- Fanny and Alexander as Young Man Who Helps Isak with Coffer