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