Global InformationPeter Sarsgaard information
Peter Sarsgaard | |
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 Sarsgaard in 2019 | |
| Born | John Peter Sarsgaard March 7, 1971 St. Clair County, Illinois, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Washington University in St. Louis |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1995–present |
| Spouse |
Maggie Gyllenhaal (m. 2009) |
| Children | 2 |
| Relatives | Jake Gyllenhaal (brother-in-law) |
John Peter Sarsgaard (/ˈsɑːrzɡɑːrd/; born March 7, 1971) is an American actor. He studied at the Actors Studio, before rising to prominence playing atypical and sometimes villainous roles in film and television.
He made his film debut with Dead Man Walking (1995). He gained recognition for his role in The Man in the Iron Mask (1998), Boys Don't Cry (1999), and The Center of the World (2001). For his portrayal of Charles Lane in Shattered Glass (2003), Sarsgaard received a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor nomination.
Sarsgaard has acted in films such as Garden State, Kinsey (both 2004), Jarhead (2005), Elegy (2008), An Education (2009), Lovelace, Blue Jasmine (both 2013), Black Mass (2015), Jackie (2016), and The Lost Daughter (2021). He is also known for his performances in the blockbuster films Knight and Day (2010), Green Lantern (2011), The Magnificent Seven (2016), and The Batman (2022). For his performance in Memory (2023), Sarsgaard won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor.
Sarsgaard is also known for his television roles including in the AMC/Netflix crime series The Killing (2013) and the Hulu limited series The Looming Tower (2018) and Dopesick (2021), the latter of which earned him a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. Sarsgaard made his Broadway debut portraying Boris Alexeyevich Trigorin in the revival of Anton Chekov's The Seagull (2008). He is married to Maggie Gyllenhaal.