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