John Peter Sarsgaard (born March 7, 1971 in St. Clair County, Illinois) is an American actor, known for his Ensemble Dark Horse roles in films such as Boys Don't Cry, Shattered Glass, K-19: The Widowmaker, Kinsey, Green Lantern (2011), and The Batman.
He has been married to Maggie Gyllenhaal since 2009, and is not related to the Skarsgard family.
Works featuring Peter Sarsgaard:
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Film roles
- Dead Man Walking (1995): Walter Delacroix
- The Man in the Iron Mask (1998): Raoul
- Boys Don't Cry (1999): John Lotter
- The Cell (2000): Julia Hickson's Fiance (uncredited)
- The Center of the World (2001): Richard Longman
- Empire (2002): Jack
- The Salton Sea (2002): Jimmy the Finn
- K-19: The Widowmaker (2002): Lt. Vadim Radtchinko
- Shattered Glass (2003): Charles Lane
- Garden State (2004): Mark
- Kinsey (2004): Clyde Martin
- The Skeleton Key (2005): Luke Marshall
- Flightplan (2005): Carson
- Jarhead (2005): Alan Troy
- The Mysteries of Pittsburgh (2009): Cleveland Arning
- An Education (2009): David Goldman
- Orphan (2009): John
- Knight and Day (2010): Fitzgerald
- Green Lantern (2011): Hector Hammond
- Robot and Frank (2012): Robot (voice)
- Lovelace (2013): Chuck
- Blue Jasmine (2013): Dwight
- Night Moves (2013): Harmon
- Pawn Sacrifice (2014): Father Bill Lombardy
- Black Mass (2015): Brian Halloran
- The Magnificent Seven (2016): Bartholomew Bogue
- Jackie (2016): Robert F. Kennedy
- The Lie (2018): Jay Logan
- Mr. Jones (2019): Walter Duranty
- The Lost Daughter (2021): Professor Hardy
- The Guilty (2021): Henry Fisher (voice)
- The Batman (2022): District Attorney Gil Colson
Television roles
- Law & Order (1 episode, 1995): Josh Strand
- New York Undercover (1 episode, 1997): Donald Jones
- The Killing (12 episodes, 2013): Ray Seward
- The Slap (8 episodes, 2015): Hector
- The Looming Tower (10 episodes, 2018): Martin Schmidt
- Interrogation (10 episodes, 2020): David Russell
- Dopesick (8 episodes, 2021): Rick Mountcastle
This actor provides examples of the following tropes:
- Creator Couple: With his wife Maggie Gyllenhaal. The two performed in Uncle Vanya and Three Sisters on stage together.
- She Cleans Up Nicely: Male version. He's capable of ping-ponging all over the attractiveness spectrum depending on the role, and can look very dapper when the situation calls for it, as the image above shows.
- Star-Making Role: Shattered Glass.