Peter Sarsgaard
Born in Belleville, Illinois, USA — Mar 07 1971
Biography
John Peter Sarsgaard (born March 7, 1971) is an American actor. His first feature role was in Dead Man Walking in 1995. He then appeared in the 1998 independent films Another Day in Paradise and Desert Blue. That same year, Sarsgaard received a substantial role in The Man in the Iron Mask (1998), playing Raoul, the ill-fated son of Athos. Sarsgaard later achieved critical recognition when he was cast in Boys Don't Cry (1999) as John Lotter. He landed his first leading role in the 2001 film The Center of the World. The following year, he played supporting…
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Law & Order
Josh Strand
The Killing
Ray Seward
The Batman
District Attorney Gil Colson
The Bride!
Jake Wiles
Homemade
Frank
Presumed Innocent
Tommasino 'Tommy' Molto
Interrogation
David Russell
The Slap
Hector
Dopesick
Rick Mountcastle
The Survivor
Emory Anderson
The Magnificent Seven
Bartholomew Bogue
Cracker
Green Lantern
Hector Hammond
Orphan
John
The Looming Tower
Martin Schmidt
Jarhead
Alan Troy
Knight and Day
Fitzgerald
Boys Don't Cry
John Lotter
Indie Sex
Self
America Divided
Self
Black Mass
Brian Halloran
The Man in the Iron Mask
Raoul
The Cell
Julia Hickson's Fiancee (uncredited)
The Skeleton Key
Luke Marshall
Flightplan
Carson
The Guilty
Henry Fisher (voice)
Lovelace
Chuck Traynor
Wormwood
Frank Olson
Dead Man Walking
Walter Delacroix
K-19: The Widowmaker
Vadim Radtchinko
Desert Blue
Billy Baxter
Pawn Sacrifice
Father Bill Lombardy
Jackie
Robert Kennedy
Garden State
Mark
An Education
David Goldman
The Lie
Jay Logan
Kinsey
Clyde Martin
The Lost Daughter
Professor Hardy
September 5
Roone Arledge
Blue Jasmine
Dwight
Empire
Jack
Experimenter
Stanley Milgram
Mr. Jones
Walter Duranty
Neuromancer
John Ashpool
Loving Pablo
Shepard
Robot & Frank
Robot (voice)
The Salton Sea
Jimmy the Finn
Pet Shop Days
Elegy
Kenneth Kepesh
Shattered Glass
Charles 'Chuck' Lane
In the Electric Mist
Elrod Sykes
Rendition
Alan Smith
Subway Stories
Boy No. 1 (segment "Underground")
Very Good Girls
Fitzsimmons
Memory
Saul
Wormwood
Frank Olson
Human Capital
Quint Manning
Night Moves
Harmon
Coup!
Floyd Monk
Unconditional Love
Window Washer
Another Day in Paradise
Ty
The Center of the World
Richard Longman
Death of a Dynasty
Brendon III
The Dying Gaul
Robert Sandrich
The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
Cleveland Arning
Year of the Dog
Newt
Best Summer Ever
Camera Man
Freak City
Cal Jackson
Starring Austin Pendleton
Self
The Sound of Silence
Peter Lucian
Road House 2
Zero K
High Falls
Pedro
Ladygrey
Samuel
Jake Gyllenhaal Challenges the Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize
Alan Troy (archive footage)
Indie Sex: Teens
Housebound
Mignon
Valley Uprising
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Damning of a Country Merchant
Mama's Little Devils: Bad Seeds and Evil Children
Self
Erosion
Christian Andersen