An American character actor born March 7, 1971 in St. Clair County, Illinois. Known for 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's been married to Maggie Gyllenhaal since 2009, and is not related to the Skarsgard family.
Works featuring Peter Sarsgaard:
Film
- Dead Man Walking: Walter Delacroix (1995)
- The Man in the Iron Mask: Raoul (1998)
- Boys Don't Cry: John Lotter (1999)
- The Cell: Julia Hickson's Fiance—uncredited (2000)
- The Center of the World: Richard Longman (2001)
- The Salton Sea: Jimmy the Finn (2002)
- K 19 The Widow Maker: Lt. Vadim Radtchinko (2002)
- Shattered Glass: Charles Lane (2003)
- Garden State: Mark (2004)
- Kinsey: Clyde Martin (2004)
- Flightplan (2005): Carson (2005)
- Jarhead: Alan Troy (2005)
- Rendition: Alan Smith (2007)
- An Education: David Goldman (2009)
- Orphan: John (2009)
- Green Lantern (2011): Hector Hammond (2011)
- Lovelace: Chuck (2013)
- Night Moves (2013): Harmon (2013)
- Blue Jasmine: Dwight (2013)
- Pawn Sacrifice: Father Bill Lombardy (2014)
- Experimenter: Stanley Milgram (2015)
- The Magnificent Seven (2016): Bartholomew Bogue (2016)
- Jackie: Robert F. Kennedy (2016)
- The Lie as Jay Logan (2018)
- Mr. Jones (2019): Walter Duranty (2019)
- The Lost Daughter: Professor Hardy (2021)
- The Batman (2022): District Attorney Gil Colson (2022)
Television
- Law & Order: Josh Strand (1995)
- New York Undercover: Donald Jones (1997)
- The Killing: Ray Seward (2013)
- The Slap: Hector (2015)
- The Looming Tower: Martin Schmidt (2018)
- Interrogation: David Russell (2020)
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.
