Peter Sarsgaard
- Actor
- Producer
Boyish-looking Peter Sarsgaard was born on March 7, 1971, at Scott Air Force Base, in Bellville, Illinois, to Judy Lea
(Reinhardt) and John Dale Sarsgaard, an engineer who worked for the Air
Force and later Monsanto and IBM. He is a graduate of St. Louis' Washington University, where he
majored in history and literature.
Initially trained with the Actors' Studio in New York, Peter began in comedy and became a co-founder of the comedy improvisational group Mama's Pot Roast. Such off-Broadway productions included Horton Foote's "Laura Dennis" and John Cameron Mitchell's "Kingdom of Earth."
He made his screen debut in Tim Robbins' Trước Ngày Đền Tội (1995) and was given more sizable roles in Desert Blue (1998) and Mặt Nạ Sắt (1998), as the ill-fated son of the Musketeer Athos, played by John Malkovich. Peter then started gracing the art-house circuit, making a violent, searing impression as a homophobic killer in Con Trai Không Khóc (1999) starring two-time Oscar-winner Hilary Swank as a trans-gendered teen.
Other impressionable offbeat roles for Peter that have thrilled critics from coast to coast include Shattered Glass (2003), which earned him a slew of awards including the prestigious National Society of Film Critics Award. Prior to that, he showed off his versatility with portrayals ranging from a Russian nuclear reactor officer in K-19: Tàu Ngầm Tử Thần (2002) to a drug addict in The Salton Sea (2002). Other heralded performances include Khu Vườn Lạc Quan (2004) and, notably, Kinsey (2004).
On TV, Peter appeared in recurring/regular roles in several critically applauded series and mini-series including The Killing (2011), The Slap (2015), Wormwood (2017) (as ill-fated Army scientist Frank Olson), The Looming Tower (2018) and Courir toute nue dans l'univers (2019). More recent films include Chuyện Tình Sát Thủ (2010), the villain in the DC Comics entry Chiến Binh Đèn Lồng Xanh (2011), the Woody Allen drama Hoa Nhài Màu Xanh (2013), Experimenter (2015), Jackie: De Nhat Phu Nhan (2016) (as Bobby Kennedy), Bảy Tay Súng Huyền Thoại (2016), Ông Trùm Pablo (2017), The Sound of Silence (2019) and Vốn Liếng Con Người (2019).
In 2009, Sarsgaard married actress Maggie Gyllenhaal and have two children. He co-starred in the movie she wrote and directed -- Người Con Gái Thất Lạc (2021) starring Olivia Colman.
Initially trained with the Actors' Studio in New York, Peter began in comedy and became a co-founder of the comedy improvisational group Mama's Pot Roast. Such off-Broadway productions included Horton Foote's "Laura Dennis" and John Cameron Mitchell's "Kingdom of Earth."
He made his screen debut in Tim Robbins' Trước Ngày Đền Tội (1995) and was given more sizable roles in Desert Blue (1998) and Mặt Nạ Sắt (1998), as the ill-fated son of the Musketeer Athos, played by John Malkovich. Peter then started gracing the art-house circuit, making a violent, searing impression as a homophobic killer in Con Trai Không Khóc (1999) starring two-time Oscar-winner Hilary Swank as a trans-gendered teen.
Other impressionable offbeat roles for Peter that have thrilled critics from coast to coast include Shattered Glass (2003), which earned him a slew of awards including the prestigious National Society of Film Critics Award. Prior to that, he showed off his versatility with portrayals ranging from a Russian nuclear reactor officer in K-19: Tàu Ngầm Tử Thần (2002) to a drug addict in The Salton Sea (2002). Other heralded performances include Khu Vườn Lạc Quan (2004) and, notably, Kinsey (2004).
On TV, Peter appeared in recurring/regular roles in several critically applauded series and mini-series including The Killing (2011), The Slap (2015), Wormwood (2017) (as ill-fated Army scientist Frank Olson), The Looming Tower (2018) and Courir toute nue dans l'univers (2019). More recent films include Chuyện Tình Sát Thủ (2010), the villain in the DC Comics entry Chiến Binh Đèn Lồng Xanh (2011), the Woody Allen drama Hoa Nhài Màu Xanh (2013), Experimenter (2015), Jackie: De Nhat Phu Nhan (2016) (as Bobby Kennedy), Bảy Tay Súng Huyền Thoại (2016), Ông Trùm Pablo (2017), The Sound of Silence (2019) and Vốn Liếng Con Người (2019).
In 2009, Sarsgaard married actress Maggie Gyllenhaal and have two children. He co-starred in the movie she wrote and directed -- Người Con Gái Thất Lạc (2021) starring Olivia Colman.
