Peter Sarsgaard
Known for Acting · 94 credits
- Born
- 1971-03-07 (age 55)
- Place of birth
- Belleville, Illinois, USA
- Also known as
- John Peter Sarsgaard
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 roles in Empire, The Salton Sea, and K-19: The Widowmaker.
For his portrayal of Charles Lane in Shattered Glass, Sarsgaard won the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor and was nominated for the 2004 Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor. Sarsgaard has appeared in an eclectic range of films, including the 2004 comedy-drama Garden State, the biographical film Kinsey (2004), the drama The Dying Gaul (2005), and big-budget films such as Flightplan (2005), Jarhead (2005), The Skeleton Key (2005), Orphan (2009), An Education (2009), Knight and Day (2010), Green Lantern (2011), Lovelace (2013), Kelly Reichardt's Night Moves (2013), Blue Jasmine (2013), Black Mass (2015), and The Magnificent Seven (2016). Sarsgaard also appeared in the American TV series The Killing (2013) as a man on death row perhaps wrongfully convicted for the brutal murder of his wife—a performance which he says included "some of the best acting I have ever done in my life." In 2021, he had a recurring role on the Hulu miniseries Dopesick.
Sarsgaard has appeared in Off-Broadway productions including Kingdom of Earth, Laura Dennis, Burn This, and Uncle Vanya. In September 2008, he made his Broadway debut as Boris Alexeyevich Trigorin in The Seagull. He is married to actress Maggie Gyllenhaal.
Known For
TV Shows (23)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self
Law & Order
1990
as Josh Strand
The Daily Show
1996
as Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
Conan
2010
as Self
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host / Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
The Killing
2011
as Ray Seward
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
2009
as Self
Presumed Innocent
2024
as Tommasino 'Tommy' Molto
DTF St. Louis
2026
as 'Modern Love' / Christopher Spurce
Indie Sex
2007
as Self
This Week
1981
The Slap
2015
as Hector
Dopesick
2021
as Rick Mountcastle
Cracker
1997
America Divided
2016
as Self
Interrogation
2020
as David Russell
Homemade
2020
as Frank
The Looming Tower
2018
as Martin Schmidt
Neuromancer
as John Ashpool
Wormwood
2017
as Frank Olson
Movies (71)
The Batman
2022
as District Attorney Gil Colson
The Guilty
2021
as Henry Fisher (voice)
The Bride!
2026
as Jake Wiles
Lovelace
2013
as Chuck Traynor
The Magnificent Seven
2016
as Bartholomew Bogue
Knight and Day
2010
as Fitzgerald
Green Lantern
2011
as Hector Hammond
Black Mass
2015
as Brian Halloran
The Man in the Iron Mask
1998
as Raoul
Orphan
2009
as John
The Cell
2000
as Julia Hickson's Fiancee (uncredited)
Loving Pablo
2017
as Shepard
The Lost Daughter
2021
as Professor Hardy
Jarhead
2005
as Alan Troy
Flightplan
2005
as Carson
Blue Jasmine
2013
as Dwight
The Skeleton Key
2005
as Luke Marshall
Pawn Sacrifice
2015
as Father Bill Lombardy
September 5
2024
as Roone Arledge
"Jarhead" Diaries
2006
as Self
The Survivor
2022
as Emory Anderson
Dead Man Walking
1995
as Walter Delacroix
Robot & Frank
2012
as Robot (voice)
Boys Don't Cry
1999
as John Lotter
Shattered Glass
2003
as Charles 'Chuck' Lane
Very Good Girls
2013
as Fitzsimmons
Garden State
2004
as Mark
Night Moves
2014
as Harmon
K-19: The Widowmaker
2002
as Vadim Radtchinko
An Education
2009
as David Goldman
The Sound of Silence
2019
as Peter Lucian
Rendition
2007
as Alan Smith
In the Electric Mist
2009
as Elrod Sykes
Kinsey
2004
as Clyde Martin
Jackie
2016
as Robert Kennedy
Experimenter
2015
as Stanley Milgram
Human Capital
2020
as Quint Manning
Elegy
2008
as Kenneth Kepesh
Subway Stories
1997
as Boy No. 1 (segment "Underground")
The Lie
2018
as Jay Logan
Jarhead: Background
2006
as Self
Another Day in Paradise
1998
as Ty
Memory
2023
as Saul
The Salton Sea
2002
as Jimmy the Finn
Indie Sex: Teens
2008
Mr. Jones
2019
as Walter Duranty
The Center of the World
2001
as Richard Longman
Unconditional Love
2002
as Window Washer
Ladygrey
2015
as Samuel
Pet Shop Days
2025
Zero K
Year of the Dog
2007
as Newt
Wormwood
2017
as Frank Olson
Freak City
1999
as Cal Jackson
Starring Austin Pendleton
2016
as Self
Death of a Dynasty
2003
as Brendon III
Best Summer Ever
2020
as Camera Man
Flesh Impact
Erosion
as Christian Andersen
Empire
2002
as Jack
Desert Blue
1999
as Billy Baxter
High Falls
2007
as Pedro
Coup!
2024
as Floyd Monk
Road House 2
Jake Gyllenhaal Challenges the Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize
2010
as Alan Troy (archive footage)
Valley Uprising
2014
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
2008
as Cleveland Arning
The Dying Gaul
2005
as Robert Sandrich
Housebound
2000
as Mignon
The Damning of a Country Merchant
Mama's Little Devils: Bad Seeds and Evil Children
2009
as Self
About Peter Sarsgaard
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… With 94 credits spanning from 1975 to 2026, Peter Sarsgaard has appeared in 71 films and 23 TV shows.
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- The Batman (2022) — as District Attorney Gil Colson
- The Guilty (2021) — as Henry Fisher (voice)
- The Bride! (2026) — as Jake Wiles
- Lovelace (2013) — as Chuck Traynor
- The Magnificent Seven (2016) — as Bartholomew Bogue
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