Peter Stormare - Movies, Bio & Filmography

Meet Peter Stormare

★ Acting🎥 152 films📺 62 TV shows📅 1978–2026🔥 4

Also known as: Rolf Peter Ingvar Storm

Born in Arbrå, Gävleborgs län, Sweden

1953-08-27 (age 72)

Peter Stormare (August 27, 1953) was born in Arbrå, Gävleborgs län, Sweden. He is a Swedish film, stage, voice and television actor as well as a theatrical director, playwright and musician. He is perhaps best known for his roles as John Abruzzi in Prison Break and as Gaear Grimsrud, one of the two kidnappers in Fargo.

Peter Stormare began his acting career at the Royal National Theatre of Sweden, performing for eleven years. In 1990 he became the Associate Artistic Director at the Tokyo Globe Theatre and directed productions of many Shakespeare plays, including "Hamlet". In 1993 he moved to New York, where he appeared in English productions. He continues to work in both the United States and his his homeland of Sweden. He resides in Los Angeles, California, USA, with his wife.From Wikipedia
Rolf Peter Ingvar Stormare (Swedish: [ˈpěːtɛr ˈstɔ̂rːmarɛ] ; né Storm, 27 August 1953) is a Swedish and American actor. He rose to promience in Sweden for playing Hamlet for Ingmar Bergman in his 1988 production of the play, and in America for portraying Gaear Grimsrud in the film Fargo (1996). He has appeared in films including The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997), The Big Lebowski (1998), Armageddon (1998), Dancer in the Dark (2000),  Minority Report (2002), Bad Boys II (2003), Birth (2004), Constantine (2005), Nacho Libre (2006), 22 Jump Street (2014), John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017), and Until Dawn (2025).
On television, he portrayed John Abruzzi in Prison Break (2005–2007). He has also appeared in video games such as Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 (2008), Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 (2012), The Elder Scrolls Online (2014), Destiny (2014), and Until Dawn (2015).
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