Peter Sarsgaard
Actor | Producer
John Peter Sarsgaard (born March 7, 1971) is an American film and stage actor. He landed his first feature role in the movie 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 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 Online Film Critics Society Award in the category for Best Supporting Actor and was nominated for the 2004 Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor.
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John Peter Sarsgaard (born March 7, 1971) is an American film and stage actor. He landed his first feature role in the movie 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 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 Online Film Critics Society Award in the category 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 Garden State, the biographical film Kinsey (2004), the drama The Dying Gaul (2005) and big-budget films such as Flightplan (2005), Jarhead (2005), Orphan (2009), Knight and Day (2010), and the upcoming 2011 superhero film Green Lantern Sarsgaard has also appeared in Off-Broadway productions including Kingdom of Earth, Laura Dennis, and Burn This. In September 2008, he made his Broadway debut as Boris Alexeyevich Trigorin in The Seagull. Sarsgaard appeared in the off-Broadway production of Uncle Vanya in January 2009. Sarsgaard is married to actress Maggie Gyllenhaal. They have one daughter.
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Mr. Jones (2019)
As: Walter Duranty
In March 1933, Welsh journalist Gareth Jones takes a train from Moscow to Kharkov in the Ukraine. He disembarks at a small station and sets off on foot on a journey through the country where he experiences at first hand the horrors of a famine. Everywhere there are dead people, and everywhere he goes he meets henchmen of the Soviet secret service who are determined to prevent news about the catastrophe ...
Runtime: 141 min.
Directed by: Agnieszka Holland
Stars: Joseph Mawle | Fenella Woolgar | Peter Sarsgaard | James Norton | Vanessa Kirby
The Sound of Silence (2019)
A successful "house tuner" in New York City, who calibrates the sound in people's homes in order to adjust their moods, meets a client with a problem he can't solve.
Runtime: 87 min.
Directed by: Michael Tyburski
Stars: Rashida Jones | Austin Pendleton | Peter Sarsgaard | Tony Revolori
The Lie (2018)
As: Jay
Two parents wrestle with the consequences of their teenage daughter’s lethal mistake, proving just how far any parent would go to protect their child.
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: Veena Sud
Stars: Cas Anvar | Joey King | Peter Sarsgaard | Nicholas Lea | Mireille Enos
Wormwood (2017)
As: Frank Olson
In this genre-bending tale, Errol Morris explores the mysterious death of a U.S. scientist entangled in a secret Cold War program known as MK-Ultra.
Runtime: 256 min.
Directed by: Errol Morris
Stars: Molly Parker | Peter Sarsgaard | Tim Blake Nelson | Christian Camargo | Scott Shepherd
Escobar (2017)
As: Shepard
The film chronicles the rise and fall of the world's most feared drug lord Pablo Escobar and his volatile love affair with Colombia's most famous journalist Virginia Vallejo throughout a reign of terror that tore a country apart.
Runtime: 123 min.
Directed by: Fernando León de Aranoa
Stars: Penélope Cruz | Óscar Jaenada | Peter Sarsgaard | Javier Bardem | Julieth Restrepo
Jackie (2016)
As: Robert Kennedy
An account of the days of First Lady, Jacqueline Kennedy, in the immediate aftermath of John F. Kennedy's assassination in 1963.
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Pablo Larraín
Stars: Natalie Portman | John Hurt | Peter Sarsgaard | Billy Crudup | Greta Gerwig
The Magnificent Seven (2016)
As: Bartholomew Bogue
Seven gun men in the old west gradually come together to help a poor village against savage thieves.
Runtime: 132 min.
Directed by: Antoine Fuqua
Stars: Denzel Washington | Chris Pratt | Ethan Hawke | Vincent D'Onofrio | Lee Byung-hun
Experimenter (2015)
As: Stanley Milgram
Yale University, 1961. Stanley Milgram designs a psychology experiment that still resonates to this day, in which people think they’re delivering painful electric shocks to an affable stranger strapped into a chair in another room. Despite his pleads for mercy, the majority of subjects don’t stop the experiment, administering what they think is a near-fatal electric shock, simply because they’ve been ...
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: Michael Almereyda
Stars: Jim Gaffigan | Peter Sarsgaard | Winona Ryder | Anthony Edwards | Edoardo Ballerini
Pawn Sacrifice (2015)
As: Father Bill Lombardy
American chess champion Bobby Fischer prepares for a legendary match-up against Russian Boris Spassky.
Runtime: 115 min.
Directed by: Edward Zwick
Stars: Liev Schreiber | Lily Rabe | Peter Sarsgaard | Tobey Maguire | Sophie Nélisse
Black Mass (2015)
As: Brian Halloran
The true story of Whitey Bulger, the brother of a state senator and the most infamous violent criminal in the history of South Boston, who became an FBI informant to take down a Mafia family invading his turf.
Runtime: 123 min.
Directed by: Scott Cooper
Stars: Kevin Bacon | Dakota Johnson | Johnny Depp | Benedict Cumberbatch | Joel Edgerton
Ladygrey (2015)
As: Samuel
Estelle fights to maintain her sense of self while sleeping with Angus for money.
Runtime: 109 min.
Directed by: Alain Choquart
Stars: Jérémie Renier | Emily Mortimer | Liam Cunningham | Peter Sarsgaard | Claude Rich
Valley Uprising (2014)
As: Narrator (Voice)
In the shady campgrounds of Yosemite valley, climbers carved out a counterculture lifestyle of dumpster-diving and wild parties that clashed with the conservative values of the National Park Service. And up on the walls, generation after generation has pushed the limits of climbing, vying amongst each other for supremacy on Yosemite's cliffs. "Valley Uprising" is the riveting, unforgettable tale of ...
Runtime: 99 min.
Directed by: Nick Rosen | Josh Lowell | Peter Mortimer
Stars: Peter Sarsgaard | Alex Honnold | Dean Potter | Royal Robbins | Lynn Hill
Night Moves (2013)
As: Harmon
The story about three radical environmentalists coming together to execute the most intense protest of their lives: the explosion of a hydroelectric dam.
Runtime: 112 min.
Directed by: Kelly Reichardt
Stars: Dakota Fanning | Alia Shawkat | Jesse Eisenberg | Peter Sarsgaard | Katherine Waterston
Lovelace (2013)
As: Chuck Traynor
Story of Linda Lovelace, who is used and abused by the porn industry at the behest of her coercive husband, before taking control of her life.
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: Rob Epstein | Jeffrey Friedman
Stars: Hank Azaria | James Franco | Adam Brody | Peter Sarsgaard | Amanda Seyfried
Blue Jasmine (2013)
As: Dwight Westlake
Jasmine French used to be on the top of the heap as a New York socialite, but now is returning to her estranged sister in San Francisco utterly ruined. As Jasmine struggles with her haunting memories of a privileged past bearing dark realities she ignored, she tries to recover in her present. Unfortunately, it all proves a losing battle as Jasmine's narcissistic hangups and their consequences begin ...
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: Woody Allen
Stars: Cate Blanchett | Sally Hawkins | Bobby Cannavale | Alec Baldwin | Louis C.K.
Very Good Girls (2013)
As: Fitzsimmons
Two New York City girls make a pact to lose their virginity during their first summer out of high school. When they both fall for the same street artist, the friends find their connection tested for the first time.
Runtime: 91 min.
Directed by: Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal
Stars: Richard Dreyfuss | Dakota Fanning | Demi Moore | Boyd Holbrook | Elizabeth Olsen
Robot & Frank (2012)
As: Robot (voice)
A delightful dramatic comedy, a buddy picture, and, for good measure, a heist film. Curmudgeonly old Frank lives by himself. His routine involves daily visits to his local library, where he has a twinkle in his eye for the librarian. His grown children are concerned about their father’s well-being and buy him a caretaker robot. Initially resistant to the idea, Frank soon appreciates the benefits of ...
Runtime: 89 min.
Directed by: Jake Schreier
Stars: Liv Tyler | Susan Sarandon | Frank Langella | Peter Sarsgaard | James Marsden
Green Lantern (2011)
As: Hector Hammond
For centuries, a small but powerful force of warriors called the Green Lantern Corps has sworn to keep intergalactic order. Each Green Lantern wears a ring that grants him superpowers. But when a new enemy called Parallax threatens to destroy the balance of power in the Universe, their fate and the fate of Earth lie in the hands of the first human ever recruited.
Runtime: 114 min.
Directed by: Martin Campbell
Stars: Tim Robbins | Mark Strong | Blake Lively | Ryan Reynolds | Peter Sarsgaard
Knight and Day (2010)
As: Fitzgerald
A fugitive couple goes on a glamorous and sometimes deadly adventure where nothing and no one – even themselves – are what they seem. Amid shifting alliances and unexpected betrayals, they race across the globe, with their survival ultimately hinging on the battle of truth vs. trust.
Runtime: 109 min.
Directed by: James Mangold
Stars: Cameron Diaz | Viola Davis | Jordi Mollà | Peter Sarsgaard | Tom Cruise
An Education (2009)
As: David Goldman
Despite her sheltered upbringing, Jenny is a teen with a bright future; she's smart, pretty, and has aspirations of attending Oxford University. When David, a charming but much older suitor, motors into her life in a shiny automobile, Jenny gets a taste of adult life that she won't soon forget.
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Lone Scherfig
Stars: Rosamund Pike | Carey Mulligan | Olivia Williams | Dominic Cooper | Peter Sarsgaard
Orphan (2009)
As: John Coleman
A married couple with a rocky past adopt 9-year old, Esther to fill the void created by a recently-stillborn baby. However, Esther is not quite who she seems.
Runtime: 123 min.
Directed by: Jaume Collet-Serra
Stars: Vera Farmiga | Jimmy Bennett | Peter Sarsgaard | Isabelle Fuhrman | CCH Pounder
In the Electric Mist (2009)
As: Elrod Sykes
Lt. Dave Robicheaux, a detective in New Iberia, Louisiana, is trying to link the murder of a local hooker to New Orleans mobster Julie (Baby Feet) Balboni, who is co-producer of a Civil War film. At the same time, after Elrod Sykes, the star of the film, reports finding another corpse in the Atchafalaya Swamp near the movie set, Robicheaux starts another investigation, believing the corpse to ...
Runtime: 117 min.
Directed by: Bertrand Tavernier
Stars: Tommy Lee Jones | John Goodman | Peter Sarsgaard | Mary Steenburgen | Kelly Macdonald
Housebound (2008)
As: Mignon
A woman with a tragic past rents her bungalow to a man who loves cooking, but according to her distorted mind he uses his knives more than he should.
Runtime: 89 min.
Directed by: Mari Kornhauser
Stars: Peter Sarsgaard | Ann Magnuson | Katharina Wressnig | Geoffrey Lower | Geoffrey Lower
Elegy (2008)
As: Kenneth Kepesh
Cultural critic David Kepesh finds his life -- which he indicates is a state of "emancipated manhood" -- thrown into tragic disarray by Consuela Castillo, a well-mannered student who awakens a sense of sexual possessiveness in her teacher.
Runtime: 112 min.
Directed by: Isabel Coixet
Stars: Patricia Clarkson | Ben Kingsley | Penélope Cruz | Peter Sarsgaard | Dennis Hopper
The Mysteries of Pittsburgh (2008)
As: Cleveland Arning
Based on Michael Chabon's novel, the film chronicles the defining summer of a recent college graduate who crosses his gangster father and explores love, sexuality, and the enigmas surrounding his life and his city.
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: Rawson Thurber
Stars: Nick Nolte | Jon Foster | Peter Sarsgaard | Sienna Miller | Mena Suvari
Rendition (2007)
As: Alan Smith
When an Egyptian terrorism suspect "disappears" on a flight from Africa to Washington DC, his American wife and a CIA analyst find themselves caught up in a struggle to secure his release from a secret detention facility somewhere outside the US.
Runtime: 122 min.
Directed by: Gavin Hood
Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal | Omar Metwally | Reese Witherspoon | Moa Khouas | Zineb Oukach
Year of the Dog (2007)
As: Newt
A secretary's life changes in unexpected ways after her dog dies.
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: Mike White
Stars: Regina King | Josh Pais | Tom McCarthy | Laura Dern | Molly Shannon
Jarhead (2005)
As: Alan Troy
Jarhead is a film about a US Marine Anthony Swofford’s experience in the Gulf War. After putting up with an arduous boot camp, Swafford and his unit are sent to the Persian Gulf where they are eager to fight, but are forced to stay back from the action. Swofford struggles with the possibility of his girlfriend cheating on him, and as his mental state deteriorates, his desire to kill increases.
Runtime: 125 min.
Directed by: Sam Mendes
Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal | Jamie Foxx | Peter Sarsgaard | Lucas Black | Scott MacDonald
Flightplan (2005)
As: Gene Carson
A claustrophobic, Hitchcockian thriller. A bereaved woman and her daughter are flying home from Berlin to America. At 30,000 feet the child vanishes and nobody admits she was ever on that plane.
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: Robert Schwentke
Stars: Sean Bean | Kate Beahan | Michael Irby | Peter Sarsgaard | Jodie Foster
The Skeleton Key (2005)
As: Luke Marshall
A hospice nurse working at a spooky New Orleans plantation home finds herself entangled in a mystery involving the house's dark past.
Runtime: 104 min.
Directed by: Iain Softley
Stars: John Hurt | Kate Hudson | Peter Sarsgaard | Gena Rowlands | Joy Bryant
Death of a Dynasty (2005)
As: Brendon III
A story which centers around Dave Katz, a journalist at a hip-hop magazine who is sent on assignment to uncover the often comedic underworld of Roc-a-Fella Records run by Damon Dash and Jay-Z.
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: Damon Dash
Stars: Rashida Jones | Ebon Moss-Bachrach | Loon | Robert Stapleton | Capone Lee
The Dying Gaul (2005)
As: Robert Sandrich
A powerful and seductive Hollywood mogul convinces an impoverished West Hollywood writer, whose lover has recently died of AIDS, to sell his autobiographical screenplay for big bucks. The writer, Robert, knows he'll have to make major changes in the script (like changing the sex of the dying lover). During the rewrite, the producer, Jeffrey, takes Robert under his wing, introducing him to his ...
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: Craig Lucas
Stars: Patricia Clarkson | Peter Sarsgaard | Campbell Scott | Ryan Miller | Faith Jefferies
Kinsey (2004)
As: Clyde Martin
Kinsey is a portrait of researcher Alfred Kinsey, driven to uncover the most private secrets of a nation. What begins for Kinsey as a scientific endeavor soon takes on an intensely personal relevance, ultimately becoming an unexpected journey into the mystery of human behavior.
Runtime: 118 min.
Directed by: Bill Condon
Stars: Laura Linney | Timothy Hutton | Liam Neeson | Peter Sarsgaard | Chris O'Donnell
Garden State (2004)
As: Mark
Andrew returns to his hometown for the funeral of his mother, a journey that reconnects him with past friends. The trip coincides with his decision to stop taking his powerful antidepressants. A chance meeting with Sam - a girl also suffering from various maladies - opens up the possibility of rekindling emotional attachments, confronting his psychologist father, and perhaps beginning a new life.
Runtime: 102 min.
Directed by: Zach Braff
Stars: Ian Holm | Natalie Portman | Zach Braff | Peter Sarsgaard | Jean Smart
Shattered Glass (2003)
As: Charles 'Chuck' Lane
Fact-based 2003 drama about the young journalist Stephen Glass, who got a job at The New Republic in 1995 and for three years fabricated at least half of the stories he wrote.
Runtime: 94 min.
Directed by: Billy Ray
Stars: Chloë Sevigny | Rosario Dawson | Hayden Christensen | Peter Sarsgaard | Melanie Lynskey
Unconditional Love (2003)
As: Window Washer
After her husband leaves her, a woman travels to London for the funeral of the pop star, Victor Fox, she's adored all her life. There, she meets the lover of the dead pop star, and convinces him to come back to Chicago with her to figure out who killed the singer. Written by Anonymous
Runtime: 124 min.
Directed by: P.J. Hogan
Stars: Kathy Bates | Peter Sarsgaard | Meredith Eaton | Lynn Redgrave | Rupert Everett
Empire (2002)
As: Jack
A big time drug dealer Victor Rosa is looking to get out of the game and sees his chance with a big deal with a new friend who happens to be a Wall St. stockbroker. Thinking this will be his chance to go out on top Victor soon finds out that he has been double crossed and his last option is to get revenge.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Franc. Reyes
Stars: John Leguizamo | Isabella Rossellini | Vincent Laresca | Peter Sarsgaard | Denise Richards
K-19: The Widowmaker (2002)
As: Vadim Radtchinko
When Russia's first nuclear submarine malfunctions on its maiden voyage, the crew must race to save the ship and prevent a nuclear disaster.
Runtime: 138 min.
Directed by: Kathryn Bigelow
Stars: John Shrapnel | Harrison Ford | Liam Neeson | Peter Sarsgaard | Joss Ackland
The Salton Sea (2002)
As: Jimmy the Finn
After the murder of his beloved wife, a man in search of redemption is set adrift in a world where nothing is as it seems. On his journey, he befriends slacker Jimmy "The Finn", becomes involved in rescuing his neighbor Colette from her own demons, and gets entangled in a web of deceit full of unexpected twists and turns.
Runtime: 103 min.
Directed by: D.J. Caruso
Stars: Adam Goldberg | Val Kilmer | Vincent D'Onofrio | Luis Guzmán | Doug Hutchison
The Center of the World (2001)
As: Richard Longman
A couple checks into a suite in Las Vegas. In flashbacks we see that he's a computer whiz on the verge of becoming a dot.com millionaire, she's a lap dancer at a club. He's depressed, withdrawing from work, missing meetings with investors. He wants a connection, so he offers her $10,000 to spend three nights with him in Vegas, and she accepts with conditions. Is mutual attraction stirring?
Runtime: 88 min.
Directed by: Wayne Wang
Stars: Molly Parker | Peter Sarsgaard | Shane Edelman | Karry Brown | Alisha Klass
Boys Don't Cry (1999)
As: John Lotter
Female born, Teena Brandon adopts his male identity of Brandon Teena and attempts to find himself and love in Nebraska.
Runtime: 118 min.
Directed by: Kimberly Peirce
Stars: Chloë Sevigny | Brendan Sexton III | Hilary Swank | Peter Sarsgaard | Alicia Goranson
Desert Blue (1999)
As: Billy Baxter
An academic obsessed with "roadside attractions" and his tv-star daughter finally discover the world's largest ice cream cone, the centerpiece for an old gold-rush town struggling to stay on the map. They end up staying longer than expected because of an accident that spilled an unknown cola ingredient all over the highway. They spend the next few days with the various residents of the town which include a ...
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Morgan J. Freeman
Stars: Ethan Suplee | Casey Affleck | Kate Hudson | Brendan Sexton III | Christina Ricci
Freak City (1999)
As: Cal Jackson
After being diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, a rebellious young woman is disease-stricken. Upon being admitted to a nursing home, she finds hope in the most unlikely of places...
Runtime: 104 min.
Directed by: Lynne Littman
Stars: Samantha Mathis | Peter Sarsgaard | Jonathan Silverman | Marlee Matlin | Natalie Cole
Another Day in Paradise (1998)
As: Ty
A vending machine robbery by small time thief and drug addict Bobbie (Vincent Kartheiser) goes badly awry, and his friends contact street-wise thief and part-time druggie Mel (James Woods) to patch him up.Recognizing a kindred spirit, Mel befriends Bobbie and his girlfriend Rosie (Natasha Gregson Wagner), inviting them to join him and his long-suffering girlfriend Sid (Melanie Griffith) on a drug robbery ...
Runtime: 101 min.
Directed by: Larry Clark
Stars: Natasha Gregson Wagner | James Woods | Vincent Kartheiser | Melanie Griffith | James Otis
The Man in the Iron Mask (1998)
As: Raoul
Years have passed since the Three Musketeers, Aramis, Athos and Porthos, have fought together with their friend, D'Artagnan. But with the tyrannical King Louis using his power to wreak havoc in the kingdom while his twin brother, Philippe, remains imprisoned, the Musketeers reunite to abduct Louis and replace him with Philippe.
Runtime: 132 min.
Directed by: Randall Wallace
Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio | Gérard Depardieu | John Malkovich | Gabriel Byrne | Jeremy Irons
SUBWAYStories: Tales from the Underground (1997)
As: Boy No. 1
The actual experiences of New York City subway riders are dramatized in a collection of 10 intriguing and very different vignettes. The tales showcase an ensemble of familiar faces, and range from stories of compassion and love to reflections on violence and loss. Among them: a disabled beggar quarrels with a woman and ruins her shoes with his wheelchair, provoking onlookers to wrath and pity; a skittish ...
Runtime: 80 min.
Directed by: Bob Balaban | Patricia Benoit | Julie Dash | Jonathan Demme | Ted Demme | Abel Ferrara | Alison Maclean | Craig McKay | Lucas Platt | Seth Zvi Rosenfeld
Stars: Kevin Corrigan | Sarita Choudhury | Denis Leary | Bill Irwin | Christine Lahti
Dead Man Walking (1995)
As: Walter Delacroix
A justice drama based on a true story about a man on death row who in his last days forms a strong relationship with a nun who teaches him forgiveness and gives him spirituality as she accompanies him to his execution.
Runtime: 122 min.
Directed by: Tim Robbins
Stars: R. Lee Ermey | Susan Sarandon | Raymond J. Barry | Robert Prosky | Sean Penn