Peter Sarsgaard

The Batman (2021)

As: District Attorney Gil Colson

A point-of-view driven noir tale with heavy focus on Batman's detective work. A stand-alone story with no connection to the DCEU.

Directed by: Matt Reeves

Stars: Andy Serkis | Paul Dano | Robert Pattinson | Zoë Kravitz | Jeffrey Wright

Human Capital (2019)

The lives of two different families collide when their children begin a relationship that leads to a tragic accident.

Runtime: 95 min.

Directed by: Marc Meyers

Stars: Liev Schreiber | Peter Sarsgaard | Marisa Tomei | Alex Wolff | Maya Hawke

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

A father and daughter are on their way to dance camp when they spot the girl's best friend on the side of the road. When they stop to offer the friend a ride, their good intentions soon result in terrible consequences.

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

Starring Austin Pendleton (2016)

A quirky and inspirational documentary film on the philosophical approach to the life and work of character actor, Austin Pendleton.

Runtime: 87 min.

Directed by: Gene Gallerano | David H. Holmes

Stars: Austin Pendleton | Kevin Anderson | Emily Althaus | Kate Arrington | Lyndsey Anderson

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: Peter Mortimer | Josh Lowell | Nick Rosen

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: Jeffrey Friedman | Rob Epstein

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

High Falls (2007)

As: Pedro

During a weekend at a country home, a man and his pregnant wife tell their secrets to their best friend, jeopardizing their relationship.

Runtime: 33 min.

Directed by: Andrew Zuckerman

Stars: Maggie Gyllenhaal | Charlie Tahan | Peter Sarsgaard | Ebon Moss-Bachrach | Waris Ahluwalia

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: Lucas Platt | Seth Zvi Rosenfeld | Craig McKay | Alison Maclean | Abel Ferrara | Ted Demme | Julie Dash | Patricia Benoit | Bob Balaban | Jonathan Demme

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

Best Summer Ever ()

As: Camera Man

A fresh and exhilarating take on the beloved teen musical genre featuring eight original songs and a fully integrated cast and crew of people with and without disabilities.

Runtime: 72 min.

Directed by: Michael Parks Randa | Lauren Smitelli

Stars: Maggie Gyllenhaal | Peter Sarsgaard | Benjamin Bratt | Eileen Grubba | Zack Gottsagen

Harry Haft ()

The film is set post-World War II and will star Ben Foster as Harry Haft, a boxer who fought fellow prisoners in the concentration camps to survive. Haunted by the memories and his guilt, he attempts to use high-profile fights against boxing legends like Rocky Marciano as a way to find his first love again.

Directed by: Barry Levinson

Stars: John Leguizamo | Billy Magnussen | Danny DeVito | Peter Sarsgaard | Ben Foster

The Lost Daughter ()

A woman's beach vacation takes a dark turn when she begins to confront the troubles of her past.

Directed by: Maggie Gyllenhaal

Stars: Olivia Colman | Dakota Johnson | Peter Sarsgaard | Jessie Buckley