Peter Sarsgaard

Name: Peter Sarsgaard
Date of Birth: March 07, 1971
Place of Birth: Belleville, Illinois, USA

Mini-bio: Coming on the scene fairly recently, Illinois-born actor Peter Sarsgaard has already demonstrated an amazing flair for harsh, disturbing, dark-edged characters despite his boyish countenance. A gradua...( read more)

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Coming on the scene fairly recently, Illinois-born actor Peter Sarsgaard has already demonstrated an amazing flair for harsh, disturbing, dark-edged characters despite his boyish countenance. A graduate of St. Louis' Washington University where he majored in history and literature, he was a co-founder of the comedy improvisational group Mama's Pot Roast and trained initially with the Actors' Studio in New York. 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' Dead Man Walking (1995) and was given more sizeable roles in Desert Blue (1998) and _Man in the Iron Mask, The (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 Boys Don't Cry (1999) starring two-time Oscar-winner Hilary Swank as a transgendered 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: The Widowmaker (2002) to a drug addict in The Salton Sea (2002). Other heralded performances in Garden State (2004) and Kinsey (2004) only prove that, at this rate, it is only a matter of time before the Oscar comes rapping on this man's door.

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DeppLover

There's just something about him that I find really gorgeous. His smile is so sweet and he seems like a really beautiful person. Plus I love that voice - I can't explain it. He's just adorable :)

posted 475 days ago
dandonaad1

hi

posted 530 days ago
seekinghim13

He was so friggin' awesome in Flight Plan!

posted 593 days ago
Edos112

I had never even heard of Peter Sarsgaard until I saw him on SNL....after that, complete fan. He has a mellow and laid back style..its very charismatic and effective. He's amazing, in short.

posted 741 days ago
shelybabythebitch

wot a babe..great actor too....love him ;P

posted 1109 days ago
charl4chris

Hes really sexy, in a subtle way. I love his voice so much. I love his characters in both the movies ive seen him in too, he rocks.

posted 1118 days ago
may1989

Peter rocks:D

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Peter Sarsgaard Movies

An Education (PG-13, 2009)
Orphan (R, 2009)
The Mysteries of Pittsburgh (R, 2009)
In the Electric Mist (R, 2009)
Elegy (R, 2008)
Indie Sex: Censored (Unrated, 2007)
Year of the Dog (PG-13, 2007)
Jarhead (R, 2005)
The Dying Gaul (R, 2005)
Flightplan (PG-13, 2005)

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