Peter Stormare

Name: Peter Stormare
Date of Birth: August 27, 1953
Place of Birth: Arbrå, Sweden

Mini-bio: Stormare began his career with the Swedish Royal National Theatre, to which he belonged eleven years. In 1990 he took a leading position (Associate Artistic Director) at the Tokyo Globe Theatre and ma...( read more)de a name for himself through various Shakespeare performances including Hamlet. Three years later, he went to New York and mainly took part there in English language productions. In Sweden, he has worked with Ingmar Bergman, by whom he was apparently discovered. He has also played Carl Hamilton, a fictional Swedish secret agent similar to James Bond.

He was critically praised for his role as a quiet and ruthless villain (with Steve Buscemi) in Fargo (1996), and later played a sleazy, unlicensed "eye doctor" ("Solomon Eddie") in Minority Report. In 1998 he appeared in "The Frogger", a Seinfeld episode where he played a "rogue electrician" known as "Slippery Pete". He also portrayed Uli Kunkel in the 1998 film The Big Lebowski, as well as playing Lev, the Russian Cosmonaut in 1999's Armageddon, and Alexi in the 2003 summer blockbuster Bad Boys II. In the 2005 film Constantine, Stormare played Lucifer. He played an interrogator in the 2005 movie The Brothers Grimm. His first major character in television was on the show Prison Break in 2005, where he played John Abruzzi.

He also was the voice of Mattias Nilsson in the video game "Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction," the voice of Isair in the computer game "Icewind Dale 2," and the voice of Pvt. Johann Strauss in the video game "Quake 4."

In February 2006, he starred as "Wolfgang" in Volkswagen's "Un-pimp ze Auto" series of television commercials. He plays a German engineer who "un-pimps" tricked-out economy cars by destroying them using humorous methods and then giving the shocked owner a new Volkswagen GTI. He speaks in urban American English with an exaggerated German accent, saying things like "German engineering in da haus, ja" and "representing Deutschland." The commercials are a parody of MTV's popular show Pimp My Ride in which auto-body mechanics give run down, older cars an urban makeover with things like tinted windows, spoilers, flashy rims, and loud stereos. The commercials were never aired in Germany itself.

Stormare is contracted to play the main character in the Swedish upcoming movie "Svartvattnet", which is going to be filmed in Sweden and Norway during 2007.

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Peter Stormare mini-bio: Stormare began his career with the Swedish Royal National Theatre, to which he belonged eleven years. In 1990 he took a leading position (Associate Artistic Director) at the Tokyo Globe Theatre and made a name for himself through various Shakespeare performances including Hamlet. Three years later, he went to New York and mainly took part there in English language productions. In Sweden, he has worked with Ingmar Bergman, by whom he was apparently discovered. He has also played Carl Hamilton, a fictional Swedish secret agent similar to James Bond.

He was critically praised for his role as a quiet and ruthless villain (with Steve Buscemi) in Fargo (1996), and later played a sleazy, unlicensed "eye doctor" ("Solomon Eddie") in Minority Report. In 1998 he appeared in "The Frogger", a Seinfeld episode where he played a "rogue electrician" known as "Slippery Pete". He also portrayed Uli Kunkel in the 1998 film The Big Lebowski, as well as playing Lev, the Russian Cosmonaut in 1999's Armageddon, and Alexi in the 2003 summer blockbuster Bad Boys II. In the 2005 film Constantine, Stormare played Lucifer. He played an interrogator in the 2005 movie The Brothers Grimm. His first major character in television was on the show Prison Break in 2005, where he played John Abruzzi.

He also was the voice of Mattias Nilsson in the video game "Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction," the voice of Isair in the computer game "Icewind Dale 2," and the voice of Pvt. Johann Strauss in the video game "Quake 4."

In February 2006, he starred as "Wolfgang" in Volkswagen's "Un-pimp ze Auto" series of television commercials. He plays a German engineer who "un-pimps" tricked-out economy cars by destroying them using humorous methods and then giving the shocked owner a new Volkswagen GTI. He speaks in urban American English with an exaggerated German accent, saying things like "German engineering in da haus, ja" and "representing Deutschland." The commercials are a parody of MTV's popular show Pimp My Ride in which auto-body mechanics give run down, older cars an urban makeover with things like tinted windows, spoilers, flashy rims, and loud stereos. The commercials were never aired in Germany itself.

Stormare is contracted to play the main character in the Swedish upcoming movie "Svartvattnet", which is going to be filmed in Sweden and Norway during 2007.

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Peter Stormare Information:

Eye color:blue

Height: 6' 3" (1.91 m)

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Family:parents Teodolinda and Renato
ex wife actress Karen Sillas, a daughter Kelly. He is currently married to Toshimi

Resides in:los angeles & a house in sweden

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Personal interests/hobbies:writing plays,directing & a singer/musician
he runs his own record label, called StormVox & plays in a band called Blonde from Fargo

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Other:Stormare is the godfather of Gustaf Skarsgård, the son of equally-acclaimed Swedish actor Stellan Skarsgård,

Last update: Jul 25 2009, 10:10 AM EDT by Petes1234567 (content history | content tools) (help)

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onephatnelly

'Und tomorrow, ve come back and we cut off your chonson...I said ve CUT OFF YOUR CHONSON!!!'

posted 522 days ago
ChildOfDurza

He was awesome as Lucifer in Constantine. Also in Fargo when he put his partner in a woodchipper and the foot was still sticking out. I was laughing and disgusted at the same time. Keep up the good work!

posted 545 days ago
JadeCash

Im really proud to come from the same country as Peter. Sweden got many great actors but HE IS AMAZING. Love u Peter!! <33

posted 552 days ago
madcat612

Yeah he was awesome in that - i liked the part where he was going to light the cigarette and he kept jerking it away. It was very in keeping with his character

posted 599 days ago
macnilsson

one of his best performances has to be Lucifer in Constantine

posted 611 days ago
HomeOcell

I love this guy(in a no-gay way :D)!

posted 748 days ago
Tellus

Hey Stormare, saw you in Minority Report, as Hamilton, The Lost World, well, I have seen you in a lot of movies. Jan.

posted 852 days ago
KearasPocketProtector

Peter is an amazing actor and his accent turns me on.

posted 868 days ago
caddielees

has eveyone forgotten he was in lost world jurrasic park! i know the film wasnt very good but peter had an awesome death in that, he gets eaten alive by little dinosaurs!

posted 876 days ago
kc6201

This guy is a great character actor. He really knows how to play some creepy, freaky men.

posted 877 days ago

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Dead of Night (Unrated, 2009)
The Killing Room (Unrated, 2009)
Anamorph (R, 2008)
Varg (Wolf) (Unrated, 2008)
Witless Protection (PG-13, 2008)
Insanitarium (R, 2008)
Orgies and the Meaning of Life (Unrated, 2008)
Gnomes and Trolls: The Secret Chamber (Unrated, 2008)
Echo (Unrated, 2007)
Boot Camp (Unrated, 2007)

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