Peter Sarsgaard
Peter Sarsgaard

Peter Sarsgaard

Born: March 7, 1971 (55 years)
Belleville, Illinois, USA

John Peter Sarsgaard (born March 7, 1971) is an American actor. His first feature role was in 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 ill-fated 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 National Society of Film Critics Award 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-drama Garden State, the biographical film Kinsey (2004), the drama The Dying Gaul (2005), and big-budget films such as Flightplan (2005), Jarhead (2005), The Skeleton Key (2005), Orphan (2009), An Education (2009), Knight and Day (2010), Green Lantern (2011), Lovelace (2013), Kelly Reichardt's Night Moves (2013), Blue Jasmine (2013), Black Mass (2015), and The Magnificent Seven (2016). Sarsgaard also appeared in the American TV series The Killing (2013) as a man on death row perhaps wrongfully convicted for the brutal murder of his wife—a performance which he says included "some of the best acting I have ever done in my life." In 2021, he had a recurring role on the Hulu miniseries Dopesick. Sarsgaard has appeared in Off-Broadway productions including Kingdom of Earth, Laura Dennis, Burn This, and Uncle Vanya. In September 2008, he made his Broadway debut as Boris Alexeyevich Trigorin in The Seagull. He is married to actress Maggie Gyllenhaal.

Movies as Actor (70)
The Bride!

The Bride!

as Jake Wiles

Mar 4, 2026

Pet Shop Days

Pet Shop Days

Oct 22, 2025

September 5

September 5

as Roone Arledge

Nov 7, 2024

Coup!

Coup!

as Floyd Monk

Aug 2, 2024

Memory

Memory

as Saul

Dec 22, 2023

The Survivor

The Survivor

as Emory Anderson

Apr 7, 2022

The Batman

The Batman

as District Attorney Gil Colson

Mar 1, 2022

The Lost Daughter

The Lost Daughter

as Professor Hardy

Dec 15, 2021

The Guilty

The Guilty

as Henry Fisher (voice)

Sep 24, 2021

Best Summer Ever

Best Summer Ever

as Camera Man

Oct 10, 2020

Human Capital

Human Capital

as Quint Manning

Jul 17, 2020

Mr. Jones

Mr. Jones

as Walter Duranty

Oct 3, 2019

The Sound of Silence

The Sound of Silence

as Peter Lucian

Sep 13, 2019

The Lie

The Lie

as Jay Logan

Sep 13, 2018

Loving Pablo

Loving Pablo

as Shepard

Dec 14, 2017

Wormwood

Wormwood

as Frank Olson

Sep 1, 2017

Jackie

Jackie

as Robert Kennedy

Dec 2, 2016

The Magnificent Seven

The Magnificent Seven

as Bartholomew Bogue

Sep 14, 2016

Starring Austin Pendleton

Starring Austin Pendleton

as Self

Apr 1, 2016

Experimenter

Experimenter

as Stanley Milgram

Oct 16, 2015

Black Mass

Black Mass

as Brian Halloran

Sep 17, 2015

Pawn Sacrifice

Pawn Sacrifice

as Father Bill Lombardy

Sep 16, 2015

Ladygrey

Ladygrey

as Samuel

May 6, 2015

Valley Uprising

Valley Uprising

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Sep 1, 2014

Night Moves

Night Moves

as Harmon

Apr 23, 2014

Lovelace

Lovelace

as Chuck Traynor

Aug 8, 2013

Blue Jasmine

Blue Jasmine

as Dwight

Aug 1, 2013

Very Good Girls

Very Good Girls

as Fitzsimmons

Jan 22, 2013

Robot & Frank

Robot & Frank

as Robot (voice)

Aug 24, 2012

Green Lantern

Green Lantern

as Hector Hammond

Jun 14, 2011

Knight and Day

Knight and Day

as Fitzgerald

Jun 15, 2010

Jake Gyllenhaal Challenges the Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize

Jake Gyllenhaal Challenges the Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize

as Alan Troy (archive footage)

Jan 1, 2010

An Education

An Education

as David Goldman

Oct 29, 2009

Mama's Little Devils: Bad Seeds and Evil Children

Mama's Little Devils: Bad Seeds and Evil Children

as Self

Oct 27, 2009

Orphan

Orphan

as John

Jul 24, 2009

In the Electric Mist

In the Electric Mist

as Elrod Sykes

Apr 15, 2009

Elegy

Elegy

as Kenneth Kepesh

Aug 8, 2008

The Mysteries of Pittsburgh

The Mysteries of Pittsburgh

as Cleveland Arning

Jan 20, 2008

Indie Sex: Teens

Indie Sex: Teens

Jan 4, 2008

Rendition

Rendition

as Alan Smith

Sep 7, 2007

Year of the Dog

Year of the Dog

as Newt

Apr 13, 2007

High Falls

High Falls

as Pedro

Jan 19, 2007

"Jarhead" Diaries

"Jarhead" Diaries

as Self

Mar 7, 2006

Jarhead: Background

Jarhead: Background

as Self

Mar 7, 2006

Jarhead

Jarhead

as Alan Troy

Nov 4, 2005

Flightplan

Flightplan

as Carson

Sep 22, 2005

The Skeleton Key

The Skeleton Key

as Luke Marshall

Jul 29, 2005

The Dying Gaul

The Dying Gaul

as Robert Sandrich

Jan 20, 2005

Kinsey

Kinsey

as Clyde Martin

Sep 4, 2004

Garden State

Garden State

as Mark

Jul 28, 2004

Shattered Glass

Shattered Glass

as Charles 'Chuck' Lane

Nov 14, 2003

Death of a Dynasty

Death of a Dynasty

as Brendon III

May 7, 2003

Empire

Empire

as Jack

Dec 6, 2002

Unconditional Love

Unconditional Love

as Window Washer

Aug 23, 2002

K-19: The Widowmaker

K-19: The Widowmaker

as Vadim Radtchinko

Jul 19, 2002

The Salton Sea

The Salton Sea

as Jimmy the Finn

Feb 12, 2002

The Center of the World

The Center of the World

as Richard Longman

Apr 19, 2001

Housebound

Housebound

as Mignon

Sep 2, 2000

The Cell

The Cell

as Julia Hickson's Fiancee (uncredited)

Aug 18, 2000

Boys Don't Cry

Boys Don't Cry

as John Lotter

Sep 2, 1999

Desert Blue

Desert Blue

as Billy Baxter

Jun 4, 1999

Freak City

Freak City

as Cal Jackson

Jan 16, 1999

Another Day in Paradise

Another Day in Paradise

as Ty

Dec 30, 1998

The Man in the Iron Mask

The Man in the Iron Mask

as Raoul

Mar 12, 1998

Subway Stories

Subway Stories

as Boy No. 1 (segment "Underground")

Jul 24, 1997

Dead Man Walking

Dead Man Walking

as Walter Delacroix

Dec 29, 1995

The Damning of a Country Merchant

The Damning of a Country Merchant

Zero K

Zero K

Road House 2

Road House 2

Erosion

Erosion

as Christian Andersen