Peter Stormare
- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- August 27, 1953 in Arbrå, Gävleborgs län, Sweden
- Active Years
- 1978–2026 (49 Years)
- Total Credits
- 219 credits in database
Acting Born Aug 27, 1953 Arbrå, Gävleborgs län, Sweden 219 credits
Biography
Peter Stormare was born Rolf Peter Ingvar Storm on August 27, 1953, in Arbrå, Gävleborgs län, Sweden. He is a Swedish film, stage, voice, and television actor, as well as a theatrical director, playwright, and musician. He is known for his roles as John Abruzzi in Prison Break and as Gaear Grimsrud, one of the two kidnappers in Fargo. Stormare began his acting career at the Royal National Theatre of Sweden, where he performed for eleven years. In 1990, he became the Associate Artistic Director at the Tokyo Globe Theatre and directed productions of many Shakespeare plays, including Hamlet. In 1993, he moved to New York to appear in English productions and continues to work in both the United States and other locations.
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Career overview
Peter Stormare was born Rolf Peter Ingvar Storm on August 27, 1953, in Arbrå, Gävleborgs län, Sweden. He is a Swedish film, stage, voice, and television actor, as well as a theatrical director, playwright, and musician. He is perhaps best known for his roles as John Abruzzi in Prison Break and as Gaear Grimsrud, one of the two kidnappers in Fargo.
Stormare began his acting career at the Royal National Theatre of Sweden, performing there for eleven years. In 1990, he became the Associate Artistic Director at the Tokyo Globe Theatre, where he directed productions of many Shakespeare plays, including Hamlet. In 1993, he moved to New York to appear in English productions and has continued to work in the United States.
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Career timeline
Kill CodeDetective Hole
Until DawnOff the GridStand Your GroundThe Evolution of Horror Cinema WorldwideHellenius hörna hyllar TV
TrackerTwilight of the GodsKill 'em All 2So Long, MarianneGuy Manley: Super Spy
The Ritual Killer
1923BIANCADay ShiftChivalryThe Journey - 15 dagar i Nepal
The BoxThe Grand Duke Of CorsicaCryptozooHorror Noire
AnimaniacsSongbirdThe American RunestoneThe American Runestone · CreatorGnomes & Trolls II: The Forest Trial
The Poison Rose
LA to VegasBeyond the SkyThe Assassin's CodeAge of Summer
American GodsJohn Wick: Chapter 2CastlevaniaGet ShortyThe Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature
Justice League ActionSwedish DicksSwedish Dicks · DirectorSwedish Dicks · CreatorBlack Widows
Renées bryggaStrange MagicI Am HereEvery Thing Will Be FineDark Summer
Penguins of MadagascarPenn Zero: Part-Time Hero22 Jump StreetManhattanClown
The BlacklistThe BlacklistTeen Titans Go!GracelandHansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
ArrowTeenage Mutant Ninja TurtlesLongmireLongmireLockout
Body of ProofWilfredSveriges MästerkockDylan Dog: Dead of NightYou Said What?
Hawaii Five-0Ben 10: Ultimate AlienHellenius HörnaHenry's CrimeBehind the Moomins
NCIS: Los AngelesSvenska HollywoodfruarThe Imaginarium of Doctor ParnassusHorsemenThe Killing Room
LeverageBoot CampWitless ProtectionInsanitariumWolf
Phineas and FerbTim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!Transformers: AnimatedPremonitionAnamorph
PsychNacho LibreUnknownStjärnorna på slottetOne Night with You
Prison BreakWeedsConstantineThe Brothers GrimmThe Batman vs. Dracula
EntourageJoeyBirth
Bad Boys IIHitler: The Rise of EvilMinnesota NiceSpunThe Movie Hero
MonkMinority ReportThe TuxedoWindtalkersBad Company
Happy Campers
CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationChocolatDancer in the DarkThe Million Dollar HotelBruiser
8MMLove in the MirrorPurgatory
ArmageddonThe Big LebowskiMercury RisingIn the Presence of a ClownSomewhere in the City
Så ska det låtaPlaying GodI sällskap med en clownThe Lost World: Jurassic Park
Full Filmography
219 titles- Kill Code (2026)
- Detective Hole (2026) as Odin
- Until Dawn (2025) as Dr. Alan Hill
- Off the Grid (2025) as Belcor
- Stand Your Ground (2025) as Bastion
- The Evolution of Horror Cinema Worldwide (2025) as Horror Film Expert
- Hellenius hörna hyllar TV (2025) as Self
- Tracker (2024) as Valts
- Twilight of the Gods (2024) as Ulfr (voice)
- Kill 'em All 2 (2024) as Agent Holman
- So Long, Marianne (2024) as Irving Layton
- Guy Manley: Super Spy (2024) as Hurricane Pete
- Hangman (2024) as Bobby
- The Ritual Killer (2023) as Captain Marchand
- 1923 (2022) as Lucca
- BIANCA (2022) as Self - Guest
- Day Shift (2022) as Troy
- Chivalry (2022) as Garth
- The Journey - 15 dagar i Nepal (2022) as Self
- Tuesday Club (2022) as Henrik
- Secrets of the Viking Stone (2022) as Self
- The Box (2021) as Jedidiah Brag
- The Grand Duke Of Corsica (2021) as The Grand Duke of Corsica
- Cryptozoo (2021) as Gustav (voice)
- Horror Noire (2021) as Erebus (segment 'Sundown')
- Animaniacs (2020) as Nickelwise (voice)
- Songbird (2020) as Emmett Harland
- The American Runestone (2020) as Self
- The American Runestone (2020) Creator
- Gnomes & Trolls II: The Forest Trial (2020) as Mini (voice)
- Making Magic - a visual effects story (2020) as voice
- The Poison Rose (2019) as Slide
- LA to Vegas (2018) as Artem
- Beyond the Sky (2018) as Peter Norton
- The Assassin's Code (2018) as Kurt Schlychter
- Age of Summer (2018) as Rock God
- American Gods (2017) as Czernobog
- John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017) as Abram Tarasov
- Castlevania (2017) as Godbrand (voice)
- Get Shorty (2017) as Hafdis Snaejornsson
- The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature (2017) as Gunther (voice)
- Kill 'em All (2017) as Agent Mark Holman
- V.I.P. (2017) as Paul
- King of the Dancehall (2017) as Pierce Davidson
- Justice League Action (2016) as Mr. Freeze (voice)
- Swedish Dicks (2016) as Ingmar
- Swedish Dicks (2016) Director
- Swedish Dicks (2016) Creator
- Black Widows (2016) as Folke Lundgren
- Midnight Sun (2016) as Rutger Burlin
- Rupture (2016) as Terrence
- Renées brygga (2015) as Self
- Strange Magic (2015) as Thang (voice)
- I Am Here (2015) as The Russian
- Every Thing Will Be Fine (2015) as Editor
- Dark Summer (2015) as Stokes
- Penguins of Madagascar (2014) as Corporal (voice)
- Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero (2014) as Rufus (voice)
- 22 Jump Street (2014) as The Ghost
- Manhattan (2014) as Lazar
- Clown (2014) as Karlsson
- Rage (2014) as Francis O'Connell
- Bang Bang Baby (2014) as George
- The Penguins of Madagascar - Operation: Penguin Takeover (2014) as Corporal (voice)
- Mall (2014) as Barry
- Poseidon Code (2014)
- The Blacklist (2013) as Figure
- The Blacklist (2013) as Berlin
- Teen Titans Go! (2013) as Fibulon (voice)
- Graceland (2013) as Martun Sarkissian
- Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013) as Sheriff Berringer
- Pain & Gain (2013) as Dr. Bjornson
- The Last Stand (2013) as Burrell
- The Zero Theorem (2013) as Doctor 2
- Siberian Education (2013) as Ink
- Autumn Blood (2013) as The Mayor
- Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel (2013) as Whiplash (voice)
- Bergs bärbara talkshow (2013) as Self
- Bad Milo! (2013) as Highsmith
- Heatstroke (2013) as Mallick
- Arrow (2012) as Werner Zytle / Count Vertigo
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012) as Lord Dregg (voice)
- Longmire (2012) as Chance Gilbert
- Longmire (2012)
- Lockout (2012) as Scott Langral
- Get the Gringo (2012) as Frank
- Small Apartments (2012) as Dr. Olivetti
- Big Top Scooby-Doo! (2012) as Wulfric von Rydingsvard (voice)
- Tai Chi Hero (2012) as Flamming
- Imperiet: Här föll Imperiet (2012) Director
- Inseparable (2012) as Richard
- Jewtopia (2012) as Buck O'Connell
- Body of Proof (2011) as Wilson Polley
- Wilfred (2011) as Trashface
- Sveriges Mästerkock (2011) as Self - Guest
- Dylan Dog: Dead of Night (2011) as Gabriel
- You Said What? (2011) as Peter Stormare
- False Trail (2011) as Torsten
- Marianne (2011) as Sven
- The Wayshower (2011) as Prince of Doubt
- A Standard Story (2011) as Bully
- Hawaii Five-0 (2010) as Drago Zankovic
- Ben 10: Ultimate Alien (2010) as King Xarion / King Viktor (voice)
- Hellenius Hörna (2010) as Self - Guest
- Henry's Crime (2010) as Darek Millodragovic
- Behind the Moomins (2010) as Self
- Small Town Murder Songs (2010) as Walter
- Undocumented (2010) as Z
- Janie Jones (2010) as Sloan
- Corridor (2010) as Micke
- Ivory (2010) as David Strauss
- NCIS: Los Angeles (2009) as Interpol Agent Martin Källström
- Svenska Hollywoodfruar (2009) as Self
- The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009) as The President
- Horsemen (2009) as David Spitz
- The Killing Room (2009) as Dr. Phillips
- Otis E. (2009) as Reverand Roy
- Leverage (2008) as Gunter Hanzig
- Boot Camp (2008) as Norman Hail
- Witless Protection (2008) as Arthur Grimsley
- Insanitarium (2008) as Dr. Gianetti
- Wolf (2008) as Klemens
- Gnomes and Trolls: The Secret Chamber (2008) as Prickles (voice)
- Orgies and the Meaning of Life (2008) as Ivy Michigan
- Phineas and Ferb (2007) as Whiplash (voice)
- Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! (2007) as Gorb
- Transformers: Animated (2007) as Prometheus Black / Meltdown (voice)
- Premonition (2007) as Dr. Roth
- Anamorph (2007) as Blair Collet
- Switch (2007) as Tommen
- Gone with the Woman (2007) as Glenn
- They Never Found Her (2007) as Woods
- Voom Portraits (2007) as Self
- Leaps and Bounds (2007) as Korvgubbe
- Echo (2007) as Simon’s Father
- Psych (2006) as Cyrus Polk
- Nacho Libre (2006) as Emperor
- Unknown (2006) as Snakeskin Boots
- Stjärnorna på slottet (2006) as Self
- One Night with You (2006) as Steinmetz
- Prison Break (2005) as John Abruzzi
- Weeds (2005) as Chef
- Constantine (2005) as Lucifer
- The Brothers Grimm (2005) as Cavaldi
- The Batman vs. Dracula (2005) as Dracula (voice)
- 2001 Maniacs (2005) as Professor Ackerman
- Nobody Wants Your Film (2005) as Self
- Soldier of God (2005) Additional Music
- The Brothers Grimm: Bringing the Fairytale to Life (2005) as Self
- Entourage (2004) as Aaron Cohen
- Joey (2004) as Viktor
- Birth (2004) as Clifford
- Bad Boys II (2003) as Alexei
- Hitler: The Rise of Evil (2003) as Ernst Rohm
- Minnesota Nice (2003) as Self
- Spun (2003) as Mullet Cop
- The Movie Hero (2003) as The Suspicious Character
- Monk (2002) as Petya Lovak
- Minority Report (2002) as Dr. Solomon Eddie
- The Tuxedo (2002) as Dr. Simms
- Windtalkers (2002) as Sergeant Eric Hjelmstad
- Bad Company (2002) as Adrik Vas
- Watching Ellie (2002) as Ingvar
- 13 Moons (2002) as Slovo
- The Beatle Fan (2002) as Albert
- Happy Campers (2001) as Oberon
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000) as George 'Binky' Babinkian
- Chocolat (2000) as Serge Muscat
- Dancer in the Dark (2000) as Jeff
- The Million Dollar Hotel (2000) as Dixie
- Bruiser (2000) as Milo Styles
- Von Trier's 100 Eyes (2000) as Self
- The Coen Brothers (2000) as Self
- Circus (2000) as Julius
- 8MM (1999) as Dino Velvet
- Love in the Mirror (1999) as Giovanni Andreini
- Purgatory (1999) as Cavin Guthrie
- Armageddon (1998) as Lev Andropov
- The Big Lebowski (1998) as Nihilist
- Mercury Rising (1998) as Shayes
- In the Presence of a Clown (1998) as Petrus Landahl
- Somewhere in the City (1998) as Graham
- Hamilton (1998) as Carl Hamilton
- Så ska det låta (1997) as Self
- Playing God (1997) as Vladimir
- I sällskap med en clown (1997) as Self
- The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) as Dieter Stark
- Fargo (1996) as Gaear Grimsrud
- Swift Justice (1996) as Johnny D.
- Le Polygraphe (1996) as Christof Haussman
- A Kind of Hades (1996) as Ulf
- Morsarvet (1993) as Kapten Bergkvist
- The Bacchae (1993) as The Messenger
- Damage (1992) as Peter Wetzler
- Freud Leaving Home (1991) as Berra
- Reflections in a Dark Sky (1991) as Carlo
- Awakenings (1990) as Neurochemist
- Fångarna på fortet (1990) as Kapten Kaboom
- From the Dead (1990) as Chessplayer
- Seinfeld (1989) as Slippery Pete
- Pirates of the Lake (1987) as Beekeeper
- Seppan (1987) as Sara's Father
- The Frozen Leopard (1986) as Jerry
- Screen Two (1985) as Byrd
- Fanny and Alexander (1984) as Young Man Who Helps Isak with Coffer
- Fanny and Alexander (1982) as Young Man Who Helps Isak with Coffer
- Hur bär du dig åt, människa?! (1978)
- Lyftet (1978) as Prisoner
- Hur bär du dig åt, människa?! (1978)
- Constantine 2 as Lucifer
- Grylu Sker as The Mariner
- The Debt Inherited as Stanley
- The Knife Thrower as Kaspar Olofsson
- Förr i världen as the man
- The Awakening as Mason
- Dweller as John Gaines
- Lifsens rot as Didrik
- The Awakening 2 as Mason
- Pinocchio: Carved from Darkness as Geppetto
Frequently Asked Questions
What movies or TV shows is Peter Stormare best known for?
Peter Stormare is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including Kill Code (2026), Detective Hole (2026), Until Dawn (2025), Off the Grid (2025).
When and where was Peter Stormare born?
Peter Stormare was born on August 27, 1953 in Arbrå, Gävleborgs län, Sweden.
How many credits does Peter Stormare have?
Peter Stormare has accumulated over 219 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1978 to 2026.
What is Peter Stormare's background in cinema and television?
Peter Stormare was born Rolf Peter Ingvar Storm on August 27, 1953, in Arbrå, Gävleborgs län, Sweden. He is a Swedish film, stage, voice, and television actor, as well as a theatrical director, playwright, and musician. He is known for his roles as John Abruzzi in Prison Break and as Gaear Grimsrud, one of the two kidn...
Peter Stormare by the numbers
219credits
154films
65TV series
1978–2026active years
Age in their best-rated roles
- Animaniacs (2020) as Nickelwise (voice) — aged about 66
- 1923 (2022) as Lucca — aged about 68
- Castlevania (2017) as Godbrand (voice) — aged about 63
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012) as Lord Dregg (voice) — aged about 58
- Seinfeld (1989) as Slippery Pete — aged about 35
- Fanny and Alexander (1984) as Young Man Who Helps Isak with Coffer — aged about 30
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