Peter Sarsgaard
Acting
Born: Mar 07, 1971
From: Belleville, Illinois, USA
Credits: 30 titles
Biography
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 …
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pet Shop Days | 2025 | 5.2 | |
| Very Good Girls | Fitzsimmons | 2013 | 5.793 |
| Lovelace | Chuck Traynor | 2013 | 6.0 |
| Robot & Frank | Robot (voice) | 2012 | 6.911 |
| Green Lantern | Hector Hammond | 2011 | 5.182 |
| Knight and Day | Fitzgerald | 2010 | 6.229 |
| Orphan | John | 2009 | 6.99 |
| An Education | David Goldman | 2009 | 6.9 |
| In the Electric Mist | Elrod Sykes | 2009 | 6.1 |
| Mama's Little Devils: Bad Seeds and Evil Children | Self | 2009 | — |
| The Mysteries of Pittsburgh | Cleveland Arning | 2008 | 4.1 |
| Elegy | Kenneth Kepesh | 2008 | 6.303 |
| Rendition | Alan Smith | 2007 | 6.421 |
| Year of the Dog | Newt | 2007 | 5.5 |
| Jarhead | Alan Troy | 2005 | 6.7 |
| Flightplan | Carson | 2005 | 6.448 |
| The Skeleton Key | Luke Marshall | 2005 | 6.626 |
| The Dying Gaul | Robert Sandrich | 2005 | 6.039 |
| Garden State | Mark | 2004 | 7.1 |
| Kinsey | Clyde Martin | 2004 | 6.605 |
| Shattered Glass | Charles 'Chuck' Lane | 2003 | 6.963 |
| The Salton Sea | Jimmy the Finn | 2002 | 6.594 |
| K-19: The Widowmaker | Vadim Radtchinko | 2002 | 6.547 |
| Empire | Jack | 2002 | 6.142 |
| Unconditional Love | Window Washer | 2002 | 5.987 |
| The Center of the World | Richard Longman | 2001 | 5.095 |
| Boys Don't Cry | John Lotter | 1999 | 7.415 |
| Desert Blue | Billy Baxter | 1999 | 5.756 |
| The Man in the Iron Mask | Raoul | 1998 | 6.648 |
| The Damning of a Country Merchant | — | ||
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1971 |
| From | Belleville, Illinois, USA |