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Peter Stormare

Actor • Born 1953

Peter Stormare

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About

Rolf Peter Ingvar Stormare (August 27, 1953) was born 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. Peter Stormare began his acting career at the Royal National Theatre of Sweden, performing 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, where he appeared in English productions. He continues to work in both the United States and his his homeland of Sweden. He resides in Los Angeles, California, USA, with his wife.

Known for

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation posterCSI: Crime Scene InvestigationSeries • 2000Hawaii Five-0 posterHawaii Five-0Series • 2010The Blacklist posterThe BlacklistSeries • 2013NCIS: Los Angeles posterNCIS: Los AngelesSeries • 2009Teen Titans Go! posterTeen Titans Go!Series • 2013Arrow posterArrowSeries • 2012Prison Break posterPrison BreakSeries • 2005Monk posterMonkSeries • 2002Seinfeld posterSeinfeldSeries • 1989Phineas and Ferb posterPhineas and FerbSeries • 2007Psych posterPsychSeries • 2006Tracker posterTrackerSeries • 2024Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles posterTeenage Mutant Ninja TurtlesSeries • 2012Weeds posterWeedsSeries • 2005Entourage posterEntourageSeries • 2004Longmire posterLongmireSeries • 2012Animaniacs posterAnimaniacsSeries • 2020Screen Two posterScreen TwoSeries • 1985Ben 10: Ultimate Alien posterBen 10: Ultimate AlienSeries • 20101923 poster1923Series • 2022American Gods posterAmerican GodsSeries • 2017Leverage posterLeverageSeries • 2008Body of Proof posterBody of ProofSeries • 2011Joey posterJoeySeries • 2004