Peter Sarsgaard

Acting · Born 1971-03-07 in Belleville, Illinois, USA

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…

Filmography

• Boys Don't Cry as John Lotter
• Garden State as Mark
• Orphan as John
• An Education as David Goldman
• Shattered Glass as Charles 'Chuck' Lane
• The Bride! as Jake Wiles
• Blue Jasmine as Dwight
• Dead Man Walking as Walter Delacroix
• September 5 as Roone Arledge
• The Batman as District Attorney Gil Colson

TV

• The Killing as Ray Seward
• Presumed Innocent as Tommasino 'Tommy' Molto
• Dopesick as Rick Mountcastle
• This Week
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
• Cracker
• The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien as Self
• Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
• The Slap as Hector
• Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self