Peter Stormare

Rolf Peter Ingvar Stormare (born Storm, August 27, 1952), better known as Peter Stormare (Swedish: [ˈpěːtɛr ˈstɔ̂rːmarɛ] ⓘ), is a Swedish actor. He played Gaear Grimsrud in the film Fargo (1996) and John Abruzzi in the television series Prison Break (2005–2007). He has appeared in films including The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997), Playing God (1997), The Big Lebowski (1998), Armageddon (1998), 8mm (1999), Dancer in the Dark (2000), Windtalkers (2002), Minority Report (2002), Bad Boys II (2003), Constantine (2005), and 22 Jump Street (2014), and the video games Destiny (2014), Until Dawn (2015), and Destiny 2 (2017).
== Early life ==
Stormare  was born in Kumla, Sweden on August 27, 1953. His family moved to Arbrå.[when?] He attended the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm, where he studied acting. He changed his surname when he discovered he shared it with a senior student at acting academy. Before settling on Stormare, he briefly contemplated changing his name to Retep Mrots, which is "Peter Storm" backwards. Stormare means "stormer" in Swedish.
== Acting career ==
Stormare voiced Mattias Nilsson in the video games Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction and Mercenaries 2: World in Flames, Isair in the video game Icewind Dale 2, and Johann Strauss in Quake 4. In February 2006, he starred as Wolfgang in Volkswagen's VDub series of television commercials. He played the main character in the film Svartvattnet, which was filmed in Sweden and Norway in 2007. He was offered a role in the ABC television series Lost for a period of one year, which he declined. In the 2007 film Premonition, he played Dr. Roth. In April 2007, he appeared in the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation episode "Ending Happy".
In 2011, he appeared alongside Kevin Spacey and Daniel Wu in the Chinese film Inseparable, which premiered at the 2011 Busan International Film Festival.
In 2014, he appeared in episodes of Longmire, Arrow, and The Blacklist, and starred in the Eli Roth-produced film Clown.
In 2015, he voiced and motion-captured Dr. Alan J. Hill in the video game Until Dawn. In 2016, he played Rutger Burlin in the Swedish television series Midnattssol; he also co-created, and starred as Ingmar in, the web television series Swedish Dicks, which was renewed for a second season in October 2016. In 2017, he played a minor role in John Wick: Chapter 2 and the part of Czernobog on the Starz series American Gods. He played the vampire Godbrand in the Netflix animated series Castlevania. In 2019 he appeared in the music video of the song "Graven" by the U.S. death metal band Possessed.
== Music career ==
After Bono of U2 heard some of Stormare's music, he encouraged Stormare to make an album. In 2002, Stormare released his first album, Dallerpölsa och småfåglar. He plays in a band called Blonde from Fargo and runs a record label called StormVox.
He appeared in the music video of the song "Uprising" by the Swedish power metal band Sabaton.
He appeared in the clips "Steh Auf" and "Frau & Mann" of metal project Lindemann.
== Personal life ==
Stormare divides his time between the United States and Sweden. He married actress Karen Sillas in 1989, and they divorced in 2006. He married Toshimi Murakami, a native of Japan, in 2008. Their daughter Kaiya Bella Luna Stormare was born on May 9, 2009. They live in Los Angeles.
Peter Stormare is the godfather of actor Gustaf Skarsgård.
Stormare is a Christian and has said that he has had contact with God. When he was young, he participated in Baptist meetings in Arbrå. He has a strong spiritual side, inherited from his mother, who he has said was a medium, and who supposedly inherited that ability from her own father.
== Filmography ==
=== Film ===
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
1978	Lyftet 	Prisoner 	
1982	Fanny and Alexander 	Young Man 	
1986	Den frusna leoparden 	Jerry 	
1987	Pirates of the Lake 	Justus 	
1990	Awakenings 	Neurochemist 	
1991	Freud flyttar hemifrån... 	Berra 	
1991	Reflections in a Dark Sky 	Carlo 	
1992	Damage 	Peter Wetzler 	
1996	Fargo 	Gaear Grimsrud 	
1997	Playing God 	Vladimir 	
1997	The Lost World: Jurassic Park 	Dieter Stark 	
1998	Armageddon 	Lev Andropov 	
1998	Mercury Rising 	Shayes 	
1998	The Big Lebowski 	Uli Kunkel / Karl Hungus 	
1998	Commander Hamilton 	Carl Hamilton 	
1998	Somewhere in the City 	Graham 	
1999	Purgatory 	Cavin Guthrie 	
1999	8mm 	Dino Velvet 	
2000	Bruiser 	Milo Styles 	
2000	Chocolat 	Serge Muscat 	
2000	Dancer in the Dark 	Jeff 	
2000	The Million Dollar Hotel 	Dixie 	
2000	Circus 	Julius 	
2001	Happy Campers 	Oberon 	
2002	13 Moons 	Slovo 	
2002	The Beatle Fan 	Albert 	
2002	Spun 	Mullet Cop 	
2002	Minority Report 	Dr. Solomon P. Eddie 	
2002	Windtalkers 	Gunnery Sergeant Hjelmstad	
2002	The Tuxedo 	Dr. Simms 	
2002	Bad Company 	Adrik Vas 	
2003	Bad Boys II 	Alexei 	
2003	The Movie Hero 	The Suspicious Character 	
2003	Hitler: The Rise of Evil 	Ernst Röhm 	
2004	Birth 	Clifford 	
2005	The Batman vs. Dracula 	Count Dracula 	Voice, direct-to-video
2005	The Brothers Grimm 	Cavaldi 	
2005	2001 Maniacs 	Professor Ackerman 	
2005	Buck Rogers to the Xtreme! 	 	
2005	Constantine 	Lucifer 	
2006	Nacho Libre 	Emperor 	
2006	Unknown 	Snakeskin Boots 	
2007	Premonition 	Dr. Roth 	
2007	Anamorph 	Blair Collet 	
2007	Boot Camp 	Arthur Hill 	
2007	They Never Found Her 	Woods 	
2007	Switch 	Tommen 	
2007	Gone with the Woman 	Glenn 	
2008	Gnomes and Trolls: The Secret Chamber	Slim 	Voice
2008	Witless Protection 	Arthur Grimsley 	
2008	Insanitarium 	Dr. Gianetti 	
2008	Varg 	Klemens 	
2009	The Killing Room 	Dr. Phillips 	
2009	Horsemen 	David Spitz 	
2009	The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus 	The President 	
2010	Corridor 	Vicke 	
2010	Moomins and the Comet Chase 	Snufkin 	Voice
2010	Undocumented 	Z 	
2010	Small Town Murder Songs 	Walter 	
2010	Henry's Crime 	Darek Millodragovic 	
2010	Janie Jones 	Sloan 	
2011	Dylan Dog: Dead of Night 	Gabriel 	
2011	Marianne 	Sven 	
2011	Inseparable 	Richard 	
2011	The Hunters 2 	Torsten 	
2011	Hjelp, vi er i filmbransjen 	Peter Stormare 	
2012	Big Top Scooby-Doo 	Wulfric von Rydingsvard 	Voice
2012	Lockout 	Scott Langral 	
2012	Get the Gringo 	Frank Fowler 	
2012	Small Apartments 	Mr. Olivetti 	
2012	Tai Chi Hero 	Duke Fleming 	
2013	Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters 	Sheriff Berringer 	
2013	The Last Stand 	Thomas Burrell 	
2013	Siberian Education 	Ink 	
2013	Autumn Blood 	The Mayor 	
2013	Bad Milo! 	Highsmith 	
2013	Trial of Arms 	Karkov 	
2013	Slight of Hand 	Terrible Terry 	
2013	The Pendant 	White 	
2013	The Zero Theorem 	Doctor 	
2013	Pain & Gain 	Dr. Bjonsson 	
2014	22 Jump Street 	Ghost 	
2014	Rage 	O'Connell 	
2014	Mall 	Barry 	
2014	Penguins of Madagascar 	Corporal 	Voice
2014	Bang Bang Baby 	George 	
2014	The 11th Hour 	The Russian 	
2014	Clown 	Herbert Karlsson 	
2015	Dark Summer 	Stokes 	
2015	Strange Magic 	Thang 	Voice
2015	Every Thing Will Be Fine 	Editor 	
2016	Rupture 	Terrance 	
2016	King of the Dancehall 	Pierce Davidson 	
2017	John Wick: Chapter 2 	Abram Tarasov 	
2017	The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature 	Gunther 	Voice
2017	VIP 	Paul Gray 	
2017	Kill 'Em All 	Holman 	
2018	Beyond the Sky 	Peter Norton 	
2018	Age of Summer 	The Rock God 	
2018	The Assassin's Code 	Kurt Schlychter 	
2019	Hanazuki: The Movie 	Rasdon 	Voice
2019	The Poison Rose 	Slide Olsen 	
2020	Songbird 	Emmett Harland 	
2021	Gift of Fire 	 	Voice
2021	Cryptozoo 	Gustav the Faun 	Voice
2022	Day Shift 	Troy 	
2022	Food and Romance 	Henrik 	
2023	Muti 	Captain Marchand 	
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