Peter Sarsgaard
"An iconic presence in cinema, defining characters with depth and intensity."
Age
55 years
Origin
USA
Active
1975 — Present
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...
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Saturday Night Live
Starring as Self - Host
A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers an opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast, and features performances by a musical guest.
Highest Rated Masterpieces
Dopesick
as Rick Mountcastle
Presumed Innocent
as Tommasino 'Tommy' Molto
The Killing
as Ray Seward
The Batman
as District Attorney Gil Colson
Boys Don't Cry
as John Lotter
The Looming Tower
as Martin Schmidt
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
Dead Man Walking
as Walter Delacroix
Law & Order
as Josh Strand
Conan
as Self
Media Proof
Filmography Engine
91 Credits found
Neuromancer
John Ashpool
2027
Flesh Impact
Director
2026
The Bride!
Jake Wiles
2026
DTF St. Louis
'Modern Love' / Christopher Spurce
2026
Pet Shop Days
Cast
2025
September 5
Roone Arledge
2024
Coup!
Executive Producer
2024
Presumed Innocent
Tommasino 'Tommy' Molto
2024
Memory
Saul
2023
The Survivor
Emory Anderson
2022
The Batman
District Attorney Gil Colson
2022
The Lost Daughter
Professor Hardy
2021
Dopesick
Rick Mountcastle
2021
The Guilty
Henry Fisher (voice)
2021
Best Summer Ever
Executive Producer
2020
Human Capital
Quint Manning
2020
Homemade
Frank
2020
Interrogation
David Russell
2020
Mr. Jones
Walter Duranty
2019
The Sound of Silence
Peter Lucian
2019
The Lie
Jay Logan
2018
The Looming Tower
Martin Schmidt
2018
Wormwood
Frank Olson
2017
Loving Pablo
Shepard
2017
Wormwood
Frank Olson
2017
Jackie
Robert Kennedy
2016
America Divided
Self
2016
The Magnificent Seven
Bartholomew Bogue
2016
Starring Austin Pendleton
Self
2016
Experimenter
Stanley Milgram
2015
Black Mass
Brian Halloran
2015
Pawn Sacrifice
Father Bill Lombardy
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
2015
Ladygrey
Samuel
2015
The Slap
Hector
2015
Valley Uprising
Self - Narrator (voice)
2014
Night Moves
Harmon
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014
Lovelace
Executive Producer
2013
Blue Jasmine
Dwight
2013
Very Good Girls
Fitzsimmons
2013
Robot & Frank
Robot (voice)
2012
Green Lantern
Hector Hammond
2011
The Killing
Ray Seward
2011
Conan
Self
2010
Knight and Day
Fitzgerald
2010
Jake Gyllenhaal Challenges the Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize
Alan Troy (archive footage)
2010
An Education
David Goldman
2009
Mama's Little Devils: Bad Seeds and Evil Children
Self
2009
Orphan
John
2009
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
Self
2009
In the Electric Mist
Elrod Sykes
2009
Elegy
Kenneth Kepesh
2008
The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
Cleveland Arning
2008
Indie Sex: Teens
Cast
2008
Rendition
Alan Smith
2007
Indie Sex
Self
2007
Year of the Dog
Newt
2007
High Falls
Pedro
2007