Acting
Peter Sarsgaard
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 (2013), Blue Jasmine (2013), Black Mass (2015), and The Magnificent Seven (2016). Sarsgaard also appeared in the American TV series The Killing (2013) as a man on death row perhaps wrongfully convicted for the brutal murder of his wife—a performance which he says included "some of the best acting I have ever done in my life." In 2021, he had a recurring role on the Hulu miniseries Dopesick. Sarsgaard has appeared in Off-Broadway productions including Kingdom of Earth, Laura Dennis, Burn This, and Uncle Vanya. In September 2008, he made his Broadway debut as Boris Alexeyevich Trigorin in The Seagull. He is married to actress Maggie Gyllenhaal.
Filmography
Neuromancer
Series · 2027
The Bride!
Film · 2026
Flesh Impact
Film · 2026
DTF St. Louis
Series · 2026
Pet Shop Days
Film · 2025
Coup!
Film · 2024
September 5
Film · 2024
Presumed Innocent
Series · 2024
Memory
Film · 2023
The Survivor
Film · 2022
The Batman
Film · 2022
The Lost Daughter
Film · 2021
The Guilty
Film · 2021
Dopesick
Series · 2021
Human Capital
Film · 2020
Best Summer Ever
Film · 2020
Interrogation
Series · 2020
Homemade
Series · 2020
Mr. Jones
Film · 2019
The Sound of Silence
Film · 2019
The Lie
Film · 2018
The Looming Tower
Series · 2018
Loving Pablo
Film · 2017
Wormwood
Film · 2017
Wormwood
Series · 2017
Jackie
Film · 2016
The Magnificent Seven
Film · 2016
Starring Austin Pendleton
Film · 2016
America Divided
Series · 2016
Pawn Sacrifice
Film · 2015
Experimenter
Film · 2015
Black Mass
Film · 2015
Ladygrey
Film · 2015
The Slap
Series · 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Series · 2015
Night Moves
Film · 2014
Valley Uprising
Film · 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Series · 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Series · 2014
Very Good Girls
Film · 2013
Lovelace
Film · 2013
Blue Jasmine
Film · 2013
Robot & Frank
Film · 2012
Green Lantern
Film · 2011
The Killing
Series · 2011
Knight and Day
Film · 2010
Jake Gyllenhaal Challenges the Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize
Film · 2010
Conan
Series · 2010
Orphan
Film · 2009
An Education
Film · 2009
In the Electric Mist
Film · 2009
Mama's Little Devils: Bad Seeds and Evil Children
Film · 2009
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
Series · 2009
The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
Film · 2008
Elegy
Film · 2008
Indie Sex: Teens
Film · 2008
Rendition
Film · 2007
Year of the Dog
Film · 2007
High Falls
Film · 2007
Indie Sex
Series · 2007
"Jarhead" Diaries
Film · 2006
Jarhead: Background
Film · 2006
Jarhead
Film · 2005
Flightplan
Film · 2005
The Skeleton Key
Film · 2005
The Dying Gaul
Film · 2005
Garden State
Film · 2004
Kinsey
Film · 2004
Shattered Glass
Film · 2003
Death of a Dynasty
Film · 2003
The Salton Sea
Film · 2002
K-19: The Widowmaker
Film · 2002
Empire
Film · 2002
Unconditional Love
Film · 2002
The Center of the World
Film · 2001
Housebound
Film · 2000
The Cell
Film · 2000
Boys Don't Cry
Film · 1999
Desert Blue
Film · 1999
Freak City
Film · 1999
The Man in the Iron Mask
Film · 1998
Another Day in Paradise
Film · 1998
Subway Stories
Film · 1997
Cracker
Series · 1997
The Daily Show
Series · 1996
Dead Man Walking
Film · 1995
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Series · 1993
Law & Order
Series · 1990
This Week
Series · 1981
Saturday Night Live
Series · 1975
Saturday Night Live
Series · 1975
The Damning of a Country Merchant
Film
Zero K
Film
Road House 2
Film
Erosion
Film