Peter Stormare

Rolf Peter Ingvar Stormare (; né Storm, 27 August 1953) is a Swedish actor. He played Hamlet for Ingmar Bergman, 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

Rolf Peter Ingvar Storm was born in Kumla, Sweden, on August 27, 1953. His family moved to Arbrå. 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 starred in Ingmar Bergman's production of ''Hamlet''; Hilary DeVries of ''The Christian Science Monitor'' wrote: "in the electrifying lead performance by Peter Stormare, Hamlet is, for all his Angst-filled poses and dark glasses, no hamstrung cliche but Denmark's only ballast between the debauched Claudius and the fascistic Fortinbras."

Known for playing different nationalities: an American in '' The Lost World: Jurassic Park'' (1997), a German in '' The Big Lebowski'' (1998), an Italian in ''The Brothers Grimm'' (2005) and ''Prison Break'' (2005), a Frenchman in '' Chocolat'' (2000), and a Russian in ''Armageddon'' (1998), ''Bad Boys II'' (2003) and '' Siberian Education'' (2013).

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 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''.

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 2015, he voiced and motion-captured Dr. Alan J. Hill in the video game '' Until Dawn''. He reprised his role from the film adaptation when the game was released in April 2025.

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.

In 2019 he appeared in the music video of the song " Graven" by the U.S. death metal band Possessed.

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 reside in Los Angeles. Stormare is a dual citizen of Sweden and the United States, naturalizing as an American citizen during the late 1990s.

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

Television

Video games

Music videos

Discography

References

External links

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BlondeFromFargo.com


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1953 births
Living people
Swedish Baptists
Swedish Christians
Swedish expatriate male actors in the United States
Swedish male film actors
Swedish male stage actors
Swedish male television actors
Swedish male video game actors
Swedish male voice actors
People from Kumla Municipality