Peter Sarsgaard
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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.
Known for
Credits
The Batman (2022)
as District Attorney Gil Colson
The Bride! (2026)
as Jake Wiles
Green Lantern (2011)
as Hector Hammond
Knight and Day (2010)
as Fitzgerald
The Magnificent Seven (2016)
as Bartholomew Bogue
Black Mass (2015)
as Brian Halloran
The Skeleton Key (2005)
as Luke Marshall
Orphan (2009)
as John
The Man in the Iron Mask (1998)
as Raoul
The Lost Daughter (2021)
as Professor Hardy
The Guilty (2021)
as Henry Fisher (voice)
Boys Don't Cry (1999)
as John Lotter
The Cell (2000)
as Julia Hickson's Fiancee (uncredited)
Loving Pablo (2017)
as Shepard
Dead Man Walking (1995)
as Walter Delacroix
September 5 (2024)
as Roone Arledge
Pawn Sacrifice (2015)
as Father Bill Lombardy
K-19: The Widowmaker (2002)
as Vadim Radtchinko
Jarhead (2005)
as Alan Troy
The Survivor (2022)
as Emory Anderson
Blue Jasmine (2013)
as Dwight
Flightplan (2005)
as Carson
Shattered Glass (2003)
as Charles 'Chuck' Lane
In the Electric Mist (2009)
as Elrod Sykes
An Education (2009)
as David Goldman
Lovelace (2013)
as Chuck Traynor
Garden State (2004)
as Mark
The Salton Sea (2002)
as Jimmy the Finn
Human Capital (2020)
as Quint Manning
Jackie (2016)
as Robert Kennedy
Mr. Jones (2019)
as Walter Duranty
Robot & Frank (2012)
as Robot (voice)
The Sound of Silence (2019)
as Peter Lucian
Rendition (2007)
as Alan Smith
Very Good Girls (2013)
as Fitzsimmons
Experimenter (2015)
as Stanley Milgram
Night Moves (2014)
as Harmon
Elegy (2008)
as Kenneth Kepesh
Kinsey (2004)
as Clyde Martin
The Lie (2018)
as Jay Logan
Memory (2023)
as Saul
Another Day in Paradise (1998)
as Ty
Year of the Dog (2007)
as Newt
Flesh Impact (2026)
as Director
Pet Shop Days (2025)
Actor
"Jarhead" Diaries (2006)
as Self
Unconditional Love (2002)
as Window Washer
The Center of the World (2001)
as Richard Longman
The Mysteries of Pittsburgh (2008)
as Cleveland Arning
Subway Stories (1997)
as Boy No. 1 (segment "Underground")
Death of a Dynasty (2003)
as Brendon III
Zero K (—)
Actor
Coup! (2024)
as Floyd Monk
The Dying Gaul (2005)
as Robert Sandrich
Indie Sex: Teens (2008)
Actor
Desert Blue (1999)
as Billy Baxter
Empire (2002)
as Jack
Starring Austin Pendleton (2016)
as Self
Valley Uprising (2014)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Jake Gyllenhaal Challenges the Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize (2010)
as Alan Troy (archive footage)
Wormwood (2017)
as Frank Olson
Best Summer Ever (2020)
as Camera Man
Ladygrey (2015)
as Samuel
Road House 2 (—)
Actor
Mama's Little Devils: Bad Seeds and Evil Children (2009)
as Self
Freak City (1999)
as Cal Jackson
Erosion (—)
as Christian Andersen
Jarhead: Background (2006)
as Self
Housebound (2000)
as Mignon
The Damning of a Country Merchant (—)
Actor
High Falls (2007)
as Pedro