Peter Sarsgaard

Quick Facts

Full Name	Peter Sarsgaard
Occupation	Movie Actor
Date Of Birth	Mar 7, 1971(1971-03-07)
Age	53
Birthplace	Illinois
Country	United States
Horoscope	Pisces

Peter Sarsgaard Biography

Peter Sarsgaard is one of the most popular and richest Movie Actor who was born on March 7, 1971 in Illinois, United States. Actor who was famous for his portrayals of complex characters, like the fraudster David in the film An Education. He also was Raoul as Raoul in The 1997 Film The Man in the Iron Mask.

He played Mark as the cynical stoner pal from He played the role of Mark, the cynical stoner friend of Zach Braff‘s character in Garden State.’s character in Garden State.

John Peter Sarsgaard (/ˈ s ɑːr z ɡ ɑːr d / ; 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.

Sarsgaard attended Fairfield College Preparatory School, a private Jesuit boys’ school in Connecticut, where he became interested in film. Following his graduation from Fairfield Prep in 1989, he attended Bard College in New York for two years before transferring to Washington University in St. Louis (WUSTL) in 1991, where he co-founded an improvisational comedy troupe “Mama’s Pot Roast.” While at WUSTL, Sarsgaard began performing in plays in an offshoot of New York’s Actors Studio; His first role was as the servant Laurent in Molière’s Tartuffe. In 1993, he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in history and moved to New York.

He had two kids together with the actress He had two children with actress Maggie Gyllenhaal, whom he married in 2009., who he got married in 2009.

Peter Sarsgaard Net Worth

Peter Sarsgaard is one of the richest Movie Actor from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Peter Sarsgaard 's net worth $20 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He appeared in several plays and was able to land the part of Tartuffe during his time at college.

He was praised for his part on Boys Don’t Cry.

John Peter Sarsgaard was born at Scott Air Force Base in St. Clair County, Illinois, on March 7, 1971, the son of Judy Lea (née Reinhardt) and John Dale Sarsgaard. His father was an Air Force engineer and later worked for Monsanto and IBM. His surname originates in Denmark, where his paternal great-great- grandparents were born; it is pronounced [ˈsɑːsɡɔˀ] in Danish. Sarsgaard was raised a Catholic and served as an altar boy. His family moved more than 12 times during his childhood, following his father’s job. At the age of 7, Sarsgaard originally wanted to become a soccer player and took up ballet to help improve his coordination. After suffering several concussions while playing soccer, he gave up the sport and became interested in writing and theater.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Peter Sarsgaard Dating?

According to our records, Peter Sarsgaard married to Maggie Gyllenhaal. As of December 1, 2023, Peter Sarsgaard’s is not dating anyone.

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His first leading role was in the 2001 feature The Center of the World, where he plays Richard Longman, a lonely young entrepreneur who skips out on his company’s big initial public offering and pays a stripper (Molly Parker) $10,000 to fly to Las Vegas with him. The film received average reviews, however, A.O. Scott of the New York Times, reported that the performances by both Sarsgaard and Parker “provide a rough grain of authenticity, capturing the blunted affect and aimless neediness of people in their 20s struggling to navigate a world of material abundance and impoverished emotional possibility.” Scott concluded in his recap that Sarsgaard made his character “seem like a genuinely nice guy, too innocent to grasp the sleaziness of his bargain with Florence.”

Facts & Trivia

Peter Ranked on the list of most popular Movie Actor. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Peter Sarsgaard celebrates birthday on March 7 of every year.

2003 marked a significant turning point in Sarsgaard’s career, when he starred in the feature film Shattered Glass. He depicted journalist Charles Lane, the lead editor of The New Republic. Shattered Glass is based on the real events of journalist Stephen Glass’ career at The New Republic during the mid-1990s and his fall when his widespread journalistic fraud is exposed. During promotion of the film, Sarsgaard noted of his portrayal of Lane: “I just wanted to get his perspective on the actual events. […] I think that I tried to have some respect for myself and that way you’re respecting the real person you’re playing. I’ve done it a number of times. And it’s always a little bit confusing. The best thing to do is just to ignore the fact, I think, that you’re playing somebody who is a real life character.” According to the San Diego Union-Tribune, “Peter Sarsgaard is appealingly level, a stolid straight- shooter as Lane”. A reviewer from the Chicago Tribune noted that Sarsgaard plays Lane with “great subtlety and grace”. The newspaper concluded with, “The character doesn’t seethe with personal resentment; when he does a slow burn, he conveys a much deeper sense of a man’s value system being violated past the breaking point.” Sarsgaard’s performance in the film earned him his first Golden Globe Award nomination and an Independent Spirit Award nomination.

Is Alexander Skarsgård related to Peter Sarsgaard?

One person he is not related to is “An Education” and “Green Lantern” star Peter Sarsgaard, though people frequently assume they are family. “It still happens all the time,” Skarsgård says with a laugh. “I actually find it very flattering; I think he’s a fantastic actor.

What is Peter Sarsgaard most famous for?

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.

Is Bill Skarsgård related to Peter Sarsgaard?

Have you ever seen a grizzly bear scream with all the drool?” Skarsgård is the son of actor Stellan Skarsgård and brother to actor Alexander Skarsgård, and though they joked that he’s also related to Peter Sarsgaard , Colbert noted that Bill Skarsgård looks most like another actor, Steve Buscemi.

Are Maggie Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard still married?

Maggie Gyllenhaal has been married to actor Peter Sarsgaard since 2009 , and the pair have two daughters together – Ramona, 15 and Gloria, nine. Recently, they worked together on psychological drama The Lost Daughter, as 44 -year-old Gyllenhaal, who directed the film, cast her husband in a dominant role.

Who is the tallest Skarsgård?

From left to right we have Gustaf (6’4) , Bill (6’4), Valter (6’3), Eija (5’10), Sam (6’5), and Stellan (6’3).