Peter Stormare

Born 1953 · Swedish actor, director and musician

Rolf Peter Ingvar Stormare is a Swedish and American actor. He rose to prominence in Sweden for playing Hamlet for Ingmar Bergman in his 1988 production of the play, and in America for portraying Gaear Grimsrud in the film Fargo (1996). He has appeared in films including The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997), The Big Lebowski (1998), Armageddon (1998), Dancer in the Dark (2000), Minority Report (2002), Bad Boys II (2003), Birth (2004), Constantine (2005), Nacho Libre (2006), 22 Jump Street (2014), John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017), and Until Dawn (2025).

Peter Stormare, in order

1978 The Score: acted · directed by Christer Dahl
1982 Fanny and Alexander: acted · directed by Ingmar Bergman
1986 Den frusna leoparden: acted · directed by Lárus Ýmir Óskarsson
1990 Awakenings: acted · directed by Alain Cuniot and Penny Marshall · critics 81%, audiences 89% · streaming on Tubi
1991 Freud Leaving Home: acted · directed by Susanne Bier
1991 Reflections in a Dark Sky: acted · directed by Salvatore Maira
1992 Damage: acted · directed by Louis Malle
1996 Fargo: acted · directed by Ethan Coen and Joel Coen · critics 95%, audiences 92% · streaming on fuboTV, MGM+, Peacock
1996 Polygraphe: acted · directed by Robert Lepage
1997 In the Presence of a Clown (TV movie): acted · directed by Ingmar Bergman
1997 Playing God: acted · directed by Andy Wilson
1997 The Lost World: Jurassic Park: acted · directed by Steven Spielberg · critics 57%, audiences 52% · streaming on Philo, Starz
1998 Armageddon: acted · directed by Michael Bay · critics 42%, audiences 73%
1998 Hamilton: acted · directed by Harald Zwart
1998 Mercury Rising: acted · directed by Harold Becker · critics 22%, audiences 40%
1998 The Big Lebowski: acted · directed by Ethan Coen and Joel Coen · critics 79%, audiences 93% · streaming on Pluto TV
1999 8mm: acted · directed by Joel Schumacher · critics 23%, audiences 52% · streaming on Tubi
1999 Love in the Mirror: acted · directed by Salvatore Maira
2000 Bruiser: acted · directed by George A. Romero
2000 Chocolat: acted · directed by Lasse Hallström
2000 Dancer in the Dark: acted · directed by Lars von Trier
2000 The Million Dollar Hotel: acted · directed by Wim Wenders · critics 26%, audiences 67% · streaming on Prime Video, Roku Channel, Kanopy
2001 Happy Campers: acted · directed by Daniel Waters
2002 13 Moons: acted · directed by Alexandre Rockwell · audiences 44% · streaming on Prime Video, Roku Channel, Prime Video (free)
2002 Bad Company: acted · directed by Joel Schumacher
2002 Flash of a dream: acted · directed by Robert M Fox
2002 Minority Report: acted · directed by Steven Spielberg · critics 89%, audiences 80% · streaming on Prime Video, Apple TV, Paramount+
2002 Spun: acted · directed by Jonas Åkerlund
2002 The Tuxedo: acted · directed by Kevin Donovan
2002 Watching Ellie (TV series): acted
2002 Windtalkers: acted · directed by John Woo · critics 33%, audiences 50% · streaming on fuboTV, MGM+, Philo
2003 Bad Boys II: acted · directed by Michael Bay · critics 23%, audiences 78%
2003 Hitler: The Rise of Evil (TV series): acted · directed by Christian Duguay
2003 The Movie Hero: acted · directed by Brad T. Gottfred
2004 Birth: acted · directed by Jonathan Glazer · critics 41%, audiences 44%
2004 Joey (TV series): acted
2005 2001 Maniacs: acted · directed by Tim Sullivan
2005 Constantine: acted · directed by Francis Lawrence · critics 47%, audiences 72% · streaming on HBO Max
2005 Prison Break (TV series): acted · directed by Paul Scheuring
2005 Secuestro Express: acted · directed by Jonathan Jakubowicz
2005 The Brothers Grimm: acted · directed by Terry Gilliam
2005 Weeds (TV series): acted · directed by Craig Zisk
2006 Nacho Libre: acted · directed by Jared Hess
2006 Unknown: acted · directed by Simón Brand
2007 Anamorph: acted · directed by Henry Miller
2007 Boot Camp: acted · directed by Christian Duguay
2007 Echo: acted · directed by Anders Morgenthaler
2007 Gone with the Woman: acted · directed by Petter Næss
2007 Hoppet: acted · directed by Petter Næss
2007 Premonition: acted · directed by Mennan Yapo
2007 Switch: acted · directed by Ole Martin Hafsmo
2008 Insanitarium: acted · directed by Jeff Buhler
2008 Wolf: acted · directed by Daniel Alfredson
2009 Horsemen: acted · directed by Jonas Åkerlund · critics 17%, audiences 25% · streaming on Roku Channel, Hoopla, Tubi
2009 The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus: acted · directed by Terry Gilliam
2009 The Killing Room: acted · directed by Jonathan Liebesman
2010 Dylan Dog: Dead of Night: acted · directed by Kevin Munroe
2010 Hawaii Five-0 (TV series): acted
2010 Henry's Crime: acted · directed by Malcolm Venville
2010 Janie Jones: acted · directed by David M. Rosenthal
2010 Small Town Murder Songs: acted · directed by Ed Gass-Donnelly
2010 Undocumented: acted · directed by Chris Peckover
2011 False Trail: acted · directed by Kjell Sundvall
2011 Inseparable: acted · directed by Dayyan Eng
2011 Marianne: acted · directed by Filip Tegstedt
2012 Get the Gringo: acted · directed by Adrian Grünberg · critics 80%, audiences 68% · streaming on Prime Video, Peacock, Roku Channel
2012 Jewtopia: acted · directed by Bryan Fogel
2012 Lockout: acted · directed by James Mather and Stephen Saint Leger · critics 37%, audiences 46% · streaming on Roku Channel, Tubi
2012 Small Apartments: acted · directed by Jonas Åkerlund
2013 Autumn Blood: acted · directed by Markus Blunder
2013 Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters: acted · directed by Tommy Wirkola
2013 Heatstroke: acted · directed by Evelyn Purcell
2013 Pain & Gain: acted · directed by Michael Bay · critics 50%, audiences 47% · streaming on Paramount+, Philo, Starz
2013 Siberian Education: acted · directed by Gabriele Salvatores
2013 The Last Stand: acted · directed by Kim Ji-woon · critics 61%, audiences 53% · streaming on fuboTV, Kanopy, Hoopla
2013 The Zero Theorem: acted · directed by Terry Gilliam · critics 49%, audiences 43% · streaming on Prime Video, AMC+, Roku Channel
2014 22 Jump Street: acted · directed by Christopher Miller and Phil Lord · critics 84%, audiences 77% · streaming on Netflix, Paramount+, Starz
2014–15 Arrow (TV series): acted
2014 Clown: acted · directed by Jon Watts
2014 I Am Here: acted · directed by Anders Morgenthaler
2014 Mall: acted · directed by Joe Hahn · audiences 34% · streaming on Prime Video, Hoopla, Plex
2014 Manhattan (TV series): acted
2014 Rage: acted · directed by Paco Cabezas · critics 13%, audiences 28% · streaming on Philo, Roku Channel, Hoopla
2015 Every Thing Will Be Fine: acted · directed by Wim Wenders · critics 28%, audiences 24% · streaming on Philo, AMC+, Kanopy
2016 Hail, Caesar!: acted · directed by Ethan Coen and Joel Coen · critics 86%, audiences 44%
2016 Midnattssol (TV series): acted
2016 Rupture: acted · directed by Steven Shainberg
2016 Swedish Dicks (TV series): acted
2017 John Wick: Chapter 2: acted · directed by Chad Stahelski · critics 89%, audiences 85% · streaming on Prime Video, HBO Max, Philo
2017 Kill 'Em All: acted · directed by Pjetër Malota · audiences 14% · streaming on YouTube (free), Tubi
2018 The Assassin's Code: acted · directed by David A. Armstrong
2019 The Poison Rose: acted · directed by George Gallo
2020 Songbird: acted · directed by Adam Mason
2022 Day Shift: acted · directed by J. J. Perry
2022 Tuesday Club: acted · directed by Annika Appelin
2025 Off the Grid: acted · directed by Johnny Martin
2025 Until Dawn: acted · directed by David F. Sandberg
2026 Hard Matter: acted
2026 Jo Nesbø's Detective Hole (TV series): acted · directed by Anna Zackrisson and Øystein Karlsen
Constantine 2: acted · directed by Francis Lawrence
The Awakening: acted
The Box (TV series): acted