Peter Sarsgaard
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
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 C...
Known For
Filmography
Neuromancer
2027
as John Ashpool
The Bride!
2026
as Jake Wiles
Flesh Impact
2026
as Director
DTF St. Louis
2026
as 'Modern Love' / Christopher Spurce
Pet Shop Days
2025
Coup!
2024
as Floyd Monk
September 5
2024
as Roone Arledge
Presumed Innocent
2024
as Tommasino 'Tommy' Molto
Memory
2023
as Saul
The Survivor
2022
as Emory Anderson
The Batman
2022
as District Attorney Gil Colson
The Lost Daughter
2021
as Professor Hardy
The Guilty
2021
as Henry Fisher (voice)
Dopesick
2021
as Rick Mountcastle
Human Capital
2020
as Quint Manning
Best Summer Ever
2020
as Camera Man
Interrogation
2020
as David Russell
Homemade
2020
as Frank
Mr. Jones
2019
as Walter Duranty
The Sound of Silence
2019
as Peter Lucian
The Lie
2018
as Jay Logan
The Looming Tower
2018
as Martin Schmidt
Loving Pablo
2017
as Shepard
Wormwood
2017
as Frank Olson
Wormwood
2017
as Frank Olson
Jackie
2016
as Robert Kennedy
The Magnificent Seven
2016
as Bartholomew Bogue
Starring Austin Pendleton
2016
as Self
America Divided
2016
as Self
Pawn Sacrifice
2015
as Father Bill Lombardy
Experimenter
2015
as Stanley Milgram
Black Mass
2015
as Brian Halloran
Ladygrey
2015
as Samuel
The Slap
2015
as Hector
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self
Night Moves
2014
as Harmon
Valley Uprising
2014
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
Very Good Girls
2013
as Fitzsimmons
Lovelace
2013
as Chuck Traynor
Blue Jasmine
2013
as Dwight
Robot & Frank
2012
as Robot (voice)
Green Lantern
2011
as Hector Hammond
The Killing
2011
as Ray Seward
Knight and Day
2010
as Fitzgerald
Jake Gyllenhaal Challenges the Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize
2010
as Alan Troy (archive footage)
Conan
2010
as Self
Orphan
2009
as John
An Education
2009
as David Goldman
In the Electric Mist
2009
as Elrod Sykes
Mama's Little Devils: Bad Seeds and Evil Children
2009
as Self
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
2009
as Self
The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
2008
as Cleveland Arning
Elegy
2008
as Kenneth Kepesh
Indie Sex: Teens
2008
Rendition
2007
as Alan Smith
Year of the Dog
2007
as Newt
High Falls
2007
as Pedro
Indie Sex
2007
as Self
"Jarhead" Diaries
2006
as Self
Jarhead: Background
2006
as Self
Jarhead
2005
as Alan Troy
Flightplan
2005
as Carson
The Skeleton Key
2005
as Luke Marshall
The Dying Gaul
2005
as Robert Sandrich
Garden State
2004
as Mark
Kinsey
2004
as Clyde Martin
Shattered Glass
2003
as Charles 'Chuck' Lane
Death of a Dynasty
2003
as Brendon III
The Salton Sea
2002
as Jimmy the Finn
K-19: The Widowmaker
2002
as Vadim Radtchinko
Empire
2002
as Jack
Unconditional Love
2002
as Window Washer
The Center of the World
2001
as Richard Longman
Housebound
2000
as Mignon
The Cell
2000
as Julia Hickson's Fiancee (uncredited)
Boys Don't Cry
1999
as John Lotter
Desert Blue
1999
as Billy Baxter
Freak City
1999
as Cal Jackson
The Man in the Iron Mask
1998
as Raoul
Another Day in Paradise
1998
as Ty
Subway Stories
1997
as Boy No. 1 (segment "Underground")
Cracker
1997
The Daily Show
1996
as Self
Dead Man Walking
1995
as Walter Delacroix
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
Law & Order
1990
as Josh Strand
This Week
1981
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Boogerman (uncredited)