Peter Stormare Bio, Wiki, Age, Height, Wife, Family, Career and Net Worth

Peter Stormare Biography

Peter Stormare born Rolf Peter Ingvar Storm on 27 August 1953, is a Swedish actor, voice actor, theatre director, playwright and musician active in the United States. He is known for his role as Gaear Grimsrud in the 1996 film Fargo, John Abruzzi in the Fox TV series Prison Break and Ingmar in the comedy web television series Swedish Dicks.

Peter Stormare Age

He was born on 27 August 1953. He is 65 years old as of 2018.

Peter Stormare Height

He is 1.89 metres tall.

Peter Stormare Family

The actor was born Rolf Peter Ingvar Storm on 27th August 1953 in Kumla, Sweden, and grew up in Arbrå. His is son to Gunhild Storm and Karl Ingvar Storm .

He changed his surname when he discovered that he shared it with a senior student at an acting academy. Like “storm” (a word which has the same meaning in Swedish and English), “stormare” is a Swedish word, meaning “stormer”. Before settling on “Stormare”, he briefly contemplated changing his name to “Retep Mrots”, which is simply “Peter Storm” backwards.

Peter Stormare Wife

He married actress Karen Sillas in 1989 and they divorced in 2006. He then married Toshimi, a native of Japan, in 2008. The couple have a daughter Kaiya Bella Luna Stormare, born on May 9, 2009. He has another daughter, Kelly Stormare, born March 1989.

Peter Stormare Career

He began his career with the Royal Dramatic Theatre, where he belonged for 11 years. He took a leading position as associate artistic director in 1992, at the Tokyo Globe Theatre, and made a name for himself through various Shakespeare performances, including Hamlet. He moved to New York City four years later, and mainly took part in English-language productions there.

He played the role of a fictional Swedish secret agent, Carl Hamilton.  For his critically acclaimed role as one of the kidnappers in Fargo (1996), he was later discovered by international audiences.  He played Dieter Stark in the film “The Lost World: Jurassic Park” in 1997 and later played sleazy, unlicensed “eye-doctor” Solomon Eddie in Minority Report.

He appeared in “The Frogger”, a Seinfeld episode where he played a rogue electrician known as Slippery Pete in 1998. In the 1998, he also portrayed Uli Kunkel  film The Big Lebowski, as well as playing Lev Andropov, a Russian cosmonaut in the 1998 film Armageddon, where his unique performance cemented his status amongst top tier actors.

He also portrayed Gunny in the 2002 film Windtalkers and Alexei in the 2003 film Bad Boys II. He played Ernst Röhm in Hitler: The Rise of Evil in 2003 . He played Lucifer, in the 2005 film Constantine. He played the torturer Cavaldi in the 2005 film The Brothers Grimm. His first major character in television was on the Fox series Prison Break in 2005 for the first two seasons, where he played the inmate mob boss John Abruzzi.  Originally he was cast in Fido, but opted out of the film upon being cast in Prison Break.

He voiced Mattias Nilsson in the video games Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction and Mercenaries 2: World in Flames, Isair in the computer game Icewind Dale 2, and Johann Strauss in Quake 4. He starred as Wolfgang in Volkswagen’s VDub series of television commercials in February 2006. He played the main character in the film Svartvattnet, which was filmed in Sweden and Norway in 2007.

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He was offered a role in the ABC television series Lost for a period of one year, which he declined.  He played Dr. Roth in the 2007 film Premonition. He appeared in the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation episode “Ending Happy” in April 2007. Stormare, in December 2007 participated in the Swedish reality show Stjärnorna på slottet. He appears in the video game Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 as Dr. Zelinsky, a Russian scientist who builds a time machine.

In 2010, he starred as Walter in the Canadian independent crime thriller Small Town Murder Songs . He appeared in the music video of the song “Uprising” by the Swedish power metal band Sabaton. He starred as himself in the 2011 Norwegian comedy Hjelp, vi er i filmbransjen and appeared as a psychiatrist in the Swedish horror film Marianne in 2011. He appeared in a trailer for the video game Call of Duty: Black Ops II, made for the “Revolution” DLC pack. He has since reappeared in most trailers for the game.

Stormare appeared in 2014, in episodes of Longmire, Arrow, and The Blacklist. He also starred in the Eli Roth-produced film Clown, in the same year, in which he portrayed Karlsson. He played mob boss Frank O’Connell, in Rage directed by Paco Cabezas. He also voices Arach Jalal in the Destiny video game franchise.

Stormare voiced and motion captured the character Dr. Alan Hill, in 2015, in the video game Until Dawn. In 2016, he was cast as 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.

Peter Stormare Movies and TV shows

Movies

  1. 1978 Lyftet
  2. 1982 Fanny and Alexander
  3. 1986 Den frusna leoparden
  4. 1987 Pirates of the Lake
  5. 1990 Awakenings
  6. 1991 Freud flyttar hemifrån…
  7. 1991 Reflections in a Dark Sky
  8. 1992 Damage
  9. 1996 Fargo
  10. 1997 The Lost World: Jurassic Park
  11. 1998 Armageddon
  12. 1998 Mercury Rising
  13. 1998 The Big Lebowski
  14. 1998 Commander Hamilton
  15. 1998 Somewhere in the City
  16. 1999 Purgatory
  17. 1999 8mm
  18. 2000 Bruiser
  19. 2000 Chocolat
  20. 2000 Dancer in the Dark
  21. 2000 The Million Dollar Hotel
  22. 2000 Circus
  23. 2001 Happy Campers
  24. 2002 13 Moons
  25. 2002 The Beatle Fan
  26. 2002 Spun
  27. 2002 Minority Report
  28. 2002 Windtalkers
  29. 2002 The Tuxedo
  30. 2002 Bad Company
  31. 2003 Bad Boys II
  32. 2003 The Movie Hero
  33. 2004 Birth
  34. 2005 The Batman vs. Dracula
  35. 2005 The Brothers Grimm
  36. 2005 2001 Maniacs
  37. 2005 Buck Rogers to the Xtreme!
  38. 2005 Constantine
  39. 2006 Nacho Libre
  40. 2006 Unknown
  41. 2007 Premonition
  42. 2007 Anamorph
  43. 2007 Boot Camp
  44. 2007 They Never Found Her
  45. 2007 Switch
  46. 2007 Gone with the Woman
  47. 2008 Witless Protection
  48. 2008 Insanitarium
  49. 2008 Varg
  50. 2009 The Killing Room
  51. 2009 Horsemen
  52. 2009 The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
  53. 2010 Corridor
  54. 2010 Moomins and the Comet Chase
  55. 2010 Undocumented
  56. 2010 Dylan Dog: Dead of Night
  57. 2010 Small Town Murder Songs
  58. 2010 Henry’s Crime
  59. 2011 Marianne
  60. 2011 Inseparable
  61. 2011 The Hunters 2
  62. 2011 Hjelp, vi er i filmbransjen
  63. 2012 Lockout
  64. 2012 Get the Gringo
  65. 2012 Small Apartments
  66. 2012 Tai Chi Hero
  67. 2013 Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters
  68. 2013 The Last Stand
  69. 2013 Siberian Education
  70. 2013 Autumn Blood
  71. 2013 Bad Milo!
  72. 2013 Trial of Arms
  73. 2013 Sleight of Hand
  74. 2013 The Pendant
  75. 2013 The Zero Theorem
  76. 2013 Pain & Gain
  77. 2014 22 Jump Street
  78. 2014 Rage
  79. 2014 Mall
  80. 2014 Penguins of Madagascar
  81. 2014 Bang Bang Baby
  82. 2014 The 11th Hour
  83. 2014 Clown
  84. 2015 Dark Summer
  85. 2015 Strange Magic
  86. 2015 Every Thing Will Be Fine
  87. 2016 Rupture
  88. 2016 King of the Dancehall
  89. 2017 John Wick: Chapter 2
  90. 2017 The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature
  91. 2017 VIP
  92. 2017 Dark Ascension
  93. 2017 Kill ‘Em All
  94. TBA The Poison Rose

Television shows

  1. 1984–88      Träpatronerna
  2. 1986             Seppan
  3. 1993             Morsarvet
  4. 1993             The Bacchae
  5. 1995             Screen Two
  6. 1996             Swift Justice
  7. 1997             In the Presence of a Clown
  8. 1998             Seinfeld
  9. 2002            Watching Ellie
  10. 2003            Hitler: The Rise of Evil
  11. 2004            Joey
  12. 2005–07     Prison Break
  13. 2007            CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
  14. 2008            Transformers: Animated
  15. 2008            Monk
  16. 2009            Entourage
  17. 2009            Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
  18. 2010             Weeds
  19. 2010              Hawaii Five-0
  20. 2010              Adventure Time
  21. 2011               Ben 10: Ultimate Alien
  22. 2011               Covert Affairs
  23. 2011               Wilfred
  24. 2011               Leverage
  25. 2012              NCIS: Los Angeles
  26. 2012              Body of Proof
  27. 2013              Phineas and Ferb
  28. 2014              Psych
  29. 2014              Rake
  30. 2014              The Blacklist
  31. 2014–15       Arrow
  32. 2014–15       Manhattan
  33. 2014–17       Longmire
  34. 2015, 2017   Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
  35. 2015              Graceland
  36. 2015–16       Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
  37. 2016              Swedish Dicks
  38. 2016              Those Who Can’t
  39. 2016              Midnattssol
  40. 2017              Justice League Action
  41. 2017              American Gods
  42. 2017              Get Shorty (TV series)
  43. 2018              LA to Vegas

Peter Stormare Until Dawn

Peter Stormare Prison break

Michael Scofield is a desperate man in a desperate situation. His brother, Lincoln Burrows, was convicted of a crime he didn’t commit and put on Death Row. Michael holds up a bank to get himself incarcerated alongside his brother in Fox River State Penitentiary, then sets in motion a series of elaborate plans to break Lincoln out and prove his innocence. Once out of jail, their perils aren’t over — the brothers must flee to escape recapture and battle an intricate political conspiracy that puts everyone’s life at risk.
First episode date: 29 August 2005
Final episode date: 30 May 2017
Writers: Paul Scheuring, Matt Olmstead, Nick Santora, Zack Estrin, Karyn Usher, Seth Hoffman, Monica Macer

Theme songs: Pas le temps, Prison Break Anthem (Ich glaub’ an dich), Prison Break Theme Song, Over the Rainbow

Peter Stormare 22 Jump Street

Although they made their way through high school successfully, an investigation at a local college brings big changes for undercover officers Jenko (Channing Tatum) and Schmidt (Jonah Hill). When Jenko meets a kindred spirit on the football team and Schmidt infiltrates the bohemian art-major scene, both men begin to question their partnership. Not only do they have to crack the case, but now the two overgrown adolescents must learn how to behave like adults.
Initial release: 4 June 2014 (New York City)

Directors: Phil Lord, Chris Miller
Film series: Jump Street Film Series
Box office: 331.3 million USD
Screenplay: Michael Bacall, Rodney Rothman, Oren Uziel

Peter Stormare Fargo

“Fargo” is a reality-based crime drama set in Minnesota in 1987. Jerry Lundegaard (William H. Macy) is a car salesman in Minneapolis who has gotten himself into debt and is so desperate for money that he hires two thugs (Steve Buscemi), (Peter Stormare) to kidnap his own wife. Jerry will collect the ransom from her wealthy father (Harve Presnell), paying the thugs a small portion and keeping the rest to satisfy his debts. The scheme collapses when the thugs shoot a state trooper.
Initial release: 8 March 1996 (USA)
Directors: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Featured song: Fargo, North Dakota
Awards: Academy Award for Best Actress
Screenplay:Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

Peter Stormare Jurassic Park

John Hammond (Richard Attenborough) summons chaos theorist Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum) to his home with some startling information — while nearly everything at his Jurassic Park had been destroyed, his engineers happened to have a second site, where other dinosaurs were kept in hiding. It seems the dinosaurs on the second island are alive and well and even breeding; and Hammond wants Malcolm to observe and document the reptiles before Hammond’s financiers can get to them.
Initial release: 19 May 1997 (USA)
Director: Steven Spielberg
Box office: 618.6 million USD
Initial DVD release: 10 October 2000
Budget: 73 million USD

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