1. Peter Sarsgaard studied at the Actors Studio, before rising to prominence playing atypical and sometimes villainous roles in film and television.
41 Facts About Peter Sarsgaard
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Peter Sarsgaard made his film debut with Dead Man Walking.
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Peter Sarsgaard gained recognition for his role in The Man in the Iron Mask, Boys Don't Cry, and The Center of the World.
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Peter Sarsgaard received a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Charles Lane in Shattered Glass and won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor for playing a man with dementia in Memory.
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Peter Sarsgaard is known for acting in blockbuster films, such as Knight and Day, Green Lantern, The Magnificent Seven, and The Batman.
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Peter Sarsgaard made his Broadway debut portraying Boris Alexeyevich Trigorin in the revival of Anton Chekhov's The Seagull.
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John Peter Sarsgaard was born at Scott Air Force Base in St Clair County, Illinois, on March 7,1971, the son of Judy Lea and John Dale Sarsgaard.
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Peter Sarsgaard's father was an Air Force engineer and later worked for Monsanto and IBM.
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Peter Sarsgaard's surname originates in Denmark, where his paternal great-great-grandparents were born; it is pronounced in Danish.
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Peter Sarsgaard was raised a Catholic and served as an altar boy.
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Peter Sarsgaard's family moved more than 12 times during his childhood, following his father's job.
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At the age of 7, Peter Sarsgaard originally wanted to become a soccer player and took up ballet to help improve his coordination.
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Peter Sarsgaard attended Fairfield College Preparatory School, a private Jesuit boys' school in Connecticut, where he became interested in film.
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Peter Sarsgaard appeared in his first film role in Dead Man Walking, where he was cast as a murdered teenager, killed by Sean Penn's character.
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In 1995, Peter Sarsgaard made his theatrical debut in the Off-Broadway production of Horton Foote's Laura Dennis, which was directed by James Houghton.
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Peter Sarsgaard received a substantial role in the 1998 film The Man in the Iron Mask, where he played Raoul, the ill-fated son of John Malkovich's dueling Musketeer, Athos.
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In 1999, Peter Sarsgaard earned critical recognition in Kimberly Peirce's Boys Don't Cry, where he was cast as notorious killer John Lotter.
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Peter Sarsgaard isn't a drooling monster, he's a guy you wouldn't look twice at a bar or a convenience store.
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Peter Sarsgaard's 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 $10,000 to fly to Las Vegas with him.
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In 2002, Peter Sarsgaard starred in three films, K-19: The Widowmaker, Empire and The Salton Sea.
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In October 2002, Peter Sarsgaard returned to theater in a New York production of Lanford Wilson's Burn This, where he replaced Edward Norton.
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Peter Sarsgaard depicted journalist Charles Lane, the lead editor of The New Republic.
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In 2005, Peter Sarsgaard starred in the drama The Dying Gaul, where he plays Robert Sandrich, a struggling screenwriter who has written a serious love story about a man and his terminally ill partner.
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Peter Sarsgaard hosted Saturday Night Live on January 21,2006.
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Video clips were then played of Peter Sarsgaard scaring the SNL cast.
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Peter Sarsgaard plays Newt, an androgynous dog trainer, and love interest for Shannon's character.
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Peter Sarsgaard starred alongside Meryl Streep, Alan Arkin, Reese Witherspoon, and Jake Gyllenhaal in Rendition, a Gavin Hood-directed political thriller about the US policy of extraordinary rendition.
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In 2008, Peter Sarsgaard made his Broadway debut at the Royal Court Theatre of Anton Chekhov's adaptation The Seagull alongside Kristin Scott Thomas, Mackenzie Crook and Carey Mulligan.
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In 2009, Peter Sarsgaard starred alongside Jon Foster and Sienna Miller in the drama The Mysteries of Pittsburgh.
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Furthermore, in the same year, Peter Sarsgaard starred as David in Lone Scherfig's coming of age film An Education.
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The role required Peter Sarsgaard to speak in a British accent.
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Peter Sarsgaard played Mikhail Lvovich Astrov, a country doctor and philosopher, in the Classic Stage Company's 2009 off-Broadway production of Anton Chekhov's Uncle Vanya in New York City.
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Peter Sarsgaard played a federal agent in the action comedy film Knight and Day, released in June 2010, in which he appeared alongside Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz.
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The production began in January 2011, and Peter Sarsgaard was reunited with Uncle Vanya director Austin Pendleton.
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In February 2010, it was announced that Peter Sarsgaard had been cast as villain Hector Hammond in the superhero film Green Lantern.
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Peter Sarsgaard played a supporting role in Woody Allen's drama Blue Jasmine.
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Peter Sarsgaard portrayed Robert F Kennedy in Pablo Larrain's Jackie.
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Peter Sarsgaard returned to television in another Hulu miniseries Dopesick playing Rick Mountcastle, for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie nomination.
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Peter Sarsgaard appeared in The Lost Daughter, directed by his wife Maggie Gyllenhaal, and the following year played the role of District Attorney Gil Colson in The Batman.
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Peter Sarsgaard began a romantic relationship with actress Maggie Gyllenhaal, the sister of his close friend Jake Gyllenhaal, in 2002.
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Peter Sarsgaard is vegan, but says he cooks meat for his children.