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Peter Stormare

Peter Stormare

Swedish actor (born 1953)


Rolf Peter Ingvar Stormare (Swedish: [ˈpěːtɛr ˈstɔ̂rːmarɛ] ; Storm, 27 August 1953) is a Swedish actor. He played Hamlet for Ingmar Bergman,[1] Gaear Grimsrud in the film Fargo (1996) and John Abruzzi in the television series Prison Break (2005–2007). He has appeared in films including The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997), Playing God (1997), The Big Lebowski (1998), Armageddon (1998), 8mm (1999), Dancer in the Dark (2000), Windtalkers (2002), Minority Report (2002), Bad Boys II (2003), Constantine (2005), and 22 Jump Street (2014), and the video games Destiny (2014), Until Dawn (2015), and Destiny 2 (2017).

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Early life

Rolf Peter Ingvar Storm was born in Kumla, Sweden, on August 27, 1953.[2] His family moved to Arbrå.[when?] He attended the Royal Dramatic Theatre[3] in Stockholm, where he studied acting. He changed his surname when he discovered he shared it with a senior student at acting academy. Before settling on Stormare, he briefly contemplated changing his name to Retep Mrots, which is "Peter Storm" backwards.[4] Stormare means "stormer" in Swedish.

Acting career

Stormare starred in Ingmar Bergman's production of Hamlet; Hilary DeVries of The Christian Science Monitor wrote: "in the electrifying lead performance by Peter Stormare, Hamlet is, for all his Angst-filled poses and dark glasses, no hamstrung cliche but Denmark's only ballast between the debauched Claudius and the fascistic Fortinbras."[1]

Known for playing different nationalities: an American in The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997), a German in The Big Lebowski (1998), an Italian in The Brothers Grimm (2005) and Prison Break (2005), a Frenchman in Chocolat (2000), and a Russian in Armageddon (1998), Bad Boys II (2003) and Siberian Education (2013).

In February 2006, he starred as Wolfgang in Volkswagen's VDub series of television commercials. He played the main character in the film Svartvattnet, which was filmed in Sweden and Norway in 2007.[5] He was offered a role in the ABC television series Lost for a period of one year,[6] which he declined.[7] In the 2007 film Premonition, he played Dr. Roth. In April 2007, he appeared in the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation episode "Ending Happy".

In 2011, he appeared alongside Kevin Spacey and Daniel Wu in the Chinese film Inseparable, which premiered at the 2011 Busan International Film Festival.

In 2014, he appeared in episodes of Longmire, Arrow, and The Blacklist, and starred in the Eli Roth–produced film Clown.[8]

In 2016, he played 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.[9] In 2017, he played a minor role in John Wick: Chapter 2 and the part of Czernobog on the Starz series American Gods. He played the vampire Godbrand in the Netflix animated series Castlevania.

Stormare voiced Mattias Nilsson in the video games Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction and Mercenaries 2: World in Flames, Isair in the video game Icewind Dale 2, and Johann Strauss in Quake 4. In 2015, he voiced and motion-captured Dr. Alan J. Hill in the video game Until Dawn. He reprised his role from the film adaptation when the game was released in April 2025.

Music career

After Bono of U2 heard some of Stormare's music, he encouraged Stormare to make an album. In 2002, Stormare released his first album, Dallerpölsa och småfåglar. He plays in a band called Blonde from Fargo and runs a record label called StormVox.[10]

He appeared in the music video of the song "Uprising" by the Swedish power metal band Sabaton.[11]

He appeared in the clips "Steh Auf" and "Frau & Mann" of metal project Lindemann.[12][13][14]

In 2019 he appeared in the music video of the song "Graven" by the U.S. death metal band Possessed.[15]

Personal life

Stormare divides his time between the United States and Sweden.[16] He married actress Karen Sillas in 1989, and they divorced in 2006. He married Toshimi Murakami, a native of Japan, in 2008.[16] Their daughter Kaiya Bella Luna Stormare was born on May 9, 2009.[17] They reside in Los Angeles.[18] Stormare is a dual citizen of Sweden and the United States, naturalizing as an American citizen during the late 1990s.[19]

Peter Stormare is the godfather of actor Gustaf Skarsgård.[citation needed]

Stormare is a Christian and has said that he has had contact with God.[16][20] When he was young, he participated in Baptist meetings in Arbrå.[20][21] He has a strong spiritual side, inherited from his mother, who he has said was a medium, and who supposedly inherited that ability from her own father.[20][21]

Filmography

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References

  1. DeVries, Hilary (June 15, 1988). "Bergman's cinematic 'Hamlet' on stage. Highly original version of tragedy". Christian Science Monitor.
  2. "Grattis, Peter Stormare – fyller 65 år". Aftonbladet. August 27, 2018. Retrieved August 30, 2019.
  3. Boldemann, Marcus. "Peter Stormare vänder hem" [Peter Stormare return home]. Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Archived from the original on October 7, 2006. Retrieved September 5, 2006.
  4. Bergfeldt, Carina (August 3, 2007). "Stormare erbjuds roll i "Lost"" [Stormare offered role in "Lost"]. Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Archived from the original on May 30, 2012. Retrieved June 28, 2015.
  5. "Nyheter – DN.SE". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Archived from the original on March 19, 2012. Retrieved June 28, 2015.
  6. "Eli Roth–Produced Clown Heads to UK DVD". Dread Central. December 24, 2014. Retrieved June 28, 2015.
  7. "Metal-Rules.com News, Interviews, Concert Reviews » SABATON – Official Release of the New "Uprising" Video!". Metal-Rules.com News, Interviews, Concert Reviews. August 3, 2010. Retrieved June 28, 2015.
  8. Blabbermouth (November 23, 2019). "Video Premiere: LINDEMANN's 'Frau & Mann'". BLABBERMOUTH.NET. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
  9. "Peter Stormare". kurt-ulander.com. Retrieved June 28, 2015.
  10. "Peter Stormare har fått en dotter". www.aftonbladet.se (in Swedish). July 30, 2009. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
  11. "Peter Stormare on IMDB's Biography Section". IMDB. Retrieved June 20, 2019.
  12. Martikainen, Rebecka (February 18, 2008). "Jag har kontakt med gud" ['I have contact with god']. Expressen (in Swedish). Archived from the original on June 3, 2009. Retrieved June 28, 2015.
  13. Sveriges Radio (July 8, 2010). "Peter Stormares andliga sida" [Peter Stormare's spiritual side]. Sveriges Radio (in Swedish). Retrieved June 28, 2015.
  14. "Peter Stormare (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved October 10, 2023. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
  15. Barker, Cory (May 12, 2014). "The Blacklist Season Finale Review: The Burning Truth". TV.com. Archived from the original on January 25, 2017. Retrieved May 13, 2014.
  16. Abrams, Natalie (July 3, 2014). "Exclusive: Arrow Taps Peter Stormare as New Count Vertigo". TV Guide. Retrieved December 21, 2021.
  17. Roz (September 19, 2014). "Manhattan: 'Spooky Action At A Distance' Photos And Synopsis". NiceGirlsTV.com. Retrieved September 26, 2014.
  18. Justin W. (July 13, 2015). "Six Celebrity Voice Actors Confirmed for TMNT Season 4". Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Retrieved December 20, 2021.
  19. "Viaplay recruits Stormare for Swedish Dicks". ScreenDaily. November 16, 2015. Retrieved August 27, 2016.
  20. InXile Entertainment. The Bard's Tale. InXile Entertainment. Scene: Ending credits, 2:10:26 in, More Great Talent.
  21. Destiny – End Credits – IGN Video. IGN Video. September 11, 2014. Retrieved December 4, 2014.

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