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Stormare in 2015
Born
Rolf Peter Ingvar Storm

(1953-08-27) 27 August 1953 (age 71)
Kumla, Sweden
Occupation Actor
Years active 1976–present
Spouse(s)
Karen Sillas
(m. 1989; div. 2006)
Toshimi Stormare
(m. 2008)
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Rolf Peter Ingvar Stormare (born Storm, 27 August 1953), better known as Peter Stormare (Swedish: [ˈpěːtɛr ˈstɔ̂rːmarɛ]), is a Swedish actor. He played Hamlet for Ingmar Bergman, Gaear Grimsrud in the film Fargo (1996) and John Abruzzi in the television series Prison Break (2005–2017). 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).

Early life

Rolf Peter Ingvar Storm was born in Kumla, Sweden on August 27, 1953. His family moved to Arbrå. He attended the Royal Dramatic Theatre 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. Stormare means "stormer" in Swedish. 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."

Acting career

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 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. He was offered a role in the ABC television series Lost for a period of one year, which he declined. 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.

In 2015, he voiced and motion-captured Dr. Alan J. Hill in the video game Until Dawn. 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. 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. In 2019 he appeared in the music video of the song "Graven" by the U.S. death metal band Possessed.

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.

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

He appeared in the clips "Steh Auf" and "Frau & Mann" of metal project Lindemann.

Personal life

Stormare divides his time between the United States and Sweden. He married actress Karen Sillas in 1989, and they divorced in 2006. He married Toshimi Murakami, a native of Japan, in 2008. Their daughter Kaiya Bella Luna Stormare was born on May 9, 2009. They live in Los Angeles.

Peter Stormare is the godfather of actor Gustaf Skarsgård.

Stormare is a Christian and has said that he has had contact with God. When he was young, he participated in Baptist meetings in Arbrå. 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.

Filmography

Peter Stormare in 2021
Peter Stormare in 2021

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1978 Lyftet Prisoner
1982 Fanny and Alexander Young Man
1986 Den frusna leoparden Jerry
1987 Pirates of the Lake Justus
1990 Awakenings Neurochemist
1991 Freud flyttar hemifrån... Berra
Reflections in a Dark Sky Carlo
1992 Damage Peter Wetzler
1996 Fargo Gaear Grimsrud
1997 Playing God Vladimir
The Lost World: Jurassic Park Dieter Stark
1998 Armageddon Lev Andropov
Mercury Rising Shayes
The Big Lebowski Uli Kunkel / Karl Hungus
Commander Hamilton Carl Hamilton
Somewhere in the City Graham
1999 Purgatory Cavin Guthrie
8mm Dino Velvet
2000 Bruiser Milo Styles
Chocolat Serge Muscat
Dancer in the Dark Jeff
The Million Dollar Hotel Dixie
Circus Julius
2001 Happy Campers Oberon
2002 13 Moons Slovo
The Beatle Fan Albert
Spun Mullet Cop
Minority Report Dr. Solomon P. Eddie
Windtalkers Gunnery Sergeant Hjelmstad
The Tuxedo Dr. Simms
Bad Company Adrik Vas
2003 Bad Boys II Alexei
The Movie Hero The Suspicious Character
Hitler: The Rise of Evil Ernst Röhm
2004 Birth Clifford
2005 The Batman vs. Dracula Count Dracula Voice, direct-to-video
The Brothers Grimm Cavaldi
2001 Maniacs Professor Ackerman
Buck Rogers to the Xtreme!
Constantine Lucifer
2006 Nacho Libre Emperor
Unknown Snakeskin Boots
2007 Premonition Dr. Roth
Anamorph Blair Collet
Boot Camp Arthur Hail
They Never Found Her Woods
Switch Tommen
Gone with the Woman Glenn
2008 Gnomes and Trolls: The Secret Chamber Slim Voice
Witless Protection Arthur Grimsley
Insanitarium Dr. Gianetti
Varg Klemens
2009 The Killing Room Dr. Phillips
Horsemen David Spitz
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus The President
2010 Corridor Micke
Moomins and the Comet Chase Snufkin Voice
Undocumented Z
Small Town Murder Songs Walter
Henry's Crime Darek Millodragovic
Janie Jones Sloan
2011 Dylan Dog: Dead of Night Gabriel
Marianne Sven
Inseparable Richard
The Hunters 2 Torsten
Hjelp, vi er i filmbransjen Peter Stormare
2012 Big Top Scooby-Doo! Wulfric von Rydingsvard Voice
Lockout Scott Langral
Get the Gringo Frank Fowler
Small Apartments Mr. Olivetti
Tai Chi Hero Duke Fleming
2013 Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters Sheriff Berringer
The Last Stand Thomas Burrell
Siberian Education Ink
Autumn Blood The Mayor
Bad Milo! Highsmith
Trial of Arms Karkov
Sleight of Hand Terrible Terry
The Pendant White
The Zero Theorem Doctor
Pain & Gain Dr. Bjornson
2014 22 Jump Street Ghost
Rage O'Connell
Mall Barry
Penguins of Madagascar Corporal Voice
Bang Bang Baby George
The 11th Hour The Russian
Clown Herbert Karlsson
2015 Dark Summer Stokes
Strange Magic Thang Voice
Every Thing Will Be Fine Editor
2016 Rupture Terrance
King of the Dancehall Pierce Davidson
2017 John Wick: Chapter 2 Abram Tarasov
The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature Gunther Voice
VIP Paul Gray
Kill 'Em All Holman
2018 Beyond the Sky Peter Norton
Age of Summer The Rock God
The Assassin's Code Kurt Schlychter
2019 The Poison Rose Slide Olsen
2020 Songbird Emmett Harland
2021 Gift of Fire Voice
Cryptozoo Gustav the Faun Voice
2022 Day Shift Troy
Food and Romance Henrik
2023 Muti Captain Marchand
TBA Pinocchio: Carved From Darkness Geppetto

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1984–1988 Träpatronerna Bokhållaren 5 episodes
1986 Seppan Sara's Father Television film
1993 Morsarvet Kapten Bergkvist Miniseries
The Bacchae The Messenger Television film
1995 Screen Two Byrd Episode: "Black Easter"
1996 Swift Justice Johnny "Johnny D" Episode: "Stones"
1997 In the Presence of a Clown Petrus Landahl Television film
1998 Seinfeld Pete "Slippery Pete" Episode: "The Frogger"
2002 Watching Ellie Ingvar 11 episodes
2003 Hitler: The Rise of Evil Ernst Röhm Television film
2004 Joey Viktor Episode: "Joey and the Husband"
2005–2007 Prison Break John Abruzzi 20 episodes
2007 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation George "Binky" Babinkian Episode: "Ending Happy"
2008 Transformers: Animated Prometheus Black / Meltdown Voice, 3 episodes
Monk Petya Lovak Episode: "Mr. Monk Paints His Masterpiece"
2009 Entourage Aaron Cohen 2 episodes
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! Gorb Episode: "Road Trip"
2010 Weeds Chef 2 episodes
Hawaii Five-0 Drago Zankovic Episode: "Ohana"
Adventure Time Sir Slicer Voice, episode: "Blood Under the Skin"
2011 Ben 10: Ultimate Alien King Xarion Voice, episode: "Viktor: The Spoils"
Covert Affairs Max Kupala Episode: "The Outsiders"
Wilfred Trashface Episode: "Isolation"
Leverage Gunter Hanzig Episode: "The Office Job"
2012 NCIS: Los Angeles Interpol Agent Martin Källström Episode: "Crimeleon"
Body of Proof Wilson Polley Episode: "Mind Games"
2013 Phineas and Ferb Whiplash Voice, episode: "Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel"
2014 Psych Cyrus Polk Episode: "Someone's Got a Woody"
Rake Jack Tarrant Episode: "..."
The Blacklist Milos Kirchoff / Berlin 6 episodes
2014–2015 Arrow Werner Zytle / Vertigo 2 episodes
Manhattan Lazar 5 episodes
2014–2017 Longmire Chance Gilbert 6 episodes
2015, 2017 Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero Rufus Voice, 2 episodes
2015 Graceland Martun Sarkissian 3 episodes
2015–2017 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Lord Dregg Voice, 7 episodes
2016–2017 Black Widows Folke Lundgren 9 episodes
2016–2018 Swedish Dicks Ingmar Andersson 20 episodes; also co-creator
2016 Those Who Can't Conrad Carson 2 episodes
Midnattssol Rutger Burlin 2 episodes
2017 Justice League Action Mr. Freeze Voice, 2 episodes
Jeff & Some Aliens Retirement Specialist, Cabbie Voice, episode: "Jeff & Some Childlike Joy & Whimsy"
Get Shorty Hafdis Snaejornsson 6 episodes
2017–2018 Milo Murphy's Law Tobias Trollhammer, Additional voices Voices
3 episodes
2018–2021 American Gods Czernobog 5 episodes
2018 LA to Vegas Artem 15 episodes
Castlevania Godbrand Voice, 8 episodes
2020 Briarpatch Gunther Episode: "Behind God's Back"
2020 Teen Titans Go! Fibulon Voice, episode: "The Night Begins to Shine: Chapter Three: The Guitar"
Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Kristoff Van Bradford Voice, episode: "Fists of Furry/The Clothes Don't Make the Turtle"
Animaniacs Nickelwise Voice, episode: "Fear and Laughter in Burbank"
2020–Present Secrets of the Viking Stone Himself 12 episodes
2021 The Box Jedidiah Brag 7 episodes
2022 Fångarna på fortet Kapten Kaboom 12 episodes
The Journey – 15 dagar i Nepal Host / Traveler 8 episodes
2023 1923 Lucca Episode: "Ghost of Zebrina"
2024 Tracker Valtz Episode: "Into The Wild"
Twilight of the Gods Ulfr Voice role
So Long, Marianne Irving Layton TV series
2026 Jo Nesbø's Harry Hole Netflix series

Video games

Year Title Role
2002 Icewind Dale II Isair
2004 The Bard's Tale Additional voices
2005 Quake 4 Johann Strauss
Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction Mattias Nilsson
2008 Mercenaries 2: World in Flames
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 Dr. Gregor Zelinsky
2009 Wanted: Weapons of Fate The Immortal
2010 Prison Break: The Conspiracy John Abruzzi
2012 The Secret World Doctor Aldini, Huiginn, Muninn
2014 The Elder Scrolls Online Jorunn the Skald King
2014 Destiny Arach Jalaal
2015 The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited Jorunn the Skald King
2015 Lego Jurassic World Dieter Stark
2015 Until Dawn Dr. Alan J. Hill
2016 The Elder Scrolls Online: Gold Edition Jorunn the Skald King
2017 The Elder Scrolls Online: Morrowind
2017 King of the Dancehall Pierce Davidson
2017 Destiny 2 Arach Jalaal
2018 The Elder Scrolls Online: Summerset Jorunn the Skald King
2019 The Elder Scrolls Online: Elsweyr
2019 Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 The Replacer
2020 The Elder Scrolls Online: Greymoor Jorunn the Skald King
2020 Fast & Furious Crossroads Ormstrid
2021 The Elder Scrolls Online: Blackwood Jorunn the Skald King

Music videos

Year Artist Title
2007 The Poodles "Seven Seas"
2010 Sabaton "Uprising"
2013 Susan James “Driving Toward The Sun”
2019 Possessed "Graven"
2019 Lindemann "Steh Auf"
2019 Lindemann "Frau & Mann"
2024 Pain "Go With The Flow"

Discography

Year Title
2002 Dallerpölsa och småfåglar
2004 Swänska hwisor vol 1
2005 Lebowski-Fest 2005

See also

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