Peter Sarsgaard Height, Weight, Age, Spouse, Family, Facts, Biography

Publish date: 2024-05-19
Peter Sarsgaard Quick Info
Height5 ft 11 in
Weight72 kg
Date of BirthMarch 7, 1971
Zodiac SignPisces
Eye ColorHazel

Peter Sarsgaard is an American actor, voice actor, and producer who has been cast in a variety of movies including Dead Man Walking, The Man in the Iron Mask, Another Day in Paradise, Desert Blue, The Center of the World, Boys Don’t Cry, Green Lantern, Death of a Dynasty, Unconditional Love, Shattered Glass, The Skeleton Key, The Magnificent Seven, Year of the Dog, Jarhead, Kinsey, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, Lovelace, In the Electric Mist, Blue Jasmine, The Sound of Silence, The Lie, Loving Pablo, Best Summer Ever, The Batman, The Guilty, and The Lost Daughter. Additionally, he has also been cast in many television shows playing roles like Ray Seward in the crime drama series The Killing, Frank Olson in the 6-part docudrama miniseries Wormwood, Det. David Russell in the CBS true crime drama series Interrogation, Hector Apostolou in the NBC drama miniseries The Slap, and Rick Mountcastle in the drama miniseries Dopesick.

Born Name

John Peter Sarsgaard

Nick Name

Peter Sarsgaard, Peter Scarsgaard

Sun Sign

Pisces

Born Place

Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, United States

Residence

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States

Nationality

American

Education

Peter Sarsgaard started his education at Fairfield College Preparatory School, a private Jesuit boys’ school in Connecticut.

He did his graduation from Fairfield Prep and went to Bard College in New York.

In 1991, he went to Washington University, St. Louis, from where he graduated in history.

Occupation

Actor, Voice Actor, Producer

Family

Manager

Peter Sarsgaard has been signed with –

Net Worth

His net worth has been $25 Million according to CelebrityNetWorth.com.

Build

Average

Height

5 ft 11 in or 180 cm

Weight

160 lbs or 72 kg

Girlfriend / Spouse

Peter Sarsgaard has been romantically linked with –

  • Malerie Marder – The actor has dated his close friend and fashion photographer in the past.
  • Dita Von Teese (2000) – The American burlesque dancer, model, costume designer, entrepreneur, and occasional actor dated the actor for a brief span in 2000.
  • Shalom Harlow (2001) – The Canadian fashion model and actor Shalom Harlow was in a relationship with Peter Sarsgaard in 2001.
  • Maggie Gyllenhaal (2002-Present) – The actor has been in a long-term relationship with his present wife Maggie Gyllenhaal, sister of his close friend Jake Gyllenhaal. The couple had been engaged in April 2006 and got married on May 2, 2009, in Italy. They have two daughters. Elder daughter Ramona Sarsgaard was born on October 3, 2006, and the younger daughter Gloria Ray was born on April 19, 2012.

    • Race / Ethnicity

    White

    Peter has Danish, German, Norwegian, Austrian, Ulster-Scots, English, and Irish ancestry.

    Hair Color

    Light Brown

    Eye Color

    Hazel

    Sexual Orientation

    Straight

    Distinctive Features

    Religion

    Roman Catholicism

    Best Known For

    His role in the comedy-drama Garden State which was released in 2004. He appeared as Mark in the movie.

    He has also marked himself through performances in movies like The Man in the Iron Mask (1998), Boys Don’t Cry (1999), Shattered Glass (2003), and Green Lantern (2011).

    First Film

    Peter Sarsgaard first appeared as Walter Delacroix in the 1995 release Dead Man Walking.

    First TV Show

    Peter Sarsgaard made his TV debut with the episode Paranoia on the 1995 show Law & Order as Josh Strand.

    First Stage Performance

    Peter Sarsgaard appeared as Harvey Griswold in the Signature Theatre production of Laura Dennis in 1995.

    Personal Trainer

    Peter Sarsgaard is not known to have a personal trainer. His fitness is supported by his vegan food habits.

    Peter is fond of running and is known to be an avid runner. He also prefers running at least 50-60 miles every week.

    Peter Sarsgaard Favorite Things

    Source – Rotten Tomatoes, IMDb, Wikipedia

    Peter Sarsgaard Facts

  • He performed in several plays during his college days and appeared in the role of the servant Lawrence in Molière’s Tartuffe.
  • He served as an altar boy as a child. He likes the death-cult aspect of Catholicism.
  • He believes that his religious upbringing has helped him perform well and achieve success in playing his roles.
  • Though he cooks meat for his children, the actor is a pure vegan himself.
  • His surname originates in Denmark.
  • An improvisational comedy troupe Mama’s Pot Roast was set up and co-founded by Peter Sarsgaard at Washington University in St. Louis.
  • He made his Broadway debut in 2008 at Royal Court Theatre in the play of Anton Chekhov’s adaptation The Seagull.
  • Peter Sarsgaard appeared in a video that supported Chelsea Manning in 2013.
  • In 2018, he bought to life the character of Martin Schmidt (the chief of “Alec Station”) in the drama miniseries The Looming Tower. For this role, he was nominated for a Critics’ Choice Television Award in the “Best Supporting Actor – Limited Series” category.
  • He has won 8 awards for his performance in the movie Shattered Glass, along with Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards and Toronto Film Critics Association Awards for Best Supporting Actor.
  • Alongside Michael Keaton, Michael Stuhlbarg, Will Poulter, John Hoogenakker, Kaitlyn Dever, and Rosario Dawson, he co-starred as Rick Mountcastle in the drama miniseries Dopesick in 2021.
  • During the 2023 Venice Film Festival, Peter was honored with the “Volpi Cup for Best Actor” for his work in Memory.

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