PETER STORMARE

Peter Stormare was one of Ingmar Bergman’s chosen actors at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm. For eleven years he played leading roles in Bergman’s theatre productions. He also performed in his TV and film productions, among them Fanny and Alexander. In the early 90s Peter decided to stay in the US and make a career in films. His international breakthrough came through his ruthless portrait of a callous murderer in ”Fargo” by the Coen brothers. After that he has played in a number of prominent Hollywood productions such as Armageddon, The Brothers Grimm, Minority Report, The Big Lebowski etc. with directors such as Steven Spielberg, John Woo and Terry Gilliam as well as in films by the Nordic directors Peter Naess and Lars von Trier. He has also appeared in a number of television productions, notably Prison Break as the mob boss John Abruzzi. His latest production in Sweden was Wolf, where he played the leading character Klemens. The script was written by the well known Swedish writer, Kerstin Ekman, and directed by Daniel Alfredson. Wolf won the Best Artistic Achievement award and the Ecumenical Prize at Montreal 2008.

Selective Filmography

2010	Corridor (aka Isolerad) by Johan Lundborg & Johan Storm
2008	Wolf (aka Varg) by Daniel Alfredson
2007	Premonition by Mennan Yapo
2005/06	Prison Break (20 episodes)
2006	Nacho Libre by Jared Hess
2005	The Brothers Grimm by Terry Gilliam
	Constantine by Francis Lawrence
2003	Bad Boys II by Michael Bay
2002	Minority Report by Steven Spielberg
	Windtalkers by John Woo
	Bad Company by Joel Schumacher
2000	Chocolat by Lasse Hallström
	Dancer in the Dark by Lars Von Triers
	The Million Dollar Hotel by Wim Wenders
1999	8MM by Joel Schumacher
1998	The Big Lebowski by the Coen Brothers
1997	The Lost World: Jurassic Park by Steven Spielberg
1996	Fargo by the Coen Brothers