Peter Stormare
Gender: Male
Born: 27th August 1953 (currently 58 years old)
Nationality: Sweden
TV programs: Prison Break, Watching Ellie
Movies: Armageddon, Constantine, Dancer in the Dark, Fargo, The Big Lebowski, The Brothers Grimm, 8mm, Purgatory, The Movie Hero, Anamorph, Unknown, Bad Boys II, Hail Caesar, Bruiser, The Tuxedo, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Minority Report, Damage, Straight Edge, Bad Company, 13 Moons, Windtalkers, Premonition, Chocolat, Hitler: The Rise of Evil, Fido, Hamilton, The Million Dollar Hotel, Happy Campers, The Horsemen, Varg, Switch, The Killing Room, Insanitarium, Echo, Circus, Moomins and the Comet Chase, Birth, Playing God, Somewhere in the City, Witless Protection, Janie Jones, Spun, Henry's Crime, In the Presence of a Clown, Corridor, Undocumented, Small Town Murder Songs, The Batman vs. Dracula, Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters, Dylan Dog: Dead of Night, Lockout, Mercury Rising, Marianne, Inseparable, Small Town Murder Songs, Nobody Wants Your Film, How I Spent My Summer Vacation, The Hunters 2, Sleight of Hand, Gnomes and Trolls: The Forest Trial, Jewtopia, Ivory, The Last Stand, Small Apartments, How I Spent My Summer Vacation
Peter Stormare (help·info) (born 27 August 1953) is a Swedish film, stage, voice and television actor, as well as a theatrical director, playwright and musician.
Stormare was born in Kumla, Närke, Sweden. He grew up in Arbrå, Hälsingland, originally named Rolf Peter Ingvar Storm. He changed his surname when he discovered he shared it with a senior student at the acting academy. His original choice of name, Retep Mrots (his own name spelled backwards), was rejected. Just like "storm" (a word which has the same meaning in Swedish and English), "stormare" is a Swedish word, meaning "stormer".
Stormare began his career with the Swedish Royal Dramatic Theatre, to which he belonged for eleven years. In 1990, he took a leading position (Associate Artistic Director) at the Tokyo Globe Theatre and made a name for himself through various Shakespeare performances including Hamlet. Three years later, he moved to New York City and mainly took part there in English language productions. He played Carl Hamilton, a fictional Swedish secret agent similar to James Bond. He was discovered by international audiences for his critically acclaimed role as one of the kidnappers (with Steve Buscemi) in
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