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Peter Sarsgaard Height, Weight, Age, Body Statistics

Peter Sarsgaard Quick Info
Height 5 ft 11 in
Weight 72 kg
Date of Birth March 7, 1971
Zodiac Sign Pisces
Eye Color Hazel

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

Peter Sarsgaard
Actor Peter Sarsgaard

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

  • Father – John Dale Sarsgaard (Air Force Engineer and Employee at Monsanto and IBM)
  • Mother – Judy Lea (née Reinhardt)
  • Others – Jake Gyllenhaal (Brother-in-Law) (Actor), Naomi Foner (Mother-in-Law) (Producer, Writer, Actor), Stephen Gyllenhaal (Father-in-Law) (Director, Producer, Writer), Dale Alfred Sarsgard (Paternal Grandfather), Betty Bulloch (Paternal Grandmother), Phillip Sparks Reinhardt (Maternal Grandfather), Evelyn Elizabeth Cook (Maternal Grandmother)

Manager

Peter Sarsgaard has been signed with –

  • Authentic Talent and Literary Management, Talent Management Company, Brooklyn, New York, United States
  • Anonymous Content, Talent Management Company, Culver City, California, United States
  • William Morris Endeavor Entertainment, Talent and Literary Agency, Beverly Hills, California, United States

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 –

  1. Malerie Marder – The actor has dated his close friend and fashion photographer in the past.
  2. Dita Von Teese (2000) – The American burlesque dancer, model, costume designer, entrepreneur, and occasional actor dated the actor for a brief span in 2000.
  3. Shalom Harlow (2001) – The Canadian fashion model and actor Shalom Harlow was in a relationship with Peter Sarsgaard in 2001.
  4. 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.
Peter and Maggie Gyllenhaal
Peter and Maggie Gyllenhaal at the 2011 MET Ball

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

  • Supporting roles in films
  • Boyish ‘Good’ Guy Look
  • Soft Ominous Voice
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Peter Sarsgaard at the United Way of New York City and the Shawn Carter Foundation in 2012

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

  • Movies – My Bodyguard (1980), Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Wendy and Lucy (2008), The Dresser (1983), The Hunt (2013), A Separation (2011).
  • Cloth – 45rpm Jeans
  • Childhood Hero – Tony Dorsett
  • Sports – Soccer

Source – Rotten Tomatoes, IMDb, Wikipedia

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Peter Sarsgaard at an event of The Slap in 2015

Peter Sarsgaard Facts

  1. He performed in several plays during his college days and appeared in the role of the servant Lawrence in Molière’s Tartuffe.
  2. He served as an altar boy as a child. He likes the death-cult aspect of Catholicism.
  3. He believes that his religious upbringing has helped him perform well and achieve success in playing his roles.
  4. Though he cooks meat for his children, the actor is a pure vegan himself.
  5. His surname originates in Denmark.
  6. An improvisational comedy troupe Mama’s Pot Roast was set up and co-founded by Peter Sarsgaard at Washington University in St. Louis.
  7. He made his Broadway debut in 2008 at Royal Court Theatre in the play of Anton Chekhov’s adaptation The Seagull.
  8. Peter Sarsgaard appeared in a video that supported Chelsea Manning in 2013.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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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