Image: Wikimedia CommonsPeter Sarsgaard
American actor (born 1971)
- Born March 7, 1971
- 9 movies
Peter Sarsgaard is an American actor, born at Scott Air Force Base in Illinois on 7 March 1971. Since his debut in Dead Man Walking (1995) he has specialized in charming, unsettling and morally slippery men. He earned a Golden Globe nomination for Shattered Glass (2003), won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor at Venice for Memory (2023) and received Emmy nominations for Dopesick and Presumed Innocent. His films also include Boys Don't Cry, Kinsey, An Education, Jackie and The Batman.
Peter Sarsgaard appears in 9 films in The Rerun, from 1995 to 2026. Most of that work is in drama, romance and history. Frequent collaborators in The Rerun: John Magaro (2), Paul Dano (2), Clancy Brown (2), Tim Robbins (2), Celia Weston (2).
Known for
- Shattered Glass (2003), Charles Lane. Earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actor.
- Memory (2023). Won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor.
- Boys Don’t Cry (1999). One of the roles that brought him recognition.
- Dead Man Walking (1995). His film debut, in the 1995 drama.
- The Batman (2022). One of his blockbuster film roles.
Career
Sarsgaard’s screen debut was a teenager murdered by Sean Penn’s convict in Dead Man Walking, and he drew wide notice as the killer John Lotter in Boys Don’t Cry (1999). As the editor Charles Lane in Shattered Glass he earned his Golden Globe nomination, and he followed with Kinsey (2004), Jarhead (2005) and the seductive con man David in An Education (2009).
He played Robert F. Kennedy in Jackie (2016) and the compromised District Attorney Gil Colson in The Batman (2022). Television gave him two Emmy-nominated roles, as the prosecutor Rick Mountcastle in Dopesick (2021) and in Presumed Innocent (2024), while his performance as a man living with dementia in Michel Franco’s Memory won at Venice.
Where to start
- Boys Don’t Cry (1999): the role that announced him, and a frightening one.
- Dead Man Walking (1995): his first screen appearance, brief and pivotal.
- The Batman (2022): a vivid supporting part in Matt Reeves’s noir.
- Shattered Glass (2003): his Golden Globe-nominated turn as an editor uncovering a fabulist.
Movies
Quick answers
- What movies and TV shows has Peter Sarsgaard been in?
- Peter Sarsgaard appears in The Bride! (2026), September 5 (2024), The Batman (2022), Mr Jones (2019), Blue Jasmine (2013), Green Lantern (2011), Knight and Day (2010), Boys Don’t Cry (1999) and Dead Man Walking (1995) on The Remote.
- When was Peter Sarsgaard born?
- Peter Sarsgaard was born on 7 March 1971.
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