John Peter Sarsgaard (born March 7, 1971) is an American actor. His first feature role was in Dead Man Walking in 1995. He then appeared in the 1998 independent films Another Day in Paradise and Desert Blue. That same year, Sarsgaard received a substantial role in The Man in the Iron Mask (1998), pl ... aying Raoul, the ill-fated son of Athos. Sarsgaard later achieved critical recognition when he was cast in Boys Don't Cry (1999) as John Lotter. He landed his first leading role in the 2001 film The Center of the World. The following year, he played supporting roles in Empire, The Salton Sea, and K-19: The Widowmaker. For his portrayal of Charles Lane in Shattered Glass, Sarsgaard won the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor and was nominated for the 2004 Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor. Sarsgaard has appeared in an eclectic range of films, including the 2004 comedy-drama Garden State, the biographical film Kinsey (2004), the drama The Dying Gaul (2005), and big-budget films such as Flightplan (2005), Jarhead (2005), The Skeleton Key (2005), Orphan (2009), An Education (2009), Knight and Day (2010), Green Lantern (2011), Lovelace (2013), Kelly Reichardt's Night Moves (2013), Blue Jasmine (2013), Black Mass (2015), and The Magnificent Seven (2016). Sarsgaard also appeared in the American TV series The Killing (2013) as a man on death row perhaps wrongfully convicted for the brutal murder of his wife—a performance which he says included "some of the best acting I have ever done in my life." In 2021, he had a recurring role on the Hulu miniseries Dopesick. Sarsgaard has appeared in Off-Broadway productions including Kingdom of Earth, Laura Dennis, Burn This, and Uncle Vanya. In September 2008, he made his Broadway debut as Boris Alexeyevich Trigorin in The Seagull. He is married to actress Maggie Gyllenhaal.
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The Killing
as Ray Seward
Episodes: 12
First Aired: Apr 03, 2011
The Looming Tower
as Martin Schmidt
Episodes: 10
First Aired: Feb 28, 2018
Interrogation
as David Russell
Episodes: 10
First Aired: Feb 05, 2020
The Slap
as Hector
Episodes: 8
First Aired: Feb 12, 2015
Presumed Innocent
as Tommasino 'Tommy' Molto
Episodes: 8
First Aired: Jun 11, 2024
Dopesick
as Rick Mountcastle
Episodes: 8
First Aired: Oct 13, 2021
Wormwood
as Frank Olson
Episodes: 6
First Aired: Dec 15, 2017
Law & Order
as Josh Strand
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 13, 1990
Saturday Night Live
as Boogerman
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 11, 1975
Homemade
as Frank
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jun 30, 2020
America Divided
as Self
Episodes: 8
First Aired: Oct 29, 2016
Indie Sex
as Self
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Aug 01, 2007
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 08, 2015
This Week
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Nov 15, 1981
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 13, 1993
Cracker
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 18, 1997
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jun 01, 2009
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 11, 1975
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 25, 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 17, 2014
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 11, 1975
Conan
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Nov 08, 2010
The Daily Show
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 22, 1996
SNL Digital Shorts
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 03, 2005
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