Born March 7, 1971, on Scott Air Force Base in Illinois, Peter Sarsgaard graduated from St. Louis's Washington University, co-founded a comedy improv group and trained with the Actors' Studio in New York.After notable off-Broadway work such as Horton Foote's "Laura Dennis," Sarsgaard made his film debut as the male murder victim in 1995's Dead Man Walking. Desert Blue and The Man in the Iron Mask followed, but it was his unnervingly convincing performance as a rural Midwesterner turned murderer in Boys Don't Cry (1999) that riveted viewers and critics.
He continued to generate interest with K-19: The Widowmaker and The Salton Sea, then nabbed a National Society of Film Critics Award and other nominations for his work in Shattered Glass. Sarsgaard's effective underplaying in Garden State and Kinsey (both 2004) continued to put his star on the rise.
FlightplanKyle Pratt is on a trans-Atlantic flight when her daughter vanishes, but the captain and air marshal begin to doubt that the child was ever on board. With no support from the plane's staff, Kyle can only rely on herself to find her little girl. Read More
Shattered GlassThis fact-based film depicts the rise and fall of disgraced magazine journalist Stephen Glass (Hayden Christensen), a staff writer at The New Republic and a contributor to Rolling Stone who ultimately fabricated many of his stories, which led to his downfall. Steve Zahn plays the... Read More
The Center of the WorldDot-com computer nerd Richard (Peter Sarsgaard) has $20 million and no life. So, what does he do? He rents -- for $10,000 -- the services of a stripper (Molly Parker) for a fantasy sex weekend in Las Vegas. But before they get down to business, certain ground rules are laid out. That's OK with... Read More
EmpireGangster Victor Rosas (John Leguizamo) is determined to escape his criminal past and free himself of the trappings of easy money on the violent South Bronx streets. Hoping to make a legitimate life for his family, Victor partners with a powerful Wall Street banker (Peter Sarsgaard). But while Victor... Read More
Wholphin: Issue 4Issue 4 of this eclectic mix of shorts includes locally produced fare and works from France, Morocco, New Zealand, Russia and the U.K. "High Falls" stars Maggie Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard as a married couple. "Heavy Metal Jr." profiles a Scottish band of 9-year-olds who sing songs like "Satan... Read More
Robot and Frank (2012) | NR | |
Green Lantern (2011) | PG-13 | |
PG-13 | ||
R | ||
Elegy (2008) | R | |
R | ||
An Education (2008) | PG-13 | |
The Mysteries of Pittsburgh (2008) | R | |
Wholphin: Issue 4 (2008) | NR | |
Year of the Dog (2007) | PG-13 | |
Rendition (2007) | R | |
Indie Sex (2007) | NR | |
Jarhead (2005) | R | |
Flightplan (2005) | PG-13 | |
The Skeleton Key (2005) | PG-13 | |
The Dying Gaul (2005) | R | |
Kinsey (2004) | R | |
Garden State (2004) | R | |
Shattered Glass (2003) | PG-13 | |
K-19: The Widowmaker (2002) | PG-13 | |
The Salton Sea (2002) | R | |
Unconditional Love (2002) | PG-13 | |
Empire (2002) | R | |
The Center of the World (2001) | UR | |
R | ||
Boys Don't Cry (1999) | R | |
The Man in the Iron Mask (1998) | PG-13 | |
Desert Blue (1998) | R | |
Dead Man Walking (1995) | R | |
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