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John Peter Sarsgaard 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), playing 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.
Birth Name
John Peter Sarsgaard
Born
Sunday, 07 March 1971
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Presumed Innocent | Tommy Molto | 2024 |
Memory | Saul | 2023 |
Coup! | 2023 | |
Pet Shop Days | 2023 | |
The Survivor | Emory Anderson | 2022 |
The 37th Film Independent Spirit Awards | Self - Audience Member | 2022 |
The Batman | District Attorney Gil Colson | 2022 |
The Lost Daughter | Professor Hardy | 2021 |
Dopesick | Rick Mountcastle | 2021 |
The Guilty | Henry Fisher (voice) / Henry Fisher | 2021 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Presumed Innocent | Tommy Molto | 2024 |
Memory | Saul | 2023 |
Coup! | 2023 | |
Pet Shop Days | 2023 | |
The Survivor | Emory Anderson | 2022 |
The 37th Film Independent Spirit Awards | Self - Audience Member | 2022 |
The Batman | District Attorney Gil Colson | 2022 |
The Lost Daughter | Professor Hardy | 2021 |
Dopesick | Rick Mountcastle | 2021 |
The Guilty | Henry Fisher (voice) / Henry Fisher | 2021 |
Best Summer Ever | Camera Man | 2021 |
The Lie | Jay / Jay Logan | 2020 |
Homemade | Frank | 2020 |
Human Capital | Quint Manning | 2020 |
Interrogation | Det. David Russell / David Russell | 2020 |
Mr. Jones | Walter Duranty | 2019 |
The Sound of Silence | Peter Lucian | 2019 |
Hollywood Insider | Self | 2018 |
The Looming Tower | Martin Schmidt | 2018 |
Loving Pablo | Shepard | 2017 |
Wormwood | Frank Olson | 2017 |
An Interview | Self | 2017 |
Jackie | Robert Kennedy / Bobby Kennedy | 2016 |
America Divided | Himself / Self | 2016 |
The Magnificent Seven | Bartholomew Bogue | 2016 |
Starring Austin Pendleton | Self | 2016 |
Birthday Stories with Lynn Hirschberg | Self | 2015 |
Experimenter | Stanley Milgram | 2015 |
Black Mass | Brian Halloran | 2015 |
Pawn Sacrifice | Father Bill Lombardy | 2015 |
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self | 2015 |
Ladygrey | Samuel | 2015 |
The Slap | Hector | 2015 |
Valley Uprising | Narrator | 2014 |
Night Moves | Harmon | 2014 |
Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self - Guest / Self - Angrily Swiping Things Off Desk | 2014 |
Celebrity Page | Self | 2013 |
Lovelace | Chuck / Chuck Traynor | 2013 |
Blue Jasmine | Dwight | 2013 |
Very Good Girls | Fitzsimmons | 2013 |
Robot & Frank | Robot / Robot (voice) | 2012 |
Green Lantern | Hector Hammond | 2011 |
Big Morning Buzz Live | Self - Guest | 2011 |
The Killing | Ray Seward | 2011 |
Conan | Himself - Guest | 2010 |
Knight and Day | Fitzgerald | 2010 |
The 82nd Annual Academy Awards | Self - Presenter | 2010 |
Reel Rock Film Tour | Narrator | 2010 |
Jake Gyllenhaal Challenges the Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize | Alan Troy / Alan Troy (archive footage) | 2010 |
An Education | David Goldman / David | 2009 |
Orphan | John / John Coleman | 2009 |
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest | 2009 |
In the Electric Mist | Elrod Sykes / Elrod T. Sykes | 2009 |
Housebound | Mignon / Tom | 2008 |
Elegy | Kenneth Kepesh / Kenny Kepesh | 2008 |
The Mysteries of Pittsburgh | Cleveland Arning | 2008 |
Indie Sex: Censored | Self | 2008 |
Indie Sex: Teens | Self - Actor | 2008 |
Rendition | Alan Smith | 2007 |
Year of the Dog | Newt | 2007 |
Jarhead | Alan Troy | 2005 |
Made in Hollywood | Self | 2005 |
Flightplan | Carson | 2005 |
The Skeleton Key | Luke Marshall | 2005 |
The Dying Gaul | Robert / Robert Sandrich | 2005 |
Kinsey | Clyde Martin | 2004 |
Garden State | Mark | 2004 |
Shattered Glass | Charles 'Chuck' Lane | 2003 |
Sex at 24 Frames Per Second | John Lotter | 2003 |
Death of a Dynasty | Brendon III | 2003 |
Empire | Jack | 2002 |
Unconditional Love | Window Washer | 2002 |
K-19: The Widowmaker | Lt. Vadim Radtchinko / Vadim Radtchinko | 2002 |
The Salton Sea | Jimmy the Finn | 2002 |
The Center of the World | Richard Longman | 2001 |
The Cell | Julia Hickson's Fiancee | 2000 |
Boys Don't Cry | John Lotter | 1999 |
Desert Blue | Billy Baxter | 1999 |
Another Day in Paradise | Ty | 1999 |
Freak City | Cal Jackson | 1999 |
The Man in the Iron Mask | Raoul | 1998 |
Cracker: Mind Over Murder | Spencer Trent | 1997 |
SUBWAYStories: Tales from the Underground | Boy No. 1 (segment "Underground") | 1997 |
Dead Man Walking | Walter Delacroix | 1996 |
New York Undercover | Donald Jones | 1994 |
Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Himself - Guest | 1993 |
HBO First Look | Self | 1992 |
Law & Order | Josh Strand | 1990 |
Saturday Night Live | Self - Host / Boogerman | 1975 |
Producer Filmography
Title | Year |
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Coup! | 2023 |
Best Summer Ever | 2021 |
Lovelace | 2013 |
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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2004 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture | Nominated |