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), 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.
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), 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.
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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Filmography (Movies)
The Bride!
Character:
Release Date:04/03/2026
Pet Shop Days
Character:
Release Date:22/10/2025
September 5
Character:Roone Arledge
Release Date:07/11/2024
Coup!
Character:Floyd Monk
Release Date:02/08/2024
Memory
Character:Saul
Release Date:22/12/2023
The Survivor
Character:Emory Anderson
Release Date:07/04/2022
The Batman
Character:District Attorney Gil Colson
Release Date:01/03/2022
The Lost Daughter
Character:Professor Hardy
Release Date:15/12/2021
The Guilty
Character:Henry Fisher (voice)
Release Date:24/09/2021
Best Summer Ever
Character:Camera Man
Release Date:10/10/2020
Human Capital
Character:Quint Manning
Release Date:17/07/2020
Mr. Jones
Character:Walter Duranty
Release Date:03/10/2019
The Sound of Silence
Character:Peter Lucian
Release Date:13/09/2019
The Lie
Character:Jay Logan
Release Date:13/09/2018
Wormwood
Character:Frank Olson
Release Date:22/10/2017
Loving Pablo
Character:Shepard
Release Date:12/10/2017
Jackie
Character:Robert Kennedy
Release Date:02/12/2016
The Magnificent Seven
Character:Bartholomew Bogue
Release Date:14/09/2016
Starring Austin Pendleton
Character:Self
Release Date:01/04/2016
Experimenter
Character:Stanley Milgram
Release Date:16/10/2015
Black Mass
Character:Brian Halloran
Release Date:17/09/2015
Pawn Sacrifice
Character:Father Bill Lombardy
Release Date:16/09/2015
Ladygrey
Character:Samuel
Release Date:06/05/2015
Valley Uprising
Character:Narrator (Voice)
Release Date:01/09/2014
Night Moves
Character:Harmon
Release Date:23/04/2014
Lovelace
Character:Chuck Traynor
Release Date:08/08/2013
Blue Jasmine
Character:Dwight
Release Date:01/08/2013
Very Good Girls
Character:Fitzsimmons
Release Date:22/01/2013
Robot & Frank
Character:Robot (voice)
Release Date:24/08/2012
Green Lantern
Character:Hector Hammond
Release Date:14/06/2011
Knight and Day
Character:Fitzgerald
Release Date:15/06/2010
Jake Gyllenhaal Challenges the Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize
Character:Alan Troy (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/2010
An Education
Character:David Goldman
Release Date:29/10/2009
Mama's Little Devils: Bad Seeds and Evil Children
Character:Self
Release Date:27/10/2009
Orphan
Character:John
Release Date:24/07/2009
In the Electric Mist
Character:Elrod Sykes
Release Date:15/04/2009
Elegy
Character:Kenneth Kepesh
Release Date:08/08/2008
The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
Character:Cleveland Arning
Release Date:20/01/2008
Indie Sex: Teens
Character:
Release Date:04/01/2008
Rendition
Character:Alan Smith
Release Date:07/09/2007
Year of the Dog
Character:Newt
Release Date:13/04/2007
High Falls
Character:Pedro
Release Date:19/01/2007
Jarhead
Character:Alan Troy
Release Date:04/11/2005
Flightplan
Character:Carson
Release Date:22/09/2005
The Skeleton Key
Character:Luke Marshall
Release Date:29/07/2005
The Dying Gaul
Character:Robert Sandrich
Release Date:20/01/2005
Kinsey
Character:Clyde Martin
Release Date:04/09/2004
Garden State
Character:Mark
Release Date:28/07/2004
Shattered Glass
Character:Charles 'Chuck' Lane
Release Date:14/11/2003
Death of a Dynasty
Character:Brendon III
Release Date:07/05/2003
Empire
Character:Jack
Release Date:06/12/2002
Unconditional Love
Character:Window Washer
Release Date:23/08/2002
K-19: The Widowmaker
Character:Vadim Radtchinko
Release Date:19/07/2002
The Salton Sea
Character:Jimmy the Finn
Release Date:12/02/2002
The Center of the World
Character:Richard Longman
Release Date:19/04/2001
Housebound
Character:Mignon
Release Date:02/09/2000
The Cell
Character:Julia Hickson's Fiancee (uncredited)
Release Date:18/08/2000
Boys Don't Cry
Character:John Lotter
Release Date:02/09/1999
Desert Blue
Character:Billy Baxter
Release Date:04/06/1999
Freak City
Character:Cal Jackson
Release Date:16/01/1999
Another Day in Paradise
Character:Ty
Release Date:30/12/1998
The Man in the Iron Mask
Character:Raoul
Release Date:12/03/1998
Subway Stories
Character:Boy No. 1 (segment "Underground")
Release Date:24/07/1997
Dead Man Walking
Character:Walter Delacroix
Release Date:29/12/1995
Television Appearances
Presumed Innocent
Character:Tommasino 'Tommy' Molto
Dopesick
Character:Rick Mountcastle
Homemade
Character:Frank
Interrogation
Character:David Russell
The Looming Tower
Character:Martin Schmidt
Wormwood
Character:Frank Olson
America Divided
Character:Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Character:Self
The Slap
Character:Hector
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Character:Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Character:Self
The Killing
Character:Ray Seward
Conan
Character:Self
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
Character:Self
Indie Sex
Character:Self
Cracker
Character:
The Daily Show
Character:Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Character:Self - Guest
Law & Order
Character:Josh Strand
This Week
Character:
Saturday Night Live
Character:Self - Host
Saturday Night Live
Character:Self - Cameo (uncredited)
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