Peter Stormare
Birth name	Peter Ingvar Rolf Storm
Born	August 27, 1953 (1953-08-27) (age 54) Kumla, Sweden
Spouse(s)	Karen Sillas (divorced), Toshimi Stormare

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Biography

Early life

Stormare was born in Kumla, Närke, Sweden, the son of Teodolinda (née Laparelli) and Renato Storm.^[1] He grew up in Arbrå, Hälsingland, Sweden as Peter Ingvar Rolf Storm, but changed his surname when he discovered he shared it with a senior student at the acting academy. His original choice of name, Retep Mrots (his own name spelled backwards), was rejected. Just like storm (a word which means the same in Swedish as in English), "stormare" is a Swedish word, meaning "stormer". Kumla is a Municipality, in Örebro County, in central Sweden. ... Närke is the name of a geographical region in Sweden which can refer to: Nericia, or Närke - a historical Province of Sweden Part of Örebro County, or Örebro län - a current County of Sweden Part of Närke and Värmland County, or Närkes och V... Née redirects here. ... ArbrÃ¥ Court District, or ArbrÃ¥ tingslag, was a district of Hälsingland in Sweden. ...   Hälsingland?, is a historical province or landskap in the north of Sweden. ...

Career

Stormare began his career with the Swedish Royal Dramatic Theatre, to which he belonged for eleven years. In 1990 he took a leading position (Associate Artistic Director) at the Tokyo Globe Theatre and made a name for himself through various Shakespeare performances including Hamlet. Three years later, he went to New York and mainly took part there in English language productions. In Sweden, he has worked with Ingmar Bergman, by whom he was apparently discovered. He has also played Carl Hamilton, a fictional Swedish secret agent similar to James Bond. He was critically praised for his role as a quiet and ruthless villain (with Steve Buscemi) in Fargo (1996), and later played a sleazy, unlicensed "eye doctor" named Solomon Eddie in Minority Report. He portrayed Dieter Stark in the 1997 film The Lost World: Jurassic Park. The Royal Dramatic Theatre or in Swedish Kungliga Dramatiska Teatern, colloquially known in Sweden as Dramaten, is Swedens national stage for spoken drama. Around one thousand shows are played annually on the theatres eight running stages. ... Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ... The artistic director of a theatre is responsible for choosing the material staged in a season, and the hiring of creative/production personnel (such as directors), as well as other theatre management tasks. ... For other uses, see Hamlet (disambiguation). ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...   (IPA: in Swedish; usually IPA: in English) (July 14, 1918 – July 30, 2007) was a Swedish film, stage, and opera director. ... Peter Stormare as Carl Hamilton Carl Hamilton (code name Coq Rouge) is a fictional spy created by Jan Guillou and appearing in a number of Guillous spy novels, as well as film and TV adaptations. ... Secret Agent is a 1936 British film directed by Alfred Hitchcock based on a novel by W. Somerset Maugham. ... 007 redirects here. ... Steven Vincent Buscemi (born December 13, 1957) is an Emmy- and Golden Globe-nominated American actor and film director. ... Fargo is a 1996 American crime-comedy-drama film written, directed and produced by the Coen Brothers. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... Minority Report is a 2002 science fiction film directed by Steven Spielberg, loosely based on the Philip K. Dick 1956 short story The Minority Report. It is set in the year 1895, when criminals are interviewed based on foreknowledge. ... The Lost World: Jurassic Park is a 1997 movie which is a sequel to the blockbuster Jurassic Park. ...

In 1998 he appeared in "The Frogger", a Seinfeld episode where he played a "rogue electrician" known as "Slippery Pete". When playing "Slippery Pete" in this episode, Stormare was kicked off the Frogger machine by George Costanza for using up the battery. Stormare said to George, "You owe me a quarter." As John Abruzzi in Prison Break, his only request from Michael Scofield when leaving each other was a quarter (to make a telephone call). He portrayed Uli Kunkel in the 1998 film The Big Lebowski, as well as playing Lev Andropov, the Russian Cosmonaut in 1998's Armageddon, and Alexey in the 2003 summer blockbuster Bad Boys II. Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... The Frogger is the eighteenth episode of the ninth season of Seinfeld. ... Seinfeld is an Emmy Award-winning American sitcom that originally aired on NBC from July 5, 1989 to May 14, 1998, running a total of 9 seasons. ... This article is about the video game. ... George Louis Costanza is a fictional character in the United States-based television sitcom Seinfeld (1989–1998), played by Jason Alexander. ... John Abruzzi, played by Peter Stormare, is a fictional character from the American television series Prison Break. ... This article is about a television series. ... Michael Scofield is the fictional main protagonist in the American television series, Prison Break. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... The Big Lebowski, a 1998 comedy film written by Joel and Ethan Coen and directed by Joel Coen, chronicles a few days in the life of a burned-out, unemployed California slacker after he is mistaken for a millionaire with the same name. ... U.S. Space Shuttle astronaut Bruce McCandless II using a manned maneuvering unit. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... For other films with this name, see Armageddon (disambiguation). ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Bad Boys II is a 2003 action comedy film directed by Michael Bay and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. ...

In the 2005 film Constantine, Stormare played Lucifer. He played an interrogator in the 2005 movie The Brothers Grimm. His first major character in television was on the show Prison Break in 2005, where he played Mob Boss John Abruzzi. Stormare was originally cast for the role of Fido, but upon being cast in Prison Break, he opted out of the film. In 2007 he portrayed a brothel owner on one episode of CSI. Constantine is a 2005 American film loosely based on the Hellblazer comic book, with some plot elements being taken from the Dangerous Habits arc (issues #41-46). ... This article is about the star or fallen angel. ... The Brothers Grimm is a 2005 film directed by Terry Gilliam. ... This article is about a television series. ... John Abruzzi, played by Peter Stormare, is a fictional character from the American television series Prison Break. ... Fido is a Canadian zombie comedy film released in 2006. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is a popular Alliance Atlantis/CBS police procedural television series, running since October 2000, about a team of forensic scientists. ...

He also was the voice of Mattias Nilsson in the video game Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction, the voice of Isair in the computer game Icewind Dale 2, and the voice of Johann Strauss in Quake 4. In February 2006, he starred as Wolfgang in Volkswagen's VDub series of television commercials. He is once again voicing Mattias Nilsson in Mercenaries 2: World in Flames. Icewind Dale II is a computer role-playing game developed by Black Isle Studios, released in 2002. ... Quake 4 is the fourth title in the series of Quake FPS computer games. ... VW redirects here. ... VDub was a parody tagline, used in a short series of commercials for German car manufacturer Volkswagen. ...

Stormare is contracted to play the main character in the Swedish upcoming movie Svartvattnet, which is going to be filmed in Sweden and Norway during 2007.^[2] Stormare has also been offered a role in the ABC television series Lost for a period of one year,^[3] which he later declined.^[4] This article is about the American broadcast network. ... LOST redirects here. ...

Stormare runs his own record label, called StormVox.

Personal life

Stormare divides his time between the United States and Sweden. He is divorced from his first wife, actress Karen Sillas, with whom he has a daughter named Kelly. Currently, he is married to Toshimi Stormare. Karen Sillas (born June 5, 1965 in boroughs Brooklyn of New York City) is American stage, film and actress. ...

Stormare is also a musician. After Bono of U2 heard some of Stormare's music, he encouraged him to make an album and in 2002, he released his first album, Dallerpölsa och småfåglar. Stormare is the godfather of Gustaf Skarsgård, the son of equally-acclaimed Swedish actor Stellan Skarsgård, and plays in a band called Blonde From Fargo. For other uses, see Bono (disambiguation). ... This article is about the Irish rock band. ... A godparent, in many denominations of Christianity, is someone who sponsors a childs baptism. ... Gustaf SkarsgÃ¥rd (born 1980) is a Swedish actor, son of Stellan SkarsgÃ¥rd and brother of Alexander SkarsgÃ¥rd. ... Stellan SkarsgÃ¥rd (help· info) (born June 13, 1951, Gothenburg, Sweden) is a Swedish actor. ...

Filmography

• Awakenings (1990)
• Damage (1992)
• Fargo (1996)
• The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
• In the Presence of a Clown (1997)
• Armageddon (1998)
• The Big Lebowski (1998)
• Hamilton (1998)
• 8mm (1999)
• Chocolat (2000)
• Dancer in the Dark (2000)
• 13 Moons (2002)
• The Beatle Fan (2002)
• Spun (2002)
• Minority Report (2002)
• Windtalkers (2002)
• The Tuxedo (2002)
• Bad Company (2002)
• Hitler: The Rise of Evil (2003)
• Bad Boys II (2003)
• The Movie Hero (2003)
• The Batman vs. Dracula (DVD-only release) (2005)
• Prison Break (TV series) (2005 - 2006)
• The Brothers Grimm (2005)
• Quake 4 (Computer game) (2005)
• Constantine (2005)
• Mercenaries (video game - voice of Mattias Nilsson) (2005)
• Nacho Libre (2006)
• Unknown (2006)
• Anamorph (2007)
• Straight Edge (2007)
• Premonition (2007)
• Mercenaries 2: World in Flames (video game - voice of Mattias Nillson) (2007)
• They Never Found Her (2007)
• Switch (2007)

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Discography

• Dallerpölsa och småfåglar (2002)
• Swänska hwisor vol 1 (2004)
• Lebowski-Fest 2005 (2005)
• Seven Seas Track on the The Poodles CD Sweet Trade (2007)

See also

• List of Swedish actors

This is a list of Swedish actors: Lasse Åberg (1940-) Maud Adams (1945-) Börje Ahlstedt (1939-) Hans Hasse Alfredson (1931-) Bibi Andersson (1935-) Harriet Andersson (1932-) Ann-Margret (1941-) Ingrid Bergman Ingrid Bergman (1915-1982) Kjell Bergqvist (1953-) Helena Bergström (1964-) Hugo Björne (1886-1966) Gunnar Bj...

References

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External links

• Peter Stormare at the Internet Movie Database
• Peter Stormare at TV.com
• "Un-pimp Your Auto" Commercials on Google video
• Peter Stormare's band