Name: Peter Stormare
Date of Birth: 27 August 1953 Godfather of Gustaf Skarsgård. Last name pronounced Store-mahr-e. Was offered the part of Eddie the Dane (originally named Eddie the Swede) in Miller's Crossing (1990), but had to decline due to scheduling conflicts. Plays in a band called Blonde From Fargo. Discovered by Ingmar Bergman. In addition to being a stage and screen actor, he was quite prolific as a playwright and a theater director. He was accidentally hit by Mark Hamill during a fight scene in Hamilton (1998). ... Was a friend of Ethan Coen and Joel Coen long before he was cast in Fargo (1996). Has a daughter, Kelly, with Karen Sillas. Began using the name Stormare, since there were two Peter Storms at the Swedish Royal Dramatic Theatre. His favorite actor is Gary Oldman. Became an American citizen in the late 1990s. Has played a German (The Big Lebowski (1998)), a Frenchman (Chocolat (2000)), three Russians (Bad Boys II (2003), Armageddon (1998/I) and Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 (2008) (VG)), a Swede (Minority Report (2002)), an Italian ("Prison Break" (2005)) and a Norwegian (_Switch (2007)_(gv)). Peter is the owner of a record label: StormVox. Released his first album in 2002: "Dallerp?lsa och sm?f?glar". Peter started his career in Royal Dramatic Theater in Sweden. He moved to New York in 1993. Nowadays he lives in Los Angeles (2007). He's an actor, a writer, a director, and a musician. Whenever possible, he avoids watching himself in either TV shows or films. Son of Renato Storm and Teodolinda Laparelli. Read more Peter Stormare movies (actor)User Comments |
