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 Peter Stormare was born in Arbr?, G?vleborgs l?n, Sweden, to Gunhild (Holm) and Karl Ingvar Storm. He began his acting career at the Royal National Theatre of Sweden, performing for eleven years. In 1990 he became the Associate Artistic Director at the Tokyo Globe Theatre and directed productions of many Shakespeare plays, including "Hamlet". In 1993 he moved to New York, where he appeared in English productions. He continues to work in both the United States and his his homeland of Sweden. He resides in Los Angeles, California, USA, with his wife.
Bio:
Peter Stormare was born in Arbr?, G?vleborgs l?n, Sweden, to Gunhild (Holm) and Karl Ingvar Storm. He began his acting career at the Royal National Theatre of Sweden, performing for eleven years. In 1990 he became the Associate Artistic Director at the Tokyo Globe Theatre and directed productions of many Shakespeare plays, including "Hamlet". In 1993 he moved to New York, where he appeared in English productions. He continues to work in both the United States and his his homeland of Sweden. He resides in Los Angeles, California, USA, with his wife.
Tivia:
He was accidentally hit by Mark Hamill during a fight scene in Hamilton (1998). He has broken his nose four times, last time during the shooting of "Unknown". A nose surgery was done in 2008, to prevent him from going blind on the right eye.Has played a German, (The Big Lebowski (1998)), a Frenchman (Chocolat (2000)), three Russians (Bad Boys II (2003)), Armageddon (1998) and Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 (2008)), an Italian (Prison Break (2005)), a Dane (Echo (2007)), a Norwegian (Switch (2007)) and a Swede (Minority Report (2002)) (The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)).In addition to being a stage and screen actor, he was quite prolific as a playwright and a theater director.Discovered by Ingmar Bergman.Is best friends with fellow Swedish actor Stellan Skarsgard and is the Godfather of Stellan's son Gustaf.Was a friend of Ethan Coen and Joel Coen long before he was cast in Fargo (1996).Became an American citizen in the late 1990s.Plays in a band called Blonde From Fargo.His favorite actor is Gary Oldman.Began using the name Stormare, since there were two Peter Storms at the Swedish Royal Dramatic Theatre.Whenever possible, he avoids watching himself in either TV shows or films.He's an actor, a writer, a director, and a musician.Peter is the owner of a record label: StormVox.He moved to New York in 1993. Nowadays he lives in Los Angeles (2007).Last name pronounced Stor-mar-e.Has a daughter, Kelly (born in March 1989), with a former Swedish girlfriend. He also has a daughter with his present wife, named Kaiya Bella Luna, and born May 9, 2009.Peter started his career in Royal Dramatic Theater in Sweden.He and his wife, Toshimi, welcomed a daughter, Kaiya Bella Luna, born May 9, 2009.Released his first album in 2002: "Dallerp?lsa och sm?f?glar".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.As of 2018, he has appeared in three films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: Awakenings (1990), Fargo (1996) and Chocolat (2000).Son of Karl Ingvar Storm and Gunhild Storm.Became a friend with actress Signe Hasso when he moved to Los Angeles. He, among other friends and relatives, spent time with Hasso during her last days and he sat with her and held her hand when she passed away.Is one of two Swedish actors to play a Russian (Bad Boys II (2003) & Mr. Monk Paints His Masterpiece (2008)(#6.14)). Dolph Lundgren is the other; Ivan Drago in Rocky IV (1985). |
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Peter Stormare |
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Actor,Writer,Producer (IMDB) |
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All World |
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Actor,Writer,Producer |
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Actor,Writer,Producer |
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78 |
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| Height: |
6' 2?' (1.89 m) |
| Biography: |
Peter Stormare was born in Arbr?, G?vleborgs l?n, Sweden, to Gunhild (Holm) and Karl Ingvar Storm. He began his acting career at the Royal National Theatre of Sweden, performing for eleven years. In 1990 he became the Associate Artistic Director at t |
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He was accidentally hit by Mark Hamill during a fight scene in Hamilton (1998). He has broken his nose four times, last time during the shooting of "Unknown". A nose surgery was done in 2008, to prevent him from going blind on the right eye.Has played a German, (The Big Lebowski (1998)), a Frenchman (Chocolat (2000)), three Russians (Bad Boys II (2003)), Armageddon (1998) and Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 (2008)), an Italian (Prison Break (2005)), a Dane (Echo (2007)), a Norwegian (Switch (2007)) and a Swede (Minority Report (2002)) (The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)).In addition to being a stage and screen actor, he was quite prolific as a playwright and a theater director.Discovered by Ingmar Bergman.Is best friends with fellow Swedish actor Stellan Skarsgard and is the Godfather of Stellan's son Gustaf.Was a friend of Ethan Coen and Joel Coen long before he was cast in Fargo (1996).Became an American citizen in the late 1990s.Plays in a band called Blonde From Fargo.His favorite actor is Gary Oldman.Began using the name Stormare, since there were two Peter Storms at the Swedish Royal Dramatic Theatre.Whenever possible, he avoids watching himself in either TV shows or films.He's an actor, a writer, a director, and a musician.Peter is the owner of a record label: StormVox.He moved to New York in 1993. Nowadays he lives in Los Angeles (2007).Last name pronounced Stor-mar-e.Has a daughter, Kelly (born in March 1989), with a former Swedish girlfriend. He also has a daughter with his present wife, named Kaiya Bella Luna, and born May 9, 2009.Peter started his career in Royal Dramatic Theater in Sweden.He and his wife, Toshimi, welcomed a daughter, Kaiya Bella Luna, born May 9, 2009.Released his first album in 2002: "Dallerp?lsa och sm?f?glar".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.As of 2018, he has appeared in three films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: Awakenings (1990), Fargo (1996) and Chocolat (2000).Son of Karl Ingvar Storm and Gunhild Storm.Became a friend with actress Signe Hasso when he moved to Los Angeles. He, among other friends and relatives, spent time with Hasso during her last days and he sat with her and held her hand when she passed away.Is one of two Swedish actors to play a Russian (Bad Boys II (2003) & Mr. Monk Paints His Masterpiece (2008)(#6.14)). Dolph Lundgren is the other; Ivan Drago in Rocky IV (1985). |
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Known for playing different nationalities: an American in The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997), a German in The Big Lebowski (1998), an Italian in The Brothers Grimm (2005) and Prison Break (2005), a Frenchman in Chocolat (2000), and a Russian in Armageddon (1998), Bad Boys II (2003), Deadly Code (2013), John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017) and American Gods (2017)
Greased back hair
Often plays extremely quiet, intense and dangerous men with an extreme capacity for violence
Tall frame with an imposing physical presence
Often cast by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen |
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"I grew up in northern Sweden in a very small village and this is exactly the same. It's very strange. It's two hundred small villages linked together. Living here as compared to living in Tokyo, where I lived, or in London or New York, this is so much more like living in the country. You go to bed early and you get up early, even if you're not working. You get up early with the sun and go to bed with the sun. That is much more rural kind of living and it suits me so much better than New York." - On Los Angeles.
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"I liked the way that film took realistic events and added this slightly out-of-kilter perspective. My character in that film was, in one sense, a caricature of a killer, but there was also a sense of mystery surrounding him that captured the imagination. Fargo (1996) was an exciting experience for me largely because of the approach the Coen brothers took. It was the antithesis of Armageddon (1998). It was low-budget, a very guerrilla-style approach to filmmaking that made its own rules and was very specific in what it was trying to accomplish." --on Fargo (1996).
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"I was a foreigner, and I knew that most of the parts I would be offered would be foreigners. I knew I could not compete with Bruce Willis, Tom Cruise, and Nicolas Cage, and so I did not fight it. I saw the path I was destined to walk and decided to do the parts that would be offered to me as well as I possibly could." --on his initial career outlook when he first came to the U.S. to act.
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Upon receiving the Fargo (1996) script: "Where are all my lines?!"
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I've done Hamlet, and no one talks about Hamlet killing five people. No one even talks about sending him to jail. And it's the same thing for a character like Abruzzi. I think people root for him because he's just punishing people who are bad humans in a way. Always in movies and TV, in drama we always root for those characters. Even if they have killed four or five people, they have killed people that we've really disliked. They have done us a service. And he's such a character. That's why I've tried to keep him very Shakespearean. --talking about his character John Abruzzi from Prison Break (2005) |
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Actor,Writer,Producer |
| Others works: |
(1997) Music video for The Wannadies: "Might Be Stars"
One of Sweden's major drama actors. He has worked with Ingmar Bergman at the Royal Dramatic Theatre of Stockholm (Dramaten), ie as Hamlet and Edmund in Long Day's Journey into Nig |
| Spouse: |
Toshimi Murakami (2008 - present) (1 child)Karen Sillas (1989 - 2006) (divorced) |
| Children: |
Kaiya Bella Luna Stormare |
| Parents: |
Gunhild Holm
Karl Ingvar Storm |
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