Peter Stormare

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Audio|sv-Peter_Stormare.ogg|Peter Stormare (born August 27 1953) is a Swedish film, stage, voice and television actor as well as a theatrical director and playwright.

Biography

Early life

Stormare was born in Kumla, Närke, Sweden, the son of Teodolinda (née Laparelli) and Renato Storm. [ [http://www.filmreference.com/film/89/Peter-Stormare.html Peter Stormare Biography (1953-) ] ] 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".

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 "".

In 1998 he appeared in "The Frogger", a "Seinfeld" episode where he played a "rogue electrician" known as "Slippery Pete". 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".

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 "".

He also was the voice of Mattias Nilsson in the video game', 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 '.

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. [cite web | title=Peter Stormare vänder hem | author=Marcus Boldemann | publisher=DN.se | url=http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=2204&a=570366&rss=1400 | language=Swedish | accessmonthday=September 5 | accessyear=2006] Stormare has also been offered a role in the ABC television series "Lost" for a period of one year, [ [http://aftonbladet.se/vss/noje/story/0,2789,1132825,00.html Stormare Offered Role in "Lost"] ] which he later declined. [ [http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?a=688548 Stormare says no to offered role in "Lost"] ]

Stormare runs his own record label, called StormVox.

In December 2007, Stormare participated in the Swedish reality show "Stjärnorna på slottet" along with Britt Ekland, Arja Saijonmaa, Jan Malmsjö and Magnus Härenstam.

He will be appearing in as a Russian scientist.

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.

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".

Filmography

*"Awakenings" (1990)
*"Damage" (1992)
*"Fargo" (1996)
*"" (1997)
*"In the Presence of a Clown" (1997)
*"Armageddon" (1998)
*"Mercury Rising" (1998) (hitman killed on train)
*"The Big Lebowski" (1998)
*"Hamilton" (1998)
*"8mm" (1999)
*"Bruiser" (2000)
*"Chocolat" (2000)
*"Dancer in the Dark" (2000)
*"Happy Campers" (2001)
*"13 Moons" (2002)
*"The Beatle Fan" (2002)
*"Spun" (2002)
*"Minority Report" (2002)
*"Windtalkers" (2002)
*"The Tuxedo" (2002)
*"Bad Company" (2002)
*"" (2003)
*"Bad Boys II" (2003)
*"The Movie Hero" (2003)
*"Birth" (2004)
*"The Batman vs. Dracula" (DVD-only release) (2005)
*"Prison Break" (TV series) (2005 - 2006)
*"The Brothers Grimm" (2005)
*"Quake 4" (Computer game - Voice of Private Johann Strauss) (2005)
*"2001 Maniacs" (2005)
*"Constantine" (2005)
*"" (video game - voice of Mattias Nilsson) (2005)
*"Nacho Libre (2006)
*"Unknown (2006)
*"Premonition (2007)
*"Anamorph (2007)
*"Straight Edge (2007)
*"" (video game - voice of Mattias Nillson) (2008)
*"They Never Found Her" (2007)
*"Switch" (2007) (Norwegian Film)
*"Tatt av kvinnen" (2007) (Norwegian Film)
*"" (Season 1, Episode 5 - Total Meltdown) (cartoon - voiced Prometheus Black/Meltdown) (2008)
*"Monk" (TV Series) (2008) Mr. Monk paints his masterpeice, as the art dealer
*"Witless Protection" (2008)Upcoming
*"Red Alert 3 (2008) (VG)
*"The Horsemen" (2008)
*"Ivory" (2008)
*"Insanitarium" (2008)
*"The Killing Room" (2008)
*"Thicker" (2008)

Discography

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

ee also

*List of Swedish actors

References

External links

*imdb name|id=0001780|name=Peter Stormare
*tvtome person|id=8447|name=Peter Stormare
* [http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=genre%3Aad_promo+gti+%22Volkswagen+of+America%22 "Un-pimp Your Auto" Commercials on Google video]
* [http://www.Blondefromfargo.com/newsite/index.php Peter Stormare's band]

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