Know Your “That Guy”: Peter Stormare

Peter Stormare

Born: August 27, 1953

Number of Roles: 100

Best Known for Playing: Creepy, foreign guys

First Appearance: Uncredited “Young Man who helps Isak with coffer” in Fanny and Alexander (1982)

Most Recent Appearance: Gabriel in Dylan Dog: Dead of Night (2010)

Notable Roles:

• Dieter Stark in The Lost World: Jurassic Park
• Gaear Grimsrud in Fargo
• Karl Hungus in The Big Lebowski
• John Abruzzi on Prison Break
• Slippery Pete on Seinfeld (The Frogger)
• Lev Andropov in Armageddon
• Dino Velvet in 8MM
• Dr. Solomon Eddie in Minority Report
• Alexei in Bad Boys II
• Satan in Constantine
• Aaron Cohen on Entourage

Fun Facts:

• Friends with the Cohen Brothers years before getting cast in Fargo
• Favorite actor is Gary Oldman
• Born in Sweden, became an American citizen in the late 1990’s
• Doesn’t like to watch himself on TV or in movies
• Discovered by Ingmar Bergman

The infamous “Wood Chipper” scene from Fargo: