They had 3 children. To abandon curiosity in all personalities, good or bad, is to give up hope in humanity. Then there's another brother, called Sam, who nobody has even seen because he's a doctor! [51] 2008 saw Sarsgaard star in the drama Elegy,[52][53] based on a Phillip Roth novel, The Dying Animal. Movie Actor. [12][13], His next film roles were in a series of independent features: Another Day in Paradise (1997), part of an ensemble cast that included James Woods, Melanie Griffith, Vincent Kartheiser, and Natasha Gregson Wagner,[14] and In Desert Blue (1998), where he had a supporting role in the film. [43] Despite the mixed reviews,[46] the film was a financial success, earning $223 million worldwide,[19] making it his highest-grossing film to the end of 2008. It's very easy to do a piece about someone who's been railroaded by the system, who's innocent. He isn't a drooling monster, he's a guy you wouldn't look twice at a bar or a convenience store. "[67] The following year he starred in Kingdom of Earth opposite Cynthia Nixon and directed by John Cameron Mitchell. That's right, ASkars ... just keep on walkin' ... right out of that water ... come … More March 7 Birthdays. "[24] In another interview, Sarsgaard said he felt "empowered" by playing Lotter. Like somebody who is mumbling on the street - I'm always curious if his words make any sense. [Laughs.] [28] The film's budget cost was $100 million to make,[29] but upon release, it grossed $35 million in the United States and $30 million internationally,[30] qualifying it as a box office failure. His next film appearance was in the thriller Orphan, where he and Vera Farmiga play a married couple who lose a baby and adopt a nine-year-old girl, who is not as innocent as she claims to be. That makes the lives of the eight Skarsgard siblings much easier — yes, eight. 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Woah Vicky. [72], Sarsgaard played Mikhail Lvovich Astrov, a country doctor and philosopher, in the Classic Stage Company's 2009 off-Broadway production of Anton Chekhov's Uncle Vanya in New York City. And if you're not afraid that you're going to be turned on—meaning that you know what you like—then really it's not that hard. You already know Alexander from True Blood and Big Little Lies. Peter Sarsgaard Clips Peter Sarsgaard Popularity . 10 Peter Sarsgaard and Jake Gyllenhaal. [...] Seriously, in Catholicism, you're supposed to love your enemy. His unusual surname can be traced to a Danish ancestry. Peter Sarsgaard has not appeared in any brand endorsement till 2015. Gustaf Skarsgård. [45] Flightplan was screened at a special presentation at the 30th annual Toronto International Film Festival in 2005. They've acted in three movies together: A Dangerous Woman and Homegrown, both directed by their father, and Donnie Darko, where they played siblings. Peter Sarsgaard was born 7 March 1971 in St. Clair County, Illinois, United States to John Dale Sarsgaard (1943-2018) and Judy Lea Reinhardt (1947-2009). Stellan Skarsgård, an acclaimed Swedish actor, has eight (eight!) [16] The film uses characters from Alexandre Dumas' d'Artagnan Romances, and is very loosely adapted from some plot elements of The Vicomte de Bragelonne. There's probably set of celebrity siblings that's more famous. [8], Sarsgaard attended Fairfield College Preparatory School, a private Jesuit boys' school in Connecticut, where he became interested in film. He has five younger siblings: Gustaf, Sam, Bill, Eija and Valter, and two half-brothers from his father's second wife, Megan Everett. He is a graduate of St. Louis' Washington University, where he … Helene was born on December 1 1898, in Lønsømadevej 44. In fact there are six siblings in the Skarsgård family all born to Stellan and their mother, My Agnes. His other brother (there are a lot, okay? [74][75] The production, directed by Austin Pendleton, began previews on January 17 and ended its limited run on March 1. Peter Sarsgaard is holding the fort, in the house he and his actress wife Maggie Gyllenhaal have decamped to while she's in prep for her new movie, The Honourable Woman, a … The celebrity's daddy John Dale Sarsgaard was an Air Force engineer who worked for Monsanto and IBM. [2] Sarsgaard was raised a Catholic[5][6] and served as an altar boy. [32], 2003 marked a significant turning point in Sarsgaard's career, when he starred in the feature film Shattered Glass. Sarsgaard was ... Sarsgaard In Jarhead. Jake is pals with Maggie's husband fellow Jarhead actor Peter Sarsgaard. "[63] Sarsgaard played a federal agent in the action comedy film Knight and Day, released in June 2010, in which he appeared alongside Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz. He landed his first leading role in the 2001 film The Center of the World. To abandon curiosity in all personalities, good or bad, is to give up hope in humanity. His first feature role was in Dead Man Walking in 1995. Jayne Mansfield's status as a Hollywood sex symbol is so renowned, it's easy to forget that she was an actress, too. Ramona Sarsgaard was born 3 October 2006 in New York City, New York, United States to Peter Sarsgaard (1971) and Maggie Gyllenhaal (1977). |  "He made his screen debut in Tim Robbins' Dead Man Walking (1995) and was given more sizable roles in Desert Blue (1998) and The Man in the Iron Mask (1998), as the ill-fated son of the Musketeer Athos, played by John Malkovich. "I just pick the best roles that are left over, and they usually aren't the heterosexual, leading-man, non-drug-addict parts. All Wet. Boyish-looking Peter Sarsgaard was born on March 7, 1971, at Scott Air Force Base, in Bellville, Illinois, to Judy Lea (Reinhardt) and John Dale Sarsgaard, an engineer who worked for the Air Force and later Monsanto and IBM. John Peter Sarsgaard was born at Scott Air Force Base in St. Clair County, Illinois, on March 7, 1971, the son of Judy Lea (née Reinhardt) and John Dale Sarsgaard. [54] The film received favorable good reception amongst critics.