Description:
Peter Stormare was born in Arbrå, Gävleborgs län, 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.
Birthday
August 27, 1953
Born In
Kumla, Örebro län, Sweden
Alternative names
Viking Brothers
, Blonde From Fargo
, Peter Stomare
, Peter Storemare
, Peter Storm
Height
189 cm
Spouse/Ex-
Toshimi Murakami 2008 - present (1 child),Karen Sillas 1989 - 2006 (divorced)
Parents
Gunhild Holm
Children
Kaiya Bella Luna Stormare
Trivia
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.
Quotes
"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.
Trademarks
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), Educazione siberiana (2013), John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017) and American Gods (2017)
