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Peter Sarsgaard: Biography

Peter Sarsgaard

Birth Place: Scott Air Force Base, IL
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 03/07/1971, Pisces
Profession: Actor

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Peter Sarsgaard Fast Facts:

Wrote a play called The Greatest and Most Exciting Gratuitous Exhibition Ever Exploited, which was staged in New York in 1993.
Took up acting in his senior year of college and moved to New York (where he attended the Actors Studio).
Made his film debut as one of Sean Penn's murder victims in Dead Man Walking (1995). Break-out performance was as a rapist-killer in Boys Don't Cry (1999).
Played a love scene with Liam Neeson in Kinsey (2004); received an Independent Spirit Award nomination for his supporting role in the film.
Made his Broadway debut in 2008 in an adaptation of Anton Chekhov's The Seagull.

Peter Sarsgaard Relationships:
Maggie Gyllenhaal - Wife
Ramona Sarsgaard - Daughter
Gloria Ray Sarsgaard - Daughter
Peter Sarsgaard Awards:
2004 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture - Nominee
2009 Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture - Nominee
College:
Attended Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY; Washington University, St. Louis, MO (BA in History and Literature, 1994)

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