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Peter Sarsgaard Biography

Birth Place:

Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, United States

Profession

Actor

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

2014Critics' Choice Television Awards-Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series: nominated
2009Screen Actors Guild Awards-Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture: nominated
2005Critics' Choice Awards-Best Supporting Actor: nominated
2005Independent Spirit Awards-Best Supporting Male: nominated
2004Golden Globe-Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture: nominated
2004National Society of Film Critics-Best Supporting Actor (Runner-up): winner
2004Independent Spirit Awards-Best Supporting Male: nominated
2003San Francisco Film Critics Circle-Best Supporting Actor: winner
2003Toronto Film Critics Association-Best Supporting Actor: winner
2003National Society of Film Critics-Best Supporting Actor: winner
2003Boston Society of Film Critics-Best Supporting Actor: winner
2003Chicago Film Critics Association-Best Supporting Actor: nominated