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Peter Sarsgaard

Actor

Filmography (All Films)

 
Center of the World, TheCenter of the World, The (2000)
Dir. Wayne Wang
Feat. Molly Parker, Peter Sarsgaard
A frank, if indulgent erotic drama from eclectic dir. Wayne Wang (SMOKE), about two lost souls transacting intimacy in a Las Vegas hotel…
Shattered GlassShattered Glass (2003) Recommended
Dir. Billy Ray
Feat. Hayden Christensen, Peter Sarsgaard, Chloe Sevigny
Compelling character–driven drama, based around the true story of 'New Republic' journalist Stephen Glass (Christensen), who was brought into…
Garden StateGarden State (2004)
Dir. Zach Braff
Feat. Zach Braff, Natalie Portman, Ian Holm
Sitcom actor Zach Braff compliments his career in "Scrubs" as the ambitious writer, director and star of this personal, melancholy comedy that became…
KinseyKinsey (2004) Recommended
Dir. Bill Condon
Feat. Liam Neeson, Laura Linney, Chris O'Donnell
Polished dramatization of the life and work of Dr. Alfred Kinsey, who boldly pioneered research into human sexuality in an ultra–conservative…
Skeleton KeySkeleton Key (2005)
Dir. Iain Softley
Feat. Kate Hudson, John Hurt, Gena Rowlands
A young woman (Hudson) gets a job caring for a troubled elderly stroke victim (Hurt) in a swampside manor in rural Louisiana, coming to realise there…
FlightplanFlightplan (2005) Recommended
Dir. Robert Schwentke
Feat. Jodie Foster, Peter Sarsgaard, Sean Bean
A riveting spin on THE LADY VANISHES with Jodie Foster playing a stressed aircraft engineer who boards a jumbo passenger jet with her young daughter,…
JarheadJarhead (2005)
Dir. Sam Mendes
Feat. Jake Gyllenhaal, Jamie Foxx, Peter Sarsgaard
An arresting and grimly ironic vision of the 1991 Gulf War, based on the memoir of ex–marine Anthony Swofford, and depicting the experiences of…
Year of the DogYear of the Dog (2007)
Dir. Mike White
Feat. Laura Dern, Peter Sarsgaard, Regina King
This sensitive comedy–drama about a woman whose life falls to pieces when her pet beagle dies, is the directorial debut of Mike White, writer…
RenditionRendition (2007)
Dir. Gavin Hood
Feat. Jake Gyllenhaal, Reese Witherspoon, Peter Sarsgaard
Frenetic thriller by dir. of TSOTSI concerns Witherspoon's desperate search for her husband after he goes missing on an international flight,…
ElegyElegy (2008)
Dir. Isabel Coixet
Feat. Penelope Cruz, Ben Kingsley, Dennis Hopper
Following THE HUMAN STAIN comes another effort to translate revered American writer Phillip Roth to the screen. This time it's his novel "The Dying…
OrphanOrphan (2009)
Dir. Jaume Collet-Serra
Feat. Isabelle Fuhrman, Vera Farmiga, Peter Sarsgaard
This titillating 'evil child' flick focused around a couple who adopt a sinister Russian moppet who may or may not be out to kill them is truly an…
In the Electric MistIn the Electric Mist (2009)
Dir. Bertrand Tavernier
Feat. Tommy Lee Jones, John Goodman, Peter Sarsgaard
Improving on previous James Lee Burke adaptation HEAVEN’S PRISONERS, this sturdy New Orleans thriller has Tommy Lee Jones assuming the plum role of…
An EducationAn Education (2009) Aro Favourite
Dir. Lone Scherfig
Feat. Carey Mulligan, Peter Sarsgaard, Alfred Molina
An assured and alluring coming–of–age drama set in swinging sixties London (1961 in fact), with teenage ingenue Carey Mulligan falling in…
Knight and DayKnight and Day (2010)
Dir. James Mangold
Feat. Tom Cruise, Cameron Diaz, Peter Sarsgaard
Brassy secret agent vehicle finds Tom Cruise on the lam from hired killers with Cameron Diaz in tow.
Green LanternGreen Lantern (2011)
Dir. Martin Campbell
Feat. Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, Peter Sarsgaard
Superhero spectacle, with Ryan Reynolds as a test pilot granted a mystical green ring that bestows him with otherworldly powers, as well as…
Robot and FrankRobot and Frank (Robot & Frank) (2012)
Dir. Jake Schreier
Feat. Frank Langella, James Marsden, Liv Tyler
Sentimental futurism finds aging Frank Langella search for companionship and purpose in (late) life in the robot servant purchased for him by his…
Blue JasmineBlue Jasmine (2013) Aro Favourite
Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Cate Blanchett, Sally Hawkins, Alec Baldwin
Another jewel from 'late period' Woody Allen with Cate Blanchett also in fine form as a down–at–heel socialite who moves to San Francisco…
LovelaceLovelace (2013)
Dir. Robert Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman
Feat. Amanda Seyfried, Peter Sarsgaard, Sharon Stone
The directors of HOWL turn their attention to the tragi–drama of one–time pornstar Linda Lovelace, whose unexpected stardom for her role…
Very Good GirlsVery Good Girls (2013)
Dir. Naomi Foner
Feat. Dakota Fanning, Elizabeth Olsen, Ellen Barkin
Dakota Fanning and Elizabeth Olsen play best friends determined to lose their virginity over one long hot summer. A pseudo–serious treatment of…
Night MovesNight Moves (2013) Recommended
Dir. Kelly Reichardt
Feat. Jesse Eisenberg, Dakota Fanning, Peter Sarsgaard
Three radical environmentalists look to execute the protest of their lives: the explosion of a hydroelectric dam, in this thriller told in the…
Pawn SacrificePawn Sacrifice (2014)
Dir. Edward Zwick
Feat. Tobey Maguire, Liev Schreiber, Lily Rabe
Tobey Maguire and Liev Schrieber face off in this compelling recreation of chess' famous cold war showdown, between the taciturn Russian Boris…
Black MassBlack Mass (2015)
Dir. Scott Cooper
Feat. Johnny Depp, Benedict Cumberbatch, Dakota Johnson
True crime yarn with Johnny Depp disappearing into the role of notorious gangster Whitey Bulger, who became an FBI informant in order to take down a…
ExperimenterExperimenter (2015) Recommended
Dir. Michael Almereyda
Feat. Peter Sarsgaard, Winona Ryder, Taryn Manning
Compelling account of pioneering social psychologist Stanley Milgram and his controversial behaviour experiments in the 1960's that tested people's…
Magnificent Seven, TheMagnificent Seven, The (2016)
Dir. Antoine Fuqua
Feat. Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke
Denzel Washington headlines this solid remake of the classic western charged with defending a small town from a corrupt industrialist.
JackieJackie (2016) Aro Favourite
Dir. Pablo Larrain
Feat. Natalie Portman, Peter Sarsgaard, Greta Gerwig
A portrait of Jackie Kennedy following the assassination of her husband John F. Kennedy. Natalie Portman provides an intimate and sensitive portrayal…
Mr. JonesMr. Jones (2019)
Dir. Agnieszka Holland
Feat. James Norton, Vanessa Kirby, Peter Sarsgaard
Strikingly bold political thriller from eminent Polish director Agnieszka Holland (IN DARKNESS), loosely based on the true story of ambitious Welsh…
Human CapitalHuman Capital (2019)
Dir. Marc Meyers
Feat. Liev Schreiber, Marisa Tomei, Maya Hawke
Thoroughly engrossing drama about three upstate New York families whose lives are entangled by a hit–and–run accident. Filled with…
Batman, TheBatman, The (2022)
Dir. Matt Reeves
Feat. Robert Pattinson, Andy Serkis, Colin Farrell
Robert Pattinson is Bruce Wayne in this impressively dark and epic reboot of DC comics' iconic knight in shining latex.

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