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Acting

Peter Sarsgaard

Career: Active from 1998 to 2027, busiest in 2005 and 2015 with 4 main titles each.

Leading roles: 37
top three billing

Average score: 62/100

Highest rated: Boys Don't Cry
82/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 67 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Peter Sarsgaard Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Wholesome
2.1, average 3.4
Situational Comedy
1.5, average 2.7
Physical Comedy
1.2, average 2.4
Fantasy
0.8, average 1.7

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 12
Psychological Drama 9
Social Commentary 5
Character Study 4
Coming-of-Age Drama 4
Political Intrigue 4
Biographical Drama 3
Non-Linear Storytelling 3
Psychological Thriller 3
Emotionally Complex 2
Psychological Horror Thriller 2
Family Trauma 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

75

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

1 title

as Christian Andersen

2020s

17 titles · average score 69

The Bride!

56

as Jake Wiles

Flesh Impact

50

as Director

September 5

77

as Roone Arledge

Coup!

69

as Floyd Monk

Memory

73

as Saul

The Survivor

73

as Emory Anderson

The Batman

79

as District Attorney Gil Colson

Dopesick

82

TV show · as Rick Mountcastle

The Guilty

64

as Henry Fisher (voice)

The Lost Daughter

76

as Professor Hardy

Interrogation

64

TV show · as David Russell

Human Capital

57

as Quint Manning

2010s

23 titles · average score 63

Mr. Jones

73

as Walter Duranty

The Sound of Silence

58

as Peter Lucian

The Lie

46

as Jay Logan

Loving Pablo

48

as Shepard

Wormwood

74

TV show · as Frank Olson

Jackie

75

as Robert Kennedy

Pawn Sacrifice

68

as Father Bill Lombardy

Experimenter

74

as Stanley Milgram

Black Mass

68

as Brian Halloran

Night Moves

69

as Harmon

Green Lantern

39

as Hector Hammond

Knight and Day

53

as Fitzgerald

2000s

23 titles · average score 57

Orphan

59

as John

An Education

81

as David Goldman

In the Electric Mist

53

as Elrod Sykes

The Mysteries of Pittsburgh

34

as Cleveland Arning

Jarhead

64

as Alan Troy

Flightplan

52

as Carson

The Skeleton Key

53

as Luke Marshall

Garden State

76

as Mark

Shattered Glass

77

as Charles 'Chuck' Lane

K-19: The Widowmaker

61

as Vadim Radtchinko

Empire

43

as Jack

The Center of the World

38

as Richard Longman

1990s

9 titles · average score 64

Boys Don't Cry

82

as John Lotter

Freak City

64

as Cal Jackson

Desert Blue

46

as Billy Baxter

Another Day in Paradise

60

as Ty

The Man in the Iron Mask

51

as Raoul

Cracker

63

TV show

Subway Stories

60

as Boy No. 1 (segment "Underground")

Dead Man Walking

77

as Walter Delacroix

Law & Order

74

TV show · as Josh Strand

1980s

1 title · average score 71

This Week

71

TV show

1970s

1 title · average score 69

Saturday Night Live

69

TV show · as Self - Host / Boogerman (uncredited)