![]() Avg.User Rating: Rate this person: Actor Born: March 7, 1971 in Belleville, IL Biography:An actor who has demonstrated a fearless capacity for exploring the darker side of human nature, "Peter Sarsgaard" became synonymous with the term "edgy young performer." With looks that allow him to either play soft-skinned pretty boys or greasy-haired white trash refuse, Sarsgaard has used his malleable features and brooding charisma to great effect in such films as "Kimberly Peirce"'s "Boys Don't Cry".
A graduate of St. Louis' Washington University, where he was a co-founder of the improvisational group Mama's Pot Roast, Sarsgaard studied at the Actors' Studio in New York. After he completed his studies, he was cast in the off-Broadway production of "Horton Foote"'s Laura Dennis, and, as a member of "Douglas Carter Beane"'s Drama Department, he appeared in "John Cameron Mitchell"'s off-Broadway production of Kingdom of Earth. Sarsgaard made his screen debut in "Tim Robbins"' "Dead Man... Full Biography
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