ACTOR

Peter Stormare

1953 - Today

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Rolf Peter Ingvar Stormare (born Storm, August 27, 1953), better known as Peter Stormare (Swedish: [ˈpěːtɛr ˈstɔ̂rːmarɛ] ), is a Swedish actor. He played Gaear Grimsrud in the film Fargo (1996) and John Abruzzi in the television series Prison Break (2005–2007). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Stormare has received more than 8,256,073 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Peter Stormare is the 467th most popular actor (down from 420th in 2019), the 112th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 101st in 2019) and the 8th most popular Swedish Actor.

Peter Stormare is most famous for his roles in Fargo, Prison Break, and Armageddon.

Memorability Metrics

  • 8.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.70

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.32

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.24

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Peter Stormares by language

Over the past year Peter Stormare has had the most page views in the with 888,976 views, followed by German (149,567), and Russian (106,050). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (105.52%), Korean (75.47%), and Azerbaijani (43.49%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Peter Stormare ranks 467 out of 13,578. Before him are Armin Mueller-Stahl, Claudine Auger, Jonathan Pryce, Don Johnson, Linda Hunt, and Mark Margolis. After him are Lex Barker, Morgan Fairchild, Donnie Yen, Powers Boothe, Alida Valli, and Stéphane Audran.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Peter Stormare ranks 32. Before him are Cyndi Lauper, Mike Oldfield, Jean-Marie Pfaff, Paulo Roberto Falcão, Malcolm Young, and Ségolène Royal. After him are Manuel Pellegrini, Hulk Hogan, Nigel Mansell, Ben Bernanke, Thomas Bach, and Jean-Pierre Jeunet.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Peter Stormare ranks 112 out of 1,879. Before him are Lennart Torstensson (1603), Nils Liedholm (1922), Svante Pääbo (1955), Rudolf Kjellén (1864), Ulf von Euler (1905), and Arvid Carlsson (1923). After him are Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland (1861), Nathan Söderblom (1866), Gustav, Prince of Vasa (1799), Ingrid Thulin (1926), Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland (1912), and Lasse Hallström (1946).

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Among ACTORS In Sweden

Among actors born in Sweden, Peter Stormare ranks 8. Before him are Greta Garbo (1905), Max von Sydow (1929), Stellan Skarsgård (1951), Anita Ekberg (1931), Dolph Lundgren (1957), and Bibi Andersson (1935). After him are Ingrid Thulin (1926), Harriet Andersson (1932), Erland Josephson (1923), Björn Andrésen (1955), Inger Nilsson (1959), and Maud Adams (1945).

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Television and Movie Roles

John Wick: Chapter 2
Abram Tarasov
John Wick is forced out of retirement by a former associate looking to seize control of a shadowy international assassins’ guild. Bound by a blood oath to aid him, Wick travels to Rome and does battle against some of the world’s most dangerous killers.
Feb 8o 20177.324 / 10
Fargo
Gaear Grimsrud
Jerry, a small-town Minnesota car salesman is bursting at the seams with debt... but he's got a plan. He's going to hire two thugs to kidnap his wife in a scheme to collect a hefty ransom from his wealthy father-in-law. It's going to be a snap and nobody's going to get hurt... until people start dying. Enter Police Chief Marge, a coffee-drinking, parka-wearing - and extremely pregnant - investigator who'll stop at nothing to get her man. And if you think her small-time investigative skills will give the crooks a run for their ransom... you betcha!
Mar 8o 19967.869 / 10
22 Jump Street
The Ghost
After making their way through high school (twice), big changes are in store for officers Schmidt and Jenko when they go deep undercover at a local college. But when Jenko meets a kindred spirit on the football team, and Schmidt infiltrates the bohemian art major scene, they begin to question their partnership. Now they don't have to just crack the case - they have to figure out if they can have a mature relationship. If these two overgrown adolescents can grow from freshmen into real men, college might be the best thing that ever happened to them.
Jun 5o 20146.841 / 10