A Swedish film stage voice and television actor as well as a theatrical director playwright and musician He is perhaps best known for his roles as John Abruzzi in Prison Break and as Gaear Grimsrud one of the two kidnappers in Fargo Peter Stormare began his acting career at the Royal National Theatre of Sweden performing for eleven years In 1990 he became the Associate Artistic Director at the Tokyo Globe Theatre and directed productions of many Shakespeare plays including Hamlet In 1993 he moved to New York where he appeared in English productions He continues to work in both the United States and his his homeland of Sweden He resides in Los Angeles California USA with his wife