He was raised under the Roman Catholic religion, and during his childhood he moved with his family about 12 times due to his father’s employment.
At 11 years of age, Peter He decided that he wanted to become a footballer, so he began taking ballet classes to develop coordination. He then began to practice this sport, but after suffering several injuries, he decided to quit football and became interested in theater and writing.
He studied at the Fairfield Prep, a boys-only Jesuit institution in Connecticut, where his interest in movies was piqued. After graduating, he attended Bard College in New York for two years, and then he switched to University of Washington in St. Louis, where he co-founded a comedy improv group called “Mama’s Pot Roast”. It was while he was at this university that he began to participate in plays.
He graduated in 1993 with a postgraduate degree in history and then moved to New York.
He made his debut before the cameras in 1995, when he participated in the drama starring Susan Sarandon Y Sean Penn “Death Penalty (Dead Man Walking)”, And since then he developed a prosperous career, both in film and in theater and television.
For the big screen, his credits include titles such as “The man in the iron mask”, In which he worked alongside actors of the stature of Leonardo Dicaprio, John malkovich Y Gabriel byrne, “Something strange is happening“, with Kate hudson, Christina Ricci Y John heard, “Boys don’t cry“,”Center of the world“,”The Salton Sea“, with Val kilmer, Anthony LaPaglia Y Vincent D’Onofrio, “The price of the truth“, Drama that starred with Hayden Christensen, “Kinsey: The Sex Scientist“, with Liam Neeson, Laura linney Y Chris O’Donnell, “The key to evil“,”Flight plan: Missing“,”Anwar File“, with Reese witherspoon Y Jake gyllenhaal, “An education“,”The orphan“And the recently released”Night and day”, Which has Tom cruise Y Cameron Diaz as protagonists.
In TV, Sarsgard has had participation as a guest in the programs “Lawr “,”New York Undercover“,”Cracker” Y “Saturday night Live“, And it could also be seen in the telefilms”Freak city” Y “SUBWAYStories: Tales from the Underground”.
Finally, in theater, the actor participated in Off-Broadway plays such as “Kingdom of earth“,”Laura dennis“, Y “Burn this”.
In September 2008, Sarsgard debuted on Broadway with the role of Boris Alexeyevich Trigorin on “The Seagull”.
Regarding his personal life, he has been married to the actress since 2009 Maggie gyllenhaal, with whom you have your daughter Ramona.