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John Peter Sarsgaard (born March 7, 1971) is an American actor. His first feature role was in Dead Man Walking in 1995. He then appeared in the 1998 independent films Another Day in Paradise and Desert Blue. That same year, Sarsgaard received a substantial role in The Man in the Iron Mask (1998), playing Raoul, the ill-fated son of Athos. Sarsgaard later achieved critical recognition when he was cast in Boys Don't Cry (1999) as John Lotter. He landed his first leading role in the 2001 film The Center of the World. The following year, he played supporting roles in Empire, The Salton Sea, and K-19: The Widowmaker. For his portrayal of Charles Lane in Shattered Glass, Sarsgaard won the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor and was nominated for the 2004 Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor. Sarsgaard has appeared in an eclectic range of films, including the 2004 comedy-drama Garden State, the biographical film Kinsey (2004), the drama The Dying Gaul (2005), and big-budget films such as Flightplan (2005), Jarhead (2005), The Skeleton Key (2005), Orphan (2009), An Education (2009), Knight and Day (2010), Green Lantern (2011), Lovelace (2013), Kelly Reichardt's Night Moves (2013), Blue Jasmine (2013), Black Mass (2015), and The Magnificent Seven (2016). Sarsgaard also appeared in the American TV series The Killing (2013) as a man on death row perhaps wrongfully convicted for the brutal murder of his wife—a performance which he says included "some of the best acting I have ever done in my life." In 2021, he had a recurring role on the Hulu miniseries Dopesick. Sarsgaard has appeared in Off-Broadway productions including Kingdom of Earth, Laura Dennis, Burn This, and Uncle Vanya. In September 2008, he made his Broadway debut as Boris Alexeyevich Trigorin in The Seagull. He is married to actress Maggie Gyllenhaal.
Peter Sarsgaard
Mayor Altman
for Mayor Altman in DCU Green Arrow: Dark Reign
Suggested by matthewfenner
In 2025 Star City, corruption festers beneath polished campaign speeches and neon skylines. After three years of fighting from the shadows, Oliver Queen has become a symbol of vengeance and justice as the Green Arrow, leading a tight-knit team of vigilantes—John Diggle, his trusted second-in-command and ex-Marine; Roy Harper, the hotheaded new recruit and Protege known as Speedy; Felicity Smoak, the brilliant tech expert guiding them from behind the screens; and Dinah Drake, the fierce and morally grounded Black Canary. When a violent assassination attempt rattles the city, Team Arrow discovers a deadly threat stalking the streets—Malcolm Merlyn, the infamous Dark Archer, long thought dead, has returned to exact vengeance on Harley Stevens, a rising mayoral candidate who once destroyed his life in a corrupt election. As Merlyn’s warpath escalates into public chaos, Oliver faces a crisis of morality unlike any before. Every arrow loosed brings him closer to a man he once admired—and now must destroy. The hunt pushes Star City into open warfare, drawing out political rot, buried secrets, and the dark side of vigilantism itself. As alliances strain and blood is spilled, Green Arrow must decide whether justice can exist without mercy, or if vengeance has already claimed his soul. Brutal, grounded, and emotionally charged, Green Arrow: Dark Reign is a gritty, R-rated descent into the cost of heroism in a city that eats its own.
