
Age: 55
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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

Gil Mason
for Gil Mason in The Batman: World’s Greatest Detective (2014)
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Gotham reels as a string of brutal murders strikes its elite, each crime scene marked by cryptic riddles exposing the city’s darkest secrets. When the district attorney is found dead beneath a twisted puzzle condemning Gotham’s corruption, Assistant DA Harvey Dent rises as the city’s “white knight,” vowing justice through law. Batman, five years into his crusade, and Robin, Dick Grayson, two years as his partner, hunt the killer across a city rotting beneath the weight of crime families like the Falcones and the grip of Oswald Cobblepot’s Penguin-run underworld. The Gotham City Police Department remains fractured by corruption, with only a few honest voices like Lieutenant James Gordon standing alongside Batman. As the murders escalate, Riddler’s riddles strike closer, targeting Bruce Wayne himself, accusing the wealthy of moral failure. When Batman and Robin finally corner Edward Nygma, more blood stains the streets—several of Gotham’s corrupt elite fall in one final act of cruelty, including the brutal assassination of Commissioner Loeb. With the city shaken, Nygma is dragged into Arkham Asylum, his mind unraveling into madness. In the silence of his padded cell, distant, mocking laughter echoes from down the hall. Post Credits: Diana Prince studies ancient artifacts, her eyes fixed on symbols of Themyscira, sensing the stirrings of destiny.