Peter Sarsgaard (1971 -)
Film Deaths[]
- Dead Man Walking (1995) [Walter Delacroix]: Shot to death by Sean Penn in the woods, just before Michael Cullen shoots Missy Yager. Their bodies are shown afterwards as the police investigate; shown in a flashback sequence.
- The Man in the Iron Mask (1998) [Raoul]: Killed in an explosion after being hit by a cannon blast while leading a charge on the castle.
- Empire (2002) [Jack Wimmer]: Shot to death by John Leguizamo, after Peter insults him.
- K-19: The Widowmaker (2002) [Lieutenant Vadim Radtchinko]: Dies (off-screen) of radiation poisoning after attempting to repair the submarine's reactor.
- Unconditional Love (2002) [Window Washer]: Falls to his death from a drawbridge, after losing his balance when Meredith Eaton throws a cell phone at him while Peter is trying to kill Rupert Everett. (Played for comic effect.)
- Flightplan (2005) [Gene Carson]: Killed in an explosion when Jodie Foster detonates his explosives after trapping him in the nosecone of the plane.
- Jarhead (2005) [Alan Troy]: Dies (off-screen) under unspecified circumstances; we learn of his death when Jake Gyllenhaal gets the news from Brian Geraghty. His body is shown afterwards during his funeral.
- Orphan (2009) [John Coleman]: Stabbed repeatedly by Isabelle Fuhrman; his body is shown again later on when his wife (Vera Farmiga) discovers him.
- Knight & Day (2010) [Fitzgerald]: Killed in an explosion (along with his pilot) when the unstable Zephyr power source overloads and blows up his plane.
- Green Lantern (2011) [Hector Hammond]: Consumed by the Parallax entity (voiced by Clancy Brown), leaving behind only Peter's skeleton, while Ryan Reynolds looks on in shock.
- Black Mass (2015) [Brian Halloran]: Shot multiple times in the chest with a rifle by Johnny Depp, while Peter attempted to escape in his car, having seen Johnny kill Patrick M. Walsh. Peter crashes and falls out of his car, where he cries and begs for his life, only for Johnny to shoot him five times in the chest with a revolver.
- Experimenter (2015) [Stanley Milgram]: Dies of a heart attack (off-screen); we learn of his death when he narrates it to the audience. We last see him sitting in a hospital waiting room with his wife (Winona Ryder).
- The Magnificent Seven (2016) [Bartholomew Bogue]: Shot to death by Haley Bennett, as a wounded Peter is about to shoot Denzel Washington.
- The Batman (2022) [District Attorney Gil Colson]: Killed in an explosion by a bomb that was attached to his chest denoted by Paul Dano, as Robert Pattinson tries and fails to save him.
Television Deaths[]
- The Killing: Six Minutes (2013) [Ray Seward]: Sentenced to death by hanging.
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Notable Connections[]
- Husband of Maggie Gyllenhaal
- Brother-in-law of Jake Gyllenhaal