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Peter Stormare

Peter Stormare (born August 27 1953) is a Swedish-American film, stage, voice and television actor as well as a theatrical director and playwright. He is fluent in English and has great skill for mimicking accents, which has enhanced his appeal to directors, casting agents and producers. Stormare was born in Kumla, Närke, Sweden, the son of Teodolinda (Laparelli) and Renato Storm. He grew up in ArbrÃ¥, Hälsingland, Sweden as Peter Ingvar Rolf Storm, but changed his surname when he discovered he shared it with a senior student at the acting academy. His original choice of name, Retep Mrots (his own name spelled backwards), was rejected. Just like storm (a word which means the same in Swedish as in English), "stormare" is a Swedish word, meaning "stormer". Stormare began his career with the Swedish Royal Dramatic Theatre, to which he belonged for eleven years. In 1990 he took a leading position (Associate Artistic Director) at the Tokyo Globe Theatre and made a name for

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