Peter Sarsgaard

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Peter Sarsgaard is an American actor. His film debut as in Dead Man Walking in 1995. In the nineties he went on to feature in The Man in the Iron Mask and won critical acclaim for his role in Boys Don’t Cry. 2001  saw Peter land his first leading role in The Center of the World. Throughout the 2000s, Peter appeared in a variety of films including: Garden State, Flightplan, Jarhead, The Skeleton Key, Orphan, An Education, Knight and Day, Green Lantern, Lovelace, Blue Jasmine, Black Mass and The Magnificent Seven.

It was Sarsgaard’s portrayal of the journalist Charles Lane in Shattered Glass that showed his star potential, earning him his first Golden Globe nomination.

It’s hard finding much about the motives behind Sarsgaard’s veganism, but as he is a keen runner, and still cooks meat for his kids2Thorp, C. Peter Sarsgaard: Our Kind of Leading Man. Men’s Journal. Available: https://www.mensjournal.com/adventure/peter-sarsgaard-our-kind-of-leading-man-20140731/ [Accessed 10 March 2021]., it appears he eats a plant-based diet primarily for health reasons.

“…there are a lot of vegans working in the entertainment industry. On the movie that I just wrapped I was actually wondering what the meat eating actors were doing!”1Thorp, C. Peter Sarsgaard: Our Kind of Leading Man. Men’s Journal. Available: https://www.mensjournal.com/adventure/peter-sarsgaard-our-kind-of-leading-man-20140731/ [Accessed 10 March 2021].

References:
  1. Thorp, C. Peter Sarsgaard: Our Kind of Leading Man. Men’s Journal. Available: https://www.mensjournal.com/adventure/peter-sarsgaard-our-kind-of-leading-man-20140731/ [Accessed 10 March 2021].
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