Rolf Peter Ingvar Storm, known professionally as Peter Stormare, (Swedish pronunciation: born 27 August 1953) is a Swedish film, stage, voice and television actor, as well as a theatrical director, playwright and musician. Stormare was born in Kumla, Närke, Sweden, he grew up in Arbrå, Hälsingland. He changed his surname when he discovered he shared it with a senior student at the acting academy. Just like "storm" (a word which has the same meaning in Swedish and English), "stormare" is a Swedish word, meaning "stormer".