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(born August 27 , 1953 ) is a Swedish film actor. With his fluency in English and his skill for mimicking accents, he has become much in demand in Hollywood productions, where he usually plays Europeans of varied nationality and often of dubious morality. EARLY LIFE Stormare was born in Arbrå, Sweden as "Peter Storm," but changed his name 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. CAREER Stormare began his career with the Swedish Royal National Theatre, to which he belonged eleven years. In 1990 he took a leading position ( Associate Artistic Director ) at the Tokyo Globe Theatre and made a name for himself through various Shakespeare performances like ''Hamlet''. Three years later, he went to New York and mainly took part there in English language productions. In Sweden , he has worked with Ingmar Bergman , by whom he was apparently discovered. He has also played '' Carl Hamilton '', a fictional Swedish Secret Agent similar to James Bond . He was critically praised for his role as a quiet and ruthless villain (with ''. His classic portrayal of nihilist Ulee Kunkel in the 1997 film The Big Lebowski is among Stormare's finest and most memorable work, particularly in the scenes of Logjammin', the movie within the movie, as "cable repairman" Karl Hungus. He was also memorable as a Russian Cosmonaut in 1999 's Armageddon . In the 2005 film '' Constantine '', Stormare played Satan . His real TV breakthrough as a major character was on the show '' Prison Break '' in 2005 , where he played John Abruzzi . He also was the voice of Mattias Nilsson in the videogame Mercenaries:Playground of Destruction. In February 2006, he starred as " Vdub " in Volkswagen 's "Un-pimp Ze Auto" series of television commercials. He plays a German engineer who "un-pimps" tricked-out economy cars by destroying them using humorous methods and then giving the shocked owner a new Volkswagen GTI . He speaks in Urban American English with an exaggerated German accent, saying things like "German engineering in da house, ja" and "representing Deutschland." The commercials are a parody of MTV's popular show Pimp My Ride in which auto-body mechanics give run down, older cars an urban makeover with things like tinted windows, spoilers, flashy rims, and loud stereos. PRIVATE LIFE Today Stormare lives in the USA as well as Sweden. He is separated from his first wife, actress Karen Sillas , with whom he has a daughter named Kelly. Stormare is also a musician. After Bono of U2 heard some of Stormare's music, he encouraged him to make an album and in 2002, he released his first album, ''Dallerpölsa och småfåglar''. Stormare is the Godfather of Gustaf Skarsgård and plays in a band called Blonde From Fargo . FILMOGRAPHY (SELECTED) '']]
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