Peter Sarsgaardguest of this episode Hollywood Reporter‘s Reward Chat podcast — recorded in front of an audience Newport Beach Film FestivalThe film, for which Sarsgaard was awarded the Film Performance of the Year Award, features a remarkable character actor experiencing the biggest year of his career. She shines in both new Paramount movies 5 Septemberplaying Roone Arledge ABC Sports covers the 1972 Munich Olympics terrorist attack and new Apple TV+ drama series Innocent Defaultas a prosecutor tasked with convicting a former colleague of a murder.

The 53-year-old actor, who has a unique voice and sleepy eyes, has been acting professionally on large and small stages and screens for 30 years. Early in his career it was fashionable to describe him with veiled compliments; for example New York Times He noted in 2004 that he had a “tendency to turn small roles into big performances”. Rolling stone In 2005, he called it “the second best banana in the business.” But more recently, given his consistently strong work in roles and projects of all sizes, just about everyone has agreed, with the AP succinctly calling him “one of the best of his generation” in 2015.

Throughout this conversation, the actor reflects on his accidental path to acting; Early breakthrough roles in films such as Dead Man Walking (1995), Men Don’t Cry (1999) and Broken Glass (2003) received a Golden Globe nomination; with the guidance of his wife Maggie GyllenhaalOpen Gone Girl (2021) and works with his brother-in-law, Jake GyllenhaalOpen Jar (2005), interpretation (2007) and Innocent Default; and the development of some of the more acclaimed films he was a part of. kinsey (2004) received a Critics’ Choice nomination. An Education (2009) was nominated for a Best Picture Oscar and Memory (2023), which earned him the Venice Film Festival’s best actor award.

He also talks about the popcorn movies he made: Green Lantern (2011) and Batman (2022); Shares the screen with gorgeous Oscar-winning actresses Blue Jasmine (2013), with Cate Blanchett, Jackie (2016), with Natalie PortmanAnd Memorywith Jessica Chastain; Switching to long-format TV on Hulu Dizzying Tower (2018), received a Critics’ Choice nomination and stupid (2021) Emmy-nominated and on the way Innocent Default; Why is he particularly proud? 5 September; plus more.