He was one of the best characters in Prison Break: What happened to Peter Stormar, who played John Abruzzi in the series?

If you have seen the TV series Prison Break, the name John Abruzzi really reminds you of something! This character was the godfather of the Italian mafia, whom the show’s hero, Michael Scofield (Wentworth Miller), was obliged to caress in order to take advantage of his generosity (namely, the possibility of regular release from Fox River prison).

Abruzzi was played by the actor Peter Stormare, who with his very stern face did a great job of giving him a menacing and dangerous look: perfect for a mob boss! During season 1, Abruzzi was less featured in the following, disappearing in episode 4 of season 2
Spoiler:
The police executed it.

What does he do after he “breaks out of prison”?

In just 22 episodes, Peter Stormare managed to create a real movie character. But what happened after Prison Break ended?

Before his escape from prison, Peter Stormar began his career in 1978 in television and film in Ingmar Bergman’s The Fan and Alexander (1982) and then appeared in the films Fargo, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Armageddon, 8mm, Windtalkers: The Wind Messengers, Minority Report, The Brothers Grimm or Hamilton , in which he played the main role.

Since Prison Break, which he left in 2007’s second season, Stormer has been touring a lot: about seven movies a year, most of which are forgettable, not counting his appearances in TV series. Peaked in 2013 with 9 movies (including The Last Stand, No Pain No Gain or Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters), a TV movie and an episode of the animated series.

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Like his Prison Break co-stars Wentworth Miller and Dominic Purcell, Peter Stormare joins the DC Comics universe on television as “Arrowverse” supervillain Vertigo in the Arrow series.

We find him in cinema in the muscular action movie John Wick 2 or in the American Gods series. Stormare is still hard at work and doesn’t seem ready to slow down, starting in 2025 as he already has almost ten films in the pipeline.