Gaear Grimsrud

"Shut the fuck up! Or I'll throw you back in the trunk, you know?"

- Gaear Grimsrud

Gaear Grimsrud is the main antagonist of the 1996 crime film, Fargo. He was a Swedish sociopath and criminal who was portrayed by Peter Stormare.

Character Biography
Grimsrud and his partner, Carl Schowalter, are two criminals who are hired by a Minneapolis, Minnesota car salesman named Jerry Lundegaard, to kidnap his wife, Jean, so he can use the ransom money to pay off his own debts, which are never clearly specified.