John Savage
John Savage (born John Youngs; August 25, 1949) is an American film actor, producer, production manager, and composer. Savage has appeared in more than 200 feature films, short films, recurring roles in television series and guest appearances in episodes of television series. One of Savage's first notable roles is as Claude Bukowski in the 1979 film Hair. His first major film role was as Steven Pushkov in the multiple Oscar-winning 1978 film The Deer Hunter. He also had a lead role in the 1979 film The Onion Field. In the late 1970s, he performed in the Broadway production of David Mamet's play American Buffalo. In 1991, he starred in Italian director Lucio Fulci's final film Door to Silence. He then had a brief role in the 1998 war film The Thin Red Line, portrayed Captain Ransom in the two part episode Equinox of the television series Star Trek: Voyager in 1999, and appeared in the recurring role of Donald Lydecker in the first and second seasons of the 2000 television series Dark Angel. Savage starred in the 2015 horror film Tales of Halloween, the 2017 film In Dubious Battle, and on the 2017 continuation of the television show Twin Peaks. In 2018, he appeared on the television show Goliath. In 2018, Savage lent his voice to a monologue on the title track of the album This Town by Steve Smith of Dirty Vegas. In 2019, Savage played the role of The Narrator in upcoming fantasy crime drama Karma from award-winning filmmaker Bizhan Tong, having collaborated with him earlier that year.
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Melodies in the Forest
as Unknown
Judas' Gospel
as Joseph
Death 4 Dinner
as Robert Rutherford
Beyond the Rush
as Edward Clayborn
The Goat
as Julian Brown
Showdown at the Grand
as Lucky
The Audition
as Narrator (voice)
The Right to Bear Arms
as Brutal Magnus
Bosch: Legacy
as Allie Lewis
A Cloud So High
as Gene 'Sackler' Sarling
Eye for Eye
as Brad Braddock
Michael Cimino, God Bless America
as Self
Insight
as Frank
Followed
as Wallace Fleischer
A Medicine for the Mind
as Dr. E. Brown
The Man with the Camera
as Epifano
The Last Full Measure
as Kepper
The Last Full Measure
as Chauncy Kepper
Hold On
as Dr. Siedhoff
The Islands
as Henry Thornton
Spinning Dry
as Frank Manghetti
Gates of Darkness
as Joseph
Ovid and the Art of Love
as Augustus
Down's Revenge
as Dr Sorkin
Heavenly Deposit
as Donald
American Exit
as Gerald
Six Children and One Grandfather
as David McDoll
Empire of the Sharks
as Ian Fien
40 and Single
as Stewart Temple
Torch
as August Lewin
Betrayed
as Mayor Alderman
Mission Possible
as Captain Ted Napoleon
Sotto il Segno della Vittoria
as Unknown
Three Seconds
as тренер сборной США Генри Айба
Fake News
as President Wayne Walker
Spreading Darkness
as Brett
SEAL Team
as Emmet Quinn
The Neighborhood
as Vito Bello
Vampire Wars
as Stokes
Teen Star Academy
as Unknown
Nephilim
as Father Samuel
The Return
as Čovek u crnom odelu
American Romance
as Emery Reed
Mata Hari
as Edouard Clunet
Goliath
as Mickey
In Dubious Battle
as Dan
The Black Dove
as Jake Williams
Everglades
as Unknown
Texas Heart
as Carl
The World Champions
as Wiliam Jones
Last Call at Murray's
as Bennett
Sensory Perception
as President of United Earth
Tales of Halloween
as Capt. J.G. Zimmerman
We Will Be the World Champions
as William Jones
Caffeinated
as Himself
Fort Bliss
as Mike Swann
Demon Legacy
as The Codger
The Hooping Life
as Himself
Bermuda Tentacles
as President Desteno
Bullet
as Governor Johnson
The Big Fat Stone
as Robert Tanninger
7E
as Paul
Defending Santa
as Judge Willis
A Star for Rose
as Mort
A Sierra Nevada Gunfight
as Father Bill
Alien Rising
as Manning
Awakened
as Jack Winston
Real Gangsters
as Ted Roberts
Open Road
as Carl
Art of Submission
as Harbin Rask
Sins
as Father Karl
Summer Song
as Jim
Sweetwater
as Calvin Kabral
The Orphan Killer
as Detective Walker
Assassins' Code
as Arlo
Hit List
as Walter Murphy
Bed & Breakfast
as Mr. Harvey
Dreamkiller
as Agent Barnes
Buffalo Bushido
as Vendetti
Do the Right Thing: 20 Years Later
as Self
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's
as Self
Handsome Harry
as Peter Rheems
American Bully
as News Producer
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
as Self
First Time Long Time
as Peter
The Golden Boys
as Web Saunders
The Coverup
as Thomas Thacker
Fringe
as Sam Weiss
Boiler Maker
as J.J.
From a Place of Darkness
as Vic
The Grift
as William Bender
The Attic
as Graham Callan
Shortcut to Happiness
as Johnny (uncredited)
No Destination
as Billy
Shut Up and Shoot!
as Marty Pearlheimer
The Drop
as Mr. Zero
Kill Your Darlings
as Rock
The New World
as Savage
Love's Long Journey
as Trent
Confessions of a Pit Fighter
as McGee
Iowa
as Irv Huffman
Downtown: A Street Tale
as H2O
Admissions
as Harry Brighton
Freedom from Despair
as Narrator
Sucker Free City
as Anderson Wade
Fallacy
as Heathcliff
Alien Lockdown
as Dr. Woodman
Easy Sex
as Frank Iverson
Carnivàle
as Henry 'Hack' Scudder
Intoxicating
as William Shanley
Everwood
as Daniel Maxwell
Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick
as Self
The Anarchist Cookbook
as Johnny Red
Redemption of the Ghost
as Unknown
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Mark Farrell
Burning Down the House
as Jake Seiling
The District
as Billy Nevins
Dark Angel
as Col. Donald Lydecker
They Nest
as Jack Wald
Christina's House
as James Tarling
The Virginian
as Steve
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Lucas Biggs
Summer of Sam
as Simon
The Jack Bull
as Slater
Nightworld: Lost Souls
as Victor Robinson
Message in a Bottle
as Johnny Land
Frontline
as Captain Wolfgang Mueller
The Thin Red Line
as Sgt. Jack McCron
Club Vampire
as Zero
Little Boy Blue
as Ray West
Centurion Force
as Neal
Before Women Had Wings
as Billy Jackson
Last Cut
as Leo Kimball
A Scent of Paradise
as Padre Louis
Hostile Intent
as Bear
Hollywood Safari
as Deputy Rogers
Amnesia
as Tim Bishop
Where Truth Lies
as Dr. Ian Lazarre
American Strays
as Dwayne
Firestorm
as Brinkman
Managua
as Dennis
One Good Turn
as Santapietro
White Squall
as McCrea
The Outer Limits
as Lucas
OP Center
as Bob Herbert
OP Center
as Bob Herbert
Carnosaur 2
as Jack Reed
Deadly Weapon
as Sanders
Red Scorpion 2
as Andrew Kendrick
The Crossing Guard
as Bobby
The Dangerous
as Emile Lautrec
Star Trek: Voyager
as Captain Rudy Ransom
The Takeover
as Greg
Twisted Fate
as Drury
Touched by an Angel
as Simon Miller
Killing Obsession
as Albert
Shattered Image
as David
Birdland
as Unknown
C.I.A. II: Target Alexa
as Franz Kluge
The X-Files
as Henry Trondheim
Berlin '39
as Wieland
Flynn
as Joe Stromberg
Daybreak
as The President
Walker, Texas Ranger
as Sergeant Major Bart Hawkins
Primary Motive
as Wallace Roberts
Door Into Silence
as Melvin Devereux
Hunting
as Michael Bergman
Ottobre rosa all'Arbat (Vacanze a Mosca)
as Unknown
The Dark Tale
as Roy Kramer
Mountain of Diamonds
as Blaine
Mountain of Diamonds
as Blaine
Across Red Nights
as Paola
Buck at the Edge of Heaven
as Wintrop
The Burning Shore
as Blaine
The Godfather Part III
as Father Andrew Hagen
Any Man's Death
as Leon Abrahams
Twin Peaks
as Detective Clark
Do the Right Thing
as Clifton
Tales from the Crypt
as Benny
Press Gang
as Boy
Date Rape
as Bernie Morton
The Beat
as Frank Ellsworth
Caribe
as Jeff Richardson
Desperate
as Noah
Beauty and the Beast
as Beast/Prince
Hotel Colonial
as Marco Venieri
Soldier's Revenge
as Frank Morgan
Salvador
as John Cassady
The Tender Age
as Tim Donovan
Silent Witness
as Kevin Dunne
The Bill
as Unknown
Maria's Lovers
as Ivan Bibic
Nairobi Affair
as Rick Cahill
Brady’s Escape
as J.W. Brady
Coming Out of the Ice
as Victor Herman
American Playhouse
as Tim Donovan
The Amateur
as Charles Heller
Cattle Annie and Little Britches
as Bittercreek Newcombe
Inside Moves
as Roary
The Onion Field
as Karl Hettinger
Hair
as Claude Hooper Bukowski
The Deer Hunter
as Steven Pushkov
Gibbsville
as Jim Malloy
Eric
as Eric Swensen
The Sister in Law
as Robert Strong
The Turning Point of Jim Malloy
as Jim Malloy
All the Kind Strangers
as Peter
The Killing Kind
as Terry Lambert
Steelyard Blues
as Kid
Bad Company
as Loney
ABC Afterschool Special
as Bernie Morton
Love Is a Carousel
as Boy Friend
The Master Beater
as Rocco
The Rebel
as Al
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Eric Swensen