John Savage
Acting
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.
Known for
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movieJudas' Gospel
2025
Joseph
movieDeath 4 Dinner
2025
Robert Rutherford
movieBeyond the Rush
2024
Edward Clayborn
movieThe Goat
2024
Julian Brown
movieThe Audition
2022
Narrator (voice)
movieThe Right to Bear Arms
2022
Brutal Magnus
tvBosch: Legacy
2022
Allie Lewis
movieA Cloud So High
2022
Gene 'Sackler' Sarling
movieEye for Eye
2022
Brad Braddock
movieInsight
2021
Frank
movieFollowed
2020
Wallace Fleischer
movieA Medicine for the Mind
2020
Dr. E. Brown
movieThe Last Full Measure
2020
Kepper / Chauncy Kepper
movieHold On
2019
Dr. Siedhoff
movieThe Islands
2019
Henry Thornton
movieSpinning Dry
2019
Frank Manghetti
movieDown's Revenge
2019
Dr Sorkin
movieAmerican Exit
2019
Gerald
movieSix Children and One Grandfather
2019
David McDoll
movieEmpire of the Sharks
2018
Ian Fien
tv40 and Single
2018
Stewart Temple
movieTorch
2018
August Lewin
movieBetrayed
2018
Mayor Alderman
movieMission Possible
2018
Captain Ted Napoleon
movieThree Seconds
2017
тренер сборной США Генри Айба
movieFake News
2017
President Wayne Walker
tvSEAL Team
2017
Emmet Quinn
movieThe Neighborhood
2017
Vito Bello
movieVampire Wars
2017
Stokes
movieNephilim
2017
Father Samuel
movieThe Return
2017
Čovek u crnom odelu
movieAmerican Romance
2016
Emery Reed
movieMata Hari
2016
Edouard Clunet
tvGoliath
2016
Mickey
movieThe Black Dove
2016
Jake Williams
tvThe World Champions
2016
Wiliam Jones
movieSensory Perception
2015
President of United Earth
movieTales of Halloween
2015
Capt. J.G. Zimmerman
movieWe Will Be the World Champions
2015
William Jones
movieCaffeinated
2015
Himself
movieFort Bliss
2014
Mike Swann
movieDemon Legacy
2014
The Codger
movieThe Hooping Life
2014
Himself
movieBermuda Tentacles
2014
President Desteno
movieBullet
2014
Governor Johnson
movieThe Big Fat Stone
2014
Robert Tanninger
movie7E
2013
Paul
movieDefending Santa
2013
Judge Willis
movieA Sierra Nevada Gunfight
2013
Father Bill
movieAlien Rising
2013
Manning
movieAwakened
2013
Jack Winston
movieReal Gangsters
2013
Ted Roberts
movieArt of Submission
2012
Harbin Rask
movieSins
2012
Father Karl
movieSweetwater
2012
Calvin Kabral
movieThe Orphan Killer
2011
Detective Walker
movieHit List
2011
Walter Murphy
movieBed & Breakfast
2010
Mr. Harvey
movieDreamkiller
2010
Agent Barnes
movieBuffalo Bushido
2009
Vendetti
movieHandsome Harry
2009
Peter Rheems
movieAmerican Bully
2009
News Producer
movieThe Golden Boys
2008
Web Saunders
movieThe Coverup
2008
Thomas Thacker
tvFringe
2008
Sam Weiss
movieThe Grift
2008
William Bender
The Violent Kind
2008
George Malloy
movieShortcut to Happiness
2007
Johnny (uncredited)
movieShut Up and Shoot!
2006
Marty Pearlheimer
movieThe Drop
2006
Mr. Zero
movieThe Attic
2006
Graham Callan
movieThe New World
2005
Savage
movieIowa
2005
Irv Huffman
movieAdmissions
2004
Harry Brighton
movieFreedom from Despair
2004
Narrator
movieSucker Free City
2004
Anderson Wade
movieFallacy
2004
Heathcliff
movieAlien Lockdown
2004
Dr. Woodman
movieEasy Sex
2003
Frank Iverson
tvCarnivàle
2003
Henry 'Hack' Scudder
movieIntoxicating
2003
William Shanley
tvEverwood
2002
Daniel Maxwell
movieThe Anarchist Cookbook
2002
Johnny Red
tvLaw & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
Mark Farrell
movieBurning Down the House
2001
Jake Seiling
tvThe District
2000
Billy Nevins
tvDark Angel
2000
Col. Donald Lydecker
movieThey Nest
2000
Jack Wald
movieChristina's House
2000
James Tarling
tvLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Lucas Biggs
movieThe Jack Bull
1999
Slater
movieNightworld: Lost Souls
1999
Victor Robinson
movieMessage in a Bottle
1999
Johnny Land
movieFrontline
1999
Captain Wolfgang Mueller
movieThe Thin Red Line
1998
Sgt. Jack McCron
The Mouse
1997
Bruce 'The Mouse' Strauss
movieBefore Women Had Wings
1997
Billy Jackson
movieLast Cut
1997
Leo Kimball
movieA Scent of Paradise
1997
Padre Louis
movieHollywood Safari
1997
Deputy Rogers
movieAmnesia
1997
Tim Bishop
movieLittle Boy Blue
1997
Ray West
movieWhere Truth Lies
1996
Dr. Ian Lazarre
movieAmerican Strays
1996
Dwayne
movieFirestorm
1996
Brinkman
movieManagua
1996
Dennis
movieOne Good Turn
1996
Santapietro
movieWhite Squall
1996
McCrea
movieOP Center
1995
Bob Herbert
tvOP Center
1995
Bob Herbert
movieCarnosaur 2
1995
Jack Reed
movieDeadly Weapon
1995
Sanders
movieRed Scorpion 2
1995
Andrew Kendrick
movieThe Dangerous
1995
Emile Lautrec
tvStar Trek: Voyager
1995
Captain Rudy Ransom
tvTouched by an Angel
1994
Simon Miller
movieC.I.A. II: Target Alexa
1993
Franz Kluge
tvThe X-Files
1993
Henry Trondheim
movieBerlin '39
1993
Wieland
movieFlynn
1993
Joe Stromberg
movieDaybreak
1993
The President
tvWalker, Texas Ranger
1993
Sergeant Major Bart Hawkins
moviePrimary Motive
1992
Wallace Roberts
movieDoor Into Silence
1991
Melvin Devereux
movieHunting
1991
Michael Bergman
movieThe Dark Tale
1991
Roy Kramer
tvThe Burning Shore
1991
Blaine
movieThe Godfather Part III
1990
Father Andrew Hagen
movieAny Man's Death
1990
Leon Abrahams
tvTwin Peaks
1990
Detective Clark
movieDo the Right Thing
1989
Clifton
movieDate Rape
1988
Bernie Morton
movieThe Beat
1988
Frank Ellsworth
movieCaribe
1987
Jeff Richardson
movieBeauty and the Beast
1987
Beast/Prince
movieHotel Colonial
1987
Marco Venieri
movieSoldier's Revenge
1986
Frank Morgan
movieSalvador
1986
John Cassady
movieThe Tender Age
1986
Tim Donovan
movieSilent Witness
1985
Kevin Dunne
movieMaria's Lovers
1984
Ivan Bibic
movieNairobi Affair
1984
Rick Cahill
movieBrady’s Escape
1983
J.W. Brady
movieComing Out of the Ice
1982
Victor Herman
tvAmerican Playhouse
1982
Tim Donovan
movieThe Amateur
1981
Charles Heller
movieCattle Annie and Little Britches
1981
Bittercreek Newcombe
movieThe Onion Field
1979
Karl Hettinger
movieHair
1979
Claude Hooper Bukowski
movieThe Deer Hunter
1978
Steven Pushkov
tvGibbsville
1976
Jim Malloy
movieEric
1975
Eric Swensen
movieThe Sister in Law
1975
Robert Strong
movieThe Turning Point of Jim Malloy
1975
Jim Malloy
movieThe Killing Kind
1974
Terry Lambert
movieBad Company
1972
Loney
tvABC Afterschool Special
1972
Bernie Morton
movieLove Is a Carousel
1970
Boy Friend
tvHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Eric Swensen
Spychosis
Jim Patterson
Crew1
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movieThe Sister in Law
1975
Original Music Composer