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John Savage

John Savage

Acting1949Old Bethpage, New York, USA

Biography

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.

Acting History

Future
Spychosis
as Jim Patterson
2025
Judas' Gospel
as Joseph
Death 4 Dinner
as Robert Rutherford
2024
The Goat
as Julian Brown
Beyond the Rush
as Edward Clayborn
2022
The Right to Bear Arms
as Brutal Magnus
A Cloud So High
as Gene 'Sackler' Sarling
Eye for Eye
as Brad Braddock
The Audition
as Narrator (voice)
Bosch: Legacy
TVas Allie Lewis1 eps
2021
Insight
as Frank
2020
The Last Full Measure
as Chauncy Kepper
Followed
as Wallace Fleischer
SEAL Team
TVas Emmet Quinn3 eps
2019
The Islands
as Henry Thornton
Hold On
as Dr. Siedhoff
American Exit
as Gerald
Down's Revenge
as Dr Sorkin
Spinning Dry
as Frank Manghetti
2018
Betrayed
as Mayor Alderman
Mission Possible
as Captain Ted Napoleon
Torch
as August Lewin
Goliath
TVas Mickey1 eps
40 and Single
TVas Stewart Temple
2017
Vampire Wars
as Stokes
Three Seconds
as тренер сборной США Генри Айба
The Return
as Čovek u crnom odelu
The Neighborhood
as Vito Bello
Nephilim
as Father Samuel
Fake News
as President Wayne Walker
Twin Peaks
TVas Detective Clark1 eps
2016
The Black Dove
as Jake Williams
American Romance
as Emery Reed
Mata Hari
as Edouard Clunet
The World Champions
TVas Wiliam Jones
2015
Tales of Halloween
as Capt. J.G. Zimmerman
Sensory Perception
as President of United Earth
Caffeinated
as Himself
2014
Fort Bliss
as Mike Swann
Bermuda Tentacles
as President Desteno
Demon Legacy
as The Codger
Bullet
as Governor Johnson
The Big Fat Stone
as Robert Tanninger
2013
Defending Santa
as Judge Willis
Awakened
as Jack Winston
Real Gangsters
as Ted Roberts
Open Road
as Carl
7E
as Paul
Alien Rising
as Manning
2012
Sins
as Father Karl
Art of Submission
as Harbin Rask
Sweetwater
as Calvin Kabral
2011
The Orphan Killer
as Detective Walker
Hit List
as Walter Murphy
2010
Bed & Breakfast
as Mr. Harvey
Dreamkiller
as Agent Barnes
2008
The Coverup
as Thomas Thacker
The Golden Boys
as Web Saunders
The Grift
as William Bender
The Violent Kind
as George Malloy
2007
Shortcut to Happiness
as Johnny (uncredited)
2006
The Attic
as Graham Callan
The Drop
as Mr. Zero
Shut Up and Shoot!
as Marty Pearlheimer
2005
2004
Fallacy
as Heathcliff
Admissions
as Harry Brighton
Sucker Free City
as Anderson Wade
Alien Lockdown
as Dr. Woodman
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
TVas Mark Farrell1 eps
2003
Intoxicating
as William Shanley
Easy Six
as Frank Iverson
The District
TVas Billy Nevins1 eps
Carnivàle
TVas Henry 'Hack' Scudder5 eps
2001
Burning Down the House
as Jake Seiling
Touched by an Angel
TVas Simon Miller1 eps
2000
They Nest
as Jack Wald
Christina's House
as James Tarling
Dark Angel
TVas Col. Donald Lydecker21 eps
1999
The Jack Bull
as Slater
Frontline
as Captain Wolfgang Mueller
Message in a Bottle
as Johnny Land
Nightworld: Lost Souls
as Victor Robinson
Star Trek: Voyager
TVas Captain Rudy Ransom2 eps
1998
The Thin Red Line
as Sgt. Jack McCron
1997
Hollywood Safari
as Deputy Rogers
Amnesia
as Tim Bishop
Little Boy Blue
as Ray West
Last Cut
as Leo Kimball
Before Women Had Wings
as Billy Jackson
A Scent of Paradise
as Padre Louis
1996
Markus 4
as Brinkman
White Squall
as McCrea
Managua
as Dennis
One Good Turn
as Santapietro
Where Truth Lies
as Dr. Ian Lazarre
Walker, Texas Ranger
TVas Sergeant Major Bart Hawkins1 eps
1995
Carnosaur 2
as Jack Reed
Twisted Fate
as Drury
Red Scorpion 2
as Andrew Kendrick
The Dangerous
as Emile Lautrec
Deadly Weapon
as Sanders
The Outer Limits
TVas Lucas1 eps
The X-Files
TVas Henry Trondheim1 eps
OP Center
TVas Bob Herbert
1994
1993
Daybreak
as The President
Flynn
as Joe Stromberg
Berlin '39
as Wieland
1992
Primary Motive
as Wallace Roberts
1990
The Godfather Part III
as Father Andrew Hagen
Any Man's Death
as Leon Abrahams
Press Gang
TVas Boy1 eps
1989
1988
The Beat
as Frank Ellsworth
Date Rape
as Bernie Morton
ABC Afterschool Special
TVas Bernie Morton1 eps
1987
Beauty and the Beast
as Beast/Prince
Hotel Colonial
as Marco Venieri
Desperate
as Noah
Caribe
as Jeff Richardson
1986
Salvador
as John Cassady
Soldier's Revenge
as Frank Morgan
The Tender Age
as Tim Donovan
1985
Silent Witness
as Kevin Dunne
1984
Maria's Lovers
as Ivan Bibic
Nairobi Affair
as Rick Cahill
1983
Brady’s Escape
as J.W. Brady
1982
Coming Out of the Ice
as Victor Herman
1981
Cattle Annie and Little Britches
as Bittercreek Newcombe
The Amateur
as Charles Heller
1980
Inside Moves
as Roary
1979
The Onion Field
as Karl Hettinger
Hair
as Claude Hooper Bukowski
1978
The Deer Hunter
as Steven Pushkov
1976
Gibbsville
TVas Jim Malloy
1975
The Sister in Law
as Robert Strong
Eric
as Eric Swensen
The Sister in Law
Original Music Composer
1974
1973
1972
Bad Company
as Loney
1970
Love Is a Carousel
as Boy Friend
1969
1959
The Rebel
TVas Al1 eps
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TVas Eric Swensen

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
8/25/1949(76 years old)
Place of Birth
Old Bethpage, New York, USA