John Savage
Acting
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.
Born: August 25, 1949
Place of Birth: Old Bethpage, New York, USA
Known For
Burning Down the House
A down-on-his-luck film director sets fire to his home so he can collect the insurance money and fund his new movie. But crime apparently does pay, because once the rumor mill gets wind of his plans, everyone suddenly wants a slice of his new project's pie.
Redemption of the Ghost
When convicted embezzler Witt Hampton (Gene Bicknell) escapes from prison, a lonely barn serves as the perfect hideout -- until a pair of tykes stumbles on him. Telling the tots he's a ghost, Witt strikes up a friendship with the pair. Soon, inspired by their innocence, he decides to take responsibility for his crimes. Too bad the local sheriff isn't quick to forgive in this family drama co-starring, Diane Ladd, Rachel Hunter and John Savage.
Last Call at Murray's
Closing night at a rural bar gets complicated when a blizzard traps a motley crew of misfits overnight.
40 and Single
A bisexual, mixed race, single bridal fashion designer maneuvers life and business in post colonial Africa.
The Hooping Life
Learn the origins and rise of modern day hula-hooping through eight extraordinary stories of hoop devotees who have embraced it as an art form, a teaching aid, and even an instrument of redemption. From the streets, to intimate clubs, to giant arenas, we alternate between self-filmed video diaries, verité documentary footage, and spectacularly filmed performances in an attempt to celebrate the healing power of movement and the spirit of human inventiveness.
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Long-running anthology program sponsored by Hallmark Cards. Beginning in 1951 and continuing into 2019, the series received 80 Emmy Awards, 24 Christopher Awards, 11 Peabody Awards, 9 Golden Globes, and 4 Humanitas Prizes. Early seasons were a weekly live drama, eventually transitioning to videotaped and then filmed productions broadcast as occasional specials.
The X-Files
The exploits of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully who investigate X-Files: marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena. Mulder believes in the existence of aliens and the paranormal while Scully, a skeptic, is assigned to make scientific analyses of Mulder's discoveries that debunk Mulder's work and thus return him to mainstream cases.
Twin Peaks
The body of Laura Palmer is washed up on a beach near the small Washington state town of Twin Peaks. FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper is called in to investigate her strange demise only to uncover a web of mystery that ultimately leads him deep into the heart of the surrounding woodland and his very own soul.
Fringe
FBI Special Agent Olivia Dunham, brilliant but formerly institutionalized scientist Walter Bishop and his scheming, reluctant son Peter uncover a deadly mystery involving a series of unbelievable events and realize they may be a part of a larger, more disturbing pattern that blurs the line between science fiction and technology.
SEAL Team
Military drama following the professional and personal lives of the most elite unit of Navy SEALs as they train, plan and execute the most dangerous, high stakes missions our country can ask of them.
Filmography
as Joseph
as Robert Rutherford
as Edward Clayborn
as Julian Brown
as Lucky
as Narrator (voice)
as Brutal Magnus
as Allie Lewis
as Gene 'Sackler' Sarling
as Brad Braddock
as Frank
as Wallace Fleischer
as Epifano
as Kepper
as Chauncy Kepper
as Henry Thornton
as Dr. Siedhoff
as Frank Manghetti
as Joseph
as Augustus
as Dr Sorkin
as Donald
as Gerald
as David McDoll
as Stewart Temple
as August Lewin
as Mayor Alderman
as Captain Ted Napoleon
as тренер сборной США Генри Айба
as President Wayne Walker
as Brett
as Emmet Quinn
as Vito Bello
as Stokes
as Ian Fien
as Father Samuel
as Čovek u crnom odelu
as Emery Reed
as Edouard Clunet
as Mickey
as Dan
as Jake Williams
as Carl
as Wiliam Jones
as Bennett
as President of United Earth
as Capt. J.G. Zimmerman
as William Jones
as Himself
as Mike Swann
as The Codger
as Himself
as President Desteno
as Governor Johnson
as Robert Tanninger
as Paul
as Judge Willis
as Mort
as Father Bill
as Manning
as Jack Winston
as Ted Roberts
as Carl
as Harbin Rask
as Father Karl
as Jim
as Calvin Kabral
as Detective Walker
as Arlo
as Walter Murphy
as Mr. Harvey
as Ted
as Agent Barnes
as Vendetti
as Peter Rheems
as News Producer
as Web Saunders
as Thomas Thacker
as Sam Weiss
as J.J.
as Vic
as William Bender
as Johnny (uncredited)
as Billy
as Marty Pearlheimer
as Mr. Zero
as Graham Callan
as Rock
as Savage
as Trent
as McGee
as Irv Huffman
as H2O
as Harry Brighton
as Narrator
as Anderson Wade
as Heathcliff
as Dr. Woodman
as Frank Iverson
as Henry 'Hack' Scudder
as William Shanley
as Daniel Maxwell
as Johnny Red
as Mark Farrell
as Jake Seiling
as Billy Nevins
as Col. Donald Lydecker
as Jack Wald
as James Tarling
as Steve
as Lucas Biggs
as Simon
as Slater
as Victor Robinson
as Johnny Land
as Captain Wolfgang Mueller
as Sgt. Jack McCron
as Zero
as Neal
as Billy Jackson
as Leo Kimball
as Padre Louis
as Bear
as Deputy Rogers
as Tim Bishop
as Ray West
as Dr. Ian Lazarre
as Dwayne
as Brinkman
as Dennis
as Santapietro
as McCrea
as Lucas
as Bob Herbert
as Bob Herbert
as Jack Reed
as Sanders
as Andrew Kendrick
as Bobby
as Emile Lautrec
as Captain Rudy Ransom
as Greg
as Drury
as Simon Miller
as Albert
as David
as Franz Kluge
as Henry Trondheim
as Wieland
as Joe Stromberg
as The President
as Sergeant Major Bart Hawkins
as Wallace Roberts
as Melvin Devereux
as Michael Bergman
as Roy Kramer
as Blaine
as Paola
as Wintrop
as Blaine
as Father Andrew Hagen
as Leon Abrahams
as Detective Clark
as Clifton
as Benny
as Boy
as Bernie Morton
as Frank Ellsworth
as Jeff Richardson
as Noah
as Beast/Prince
as Marco Venieri
as Frank Morgan
as John Cassady
as Tim Donovan
as Kevin Dunne
as Ivan Bibic
as Rick Cahill
as J.W. Brady
as Victor Herman
as Charles Heller
as Bittercreek Newcombe
as Roary
as Karl Hettinger
as Claude Hooper Bukowski
as Steven Pushkov
as Jim Malloy
as Eric Swensen
as Robert Strong
as Jim Malloy
as Peter
as Terry Lambert
as Kid
as Loney
as Bernie Morton
as Boy Friend
as Rocco
as Al
as Eric Swensen