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John Savage
Actor, Producer
Born August 25, 1949 (73 years)
John Savage (born John Youngs) 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.
Filmography
| 2022 | The Right to Bear Arms · as Brutal Magnus |
| 2022 | A Cloud So High · as Gene 'Sackler' Sarling |
| 2022 | Eye for Eye · as Brad Braddock |
| 2022 | Bosch: Legacy (TV Series) · as Allie Lewis |
| 2021 | Insight · as Frank |
| 2021 | Torch · as August Lewin |
| 2020 | The Man with the Camera · as Epifano |
| 2020 | A Medicine for the Mind · as Dr. Ernest Brown |
| 2019 | The Last Full Measure · as Kepper |
| 2019 | Hold On · as Dr. Siedhoff |
| 2019 | The Islands · as Henry Thornton |
| 2019 | Ovid and the Art of Love · as Augustus |
| 2019 | American Exit · as Unknown |
| 2019 | Gates of Darkness · as Joseph |
| 2019 | Down's Revenge · as Dr Sorkin |
| 2019 | Heavenly Deposit · as Donald |
| 2018 | Mission Possible · as Captain Ted |
| 2018 | Followed · as Wallace Fleischer |
| 2018 | Betrayed · as Mayor Alderman |
| 2018 | 6 Children & 1 Grandfather · as David McDoll |
| 2018 | 40 & Single (TV Series) · as Stewart Temple |
| 2017 | Empire of the Sharks · as Ian Fien |
| 2017 | Spreading Darkness · as Brett |
| 2017 | Teen Star Academy · as Unknown |
| 2017 | SEAL Team (TV Series) · as Emmet Quinn |
| 2017 | Three Seconds · as Unknown |
| 2016 | Texas Heart · as Carl |
| 2016 | American Romance · as Emery Reed |
| 2016 | Dead South · as Unknown |
| 2016 | The Neighborhood · as Vito Bello |
| 2016 | Last Call at Murray's · as Bennett |
| 2016 | Mata Hari · as Edouard Clunet |
| 2016 | Goliath (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2016 | In Dubious Battle · as Dan |
| 2015 | Tales of Halloween · as Capt. J.G. Zimmerman |
| 2015 | Beverly Hills Christmas · as Mr. Winters |
| 2015 | The Sparrows: Nesting · as Marvin |
| 2014 | Bullet · as Governor Johnson |
| 2014 | Bermuda Tentacles · as President Desteno |
| 2014 | Fort Bliss · as Mike Swann |
| 2014 | Demon Legacy · as The Codger |
| 2014 | The Big Fat Stone · as Robert Tanninger |
| 2014 | The Lookalike · as William Spinks |
| 2013 | Open Road · as Carl |
| 2013 | A Sierra Nevada Gunfight · as Father Bill |
| 2013 | Defending Santa · as Judge Willis |
| 2013 | 7E · as Paul |
| 2013 | Awakened · as Jack Winston |
| 2013 | Real Gangsters · as Ted Roberts |
| 2013 | Alien Rising · as Manning |
| 2013 | The Carrier · as Narrator |
| 2013 | Cleaners (TV Series) · as Marcus Walker |
| 2012 | Sins · as Father Karl |
| 2012 | The Jonas Project · as Calvin Kabral |
| 2012 | The Black Dove · as Jake Williams |
| 2012 | Money Fight · as Harbin Rask |
| 2011 | Hit List · as Walter Murphy |
| 2011 | Assassins' Code · as Arlo |
| 2011 | These Amazing Shadows · as Steven (clip from The Deer Hunter (1978)) |
| 2011 | The Legacy of the Sun · as Douglas MacArthur |
| 2011 | The Orphan Killer · as Detective Walker |
| 2010 | Bereavement · as Ted |
| 2010 | Bed & Breakfast: Love is a Happy Accident · as Mr. Harvey |
| 2010 | Dreamkiller · as Agent Barnes |
| 2009 | Handsome Harry · as Peter Rheems |
| 2009 | American Bully · as News Producer |
| 2009 | Wild About Harry · as Horace White |
| 2009 | Remembering Nigel · as John Savage |
| 2008 | The Golden Boys · as Web Saunders |
| 2008 | The Grift · as William Bender |
| 2008 | From a Place of Darkness · as Vic |
| 2008 | The Coverup · as Thomas Thacker |
| 2008 | Boiler Maker · as J.J. |
| 2008 | Fringe (TV Series) · as Sam Weiss |
| 2007 | |
| 2006 | Kill Your Darlings · as Rock |
| 2006 | The Drop · as Mr. Zero |
| 2006 | Shut Up and Shoot! · as Marty Pearlheimer |
| 2005 | The New World · as Savage |
| 2005 | Iowa · as Irv Huffman |
| 2005 | Confessions of a Pit Fighter · as McGee |
| 2005 | Love's Long Journey · as Trent |
| 2005 | King's Echo · as Hawkins |
| 2004 | Sucker Free City · as Anderson Wade |
| 2004 | Alien Lockdown · as Dr. Woodman |
| 2004 | Downtown: A Street Tale · as H2O |
| 2004 | Admissions · as Harry Brighton |
| 2003 | Easy Six · as Frank Iverson |
| 2003 | Carnivàle (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2003 | Shortcut to Happiness · as Johnny |
| 2002 | The Anarchist Cookbook · as Johnny Red |
| 2002 | Redemption of the Ghost · as Unknown |
| 2002 | Everwood (TV Series) · as Daniel Maxwell |
| 2001 | Burning Down the House · as Jake Seiling |
| 2001 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2000 | Christina's House · as James Tarling |
| 2000 | |
| 2000 | The Virginian · as Steve |
| 2000 | The District (TV Series) · as Billy Nevins |
| 2000 | Dark Angel (TV Series) · as Col. Donald Lydecker |
| 1999 | Message in a Bottle · as Johnny Land |
| 1999 | The Jack Bull · as Slater |
| 1999 | Frontline · as Captain Wolfgang Mueller |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series) · as Lucas Biggs |
| 1999 | Summer of Sam · as Simon |
| 1998 | The Thin Red Line · as Sgt. Jack McCron |
| 1998 | Club Vampire · as Zero |
| 1998 | Mia, Liebe meines Lebens (TV Series) · as Spitz |
| 1997 | Little Boy Blue · as Ray West |
| 1997 | Managua · as Dennis |
| 1997 | Last Cut · as Unknown |
| 1997 | Hollywood Safari · as Deputy Rogers |
| 1997 | Firestorm · as Brinkman |
| 1997 | Before Women Had Wings · as Billy Jackson |
| 1997 | Hostile Intent · as Bear |
| 1997 | A Corner of Paradise · as Padre Louis |
| 1997 | Amnesia · as Tim Bishop |
| 1996 | White Squall · as McCrea |
| 1996 | American Strays · as Dwayne |
| 1996 | Where Truth Lies · as Dr. Ian Lazarre |
| 1996 | One Good Turn · as Santapietro |
| 1995 | The Crossing Guard · as Bobby |
| 1995 | Carnosaur 2 · as Jack Reed |
| 1995 | The Dangerous · as Emile Lautrec |
| 1995 | Fatal Choice · as Drury |
| 1995 | Tuono di proiettile · as Sanders |
| 1995 | The Outer Limits (1995) (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1995 | Star Trek: Voyager (TV Series) · as Captain Rudy Ransom |
| 1994 | The Takeover · as Greg |
| 1994 | Red Scorpion 2 · as Andrew Kendrick |
| 1994 | Shattered Image · as David |
| 1994 | Killing Obsession · as Albert |
| 1994 | Touched by an Angel (TV Series) · as Simon Miller |
| 1993 | Daybreak · as The President |
| 1993 | CIA II: Target Alexa · as Franz Kluge |
| 1993 | My Forgotten Man · as Joe Stromberg |
| 1993 | Berlin '39 · as Wieland |
| 1993 | Walker, Texas Ranger (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1993 | The X-Files (TV Series) · as Henry Trondheim |
| 1992 | Primary Motive · as Wallace Roberts |
| 1992 | The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 · as Father Andrew Hagen |
| 1991 | Buck ai confini del cielo · as Wintrop |
| 1991 | Across Red Nights · as Paola |
| 1990 | The Godfather Part III · as Father Andrew Hagen |
| 1990 | Any Man's Death · as Leon Abrahams |
| 1990 | Hunting · as Michael Bergman |
| 1990 | Voice in the Dark · as Dan Montgomery |
| 1990 | Twin Peaks (TV Series) · as Detective Clark |
| 1989 | Do the Right Thing · as Clifton |
| 1989 | Point of View · as actor |
| 1989 | Tales from the Crypt (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1989 | Press Gang (TV Series) · as Boy |
| 1988 | The Beat · as Frank Ellsworth |
| 1987 | Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam · as actor |
| 1987 | Hotel Colonial · as Marco Venieri |
| 1987 | Caribe · as Jeff Richardson |
| 1987 | Beauty and the Beast · as Beast/Prince |
| 1987 | Biography (TV Series) · as actor |
| 1986 | Salvador · as John Cassady |
| 1986 | Soldier's Revenge · as Frank Morgan |
| 1985 | Silent Witness · as Kevin Dunne |
| 1984 | Maria's Lovers · as Ivan Bibic |
| 1984 | Nairobi Affair · as Rick Cahill |
| 1984 | The Bill (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1983 | Brady's Escape · as J.W. Brady |
| 1982 | Coming Out of the Ice · as Victor Herman |
| 1981 | The Amateur · as Charles Heller |
| 1980 | Inside Moves · as Roary |
| 1980 | Cattle Annie and Little Britches · as Bittercreek Newcombe |
| 1979 | The Onion Field · as Karl Hettinger |
| 1979 | Hair · as Claude Hooper Bukowski |
| 1978 | The Deer Hunter · as Steven Pushkov |
| 1974 | All the Kind Strangers · as Peter |
| 1974 | The Sister in Law · as Robert Strong |
| 1973 | The Killing Kind · as Terry Lambert |
| 1973 | Steelyard Blues · as Kid |
| 1972 | Bad Company · as Loney |
| 1959 | The Rebel (TV Series) · as Al |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall Of Fame (TV Series) · as Eric Swensen |