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John Savage

Actor, Producer, Additional CreditsBorn August 25, 1949 (75 years)
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.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Message in a Bottle
  • Tales of Halloween
  • Bereavement
  • Shortcut to Happiness
  • Betrayed
  • The Lookalike
  • They Nest
  • Inside Moves
  • The Attic
  • The Killing Kind
  • Bed & Breakfast: Love is a Happy Accident
  • Cattle Annie and Little Britches
  • All the Kind Strangers
  • Alien Lockdown
  • Empire of the Sharks
  • Hit List
  • Insight
  • The Coverup
  • The Rebel
  • Gates of Darkness
  • American Exit
  • CIA II: Target Alexa
  • Beverly Hills Christmas
  • Alien Rising

Known For

  • The Deer Hunter
  • Hair
  • Message in a Bottle
  • White Squall
  • The Onion Field
  • Salvador
  • Betrayed
  • Dark Angel
  • Real Gangsters
  • Bermuda Tentacles
  • Inside Moves
  • Carnosaur 2
  • Maria's Lovers
  • The Crossing Guard
  • Bereavement
  • The Amateur
  • The Jack Bull
  • Empire of the Sharks
  • They Nest
  • The Islands
  • Three Seconds
  • Beauty and the Beast
  • Little Boy Blue
  • Door to Silence

Featured Videos

    Filmography

    2025
    Judas' Gospel · as Joseph
    2025
    Death 4 Dinner · as Robert Rutherford
    2024
    Beyond the Rush · as Edward Clayborn
    2024
    2024
    2023
    2022
    The Audition · as Narrator (voice)
    2022
    The Right to Bear Arms · as Brutal Magnus
    2022
    Bosch: Legacy (TV Series) · as Allie Lewis
    2022
    A Cloud So High · as Gene 'sackler' Sarling
    2022
    Eye for Eye · as Brad Braddock
    2021
    Torch · as August Lewin
    2021
    Insight · as Frank
    2020
    A Medicine for the Mind · as Dr. Ernest Brown
    2019
    Hold On · as Dr. Siedhoff
    2019
    The Islands · as Henry Thornton
    2019
    2019
    2019
    2019
    Down's Revenge · as Dr Sorkin
    2019
    2019
    2018
    40 & Single (TV Series) · as Stewart Temple
    2018
    Betrayed · as Mayor Alderman
    2018
    Mission Possible · as Captain Ted Napoleon
    2018
    Followed · as Wallace Fleischer
    2018
    2017
    Three Seconds · as Тренер Сборной Сша Генри Айба
    2017
    Fake News · as President Wayne Walker
    2017
    Spreading Darkness · as Brett
    2017
    SEAL Team (TV Series) · as Emmet Quinn
    2017
    The Neighborhood · as Vito Bello
    2017
    2017
    2017
    The Return · as Čovek U Crnom Odelu
    2016
    Dead South · as Stokes
    2016
    American Romance · as Emery Reed
    2016
    Mata Hari · as Edouard Clunet
    2016
    Goliath (TV Series)
    2016
    2016
    2016
    Prvaci sveta (TV Series) · as Wiliam Jones
    2016
    Last Call at Murray's · as Bennett
    2015
    2015
    Tales of Halloween · as Capt. J.g. Zimmerman
    2015
    We Will Be the World Champions · as William Jones
    2015
    2014
    Fort Bliss · as Mike Swann
    2014
    The Lookalike · as William Spinks
    2014
    Demon Legacy · as The Codger
    2014
    Bermuda Tentacles · as President Desteno
    2014
    Bullet · as Governor Johnson
    2014
    The Big Fat Stone · as Robert Tanninger
    2013
    7E · as Paul
    2013
    Defending Santa · as Judge Willis
    2013
    Cleaners (TV Series) · as Marcus Walker
    2013
    A Sierra Nevada Gunfight · as Father Bill
    2013
    Alien Rising · as Manning
    2013
    Awakened · as Jack Winston
    2013
    Real Gangsters · as Ted Roberts
    2013
    Open Road · as Carl
    2013
    The Carrier · as Narrator
    2012
    Money Fight · as Harbin Rask
    2012
    Sins · as Father Karl
    2012
    The Black Dove · as Jake Williams
    2012
    The Jonas Project · as Calvin Kabral
    2011
    Summer Song · as Jim
    2011
    The Orphan Killer · as Detective Walker
    2011
    2011
    Hit List · as Walter Murphy
    2011
    The Legacy of the Sun · as Douglas Macarthur
    2011
    These Amazing Shadows · as Steven (clip From The Deer Hunter (1978))
    2011
    The Last Gamble · as John
    2010
    2010
    2010
    Dreamkiller · as Agent Barnes
    2009
    Buffalo Bushido · as Vendetti
    2009
    Gasp · as Frank Dreibelbis
    2009
    Wild About Harry · as Horace White
    2009
    Handsome Harry · as Peter Rheems
    2009
    American Bully · as News Producer
    2008
    The Violent Kind · as George Malloy
    2008
    The Golden Boys · as Web Saunders
    2008
    The Coverup · as Thomas Thacker
    2008
    Fringe (TV Series) · as Sam Weiss
    2008
    Boiler Maker · as J.j.
    2008
    2008
    The Grift · as William Bender
    2007
    The Attic · as Graham Callan
    2006
    Shut Up and Shoot! · as Marty Pearlheimer
    2006
    The Drop · as Mr. Zero
    2006
    2005
    The New World · as Savage
    2005
    2005
    2005
    IOWA · as Irv Huffman
    2005
    King's Echo · as Hawkins
    2004
    2004
    Admissions · as Harry Brighton
    2004
    2004
    Sucker Free City · as Anderson Wade
    2004
    Fallacy · as Heathcliff
    2004
    Alien Lockdown · as Dr. Woodman
    2003
    Easy Six · as Frank Iverson
    2003
    Carnivàle (TV Series) · as Henry 'hack' Scudder
    2003
    Intoxicating · as William Shanley
    2003
    2002
    Everwood (TV Series) · as Daniel Maxwell
    2002
    The Anarchist Cookbook · as Johnny Red
    2002
    2001
    Law & Order: Criminal Intent (TV Series) · as Mark Farrell
    2001
    Burning Down the House · as Jake Seiling
    2000
    The District (TV Series) · as Billy Nevins
    2000
    Dark Angel (TV Series) · as Col. Donald Lydecker
    2000
    They Nest · as Jack Wald
    2000
    Christina's House · as James Tarling
    2000
    The Virginian · as Steve
    1999
    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series) · as Lucas Biggs
    1999
    Summer of Sam · as Simon
    1999
    The Jack Bull · as Slater
    1999
    1999
    Frontline · as Captain Wolfgang Mueller
    1998
    The Thin Red Line · as Sgt. Jack Mccron
    1998
    Lost Souls · as Victor Robinson
    1998
    Club Vampire · as Zero
    1998
    Mia, Liebe meines Lebens (TV Series) · as Spitz
    1998
    Centurion Force · as Neal
    1997
    Before Women Had Wings · as Billy Jackson
    1997
    Last Cut · as Leo Kimball
    1997
    Managua · as Dennis
    1997
    A Corner of Paradise · as Padre Louis
    1997
    Hostile Intent · as Bear
    1997
    Hollywood Safari · as Deputy Rogers
    1997
    Little Boy Blue · as Ray West
    1996
    The Mouse · as Bruce 'the Mouse' Strauss
    1996
    Amnesia · as Tim Bishop
    1996
    Where Truth Lies · as Dr. Ian Lazarre
    1996
    American Strays · as Dwayne
    1996
    Firestorm · as Brinkman
    1996
    One Good Turn · as Santapietro
    1996
    White Squall · as Mccrea
    1995
    The Crossing Guard · as Bobby
    1995
    The Outer Limits (1995) (TV Series) · as Lucas
    1995
    OP Center · as Bob Herbert
    1995
    OP Center (TV Series) · as Bob Herbert
    1995
    Carnosaur 2 · as Jack Reed
    1995
    Tuono di proiettile · as Sanders
    1995
    The Dangerous · as Emile Lautrec
    1995
    Star Trek: Voyager (TV Series) · as Captain Rudy Ransom
    1995
    Fatal Choice · as Drury
    1994
    The Takeover · as Greg
    1994
    Red Scorpion 2 · as Andrew Kendrick
    1994
    Touched by an Angel (TV Series) · as Simon Miller
    1994
    Killing Obsession · as Albert
    1994
    Shattered Image · as David
    1993
    1993
    The X-Files (TV Series) · as Henry Trondheim
    1993
    Berlin '39 · as Wieland
    1993
    My Forgotten Man · as Joe Stromberg
    1993
    Daybreak · as The President
    1993
    Walker, Texas Ranger (TV Series) · as Sergeant Major Bart Hawkins
    1992
    1992
    Primary Motive · as Wallace Roberts
    1991
    Door to Silence · as Melvin Devereux
    1991
    1991
    La montagna dei diamanti (TV Series) · as Blaine
    1991
    Across Red Nights · as Paola
    1991
    1990
    Hunting · as Michael Bergman
    1990
    The Godfather Part III · as Father Andrew Hagen
    1990
    Voice in the Dark · as Dan Montgomery
    1990
    Any Man's Death · as Leon Abrahams
    1990
    Twin Peaks (TV Series) · as Detective Clark
    1989
    Point of View · as Cast
    1989
    Great Expectations (1991) (TV Series) · as Urchin
    1989
    Do the Right Thing · as Clifton
    1989
    Tales from the Crypt (TV Series) · as Benny
    1989
    Press Gang (TV Series) · as Boy
    1988
    The Beat · as Frank Ellsworth
    1987
    Caribe · as Jeff Richardson
    1987
    1987
    Biography (TV Series) · as Cast
    1987
    Beauty and the Beast · as Beast/prince
    1987
    Hotel Colonial · as Marco Venieri
    1986
    Salvador · as John Cassady
    1985
    Soldier's Revenge · as Frank Morgan
    1985
    Silent Witness · as Kevin Dunne
    1985
    The Little Sister · as Tim Donovan
    1984
    Nairobi Affair · as Rick Cahill
    1984
    The Bill (TV Series)
    1984
    Maria's Lovers · as Ivan Bibic
    1984
    CBS Schoolbreak Special (TV Series) · as Ben Kane
    1983
    Brady's Escape · as J.w. Brady
    1982
    Coming Out of the Ice · as Victor Herman
    1981
    The Amateur · as Charles Heller
    1980
    1980
    1979
    The Onion Field · as Karl Hettinger
    1979
    Hair · as Claude Hooper Bukowski
    1978
    The Deer Hunter · as Steven Pushkov
    1976
    Gibbsville (TV Series) · as Jim Malloy
    1975
    Eric · as Eric Swensen
    1974
    1974
    The Sister in Law · as Robert Strong
    1973
    Steelyard Blues · as Kid
    1973
    The Killing Kind · as Terry Lambert
    1972
    Bad Company · as Loney
    1972
    The ABC Afterschool Special (TV Series) · as Bernie Morton
    1971
    Cade's County (TV Series) · as Frank Stubock
    1959
    The Rebel (TV Series) · as Al
    1951
    Hallmark Hall Of Fame (TV Series) · as Eric Swensen

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