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John Sayles
Actor, Writer, Director, Producer, Editor, Additional CreditsBorn September 28, 1950 (75 years)
John Thomas Sayles (born September 28, 1950) is an American independent film director, screenwriter, editor, actor, and novelist.
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John Sayles Filmography
| 2023 | Poker Face (TV Series) · as Chief Hal |
| 2021 | Texas Red · as Governor Johnson (voice) |
| 2016 | The Umbrella · as Pastor Jim |
| 2012 | The Normals · as Dr. Marx |
| 2009 | Studs Terkel: Listening to America · as Cast |
| 2009 | In the Electric Mist · as Michael Goldman |
| 2008 | The Toe Tactic · as Cramden |
| 2007 | Honeydripper · as Zeke |
| 2003 | |
| 2002 | Sunshine State · as Man Who Almost Got Hit By A Golf Ball (uncredited) |
| 2000 | Girlfight · as Science Teacher |
| 1997 | Gridlock'd · as Cop #1 |
| 1993 | My Life's in Turnaround · as Marginal Producer |
| 1993 | Matinee · as Bob |
| 1992 | Passion Fish · as Soap Opera Doctor (uncredited) |
| 1992 | Malcolm X · as Fbi Agent |
| 1992 | Straight Talk · as Guy Girardi |
| 1991 | City of Hope · as Carl |
| 1990 | Little Vegas · as Mike |
| 1990 | Shannon's Deal (TV Series) · as Ronnie Nash |
| 1989 | Untama giru · as Us High Commissioner |
| 1988 | Eight Men Out · as Ring Lardner |
| 1987 | Matewan · as Hardshell Preacher |
| 1987 | Square One TV (TV Series) · as Roy 'lefty' Cobbs |
| 1987 | Mathnet (TV Series) · as Roy 'lefty' Cobbs |
| 1986 | Unnatural Causes · as Lloyd |
| 1986 | Something Wild · as Motorcycle Cop |
| 1984 | Hard Choices · as Don |
| 1984 | The Brother from Another Planet · as Man In Black |
| 1983 | Lianna · as Jerry |
| 1981 | The Howling · as Morgue Attendant (uncredited) |
| 1979 | Return of the Secaucus Seven · as Howie |
| 1978 |
| 2024 | The Gray House (TV Series) |
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| 2010 | |
| 2008 | The Spiderwick Chronicles · as Screenplay |
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| 1994 | Men of War · as Screenplay |
| 1994 | The Secret of Roan Inish · as Screenplay |
| 1992 | |
| 1991 | |
| 1990 | Shannon's Deal (TV Series) |
| 1989 | |
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| 1987 | |
| 1987 | Wild Thing · as Screenplay |
| 1986 | |
| 1986 | The Clan of the Cave Bear · as Screenplay |
| 1984 | The ChuckleHounds (TV Series) |
| 1984 | The Brother from Another Planet · as Screenplay |
| 1983 | |
| 1983 | Baby It's You · as Screenplay |
| 1983 | |
| 1982 | |
| 1981 | The Howling · as Screenplay |
| 1980 | Alligator · as Screenplay |
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| 1990 | Shannon's Deal (TV Series) |
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| 1979 |
| 2018 | The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot · as Executive Producer |
| 2018 | The Alienist (TV Series) · as Consulting Producer |
| 2007 | My Mexican Shivah · as Executive Producer |
| 2000 | Girlfight · as Executive Producer |
| 1999 | Little Saints · as Executive Producer |
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| 1979 |
| 2022 | 1982: Greatest Geek Year Ever! (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2021 | MOVIE MAN · as Self |
| 2020 | |
| 2019 | Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2019 | Them That Work · as Self |
| 2014 | Algren · as Self |
| 2014 | That Guy Dick Miller · as Self |
| 2014 | Unsung Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2012 | Let Fury Have the Hour · as Self |
| 2012 | Casting By · as Self |
| 2011 | Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel · as Self - Filmmaker |
| 2011 | The Story of Film: An Odyssey (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2010 | Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2010 | Overheard (TV Series) · as Self - Interviewee |
| 2010 | Sodankylä Forever (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2010 | ...But Film is My Mistress · as Self |
| 2009 | Great Directors · as Self |
| 2008 | |
| 2008 | 39th NAACP Image Awards · as Self |
| 2007 | Obscene · as Self |
| 2007 | Alligator Author · as Self |
| 2007 | Up Close with Carrie Keagan (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2006 | Edge of Outside · as Self |
| 2006 | Who Needs Sleep? · as Self |
| 2004 | Tell Them Who You Are · as Self |
| 2004 | Tavis Smiley (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2003 | American Storytellers · as Self |
| 2002 | NOW (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2001 | Democracy Now! (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2001 | Dinner for Five (TV Series) · as Self - Special Guest |
| 2000 | A Constant Forge · as Self |
| 2000 | When It Was a Game 3 · as Self (voice) |
| 1999 | Film-Fest DVD: Issue 2 - Cannes · as Self |
| 1998 | The Panel (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1997 | Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western · as Self |
| 1997 | Scene by Scene (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1994 | Baseball (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1992 | Late Show with David Letterman (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1991 | Charlie Rose (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1987 | Biography (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2018 | The Alienist (TV Series) · as Teleplay |
| 1995 | |
| 1980 | Battle Beyond the Stars · as Story |