John Savage
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Lucas Biggs
1999
Series
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Mark Farrell
2001
Series
The X-Files
Henry Trondheim
1993
Series
Fringe
Sam Weiss
2008
Series
Star Trek: Voyager
Captain Rudy Ransom
1995
Series
Twin Peaks
Detective Clark
1990
Series
Everwood
Daniel Maxwell
2002
Series
SEAL Team
Emmet Quinn
2017
Series
Goliath
Mickey
2016
Series
Touched by an Angel
Simon Miller
1994
Series
Tales from the Crypt
Benny
1989
Series
The Outer Limits
Lucas
1995
Series
Walker, Texas Ranger
Sergeant Major Bart Hawkins
1993
Series
The District
Billy Nevins
2000
Series
Dark Angel
Col. Donald Lydecker
2000
Series
Bosch: Legacy
Allie Lewis
2022
Series
American Playhouse
Tim Donovan
1982
Film
The Godfather Part III
Father Andrew Hagen
1990
Series
ABC Afterschool Special
Bernie Morton
1972
Series
The Bill
1984
Series
The Rebel
Al
1959
Series
Carnivàle
Henry 'Hack' Scudder
2003
Film
The Deer Hunter
Steven Pushkov
1978
Film
The Thin Red Line
Sgt. Jack McCron
1998
Series
Press Gang
Boy
1989
Film
Maria's Lovers
Ivan Bibic
1984
Film
Do the Right Thing
Clifton
1989
Film
The New World
Savage
2005
Film
Hair
Claude Hooper Bukowski
1979
Film
Message in a Bottle
Johnny Land
1999
Film
White Squall
McCrea
1996
Film
The Last Full Measure
Kepper
2020
Film
The Last Full Measure
Chauncy Kepper
2020
Film
Shortcut to Happiness
Johnny (uncredited)
2007
Film
Summer of Sam
Simon
1999
Film
Fort Bliss
Mike Swann
2014
Film
The Crossing Guard
Bobby
1995
Film
The Jack Bull
Slater
1999
Series
Gibbsville
Jim Malloy
1976
Film
In Dubious Battle
Dan
2016
Film
Admissions
Harry Brighton
2004
Film
Three Seconds
тренер сборной США Генри Айба
2017
Film
Cattle Annie and Little Britches
Bittercreek Newcombe
1981
Film
A Scent of Paradise
Padre Louis
1997
Film
Where Truth Lies
Dr. Ian Lazarre
1996
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Eric Swensen
1951
Film
Bad Company
Loney
1972
Series
The World Champions
Wiliam Jones
2016
Film
The Amateur
Charles Heller
1981
Film
Bereavement
Ted
2010
Film
Easy Sex
Frank Iverson
2003
Film
Love's Long Journey
Trent
2005
Film
Real Gangsters
Ted Roberts
2013
Film
The Neighborhood
Vito Bello
2017
Film
Tales of Halloween
Capt. J.G. Zimmerman
2015
Series
Birdland
1994
Film
Salvador
John Cassady
1986
Film
Carnosaur 2
Jack Reed
1995
Film
Empire of the Sharks
Ian Fien
2018
Series
Mountain of Diamonds
Blaine
1991
Film
Last Cut
Leo Kimball
1997
Film
The Tender Age
Tim Donovan
1986
Film
Little Boy Blue
Ray West
1997
Film
Insight
Frank
2021
Film
Six Children and One Grandfather
David McDoll
2019
Film
American Bully
News Producer
2009
Film
The Attic
Graham Callan
2006
Film
Showdown at the Grand
Lucky
2023
Film
Red Scorpion 2
Andrew Kendrick
1995
Film
Betrayed
Mayor Alderman
2018
Film
Amnesia
Tim Bishop
1997
Film
Daybreak
The President
1993
Film
Last Call at Murray's
Bennett
2016
Film
Texas Heart
Carl
2016
Film
Bermuda Tentacles
President Desteno
2014
Film
The Onion Field
Karl Hettinger
1979
Series
The Burning Shore
Blaine
1991
Film
Down's Revenge
Dr Sorkin
2019
Series
OP Center
Bob Herbert
1995
Film
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
Self
2009
Film
Gates of Darkness
Joseph
2019
Film
Torch
August Lewin
2018
Film
Bullet
Governor Johnson
2014
Film
Bed & Breakfast
Mr. Harvey
2010
Film
Hostile Intent
Bear
1997
Film
They Nest
Jack Wald
2000
Series
40 and Single
Stewart Temple
2018
Film
Christina's House
James Tarling
2000
Film
Michael Cimino, God Bless America
Self
2022
Film
The Orphan Killer
Detective Walker
2011
Film
Shattered Image
David
1994
Film
Inside Moves
Roary
1980
Film
Eric
Eric Swensen
1975
Film
The Turning Point of Jim Malloy
Jim Malloy
1975
Film
Iowa
Irv Huffman
2005
Film
Do the Right Thing: 20 Years Later
Self
2009
Film
The Big Fat Stone
Robert Tanninger
2014
Film
Mata Hari
Edouard Clunet
2016
Film
Open Road
Carl
2013
Film
Defending Santa
Judge Willis
2013
Film
Mountain of Diamonds
Blaine
1991
Film
Followed
Wallace Fleischer
2020
Film
C.I.A. II: Target Alexa
Franz Kluge
1993
Film
Eye for Eye
Brad Braddock
2022
Film
Death 4 Dinner
Robert Rutherford
2025
Film
Confessions of a Pit Fighter
McGee
2005
Film
Art of Submission
Harbin Rask
2012
Film
Everglades
2016
Film
The Grift
William Bender
2008
Film
Caffeinated
Himself
2015
Film
Centurion Force
Neal
1998
Film
Hotel Colonial
Marco Venieri
1987
Film
The Beat
Frank Ellsworth
1988
The Mouse
Bruce 'The Mouse' Strauss
1997
Film
The Coverup
Thomas Thacker
2008
Film
Hit List
Walter Murphy
2011
Film
Before Women Had Wings
Billy Jackson
1997
Film
Sucker Free City
Anderson Wade
2004
Film
Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick
Self
2002
Film
All the Kind Strangers
Peter
1974
Film
American Strays
Dwayne
1996
Film
The Virginian
Steve
2000
Film
Nightworld: Lost Souls
Victor Robinson
1999
Film
The Drop
Mr. Zero
2006
Film
The Takeover
Greg
1995
Film
American Romance
Emery Reed
2016
Film
Alien Rising
Manning
2013
Film
Managua
Dennis
1996
Film
Steelyard Blues
Kid
1973
Film
Heavenly Deposit
Donald
2019
Film
The Dangerous
Emile Lautrec
1995
Film
Judas' Gospel
Joseph
2025
Film
Hunting
Michael Bergman
1991
Film
Brady’s Escape
J.W. Brady
1983
Film
One Good Turn
Santapietro
1996
Film
Alien Lockdown
Dr. Woodman
2004
Film
Across Red Nights
Paola
1991
Film
Kill Your Darlings
Rock
2006
Film
Sweetwater
Calvin Kabral
2012
Film
First Time Long Time
Peter
2009
Film
Nephilim
Father Samuel
2017
Film
Teen Star Academy
2017
Film
Club Vampire
Zero
1998
Film
Door Into Silence
Melvin Devereux
1991
Making 'Carnivàle': The Show Behind the Show
Self
2003
Film
Burning Down the House
Jake Seiling
2001
Film
American Exit
Gerald
2019
Film
Nairobi Affair
Rick Cahill
1984
Spychosis
Jim Patterson
Film
The Golden Boys
Web Saunders
2008
Film
From a Place of Darkness
Vic
2008
Film
Sins
Father Karl
2012
The Tribe Remembers
Self
2020
Film
Handsome Harry
Peter Rheems
2009
Film
Beauty and the Beast
Beast/Prince
1987
Film
Spreading Darkness
Brett
2017
Film
Flynn
Joe Stromberg
1993
Film
Ovid and the Art of Love
Augustus
2019
Film
The Sister in Law
Robert Strong
1975
Film
Awakened
Jack Winston
2013
Film
Dreamkiller
Agent Barnes
2010
Film
Buck at the Edge of Heaven
Wintrop
1991
Film
Any Man's Death
Leon Abrahams
1990
Film
Killing Obsession
Albert
1994
Film
The Dark Tale
Roy Kramer
1991
Film
The Hooping Life
Himself
2014
Film
Vampire Wars
Stokes
2017
Film
The Audition
Narrator (voice)
2022
Film
Fallacy
Heathcliff
2004
Film
Assassins' Code
Arlo
2011
Film
Frontline
Captain Wolfgang Mueller
1999
Film
Sensory Perception
President of United Earth
2015
Film
Coming Out of the Ice
Victor Herman
1982
Film
A Sierra Nevada Gunfight
Father Bill
2013
Film
Demon Legacy
The Codger
2014
Film
Hollywood Safari
Deputy Rogers
1997
Film
Caribe
Jeff Richardson
1987
Film
Intoxicating
William Shanley
2003
Film
Silent Witness
Kevin Dunne
1985
Film
The Killing Kind
Terry Lambert
1974
Film
Downtown: A Street Tale
H2O
2004
Film
The Master Beater
Rocco
1969
Film
Twisted Fate
Drury
1995
Film
Firestorm
Brinkman
1996
Film
We Will Be the World Champions
William Jones
2015
Film
Redemption of the Ghost
2002
Film
Summer Song
Jim
2012
Film
The Return
Čovek u crnom odelu
2017
Film
The Islands
Henry Thornton
2019
Film
Primary Motive
Wallace Roberts
1992
Film
Mission Possible
Captain Ted Napoleon
2018
Film
Berlin '39
Wieland
1993
Film
OP Center
Bob Herbert
1995
Film
Beyond the Rush
Edward Clayborn
2024
Film
Melodies in the Forest
Film
Soldier's Revenge
Frank Morgan
1986
Film
Hold On
Dr. Siedhoff
2019
Film
Shut Up and Shoot!
Marty Pearlheimer
2006
Film
Deadly Weapon
Sanders
1995
Film
Spinning Dry
Frank Manghetti
2019
Film
A Cloud So High
Gene 'Sackler' Sarling
2022
Film
A Star for Rose
Mort
2013
Film
Desperate
Noah
1987
Film
The Goat
Julian Brown
2024
Film
Buffalo Bushido
Vendetti
2009
Film
A Medicine for the Mind
Dr. E. Brown
2020
Film
The Black Dove
Jake Williams
2016
Film
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's
Self
2009
The Violent Kind
George Malloy
2008
Film
No Destination
Billy
2007
Film
Freedom from Despair
Narrator
2004
Film
Date Rape
Bernie Morton
1988
Film
Love Is a Carousel
Boy Friend
1970
Film
Fake News
President Wayne Walker
2017
Film
The Man with the Camera
Epifano
2020
Dead Man's Run
Carver
2001
Film
The Anarchist Cookbook
Johnny Red
2002
Film
The Right to Bear Arms
Brutal Magnus
2022
Film
Sotto il Segno della Vittoria
2018
Film
Boiler Maker
J.J.
2008
Film
7E
Paul
2013
Film
Ottobre rosa all'Arbat (Vacanze a Mosca)
1991
Easy Way Out
2018