John Savage

John Savage

Known for
Acting
Born
August 25, 1949 (age 77)
Birthplace
Old Bethpage, New York, USA

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.

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Filmography

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Spychosis

Spychosis

Movie · as Jim Patterson

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Melodies in the Forest poster

Melodies in the Forest

Movie · as Mario

2025
Judas' Gospel poster

Judas' Gospel

Movie · as Joseph

2025
Death 4 Dinner poster

Death 4 Dinner

Movie · as Robert Rutherford

2024
The Goat poster

The Goat

Movie · as Julian Brown

2024
Beyond the Rush poster

Beyond the Rush

Movie · as Edward Clayborn

2023
Showdown at the Grand poster

Showdown at the Grand

Movie · as Lucky

2022
The Right to Bear Arms poster

The Right to Bear Arms

Movie · as Brutal Magnus

2022
A Cloud So High poster

A Cloud So High

Movie · as Gene 'Sackler' Sarling

2022
Eye for Eye poster

Eye for Eye

Movie · as Brad Braddock

2022
The Audition poster

The Audition

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2022
Michael Cimino, God Bless America poster

Michael Cimino, God Bless America

Movie · as Self

2022
Bosch: Legacy poster

Bosch: Legacy

TV · as Allie Lewis · 1 ep

2021
Insight poster

Insight

Movie · as Frank

2020
The Last Full Measure poster

The Last Full Measure

Movie · as Kepper, Chauncy Kepper

2020
Followed poster

Followed

Movie · as Wallace Fleischer

2020
The Man with the Camera poster

The Man with the Camera

Movie · as Epifano

2020
The Tribe Remembers

The Tribe Remembers

Movie · as Self

2020
A Medicine for the Mind poster

A Medicine for the Mind

Movie · as Dr. E. Brown

2019
Spinning Dry poster

Spinning Dry

Movie · as Frank Manghetti

2019
Ovid and the Art of Love poster

Ovid and the Art of Love

Movie · as Augustus

2019
American Exit poster

American Exit

Movie · as Gerald

2019
Hold On poster

Hold On

Movie · as Dr. Siedhoff

2019
Gates of Darkness poster

Gates of Darkness

Movie · as Joseph

2019
Six Children and One Grandfather poster

Six Children and One Grandfather

Movie · as David McDoll

2019
The Islands poster

The Islands

Movie · as Henry Thornton

2019
Down's Revenge poster

Down's Revenge

Movie · as Dr Sorkin

2019
Heavenly Deposit poster

Heavenly Deposit

Movie · as Donald

2018
Torch poster

Torch

Movie · as August Lewin

2018
Easy Way Out poster

Easy Way Out

Movie

2018
Empire of the Sharks poster

Empire of the Sharks

Movie · as Ian Fien

2018
Sotto il Segno della Vittoria poster

Sotto il Segno della Vittoria

Movie

2018
Mission Possible poster

Mission Possible

Movie · as Captain Ted Napoleon

2018
Betrayed poster

Betrayed

Movie · as Mayor Alderman

2018
40 and Single poster

40 and Single

TV · as Stewart Temple · 6 eps

2017
Nephilim poster

Nephilim

Movie · as Father Samuel

2017
Fake News poster

Fake News

Movie · as President Wayne Walker

2017
Three Seconds poster

Three Seconds

Movie · as тренер сборной США Генри Айба

2017
Teen Star Academy poster

Teen Star Academy

Movie

2017
Vampire Wars poster

Vampire Wars

Movie · as Stokes

2017
The Neighborhood poster

The Neighborhood

Movie · as Vito Bello

2017
The Return poster

The Return

Movie · as Čovek u crnom odelu

2017
Spreading Darkness poster

Spreading Darkness

Movie · as Brett

2017
SEAL Team poster

SEAL Team

TV · as Emmet Quinn · 3 eps

2016
The Black Dove poster

The Black Dove

Movie · as Jake Williams

2016
Last Call at Murray's poster

Last Call at Murray's

Movie · as Bennett

2016
Texas Heart poster

Texas Heart

Movie · as Carl

2016
American Romance poster

American Romance

Movie · as Emery Reed

2016
In Dubious Battle poster

In Dubious Battle

Movie · as Dan

2016
Mata Hari poster

Mata Hari

Movie · as Edouard Clunet

2016
Everglades poster

Everglades

Movie

2016
The World Champions poster

The World Champions

TV · as Wiliam Jones · 12 eps

2016
Goliath poster

Goliath

TV · as Mickey · 1 ep

2015
We Will Be the World Champions poster

We Will Be the World Champions

Movie · as William Jones

2015
Caffeinated poster

Caffeinated

Movie · as Himself

2015
Tales of Halloween poster

Tales of Halloween

Movie · as Capt. J.G. Zimmerman

2015
Sensory Perception poster

Sensory Perception

Movie · as President of United Earth

2014
Bullet poster

Bullet

Movie · as Governor Johnson

2014
Bermuda Tentacles poster

Bermuda Tentacles

Movie · as President Desteno

2014
The Hooping Life poster

The Hooping Life

Movie · as Himself

2014
Demon Legacy poster

Demon Legacy

Movie · as The Codger

2014
The Big Fat Stone poster

The Big Fat Stone

Movie · as Robert Tanninger

2014
Fort Bliss poster

Fort Bliss

Movie · as Mike Swann

2013
Open Road poster

Open Road

Movie · as Carl

2013
Awakened poster

Awakened

Movie · as Jack Winston

2013
A Sierra Nevada Gunfight poster

A Sierra Nevada Gunfight

Movie · as Father Bill

2013
Defending Santa poster

Defending Santa

Movie · as Judge Willis

2013
Alien Rising poster

Alien Rising

Movie · as Manning

2013
Real Gangsters poster

Real Gangsters

Movie · as Ted Roberts

2013
A Star for Rose poster

A Star for Rose

Movie · as Mort

2013
7E poster

7E

Movie · as Paul

2012
Art of Submission poster

Art of Submission

Movie · as Harbin Rask

2012
Sweetwater poster

Sweetwater

Movie · as Calvin Kabral

2012
Summer Song poster

Summer Song

Movie · as Jim

2012
Sins poster

Sins

Movie · as Father Karl

2011
The Orphan Killer poster

The Orphan Killer

Movie · as Detective Walker

2011
Hit List poster

Hit List

Movie · as Walter Murphy

2011
Assassins' Code poster

Assassins' Code

Movie · as Arlo

2010
Dreamkiller poster

Dreamkiller

Movie · as Agent Barnes

2010
Bed & Breakfast poster

Bed & Breakfast

Movie · as Mr. Harvey

2010
Bereavement poster

Bereavement

Movie · as Ted

2009
Buffalo Bushido poster

Buffalo Bushido

Movie · as Vendetti

2009
American Bully poster

American Bully

Movie · as News Producer

2009
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale poster

I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale

Movie · as Self

2009
Handsome Harry poster

Handsome Harry

Movie · as Peter Rheems

2009
Do the Right Thing: 20 Years Later poster

Do the Right Thing: 20 Years Later

Movie · as Self

2009
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's poster

Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's

Movie · as Self

2009
First Time Long Time poster

First Time Long Time

Movie · as Peter

2008
From a Place of Darkness poster

From a Place of Darkness

Movie · as Vic

2008
The Coverup poster

The Coverup

Movie · as Thomas Thacker

2008
The Golden Boys poster

The Golden Boys

Movie · as Web Saunders

2008
Boiler Maker poster

Boiler Maker

Movie · as J.J.

2008
The Violent Kind

The Violent Kind

Movie · as George Malloy

2008
The Grift poster

The Grift

Movie · as William Bender

2008
Fringe poster

Fringe

TV · as Sam Weiss · 1 ep

2007
The Attic poster

The Attic

Movie · as Graham Callan

2007
Shortcut to Happiness poster

Shortcut to Happiness

Movie · as Johnny (uncredited)

2007
No Destination poster

No Destination

Movie · as Billy

2006
Kill Your Darlings poster

Kill Your Darlings

Movie · as Rock

2006
The Drop poster

The Drop

Movie · as Mr. Zero

2006
Shut Up and Shoot! poster

Shut Up and Shoot!

Movie · as Marty Pearlheimer

2005
Iowa poster

Iowa

Movie · as Irv Huffman

2005
Confessions of a Pit Fighter poster

Confessions of a Pit Fighter

Movie · as McGee

2005
The New World poster

The New World

Movie · as Savage

2005
Love's Long Journey poster

Love's Long Journey

Movie · as Trent

2005
Aimée Price poster

Aimée Price

Movie · as Antiquarian

2004
Freedom from Despair poster

Freedom from Despair

Movie · as Narrator

2004
Admissions poster

Admissions

Movie · as Harry Brighton

2004
Alien Lockdown poster

Alien Lockdown

Movie · as Dr. Woodman

2004
Downtown: A Street Tale poster

Downtown: A Street Tale

Movie · as H2O

2004
Sucker Free City poster

Sucker Free City

Movie · as Anderson Wade

2004
Fallacy poster

Fallacy

Movie · as Heathcliff

2003
Easy Sex poster

Easy Sex

Movie · as Frank Iverson

2003
Intoxicating poster

Intoxicating

Movie · as William Shanley

2003
Making 'Carnivàle': The Show Behind the Show

Making 'Carnivàle': The Show Behind the Show

Movie · as Self

2003
Carnivàle poster

Carnivàle

TV · as Henry 'Hack' Scudder · 5 eps

2002
The Anarchist Cookbook poster

The Anarchist Cookbook

Movie · as Johnny Red

2002
Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick poster

Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick

Movie · as Self

2002
Redemption of the Ghost poster

Redemption of the Ghost

Movie

2002
Everwood poster

Everwood

TV · as Daniel Maxwell · 2 eps

2001
Burning Down the House poster

Burning Down the House

Movie · as Jake Seiling

2001
Dead Man's Run

Dead Man's Run

Movie · as Carver

2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent poster

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

TV · as Mark Farrell · 1 ep

2000
They Nest poster

They Nest

Movie · as Jack Wald

2000
Christina's House poster

Christina's House

Movie · as James Tarling

2000
The Virginian poster

The Virginian

Movie · as Steve

2000
The District poster

The District

TV · as Billy Nevins · 1 ep

2000
Dark Angel poster

Dark Angel

TV · as Col. Donald Lydecker · 21 eps

1999
Message in a Bottle poster

Message in a Bottle

Movie · as Johnny Land

1999
Frontline poster

Frontline

Movie · as Captain Wolfgang Mueller

1999
The Jack Bull poster

The Jack Bull

Movie · as Slater

1999
Nightworld: Lost Souls poster

Nightworld: Lost Souls

Movie · as Victor Robinson

1999
Summer of Sam poster

Summer of Sam

Movie · as Simon

1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit poster

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

TV · as Lucas Biggs · 1 ep

1998
Little Boy Blue poster

Little Boy Blue

Movie · as Ray West

1998
The Thin Red Line poster

The Thin Red Line

Movie · as Sgt. Jack McCron

1998
Club Vampire poster

Club Vampire

Movie · as Zero

1998
Centurion Force poster

Centurion Force

Movie · as Neal

1997
Amnesia poster

Amnesia

Movie · as Tim Bishop

1997
Last Cut poster

Last Cut

Movie · as Leo Kimball

1997
Hollywood Safari poster

Hollywood Safari

Movie · as Deputy Rogers

1997
Before Women Had Wings poster

Before Women Had Wings

Movie · as Billy Jackson

1997
Hostile Intent poster

Hostile Intent

Movie · as Bear

1997
A Scent of Paradise poster

A Scent of Paradise

Movie · as Padre Louis

1997
The Mouse

The Mouse

Movie · as Bruce 'The Mouse' Strauss

1996
White Squall poster

White Squall

Movie · as McCrea

1996
Managua poster

Managua

Movie · as Dennis

1996
American Strays poster

American Strays

Movie · as Dwayne

1996
Where Truth Lies poster

Where Truth Lies

Movie · as Dr. Ian Lazarre

1996
Firestorm poster

Firestorm

Movie · as Brinkman

1996
One Good Turn poster

One Good Turn

Movie · as Santapietro

1995
The Takeover poster

The Takeover

Movie · as Greg

1995
The Crossing Guard poster

The Crossing Guard

Movie · as Bobby

1995
OP Center poster

OP Center

Movie · as Bob Herbert

1995
Carnosaur 2 poster

Carnosaur 2

Movie · as Jack Reed

1995
The Dangerous poster

The Dangerous

Movie · as Emile Lautrec

1995
Red Scorpion 2 poster

Red Scorpion 2

Movie · as Andrew Kendrick

1995
Deadly Weapon poster

Deadly Weapon

Movie · as Sanders

1995
Twisted Fate poster

Twisted Fate

Movie · as Drury

1995
Star Trek: Voyager poster

Star Trek: Voyager

TV · as Captain Rudy Ransom · 2 eps

1995
The Outer Limits poster

The Outer Limits

TV · as Lucas · 1 ep

1995
OP Center poster

OP Center

TV · as Bob Herbert · 2 eps

1994
Shattered Image poster

Shattered Image

Movie · as David

1994
Killing Obsession poster

Killing Obsession

Movie · as Albert

1994
Touched by an Angel poster

Touched by an Angel

TV · as Simon Miller · 1 ep

1994
Birdland poster

Birdland

TV · 1 ep

1993
C.I.A. II: Target Alexa poster

C.I.A. II: Target Alexa

Movie · as Franz Kluge

1993
Flynn poster

Flynn

Movie · as Joe Stromberg

1993
Berlin '39 poster

Berlin '39

Movie · as Wieland

1993
Daybreak poster

Daybreak

Movie · as The President

1993
Walker, Texas Ranger poster

Walker, Texas Ranger

TV · as Sergeant Major Bart Hawkins · 1 ep

1993
The X-Files poster

The X-Files

TV · as Henry Trondheim · 1 ep

1992
Primary Motive poster

Primary Motive

Movie · as Wallace Roberts

1991
Door Into Silence poster

Door Into Silence

Movie · as Melvin Devereux

1991
Mountain of Diamonds poster

Mountain of Diamonds

Movie · as Blaine

1991
Hunting poster

Hunting

Movie · as Michael Bergman

1991
Buck at the Edge of Heaven poster

Buck at the Edge of Heaven

Movie · as Wintrop

1991
Ottobre rosa all'Arbat (Vacanze a Mosca) poster

Ottobre rosa all'Arbat (Vacanze a Mosca)

Movie

1991
The Dark Tale poster

The Dark Tale

Movie · as Roy Kramer

1991
Across Red Nights poster

Across Red Nights

Movie · as Paola

1991
The Burning Shore poster

The Burning Shore

TV · as Blaine · 4 eps

1991
Mountain of Diamonds poster

Mountain of Diamonds

TV · as Blaine · 4 eps

1990
The Godfather Part III poster

The Godfather Part III

Movie · as Father Andrew Hagen

1990
Any Man's Death poster

Any Man's Death

Movie · as Leon Abrahams

1990
Twin Peaks poster

Twin Peaks

TV · as Detective Clark · 1 ep

1989
Do the Right Thing poster

Do the Right Thing

Movie · as Clifton

1989
Tales from the Crypt poster

Tales from the Crypt

TV · as Benny · 1 ep

1989
Press Gang poster

Press Gang

TV · as Boy · 1 ep

1988
Date Rape poster

Date Rape

Movie · as Bernie Morton

1988
The Beat poster

The Beat

Movie · as Frank Ellsworth

1987
Hotel Colonial poster

Hotel Colonial

Movie · as Marco Venieri

1987
Beauty and the Beast poster

Beauty and the Beast

Movie · as Beast/Prince

1987
Desperate poster

Desperate

Movie · as Noah

1987
Caribe poster

Caribe

Movie · as Jeff Richardson

1986
Salvador poster

Salvador

Movie · as John Cassady

1986
Soldier's Revenge poster

Soldier's Revenge

Movie · as Frank Morgan

1986
The Tender Age poster

The Tender Age

Movie · as Tim Donovan

1985
Silent Witness poster

Silent Witness

Movie · as Kevin Dunne

1984
Maria's Lovers poster

Maria's Lovers

Movie · as Ivan Bibic

1984
Nairobi Affair poster

Nairobi Affair

Movie · as Rick Cahill

1984
The Bill poster

The Bill

TV · 1 ep

1983
Brady’s Escape poster

Brady’s Escape

Movie · as J.W. Brady

1982
Coming Out of the Ice poster

Coming Out of the Ice

Movie · as Victor Herman

1982
American Playhouse poster

American Playhouse

TV · as Tim Donovan · 1 ep

1981
The Amateur poster

The Amateur

Movie · as Charles Heller

1981
Cattle Annie and Little Britches poster

Cattle Annie and Little Britches

Movie · as Bittercreek Newcombe

1980
Inside Moves poster

Inside Moves

Movie · as Roary

1979
Hair poster

Hair

Movie · as Claude Hooper Bukowski

1979
The Onion Field poster

The Onion Field

Movie · as Karl Hettinger

1978
The Deer Hunter poster

The Deer Hunter

Movie · as Steven Pushkov

1976
Gibbsville poster

Gibbsville

TV · as Jim Malloy · 6 eps

1975
The Sister in Law poster

The Sister in Law

Movie · as Robert Strong

1975
The Turning Point of Jim Malloy poster

The Turning Point of Jim Malloy

Movie · as Jim Malloy

1975
Eric poster

Eric

Movie · as Eric Swensen

1974
All the Kind Strangers poster

All the Kind Strangers

Movie · as Peter

1974
The Killing Kind poster

The Killing Kind

Movie · as Terry Lambert

1973
Steelyard Blues poster

Steelyard Blues

Movie · as Kid

1972
Bad Company poster

Bad Company

Movie · as Loney

1972
ABC Afterschool Special poster

ABC Afterschool Special

TV · as Bernie Morton · 1 ep

1970
Love Is a Carousel poster

Love Is a Carousel

Movie · as Boy Friend

1969
The Master Beater poster

The Master Beater

Movie · as Rocco

1959
The Rebel poster

The Rebel

TV · as Al · 1 ep

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame poster

Hallmark Hall of Fame

TV · as Eric Swensen · 1 ep