
Ray Wise
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 20, 1947 (age 79)
- Birthplace
- Akron, Ohio, USA
Biography
Raymond Herbert Wise (born August 20, 1947) is an American actor best known for his role as Leland Palmer in Twin Peaks (1990–1991, 2017) and its prequel film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992). He has appeared in films such as Swamp Thing (1982), The Journey of Natty Gann (1985), RoboCop (1987), Bob Roberts (1992), Jeepers Creepers 2 (2003), Good Night, and Good Luck (2005), X-Men: First Class (2011) and God's Not Dead 2 (2016).
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Filmography

Nightmare City
Movie
The Good Dark
Movie · as Edward Penth

The Napa Boys
Movie · as Officer Toland

NANOcell
Movie · as Robert Cox

SURPRISE
Movie · as Mr. Johnson
This Is the One They'll Remember Me By
Movie · as Ray Wise

The Blue Rose
Movie · as Mr. Vallens

Poolman
Movie · as William Van Patterson

God's Not Dead: In God We Trust
Movie · as Peter Kane

The Wolf in the Well
Movie · as Roland Carmel

Good Grief
Movie · as Dr. Gariboldi

RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop
TV · as Self · 4 eps

King Knight
Movie · as Merlin

Psych 3: This Is Gus
Movie · as Father Peter Westley

Dinner Is Served
Movie · as Headmaster Gustafson

Slugfest
TV · as Jack Kirby · 10 eps

Physical
TV · as Sheila's Father · 1 ep

Home Economics
TV · as Frank · 1 ep

Beast Mode
Movie · as Trammel Steadfast

To Your Last Death
Movie · as Cyrus DeKalb (voice)

The Chain
Movie · as Michael

Tone-Deaf
Movie · as Michael

Unholy 'Mole
Movie · as The Devil (voice)

The Movies That Made Us
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep

All Rise
TV · as Richard Walker · 1 ep

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
TV · as Enoch · 1 ep

Little Evil
Movie · as Guy On TV (uncredited)

Shattered
Movie · as Forest Burnett

I Had Bad Milk in Dehradun
Movie · as Self

The Bronx Bull
Movie · as Father Father Joseph

Batman: The Killing Joke
Movie · as Commissioner Gordon (voice)

All the Way
Movie · as Senator Everett Dirksen

Halloweed
Movie · as Judge Plimington

God's Not Dead 2
Movie · as Peter Kane

Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
TV · as Jack Smith · 3 eps

Relationship Status
TV · as Grace's Dad · 1 ep

Digging Up the Marrow
Movie · as William Dekker

The Breakup Girl
Movie · as Bob Baker

Jurassic City
Movie · as Warden Lewis

The Lazarus Effect
Movie · as Mr. Wallace

Night of the Living Deb
Movie · as Frank Waverly

Taking Flight
Movie · as Nonno (voice)

Unnatural
Movie · as Victor Clobirch

Fresh Off the Boat
TV · as Marvin · 72 eps

Marvel's Agent Carter
TV · as Hugh Jones · 4 eps

Adam Ruins Everything
TV · as Netflix Executive · 1 ep

Guardian Angel
Movie · as Attorney Kaufman

Away From Here
Movie · as Paul

No God, No Master
Movie · as A. Mitchell Palmer

Suburban Gothic
Movie · as Donald

Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
Movie · as Leland Palmer

Frank Pierre Presents: Pierre Resort & Casino
Movie · as Frank Pierre

Dead Still
Movie · as Wenton Davies

Land of Leopold
Movie · as Deece Warren

Between Two Worlds
Movie · as Self

Tom Holland's Twisted Tales
Movie · as Mongo the Magnificent (segment "Mongo's Magik Mirror")

Farmed and Dangerous
TV · as Buck Marshall · 4 eps

Fargo
TV · as Paul Marrane · 2 eps

Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories
TV · as The Duke · 1 ep

Wrong Cops
Movie · as Captain Andy

Big Ass Spider!
Movie · as Major Braxton Tanner

Revelation Road 2: The Sea of Glass and Fire
Movie · as Frank

Brother's Keeper
Movie · as Herbert Leemaster

Out West
Movie · as Phillip Alcott

Revelation Road: The Beginning of the End
Movie · as Frank
Inventing Adam
Movie · as J.B.

Newsreaders
TV · as Skip Reming · 24 eps

Tom Holland's Twisted Tales
TV · as Mongo the Magnificent · 1 ep

Excision
Movie · as Principal Campbell

The Aggression Scale
Movie · as Bellavance

The Butterfly Room
Movie · as Nick

Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie
Movie · as Dr. Doone Struts

FDR: American Badass!
Movie · as Douglas MacArthur

Nuclear Family
Movie · as The Man

Atlas Shrugged: Part II
Movie · as Head of State Thompson

Darnell Dawkins: Mouth Guitar Legend
Movie · as Wade Dawkins

Brother White
Movie · as Pastor Johnny Kingman

Crazy Eyes
Movie · as Zach's Father

Perception
TV · as Martin Sullivan · 1 ep

Holliston
TV · as Landlord · 1 ep

X-Men: First Class
Movie · as Secretary of State

Rosewood Lane
Movie · as Det. Briggs

Chillerama
Movie · as Dr. Weems (segment "Wadzilla")

The Girl with the Tramp Stamp Tattoo
Movie

Mr. Sunshine
TV · as Macaulay · 1 ep

Wilfred
TV · as Colt St. Cloud · 1 ep

Body of Proof
TV · as Michael Davis · 1 ep

Workaholics
TV · as Kyle Walsh · 1 ep

Hawaii Five-0
TV · as Morris Brown · 1 ep

Rizzoli & Isles
TV · as Judge Eugene Allen · 1 ep

The Good Guys
TV · as Buddy · 1 ep

Pandemic
Movie · as General Matthews

Iodine
Movie · as Avery

Infestation
Movie · as Ethan

Stuntmen
Movie · as Jack Strongbow

Love at First Hiccup
Movie · as Roger

Castle
TV · as Bobby Fox · 1 ep

Dollhouse
TV · as Howard Lipman · 1 ep

Drop Dead Diva
TV · as Frank Dodd · 1 ep

Infomercials
TV · as Frank Pierre · 1 ep

One Missed Call
Movie · as Ted Summers

AM1200
Movie · as Harry Jones

90210
TV · as Dean Thomas · 1 ep

The Mentalist
TV · as Dennis Victor · 1 ep

Superman: Doomsday
Movie · as Perry White (voice)

The Flock
Movie · as Bobby Stiles

The Election
Movie · as John

Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks
Movie · as Self

7-10 Split
Movie · as Buddy Kendrick

Burn Notice
TV · as Mr. Pyne · 1 ep

Reaper
TV · as The Devil · 31 eps

Chuck
TV · as Riley · 3 eps

Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
TV · as Grill Vogel · 2 eps

Mad Men
TV · as Ed Baxter · 5 eps

Cyxork 7
Movie · as Kommander 88

The Substance of Things Hoped For
Movie · as Dr. Lessing

Peaceful Warrior
Movie · as Doctor Hayden

Shark
TV · as Lloyd Holcomb · 1 ep

Psych
TV · as Peter Westley, Horace Leland · 2 eps

Six Degrees
TV · 1 ep

Good Night, and Good Luck.
Movie · as Don Hollenbeck

Jane Doe: The Wrong Face
Movie · as Fleming

The Rain Makers
Movie · as Harris

Sharkskin 6
Movie · as Sam

Numb3rs
TV · as Mitch Langford · 1 ep

Bones
TV · as Rick Turco · 1 ep

How I Met Your Mother
TV · as Robin Scherbatsky Sr. · 6 eps

Criminal Minds
TV · as John Nelson · 1 ep

The Closer
TV · as Tom Blanchard · 2 eps

Jeepers Creepers 2
Movie · as Taggart

Dead End
Movie · as Frank Harrington

The Battle of Shaker Heights
Movie · as Harrison

NCIS
TV · as Wayne Tobett · 1 ep

Landspeed
Movie · as Brian Sanger
Scream at the Sound of the Beep
Movie · as Brother Jake

Windfall
Movie · as John Wescott

She Spies
TV · as Ambassador Blaine · 1 ep

Reflections on the Phenomenon of Twin Peaks
Movie · as Self

Two Can Play That Game
Movie · as Bill Parker

Almost Salinas
Movie · as Jack Tynan

24
TV · as Vice-President Hal Gardner · 6 eps

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV · as Ernest Chase · 1 ep

Teacher's Pet
TV · 1 ep

Pennyweight
Movie · as Mr. Pennyweight

Judging Amy
TV · as Atty. Rhodes · 1 ep

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV · as Roger Hanley · 1 ep

Popular
TV · as Barton · 1 ep

The West Wing
TV · as Governor Tillman D-CA · 1 ep

Evasive Action
Movie · as Sheriff Wes Blaidek

The Garbage Picking Field Goal Kicking Philadelphia Phenomenon
Movie · as Randolph Pratt

Dawson's Creek
TV · as Roger Stepavich · 1 ep

Charmed
TV · as Ludlow · 1 ep

Sports Night
TV · as Evans · 1 ep

V.I.P.
TV · as Judge Kreiger · 1 ep

Sleepwalkers
TV · as McCaig · 2 eps

Profiler
TV · as James Perrone · 1 ep

Savannah
TV · as Edward Burton · 34 eps

Powder
Movie · as Dr. Aaron Stripler

Star Trek: Voyager
TV · as Arturis · 1 ep

JAG
TV · as Congressman Marvin Bolton · 1 ep

Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story
TV · as Mike Todd · 2 eps

The Chase
Movie · as Dalton Voss

Body Shot
Movie · as Dwight Frye

The Crew
Movie · as Charles Pierce

RoboCop: The Future of Law Enforcement
Movie · as Leon Nash

Rising Sun
Movie · as Senator John Morton

Grey Knight
Movie · as Col. George Thalman

RoboCop 3
Movie · as Leon Nash (archive footage)

Walker, Texas Ranger
TV · as Garrett Carlson · 1 ep

Second Chances
TV · as Judge Jim Stinson · 10 eps

Diagnosis: Murder
TV · as John Parkinson · 1 ep

The Secrets of Lake Success
TV · as Henry Fleming · 2 eps

Bob Roberts
Movie · as Chet MacGregor

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
Movie · as Leland Palmer

Sunstroke
Movie · as Larry

The Larry Sanders Show
TV · as Lloyd Simon · 1 ep

Write to Kill
Movie · as Mark Gaston

Fire in the Dark
Movie · as Richard

The Rift
Movie · as Robbins
Runaway Heart
Movie · as Archie

Twin Peaks
TV · as Leland Palmer, Leland Palmer (archive footage) · 32 eps

Beverly Hills, 90210
TV · as Daniel Hunter · 2 eps

Dream On
TV · as Maddox March · 1 ep

Race for Glory
Movie · as Jack Davis

Twin Peaks
Movie · as Leland Palmer

Season of Fear
Movie · as Fred Drummond
The Taking of Flight 847: The Uli Derickson Story
Movie · as Phil Maresca

RoboCop
Movie · as Leon Nash
Repairs
Movie · as Stan the Bartender

Star Trek: The Next Generation
TV · as Liko · 1 ep

Jake and the Fatman
TV · 1 ep

Beauty and the Beast
TV · as Tom · 1 ep

Condor
Movie · as Christopher Proctor

L.A. Law
TV · as D.A. Walter Platt · 2 eps

The Journey of Natty Gann
Movie · as Sol Gann

Seduced
Movie · as Bartecki

Moonlighting
TV · as Murderer

Stingray
TV · 1 ep

The Colbys
TV · 3 eps

Airwolf
TV · as Victor Resnick · 1 ep

Hunter
TV · as Alex Parker · 1 ep

Blue Thunder
TV · as J.D. Kraft · 1 ep

The A-Team
TV · as Phillip Chadway · 1 ep

Scarecrow and Mrs. King
TV · 1 ep

Trauma Center
TV · 1 ep

Swamp Thing
Movie · as Dr. Alec Holland

Cat People
Movie · as Soap Opera Man

Remington Steele
TV · as Schwimmer · 1 ep

T. J. Hooker
TV · as Harrison Mackenzie · 1 ep

Madame X
Movie · as Bellman (uncredited)

Deadly Blessing
Movie · as Sheriff (voice) (uncredited)

Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders II
Movie · as Dr. Simmons

Knots Landing
TV · as The Dealer · 5 eps

Hart to Hart
TV · 1 ep

Tartuffe
Movie · as Damis

Lou Grant
TV · 1 ep

Love in the Hamptons
Movie · as Myron

Charlie's Angels
TV · as Evan Wilcox · 1 ep

The Young and the Restless
TV · as Ian Ward · 1 ep
Dare the Devil
Movie · as David Keller






