Ray Wise

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

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Nightmare City poster

Nightmare City

Movie

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The Good Dark

The Good Dark

Movie · as Edward Penth

2026
The Napa Boys poster

The Napa Boys

Movie · as Officer Toland

2026
NANOcell poster

NANOcell

Movie · as Robert Cox

2026
SURPRISE poster

SURPRISE

Movie · as Mr. Johnson

2026
This Is the One They'll Remember Me By

This Is the One They'll Remember Me By

Movie · as Ray Wise

2024
The Blue Rose poster

The Blue Rose

Movie · as Mr. Vallens

2024
Poolman poster

Poolman

Movie · as William Van Patterson

2024
God's Not Dead: In God We Trust poster

God's Not Dead: In God We Trust

Movie · as Peter Kane

2024
The Wolf in the Well poster

The Wolf in the Well

Movie · as Roland Carmel

2024
Good Grief poster

Good Grief

Movie · as Dr. Gariboldi

2023
RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop poster

RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop

TV · as Self · 4 eps

2022
King Knight poster

King Knight

Movie · as Merlin

2021
Psych 3: This Is Gus poster

Psych 3: This Is Gus

Movie · as Father Peter Westley

2021
Dinner Is Served poster

Dinner Is Served

Movie · as Headmaster Gustafson

2021
Slugfest poster

Slugfest

TV · as Jack Kirby · 10 eps

2021
Physical poster

Physical

TV · as Sheila's Father · 1 ep

2021
Home Economics poster

Home Economics

TV · as Frank · 1 ep

2020
Beast Mode poster

Beast Mode

Movie · as Trammel Steadfast

2019
To Your Last Death poster

To Your Last Death

Movie · as Cyrus DeKalb (voice)

2019
The Chain poster

The Chain

Movie · as Michael

2019
Tone-Deaf poster

Tone-Deaf

Movie · as Michael

2019
Unholy 'Mole poster

Unholy 'Mole

Movie · as The Devil (voice)

2019
The Movies That Made Us poster

The Movies That Made Us

TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep

2019
All Rise poster

All Rise

TV · as Richard Walker · 1 ep

2018
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina poster

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina

TV · as Enoch · 1 ep

2017
Little Evil poster

Little Evil

Movie · as Guy On TV (uncredited)

2017
Shattered poster

Shattered

Movie · as Forest Burnett

2017
I Had Bad Milk in Dehradun poster

I Had Bad Milk in Dehradun

Movie · as Self

2016
The Bronx Bull poster

The Bronx Bull

Movie · as Father Father Joseph

2016
Batman: The Killing Joke poster

Batman: The Killing Joke

Movie · as Commissioner Gordon (voice)

2016
All the Way poster

All the Way

Movie · as Senator Everett Dirksen

2016
Halloweed poster

Halloweed

Movie · as Judge Plimington

2016
God's Not Dead 2 poster

God's Not Dead 2

Movie · as Peter Kane

2016
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life poster

Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life

TV · as Jack Smith · 3 eps

2016
Relationship Status poster

Relationship Status

TV · as Grace's Dad · 1 ep

2015
Digging Up the Marrow poster

Digging Up the Marrow

Movie · as William Dekker

2015
The Breakup Girl poster

The Breakup Girl

Movie · as Bob Baker

2015
Jurassic City poster

Jurassic City

Movie · as Warden Lewis

2015
The Lazarus Effect poster

The Lazarus Effect

Movie · as Mr. Wallace

2015
Night of the Living Deb poster

Night of the Living Deb

Movie · as Frank Waverly

2015
Taking Flight poster

Taking Flight

Movie · as Nonno (voice)

2015
Unnatural poster

Unnatural

Movie · as Victor Clobirch

2015
Fresh Off the Boat poster

Fresh Off the Boat

TV · as Marvin · 72 eps

2015
Marvel's Agent Carter poster

Marvel's Agent Carter

TV · as Hugh Jones · 4 eps

2015
Adam Ruins Everything poster

Adam Ruins Everything

TV · as Netflix Executive · 1 ep

2014
Guardian Angel poster

Guardian Angel

Movie · as Attorney Kaufman

2014
Away From Here poster

Away From Here

Movie · as Paul

2014
No God, No Master poster

No God, No Master

Movie · as A. Mitchell Palmer

2014
Suburban Gothic poster

Suburban Gothic

Movie · as Donald

2014
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces poster

Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces

Movie · as Leland Palmer

2014
Frank Pierre Presents: Pierre Resort & Casino poster

Frank Pierre Presents: Pierre Resort & Casino

Movie · as Frank Pierre

2014
Dead Still poster

Dead Still

Movie · as Wenton Davies

2014
Land of Leopold poster

Land of Leopold

Movie · as Deece Warren

2014
Between Two Worlds poster

Between Two Worlds

Movie · as Self

2014
Tom Holland's Twisted Tales poster

Tom Holland's Twisted Tales

Movie · as Mongo the Magnificent (segment "Mongo's Magik Mirror")

2014
Farmed and Dangerous poster

Farmed and Dangerous

TV · as Buck Marshall · 4 eps

2014
Fargo poster

Fargo

TV · as Paul Marrane · 2 eps

2014
Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories poster

Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories

TV · as The Duke · 1 ep

2013
Wrong Cops poster

Wrong Cops

Movie · as Captain Andy

2013
Big Ass Spider! poster

Big Ass Spider!

Movie · as Major Braxton Tanner

2013
Revelation Road 2: The Sea of Glass and Fire poster

Revelation Road 2: The Sea of Glass and Fire

Movie · as Frank

2013
Brother's Keeper poster

Brother's Keeper

Movie · as Herbert Leemaster

2013
Out West poster

Out West

Movie · as Phillip Alcott

2013
Revelation Road: The Beginning of the End poster

Revelation Road: The Beginning of the End

Movie · as Frank

2013
Inventing Adam

Inventing Adam

Movie · as J.B.

2013
Newsreaders poster

Newsreaders

TV · as Skip Reming · 24 eps

2013
Tom Holland's Twisted Tales poster

Tom Holland's Twisted Tales

TV · as Mongo the Magnificent · 1 ep

2012
Excision poster

Excision

Movie · as Principal Campbell

2012
The Aggression Scale poster

The Aggression Scale

Movie · as Bellavance

2012
The Butterfly Room poster

The Butterfly Room

Movie · as Nick

2012
Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie poster

Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie

Movie · as Dr. Doone Struts

2012
FDR: American Badass! poster

FDR: American Badass!

Movie · as Douglas MacArthur

2012
Nuclear Family poster

Nuclear Family

Movie · as The Man

2012
Atlas Shrugged: Part II poster

Atlas Shrugged: Part II

Movie · as Head of State Thompson

2012
Darnell Dawkins: Mouth Guitar Legend poster

Darnell Dawkins: Mouth Guitar Legend

Movie · as Wade Dawkins

2012
Brother White poster

Brother White

Movie · as Pastor Johnny Kingman

2012
Crazy Eyes poster

Crazy Eyes

Movie · as Zach's Father

2012
Perception poster

Perception

TV · as Martin Sullivan · 1 ep

2012
Holliston poster

Holliston

TV · as Landlord · 1 ep

2011
X-Men: First Class poster

X-Men: First Class

Movie · as Secretary of State

2011
Rosewood Lane poster

Rosewood Lane

Movie · as Det. Briggs

2011
Chillerama poster

Chillerama

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

2011
The Girl with the Tramp Stamp Tattoo poster

The Girl with the Tramp Stamp Tattoo

Movie

2011
Mr. Sunshine poster

Mr. Sunshine

TV · as Macaulay · 1 ep

2011
Wilfred poster

Wilfred

TV · as Colt St. Cloud · 1 ep

2011
Body of Proof poster

Body of Proof

TV · as Michael Davis · 1 ep

2011
Workaholics poster

Workaholics

TV · as Kyle Walsh · 1 ep

2010
Hawaii Five-0 poster

Hawaii Five-0

TV · as Morris Brown · 1 ep

2010
Rizzoli & Isles poster

Rizzoli & Isles

TV · as Judge Eugene Allen · 1 ep

2010
The Good Guys poster

The Good Guys

TV · as Buddy · 1 ep

2009
Pandemic poster

Pandemic

Movie · as General Matthews

2009
Iodine poster

Iodine

Movie · as Avery

2009
Infestation poster

Infestation

Movie · as Ethan

2009
Stuntmen poster

Stuntmen

Movie · as Jack Strongbow

2009
Love at First Hiccup poster

Love at First Hiccup

Movie · as Roger

2009
Castle poster

Castle

TV · as Bobby Fox · 1 ep

2009
Dollhouse poster

Dollhouse

TV · as Howard Lipman · 1 ep

2009
Drop Dead Diva poster

Drop Dead Diva

TV · as Frank Dodd · 1 ep

2009
Infomercials poster

Infomercials

TV · as Frank Pierre · 1 ep

2008
One Missed Call poster

One Missed Call

Movie · as Ted Summers

2008
AM1200 poster

AM1200

Movie · as Harry Jones

2008
90210 poster

90210

TV · as Dean Thomas · 1 ep

2008
The Mentalist poster

The Mentalist

TV · as Dennis Victor · 1 ep

2007
Superman: Doomsday poster

Superman: Doomsday

Movie · as Perry White (voice)

2007
The Flock poster

The Flock

Movie · as Bobby Stiles

2007
The Election poster

The Election

Movie · as John

2007
Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks poster

Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks

Movie · as Self

2007
7-10 Split poster

7-10 Split

Movie · as Buddy Kendrick

2007
Burn Notice poster

Burn Notice

TV · as Mr. Pyne · 1 ep

2007
Reaper poster

Reaper

TV · as The Devil · 31 eps

2007
Chuck poster

Chuck

TV · as Riley · 3 eps

2007
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! poster

Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!

TV · as Grill Vogel · 2 eps

2007
Mad Men poster

Mad Men

TV · as Ed Baxter · 5 eps

2006
Cyxork 7 poster

Cyxork 7

Movie · as Kommander 88

2006
The Substance of Things Hoped For poster

The Substance of Things Hoped For

Movie · as Dr. Lessing

2006
Peaceful Warrior poster

Peaceful Warrior

Movie · as Doctor Hayden

2006
Shark poster

Shark

TV · as Lloyd Holcomb · 1 ep

2006
Psych poster

Psych

TV · as Peter Westley, Horace Leland · 2 eps

2006
Six Degrees poster

Six Degrees

TV · 1 ep

2005
Good Night, and Good Luck. poster

Good Night, and Good Luck.

Movie · as Don Hollenbeck

2005
Jane Doe: The Wrong Face poster

Jane Doe: The Wrong Face

Movie · as Fleming

2005
The Rain Makers poster

The Rain Makers

Movie · as Harris

2005
Sharkskin 6 poster

Sharkskin 6

Movie · as Sam

2005
Numb3rs poster

Numb3rs

TV · as Mitch Langford · 1 ep

2005
Bones poster

Bones

TV · as Rick Turco · 1 ep

2005
How I Met Your Mother poster

How I Met Your Mother

TV · as Robin Scherbatsky Sr. · 6 eps

2005
Criminal Minds poster

Criminal Minds

TV · as John Nelson · 1 ep

2005
The Closer poster

The Closer

TV · as Tom Blanchard · 2 eps

2003
Jeepers Creepers 2 poster

Jeepers Creepers 2

Movie · as Taggart

2003
Dead End poster

Dead End

Movie · as Frank Harrington

2003
The Battle of Shaker Heights poster

The Battle of Shaker Heights

Movie · as Harrison

2003
NCIS poster

NCIS

TV · as Wayne Tobett · 1 ep

2002
Landspeed poster

Landspeed

Movie · as Brian Sanger

2002
Scream at the Sound of the Beep

Scream at the Sound of the Beep

Movie · as Brother Jake

2002
Windfall poster

Windfall

Movie · as John Wescott

2002
She Spies poster

She Spies

TV · as Ambassador Blaine · 1 ep

2001
Reflections on the Phenomenon of Twin Peaks poster

Reflections on the Phenomenon of Twin Peaks

Movie · as Self

2001
Two Can Play That Game poster

Two Can Play That Game

Movie · as Bill Parker

2001
Almost Salinas poster

Almost Salinas

Movie · as Jack Tynan

2001
24 poster

24

TV · as Vice-President Hal Gardner · 6 eps

2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation poster

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

TV · as Ernest Chase · 1 ep

2000
Teacher's Pet poster

Teacher's Pet

TV · 1 ep

1999
Pennyweight poster

Pennyweight

Movie · as Mr. Pennyweight

1999
Judging Amy poster

Judging Amy

TV · as Atty. Rhodes · 1 ep

1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit poster

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

TV · as Roger Hanley · 1 ep

1999
Popular poster

Popular

TV · as Barton · 1 ep

1999
The West Wing poster

The West Wing

TV · as Governor Tillman D-CA · 1 ep

1998
Evasive Action poster

Evasive Action

Movie · as Sheriff Wes Blaidek

1998
The Garbage Picking Field Goal Kicking Philadelphia Phenomenon poster

The Garbage Picking Field Goal Kicking Philadelphia Phenomenon

Movie · as Randolph Pratt

1998
Dawson's Creek poster

Dawson's Creek

TV · as Roger Stepavich · 1 ep

1998
Charmed poster

Charmed

TV · as Ludlow · 1 ep

1998
Sports Night poster

Sports Night

TV · as Evans · 1 ep

1998
V.I.P. poster

V.I.P.

TV · as Judge Kreiger · 1 ep

1997
Sleepwalkers poster

Sleepwalkers

TV · as McCaig · 2 eps

1996
Profiler poster

Profiler

TV · as James Perrone · 1 ep

1996
Savannah poster

Savannah

TV · as Edward Burton · 34 eps

1995
Powder poster

Powder

Movie · as Dr. Aaron Stripler

1995
Star Trek: Voyager poster

Star Trek: Voyager

TV · as Arturis · 1 ep

1995
JAG poster

JAG

TV · as Congressman Marvin Bolton · 1 ep

1995
Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story poster

Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story

TV · as Mike Todd · 2 eps

1994
The Chase poster

The Chase

Movie · as Dalton Voss

1994
Body Shot poster

Body Shot

Movie · as Dwight Frye

1994
The Crew poster

The Crew

Movie · as Charles Pierce

1994
RoboCop: The Future of Law Enforcement poster

RoboCop: The Future of Law Enforcement

Movie · as Leon Nash

1993
Rising Sun poster

Rising Sun

Movie · as Senator John Morton

1993
Grey Knight poster

Grey Knight

Movie · as Col. George Thalman

1993
RoboCop 3 poster

RoboCop 3

Movie · as Leon Nash (archive footage)

1993
Walker, Texas Ranger poster

Walker, Texas Ranger

TV · as Garrett Carlson · 1 ep

1993
Second Chances poster

Second Chances

TV · as Judge Jim Stinson · 10 eps

1993
Diagnosis: Murder poster

Diagnosis: Murder

TV · as John Parkinson · 1 ep

1993
The Secrets of Lake Success poster

The Secrets of Lake Success

TV · as Henry Fleming · 2 eps

1992
Bob Roberts poster

Bob Roberts

Movie · as Chet MacGregor

1992
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me poster

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

Movie · as Leland Palmer

1992
Sunstroke poster

Sunstroke

Movie · as Larry

1992
The Larry Sanders Show poster

The Larry Sanders Show

TV · as Lloyd Simon · 1 ep

1991
Write to Kill poster

Write to Kill

Movie · as Mark Gaston

1991
Fire in the Dark poster

Fire in the Dark

Movie · as Richard

1990
The Rift poster

The Rift

Movie · as Robbins

1990
Runaway Heart

Runaway Heart

Movie · as Archie

1990
Twin Peaks poster

Twin Peaks

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

1990
Beverly Hills, 90210 poster

Beverly Hills, 90210

TV · as Daniel Hunter · 2 eps

1990
Dream On poster

Dream On

TV · as Maddox March · 1 ep

1989
Race for Glory poster

Race for Glory

Movie · as Jack Davis

1989
Twin Peaks poster

Twin Peaks

Movie · as Leland Palmer

1989
Season of Fear poster

Season of Fear

Movie · as Fred Drummond

1988
The Taking of Flight 847: The Uli Derickson Story

The Taking of Flight 847: The Uli Derickson Story

Movie · as Phil Maresca

1987
RoboCop poster

RoboCop

Movie · as Leon Nash

1987
Repairs

Repairs

Movie · as Stan the Bartender

1987
Star Trek: The Next Generation poster

Star Trek: The Next Generation

TV · as Liko · 1 ep

1987
Jake and the Fatman poster

Jake and the Fatman

TV · 1 ep

1987
Beauty and the Beast poster

Beauty and the Beast

TV · as Tom · 1 ep

1986
Condor poster

Condor

Movie · as Christopher Proctor

1986
L.A. Law poster

L.A. Law

TV · as D.A. Walter Platt · 2 eps

1985
The Journey of Natty Gann poster

The Journey of Natty Gann

Movie · as Sol Gann

1985
Seduced poster

Seduced

Movie · as Bartecki

1985
Moonlighting poster

Moonlighting

TV · as Murderer

1985
Stingray poster

Stingray

TV · 1 ep

1985
The Colbys poster

The Colbys

TV · 3 eps

1984
Airwolf poster

Airwolf

TV · as Victor Resnick · 1 ep

1984
Hunter poster

Hunter

TV · as Alex Parker · 1 ep

1984
Blue Thunder poster

Blue Thunder

TV · as J.D. Kraft · 1 ep

1983
The A-Team poster

The A-Team

TV · as Phillip Chadway · 1 ep

1983
Scarecrow and Mrs. King poster

Scarecrow and Mrs. King

TV · 1 ep

1983
Trauma Center poster

Trauma Center

TV · 1 ep

1982
Swamp Thing poster

Swamp Thing

Movie · as Dr. Alec Holland

1982
Cat People poster

Cat People

Movie · as Soap Opera Man

1982
Remington Steele poster

Remington Steele

TV · as Schwimmer · 1 ep

1982
T. J. Hooker poster

T. J. Hooker

TV · as Harrison Mackenzie · 1 ep

1981
Madame X poster

Madame X

Movie · as Bellman (uncredited)

1981
Deadly Blessing poster

Deadly Blessing

Movie · as Sheriff (voice) (uncredited)

1980
Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders II poster

Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders II

Movie · as Dr. Simmons

1979
Knots Landing poster

Knots Landing

TV · as The Dealer · 5 eps

1979
Hart to Hart poster

Hart to Hart

TV · 1 ep

1978
Tartuffe poster

Tartuffe

Movie · as Damis

1977
Lou Grant poster

Lou Grant

TV · 1 ep

1976
Love in the Hamptons poster

Love in the Hamptons

Movie · as Myron

1976
Charlie's Angels poster

Charlie's Angels

TV · as Evan Wilcox · 1 ep

1973
The Young and the Restless poster

The Young and the Restless

TV · as Ian Ward · 1 ep

1969
Dare the Devil

Dare the Devil

Movie · as David Keller