John Savage
Born: 1949-08-25 in Old Bethpage, New York, USA
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2025
- Judas' Gospel as Joseph
- Death 4 Dinner as Robert Rutherford
2024
- The Goat as Julian Brown
- Beyond the Rush as Edward Clayborn
2023
- Showdown at the Grand as Lucky
2022
- Bosch: Legacy as Allie Lewis
- Eye for Eye as Brad Braddock
- Michael Cimino, God Bless America as Self
- The Right to Bear Arms as Brutal Magnus
- The Audition as Narrator (voice)
- A Cloud So High as Gene 'Sackler' Sarling
2021
- Insight as Frank
2020
- The Last Full Measure as Kepper
- Followed as Wallace Fleischer
- The Tribe Remembers as Self
- The Man with the Camera as Epifano
- A Medicine for the Mind as Dr. E. Brown
2019
- Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast ... (Thanks)
- Gates of Darkness as Joseph
- Six Children and One Grandfather as David McDoll
- Heavenly Deposit as Donald
- The Islands as Henry Thornton
- Down's Revenge as Dr Sorkin
- Ovid and the Art of Love as Augustus
- American Exit as Gerald
- Hold On as Dr. Siedhoff
- Spinning Dry as Frank Manghetti
2018
- 40 and Single as Stewart Temple
- Mission Possible as Captain Ted Napoleon
- Betrayed as Mayor Alderman
- Torch as August Lewin
- Easy Way Out
- Sotto il Segno della Vittoria
2017
- SEAL Team as Emmet Quinn
- Three Seconds as тренер сборной США Генри Айба
- Nephilim as Father Samuel
- Empire of the Sharks as Ian Fien
- Spreading Darkness as Brett
- The Neighborhood as Vito Bello
- Teen Star Academy
- Vampire Wars as Stokes
- The Return as Čovek u crnom odelu
- Fake News as President Wayne Walker
2016
- Goliath as Mickey
- In Dubious Battle as Dan
- The World Champions as Wiliam Jones
- Last Call at Murray's as Bennett
- Texas Heart as Carl
- American Romance as Emery Reed
- Mata Hari as Edouard Clunet
- The Black Dove as Jake Williams
- Everglades
2015
- Tales of Halloween as Capt. J.G. Zimmerman
- Caffeinated as Himself
- We Will Be the World Champions as William Jones
- Sensory Perception as President of United Earth
2014
- Bullet as Governor Johnson
- Fort Bliss as Mike Swann
- Bermuda Tentacles as President Desteno
- Demon Legacy as The Codger
- The Big Fat Stone as Robert Tanninger
- The Hooping Life as Himself
2013
- Real Gangsters as Ted Roberts
- Awakened as Jack Winston
- Alien Rising as Manning
- Open Road as Carl
- 7E as Paul
- Defending Santa as Judge Willis
- A Sierra Nevada Gunfight as Father Bill
- A Star for Rose as Mort
2012
- Art of Submission as Harbin Rask
- Sins as Father Karl
- Sweetwater as Calvin Kabral
- Summer Song as Jim
2011
- Hit List as Walter Murphy
- The Orphan Killer as Detective Walker
- Assassins' Code as Arlo
2010
- Bereavement as Ted
- Bed & Breakfast as Mr. Harvey
- Dreamkiller as Agent Barnes
2009
- I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale as Self
- Do the Right Thing: 20 Years Later as Self
- Handsome Harry as Peter Rheems
- Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's as Self
- Buffalo Bushido as Vendetti
- American Bully as News Producer
- First Time Long Time as Peter
2008
- Fringe as Sam Weiss
- The Coverup as Thomas Thacker
- The Grift as William Bender
- The Golden Boys as Web Saunders
- From a Place of Darkness as Vic
- Boiler Maker as J.J.
- The Violent Kind as George Malloy
2007
- Shortcut to Happiness as Johnny (uncredited)
- No Destination as Billy
2006
- Kill Your Darlings as Rock
- The Attic as Graham Callan
- The Drop as Mr. Zero
- Shut Up and Shoot! as Marty Pearlheimer
2005
- The New World as Savage
- Love's Long Journey as Trent
- Confessions of a Pit Fighter as McGee
- Iowa as Irv Huffman
2004
- Sucker Free City as Anderson Wade
- Alien Lockdown as Dr. Woodman
- Admissions as Harry Brighton
- Fallacy as Heathcliff
- Downtown: A Street Tale as H2O
- Freedom from Despair as Narrator
2003
- Carnivàle as Henry 'Hack' Scudder
- Easy Sex as Frank Iverson
- Making 'Carnivàle': The Show Behind the Show
- Intoxicating as William Shanley
2002
- Everwood as Daniel Maxwell
- The Anarchist Cookbook as Johnny Red
- Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick as Self
- Redemption of the Ghost
2001
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Mark Farrell
- Dead Man's Run as Carver
- Burning Down the House as Jake Seiling
2000
- The District as Billy Nevins
- Dark Angel as Col. Donald Lydecker
- They Nest as Jack Wald
- The Virginian as Steve
- Christina's House as James Tarling
1999
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Lucas Biggs
- Message in a Bottle as Johnny Land
- Summer of Sam as Simon
- The Jack Bull as Slater
- Nightworld: Lost Souls as Victor Robinson
- Frontline as Captain Wolfgang Mueller
1998
- The Thin Red Line as Sgt. Jack McCron
- Club Vampire as Zero
- Centurion Force as Neal
1997
- Little Boy Blue as Ray West
- Amnesia as Tim Bishop
- A Scent of Paradise as Padre Louis
- Before Women Had Wings as Billy Jackson
- Hollywood Safari as Deputy Rogers
- Last Cut as Leo Kimball
- Hostile Intent as Bear
- The Mouse as Bruce 'The Mouse' Strauss
1996
- White Squall as McCrea
- Where Truth Lies as Dr. Ian Lazarre
- Firestorm as Brinkman
- American Strays as Dwayne
- Managua as Dennis
- One Good Turn as Santapietro
1995
- Star Trek: Voyager as Captain Rudy Ransom
- The Outer Limits as Lucas
- The Crossing Guard as Bobby
- OP Center as Bob Herbert
- Carnosaur 2 as Jack Reed
- Red Scorpion 2 as Andrew Kendrick
- Twisted Fate as Drury
- The Dangerous as Emile Lautrec
- The Takeover as Greg
- OP Center as Bob Herbert
- Deadly Weapon as Sanders
1994
- Touched by an Angel as Simon Miller
- Birdland
- Shattered Image as David
- Killing Obsession as Albert
1993
- The X-Files as Henry Trondheim
- Walker, Texas Ranger as Sergeant Major Bart Hawkins
- C.I.A. II: Target Alexa as Franz Kluge
- Daybreak as The President
- Berlin '39 as Wieland
- Flynn as Joe Stromberg
1992
- Primary Motive as Wallace Roberts
1991
- The Burning Shore as Blaine
- Across Red Nights as Paola
- Hunting as Michael Bergman
- Mountain of Diamonds as Blaine
- Mountain of Diamonds as Blaine
- Door Into Silence as Melvin Devereux
- Buck at the Edge of Heaven as Wintrop
- The Dark Tale as Roy Kramer
- Ottobre rosa all'Arbat (Vacanze a Mosca)
1990
- Twin Peaks as Detective Clark
- The Godfather Part III as Father Andrew Hagen
- Any Man's Death as Leon Abrahams
1989
- Tales from the Crypt as Benny
- Press Gang as Boy
- Do the Right Thing as Clifton
1987
- Hotel Colonial as Marco Venieri
- Beauty and the Beast as Beast/Prince
- Desperate as Noah
- Caribe as Jeff Richardson
1986
- Salvador as John Cassady
- The Tender Age as Tim Donovan
- Soldier's Revenge as Frank Morgan
1985
- Silent Witness as Kevin Dunne
1984
- The Bill
- Maria's Lovers as Ivan Bibic
- Nairobi Affair as Rick Cahill
1983
- Brady’s Escape as J.W. Brady
1982
- Coming Out of the Ice as Victor Herman
1981
- Cattle Annie and Little Britches as Bittercreek Newcombe
- The Amateur as Charles Heller
1980
- Inside Moves as Roary
1979
- Hair as Claude Hooper Bukowski
- The Onion Field as Karl Hettinger
1978
- The Deer Hunter as Steven Pushkov
1976
- Gibbsville as Jim Malloy
1975
- The Sister in Law as Robert Strong
- The Turning Point of Jim Malloy as Jim Malloy
- Eric as Eric Swensen
1974
- All the Kind Strangers as Peter
- The Killing Kind as Terry Lambert
1973
- Steelyard Blues as Kid
1972
- ABC Afterschool Special as Bernie Morton
- Bad Company as Loney
1970
- Love Is a Carousel as Boy Friend
1969
- The Master Beater as Rocco
1959
- The Rebel as Al
1951
- Hallmark Hall of Fame as Eric Swensen