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