Ray Wise
August 20, 1947 (78 years old) in Akron, Ohio, USA
Raymond Herbert Wise 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).
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · God's Not Dead: In God We Trust as Peter Kane
- 2024 · The Blue Rose as Mr. Vallens
- 2024 · Poolman as William Van Patterson
- 2023 · RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop as Self
- 2021 · Slugfest as Jack Kirby
- 2021 · Dinner Is Served as Headmaster Gustafson
- 2019 · To Your Last Death as Cyrus DeKalb (voice)
- 2017 · I Had Bad Milk in Dehradun as Self
- 2016 · Halloweed as Judge Plimington
- 2016 · Batman: The Killing Joke as Commissioner James Gordon (voice)
- 2016 · The Bronx Bull as Father Father Joseph
- 2016 · All the Way as Senator Everett Dirksen
- 2016 · Relationship Status as Grace's Dad
- 2015 · Unnatural as Victor Clobirch
- 2015 · Taking Flight as Nonno (voice)
- 2015 · Digging Up the Marrow as William Dekker
- 2015 · Jurassic City as Warden Lewis
- 2014 · Frank Pierre Presents: Pierre Resort & Casino as Frank Pierre
- 2014 · Guardian Angel as Attorney Kaufman
- 2014 · Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories as The Duke
- 2014 · Away From Here as Paul
- 2014 · No God, No Master as A. Mitchell Palmer
- 2013 · Big Ass Spider! as Major Braxton Tanner
- 2013 · Inventing Adam as J.B.
- 2012 · Nuclear Family as The Man
- 2012 · Atlas Shrugged: Part II as Head of State Thompson
- 2012 · Excision as Principal Campbell
- 2012 · Brother White as Pastor Johnny Kingman
- 2012 · Holliston as Landlord
- 2011 · Mr. Sunshine as Macaulay
- 2010 · The Good Guys as Buddy
- 2009 · Infomercials as Frank Pierre
- 2009 · Iodine as Avery
- 2009 · Love at First Hiccup as Roger
- 2007 · 7-10 Split as Buddy Kendrick
- 2006 · Six Degrees as
- 2006 · The Substance of Things Hoped For as Dr. Lessing
- 2006 · Cyxork 7 as Kommander 88
- 2005 · Good Night, and Good Luck. as Don Hollenbeck
- 2005 · Jane Doe: The Wrong Face as Fleming
- 2005 · Sharkskin 6 as Sam
- 1996 · Savannah as Edward Burton
- 1994 · The Crew as Charles Pierce
- 1994 · Body Shot as Dwight Frye
- 1993 · RoboCop 3 as Leon Nash (archive footage)
- 1992 · Bob Roberts as Chet MacGregor
- 1991 · Write to Kill as Mark Gaston
- 1991 · Fire in the Dark as Richard
- 1989 · Race for Glory as Jack Davis
- 1989 · Season of Fear as Fred Drummond
- 1986 · Condor as Christopher Proctor
- 1985 · Stingray as
- 1984 · Blue Thunder as J.D. Kraft
- 1983 · Trauma Center as
- 1982 · Cat People as Soap Opera Man
- Future · Nightmare City as
- 2025 · The Napa Boys as Officer Toland
- 2024 · The Wolf in the Well as Roland Carmel
- 2022 · King Knight as Merlin
- 2021 · Psych 3: This Is Gus as Father Peter Westley
- 2021 · Physical as Sheila's Father
- 2021 · Home Economics as Frank
- 2020 · Beast Mode as Trammel Steadfast
- 2019 · The Movies That Made Us as Self (archive footage)
- 2019 · All Rise as Richard Walker
- 2019 · Unholy 'Mole as The Devil (voice)
- 2019 · The Chain as Michael
- 2019 · Tone-Deaf as Michael
- 2018 · Chilling Adventures of Sabrina as Enoch
- 2017 · Little Evil as Guy On TV (uncredited)
- 2017 · Shattered as Forest Burnett
- 2016 · Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life as Jack Smith
- 2016 · God's Not Dead 2 as Peter Kane
- 2015 · The Breakup Girl as Bob Baker
- 2015 · Night of the Living Deb as Frank Waverly
- 2015 · Fresh Off the Boat as Marvin
- 2015 · The Lazarus Effect as Mr. Wallace
- 2015 · Marvel's Agent Carter as Hugh Jones
- 2014 · Dead Still as Wenton Davies
- 2014 · Between Two Worlds as Self
- 2014 · Land of Leopold as Deece Warren
- 2014 · Suburban Gothic as Donald
- 2014 · Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces as Leland Palmer
- 2014 · Fargo as Paul Marrane
- 2014 · Tom Holland's Twisted Tales as Mongo the Magnificent (segment "Mongo's Magik Mirror")
- 2014 · Farmed and Dangerous as Buck Marshall
- 2013 · Wrong Cops as Captain Andy
- 2013 · Out West as Phillip Alcott
- 2013 · Revelation Road 2: The Sea of Glass and Fire as Frank
- 2013 · Brother's Keeper as Herbert Leemaster
- 2013 · Revelation Road: The Beginning of the End as Frank
- 2013 · Newsreaders as Skip Reming
- 2012 · FDR: American Badass! as Douglas MacArthur
- 2012 · The Butterfly Room as Nick
- 2012 · Perception as Martin Sullivan
- 2012 · Crazy Eyes as Zach's Father
- 2012 · Darnell Dawkins: Mouth Guitar Legend as Wade Dawkins
- 2012 · The Aggression Scale as Bellavance
- 2012 · Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie as Dr. Doone Struts
- 2011 · The Girl with the Tramp Stamp Tattoo as
- 2011 · Rosewood Lane as Det. Briggs
- 2011 · Chillerama as Dr. Weems (segment "Wadzilla")
- 2011 · Wilfred as Colt St. Cloud
- 2011 · X-Men: First Class as Secretary of State
- 2011 · Workaholics as Kyle Walsh
- 2011 · Body of Proof as Michael Davis
- 2010 · Hawaii Five-0 as Morris Brown
- 2010 · Rizzoli & Isles as Judge Eugene Allen
- 2009 · Pandemic as General Matthews
- 2009 · Stuntmen as Jack Strongbow
- 2009 · Drop Dead Diva as Frank Dodd
- 2009 · Castle as Bobby Fox
- 2009 · Dollhouse as Howard Lipman
- 2009 · Infestation as Ethan
- 2008 · AM1200 as Harry Jones
- 2008 · The Mentalist as Dennis Victor
- 2008 · 90210 as Dean Thomas
- 2008 · One Missed Call as Ted Summers
- 2007 · Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks as
- 2007 · Reaper as The Devil
- 2007 · Chuck as Riley
- 2007 · Superman: Doomsday as Perry White (voice)
- 2007 · The Flock as Bobby Stiles
- 2007 · Mad Men as Ed Baxter
- 2007 · The Election as John
- 2007 · Burn Notice as Mr. Pyne
- 2007 · Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! as Grill Vogel
- 2006 · Shark as Lloyd Holcomb
- 2006 · Psych as Peter Westley
- 2006 · Psych as Horace Leland
- 2006 · Peaceful Warrior as Doctor Hayden
- 2005 · Criminal Minds as John Nelson
- 2005 · How I Met Your Mother as Robin Scherbatsky Sr.
- 2005 · Bones as Rick Turco
- 2005 · The Closer as Tom Blanchard
- 2005 · Numb3rs as Mitch Langford
- 2005 · The Rain Makers as Harris
- 2003 · Dead End as Frank Harrington
- 2003 · NCIS as Wayne Tobett
- 2003 · The Battle of Shaker Heights as Harrison
- 2003 · Jeepers Creepers 2 as Jack Taggart, Sr.
- 2002 · Windfall as John Wescott
- 2002 · She Spies as Ambassador Blaine
- 2002 · Landspeed as Brian Sanger
- 2002 · Scream at the Sound of the Beep as Brother Jake
- 2001 · Postcards From The Cast as Self
- 2001 · 24 as Vice-President Hal Gardner
- 2001 · Reflections on the Phenomenon of Twin Peaks as Self
- 2001 · Two Can Play That Game as Bill Parker
- 2001 · Almost Salinas as Jack Tynan
- 2000 · CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Ernest Chase
- 2000 · Teacher's Pet as
- 1999 · Popular as Barton
- 1999 · The West Wing as Governor Tillman D-CA
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Roger Hanley
- 1999 · Judging Amy as Atty. Rhodes
- 1999 · Pennyweight as Mr. Pennyweight
- 1998 · Charmed as Ludlow
- 1998 · V.I.P. as Judge Kreiger
- 1998 · Sports Night as Evans
- 1998 · The Garbage Picking Field Goal Kicking Philadelphia Phenomenon as Randolph Pratt
- 1998 · Dawson's Creek as
- 1998 · Evasive Action as Sheriff Wes Blaidek
- 1996 · Profiler as James Perrone
- 1995 · Powder as Dr. Aaron Stripler
- 1995 · JAG as Congressman Marvin Bolton
- 1995 · Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story as Mike Todd
- 1995 · Star Trek: Voyager as Arturis
- 1994 · RoboCop: The Future of Law Enforcement as Leon Nash
- 1994 · The Chase as Dalton Voss
- 1993 · Second Chances as Judge Jim Stinson
- 1993 · Diagnosis: Murder as John Parkinson
- 1993 · The Secrets of Lake Success as Henry Fleming
- 1993 · Rising Sun as Senator John Morton
- 1993 · Walker, Texas Ranger as Garrett Carlson
- 1993 · Grey Knight as Col. George Thalman
- 1992 · Sunstroke as Larry
- 1992 · The Larry Sanders Show as Lloyd Simon
- 1992 · Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me as Leland Palmer
- 1990 · Runaway Heart as Archie
- 1990 · Beverly Hills, 90210 as
- 1990 · Beverly Hills, 90210 as Daniel Hunter
- 1990 · Dream On as Maddox March
- 1990 · Twin Peaks as Leland Palmer
- 1990 · Twin Peaks as Leland Palmer (archive footage)
- 1990 · The Rift as Robbins
- 1989 · Twin Peaks as Leland Palmer
- 1988 · The Taking of Flight 847: The Uli Derickson Story as Phil Maresca
- 1987 · Star Trek: The Next Generation as Liko
- 1987 · Jake and the Fatman as
- 1987 · Beauty and the Beast as Tom
- 1987 · RoboCop as Leon Nash
- 1987 · Repairs as Stan the Bartender
- 1986 · L.A. Law as A.D.A. Walter Platt
- 1985 · The Colbys as
- 1985 · The Journey of Natty Gann as Sol Gann
- 1985 · Seduced as Bartecki
- 1985 · Moonlighting as
- 1985 · Moonlighting as Murderer
- 1984 · Hunter as Alex Parker
- 1984 · Airwolf as Victor Resnick
- 1983 · Scarecrow and Mrs. King as
- 1983 · The A-Team as Phillip Chadway
- 1982 · Remington Steele as Schwimmer
- 1982 · T. J. Hooker as Harrison Mackenzie
- 1982 · Swamp Thing as Doctor Alec Holland
- 1981 · Madame X as Bellman (uncredited)
- 1980 · Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders II as Dr. Simmons
- 1979 · Knots Landing as The Dealer
- 1979 · Hart to Hart as
- 1978 · Tartuffe as Damis
- 1977 · Lou Grant as
- 1976 · Love in the Hamptons as Myron
- 1976 · Charlie's Angels as Evan Wilcox
- Future · Good Grief as Dr. Gariboldi
- 1969 · Dare the Devil as David Keller
- 1951 · Love of Life as