Ray Wise
August 20, 1947 (78 years old) in Akron, Ohio, USA
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).
Known For
Credits
- 2026 · The Napa Boys as Officer Toland
- 2024 · God's Not Dead: In God We Trust as Peter Kane
- 2024 · Good Grief as Dr. Gariboldi
- 2024 · Poolman as William Van Patterson
- 2023 · RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop as Self
- 2021 · Slugfest as Jack Kirby
- 2021 · Psych 3: This Is Gus as Father Peter Westley
- 2021 · Physical as Sheila's Father
- 2021 · Home Economics as Frank
- 2019 · To Your Last Death as Cyrus DeKalb (voice)
- 2019 · The Movies That Made Us as Self (archive footage)
- 2019 · All Rise as Richard Walker
- 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 · Batman: The Killing Joke as Commissioner Gordon (voice)
- 2016 · All the Way as Senator Everett Dirksen
- 2016 · Relationship Status as Grace's Dad
- 2016 · God's Not Dead 2 as Peter Kane
- 2015 · Fresh Off the Boat as Marvin
- 2015 · The Lazarus Effect as Mr. Wallace
- 2015 · Jurassic City as Warden Lewis
- 2015 · Marvel's Agent Carter as Hugh Jones
- 2014 · Dead Still as Wenton Davies
- 2014 · Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories as The Duke
- 2014 · Between Two Worlds as Self
- 2014 · Suburban Gothic as Donald
- 2014 · Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces as Leland Palmer
- 2014 · Fargo as Paul Marrane
- 2014 · No God, No Master as A. Mitchell Palmer
- 2014 · Farmed and Dangerous as Buck Marshall
- 2013 · Big Ass Spider! as Major Braxton Tanner
- 2013 · Out West as Phillip Alcott
- 2013 · Inventing Adam as J.B.
- 2013 · Newsreaders as Skip Reming
- 2012 · FDR: American Badass! as Douglas MacArthur
- 2012 · Excision as Principal Campbell
- 2012 · Perception as Martin Sullivan
- 2012 · Holliston as Landlord
- 2011 · Rosewood Lane as Det. Briggs
- 2011 · Chillerama as Dr. Weems (segment "Wadzilla")
- 2011 · Wilfred as Colt St. Cloud
- 2011 · Workaholics as Kyle Walsh
- 2011 · Body of Proof as Michael Davis
- 2011 · Mr. Sunshine as Macaulay
- 2010 · Hawaii Five-0 as Morris Brown
- 2010 · Rizzoli & Isles as Judge Eugene Allen
- 2010 · The Good Guys as Buddy
- 2009 · Infomercials as Frank Pierre
- 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 · 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 · Burn Notice as Mr. Pyne
- 2007 · 7-10 Split as Buddy Kendrick
- 2007 · Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! as Grill Vogel
- 2006 · Shark as Lloyd Holcomb
- 2006 · Six Degrees as
- 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 · Good Night, and Good Luck. as Don Hollenbeck
- 2005 · Bones as Rick Turco
- 2005 · The Closer as Tom Blanchard
- 2005 · Numb3rs as Mitch Langford
- 2003 · Dead End as Frank Harrington
- 2003 · NCIS as Wayne Tobett
- 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
- 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
- 1996 · Savannah as Edward Burton
- 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 · The Crew as Charles Pierce
- 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
- 1993 · RoboCop 3 as Leon Nash (archive footage)
- 1992 · Sunstroke as Larry
- 1992 · Bob Roberts as Chet MacGregor
- 1992 · The Larry Sanders Show as Lloyd Simon
- 1992 · Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me as Leland Palmer
- 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
- 1989 · Race for Glory as Jack Davis
- 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 Walter Platt
- 1985 · The Colbys as
- 1985 · The Journey of Natty Gann as Sol Gann
- 1985 · Stingray as
- 1985 · Seduced as Bartecki
- 1985 · Moonlighting as
- 1985 · Moonlighting as Murderer
- 1984 · Hunter as Alex Parker
- 1984 · Airwolf as Victor Resnick
- 1984 · Blue Thunder as J.D. Kraft
- 1983 · Scarecrow and Mrs. King as
- 1983 · Trauma Center as
- 1983 · The A-Team as Phillip Chadway
- 1982 · Remington Steele as Schwimmer
- 1982 · Cat People as Soap Opera Man
- 1982 · T. J. Hooker as Harrison Mackenzie
- 1982 · Swamp Thing as Doctor Alec Holland
- 1979 · Knots Landing as The Dealer
- 1979 · Hart to Hart as
- 1978 · Tartuffe as Damis
- 1977 · Lou Grant as
- 1976 · Charlie's Angels as Evan Wilcox
- Future · Nightmare City as
- 2024 · The Wolf in the Well as Roland Carmel
- 2024 · The Blue Rose as Mr. Vallens
- 2022 · King Knight as Merlin
- 2021 · Dinner Is Served as Headmaster Gustafson
- 2020 · Beast Mode as Trammel Steadfast
- 2019 · Unholy 'Mole as The Devil (voice)
- 2017 · I Had Bad Milk in Dehradun as Self
- 2016 · Halloweed as Judge Plimington
- 2016 · The Bronx Bull as Father Father Joseph
- 2015 · Unnatural as Victor Clobirch
- 2015 · Taking Flight as Nonno (voice)
- 2015 · The Breakup Girl as Bob Baker
- 2015 · Night of the Living Deb as Frank Waverly
- 2015 · Digging Up the Marrow as William Dekker
- 2014 · Frank Pierre Presents: Pierre Resort & Casino as Frank Pierre
- 2014 · Guardian Angel as Attorney Kaufman
- 2014 · Land of Leopold as Deece Warren
- 2014 · Away From Here as Paul
- 2014 · Tom Holland's Twisted Tales as Mongo the Magnificent (segment "Mongo's Magik Mirror")
- 2013 · Wrong Cops as Captain Andy
- 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
- 2012 · Nuclear Family as The Man
- 2012 · Atlas Shrugged: Part II as Head of State Thompson
- 2012 · The Butterfly Room as Nick
- 2012 · Crazy Eyes as Zach's Father
- 2012 · Brother White as Pastor Johnny Kingman
- 2012 · The Aggression Scale as Bellavance
- 2012 · Darnell Dawkins: Mouth Guitar Legend as Wade Dawkins
- 2012 · Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie as Dr. Doone Struts
- 2011 · The Girl with the Tramp Stamp Tattoo as
- 2011 · X-Men: First Class as Secretary of State
- 2009 · Iodine as Avery
- 2009 · Love at First Hiccup as Roger
- 2007 · Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks as
- 2007 · The Election as John
- 2006 · The Substance of Things Hoped For as Dr. Lessing
- 2006 · Cyxork 7 as Kommander 88
- 2005 · Jane Doe: The Wrong Face as Fleming
- 2005 · The Rain Makers as Harris
- 2005 · Sharkskin 6 as Sam
- 2003 · The Battle of Shaker Heights as Harrison
- 2001 · Almost Salinas as Jack Tynan
- 1994 · Body Shot as Dwight Frye
- 1991 · Write to Kill as Mark Gaston
- 1991 · Fire in the Dark as Richard
- 1990 · Runaway Heart as Archie
- 1989 · Season of Fear as Fred Drummond
- 1986 · Condor as Christopher Proctor
- 1981 · Madame X as Bellman (uncredited)
- 1980 · Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders II as Dr. Simmons
- 1976 · Love in the Hamptons as Myron
- 1969 · Dare the Devil as David Keller
- 1951 · Love of Life as