Ray Wise
August 20, 1947 (77 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
- 2022 · King Knight as Merlin
- 2021 · Slugfest as Jack Kirby
- 2021 · Psych 3: This Is Gus as Father Peter Westley
- 2021 · Physical as Sheila's Father
- 2021 · Dinner Is Served as Headmaster Gustafson
- 2021 · Home Economics as Frank
- 2020 · Beast Mode as Trammel Steadfast
- 2019 · To Your Last Death as Cyrus DeKalb (voice)
- 2019 · The Movies That Made Us as Self (Archival 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 · Neo Yokio: Pink Christmas as Event Broadcaster
- 2018 · Chilling Adventures of Sabrina as Enoch
- 2017 · I Had Bad Milk in Dehradun as Self
- 2017 · Neo Yokio as Old Man / Male Announcer (voice)
- 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 · 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
- 2016 · God's Not Dead 2 as Peter Kane
- 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
- 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 · Frank Pierre Presents: Pierre Resort & Casino as Frank Pierre
- 2014 · Dead Still as Wenton Davies
- 2014 · Guardian Angel as Attorney Kaufman
- 2014 · Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories as The Duke
- 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 · Away From Here as Paul
- 2014 · Fargo as Paul Marrane
- 2014 · No God, No Master as A. Mitchell Palmer
- 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 · Big Ass Spider! as Major Braxton Tanner
- 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 · Inventing Adam as J.B.
- 2013 · Newsreaders as Skip Reming
- 2012 · Nuclear Family as The Man
- 2012 · Atlas Shrugged: Part II as Head of State Thompson
- 2012 · FDR: American Badass! as Douglas MacArthur
- 2012 · Excision as Principal Campbell
- 2012 · The Butterfly Room as Nick
- 2012 · Perception as Martin Sullivan
- 2012 · Crazy Eyes as Zach's Father
- 2012 · Brother White as Pastor Johnny Kingman
- 2012 · Holliston as Landlord
- 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 · Rosewood Lane as Det. Briggs
- 2011 · Chillerama as Dr. Weems
- 2011 · Wilfred as Colt St. Cloud
- 2011 · X-Men: First Class as Secretary of State
- 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
- 2009 · Infomercials as Frank Pierre
- 2009 · Pandemic as General Matthews
- 2009 · Iodine as Avery
- 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
- 2009 · Love at First Hiccup as Roger
- 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 · 7-10 Split as Buddy Kendrick
- 2007 · Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! as Grill Vogel
- 2006 · Shark as
- 2006 · Six Degrees as
- 2006 · Psych as Peter Westley
- 2006 · Psych as Horace Leland
- 2006 · The Substance of Things Hoped For as Dr. Lessing
- 2006 · Peaceful Warrior as Doctor Hayden
- 2006 · Cyxork 7 as Kommander 88
- 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 · Jane Doe: The Wrong Face as Fleming
- 2005 · The Closer as Tom Blanchard
- 2005 · Numb3rs as
- 2005 · The Rain Makers as Harris
- 2005 · Sharkskin 6 as Sam
- 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 · Reflections on the Phenomenon of Twin Peaks as Self
- 2001 · Postcards From The Cast as Self
- 2001 · 24 as Vice-President Hal Gardner
- 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
- 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
- 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 · Body Shot as Dwight Frye
- 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
- 1991 · Write to Kill as Mark Gaston
- 1991 · Fire in the Dark as Richard
- 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 · Race for Glory as Jack Davis
- 1989 · Twin Peaks as Leland Palmer
- 1989 · Season of Fear as Fred Drummond
- 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
- 1986 · Condor as Christopher Proctor
- Future · Scream at the Sound of the Beep as Brother Jake
- 1987 · Beauty and the Beast as
- 1987 · RoboCop as Leon Nash
- 1986 · L.A. Law as A.D.A. 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
- 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
- 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
- 1969 · Dare the Devil as David Keller
- 1951 · Love of Life as
- Future · Nightmare City as