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
- 2024 · God's Not Dead: In God We Trust as Peter Kane
- 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 (archive footage)
- 2019 · All Rise as Richard Walker
- 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 · Halloweed as Judge Plimington
- 2016 · Batman: The Killing Joke as Commissioner 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 · The Breakup Girl as Bob Baker
- 2015 · Digging Up the Marrow as William Dekker
- 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 · Guardian Angel as Attorney Kaufman
- 2014 · Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories as The Duke
- 2014 · Suburban Gothic as Donald
- 2014 · Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces as Leland Palmer
- 2014 · Fargo as Paul Marrane
- 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 · Inventing Adam as J.B.
- 2013 · Newsreaders as Skip Reming
- 2012 · Atlas Shrugged: Part II as Head of State Thompson
- 2012 · FDR: American Badass! as Douglas MacArthur
- 2012 · Excision as Principal Campbell
- 2012 · Perception as Martin Sullivan
- 2012 · Brother White as Pastor Johnny Kingman
- 2012 · Holliston as Landlord
- 2012 · The Aggression Scale as Bellavance
- 2012 · Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie as Dr. Doone Struts
- 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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
- 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 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
- 1998 · Charmed as Ludlow
- 1998 · V.I.P. as Judge Kreiger
- 1998 · Sports Night as Evans
- 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 · 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 · RoboCop 3 as Leon Nash (archive footage)
- 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)
- 1989 · Twin Peaks as Leland Palmer
- 1987 · Star Trek: The Next Generation as Liko
- 1987 · Jake and the Fatman as
- 1987 · RoboCop as Leon Nash
- 1986 · L.A. Law as Walter Platt
- 1985 · The Colbys as
- 1985 · Stingray as
- 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
- 2026 · The Napa Boys as Officer Toland
- 2024 · The Wolf in the Well as Roland Carmel
- 2024 · The Blue Rose as Mr. Vallens
- 2024 · Good Grief as Dr. Gariboldi
- 2019 · Unholy 'Mole as The Devil (voice)
- 2019 · The Chain as Michael
- 2019 · Tone-Deaf as Michael
- 2017 · I Had Bad Milk in Dehradun as Self
- 2015 · Taking Flight as Nonno (voice)
- 2015 · Night of the Living Deb as Frank Waverly
- 2015 · Jurassic City as Warden Lewis
- 2014 · Frank Pierre Presents: Pierre Resort & Casino as Frank Pierre
- 2014 · Between Two Worlds as Self
- 2014 · Land of Leopold as Deece Warren
- 2014 · Away From Here as Paul
- 2014 · No God, No Master as A. Mitchell Palmer
- 2014 · Tom Holland's Twisted Tales as Mongo the Magnificent (segment "Mongo's Magik Mirror")
- 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 · The Butterfly Room as Nick
- 2012 · Crazy Eyes as Zach's Father
- 2012 · Darnell Dawkins: Mouth Guitar Legend as Wade Dawkins
- 2011 · The Girl with the Tramp Stamp Tattoo as
- 2011 · Rosewood Lane as Det. Briggs
- 2011 · X-Men: First Class as Secretary of State
- 2009 · Iodine as Avery
- 2009 · Stuntmen as Jack Strongbow
- 2008 · AM1200 as Harry Jones
- 2007 · Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks as
- 2007 · The Election as John
- 2007 · 7-10 Split as Buddy Kendrick
- 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
- 2002 · Scream at the Sound of the Beep as Brother Jake
- 2001 · Reflections on the Phenomenon of Twin Peaks as Self
- 1999 · Pennyweight as Mr. Pennyweight
- 1998 · The Garbage Picking Field Goal Kicking Philadelphia Phenomenon as Randolph Pratt
- 1993 · Grey Knight as Col. George Thalman
- 1992 · Sunstroke as Larry
- 1992 · Bob Roberts as Chet MacGregor
- 1991 · Write to Kill as Mark Gaston
- 1991 · Fire in the Dark as Richard
- 1990 · Runaway Heart as Archie
- 1990 · The Rift as Robbins
- 1989 · Race for Glory as Jack Davis
- 1989 · Season of Fear as Fred Drummond
- 1988 · The Taking of Flight 847: The Uli Derickson Story as Phil Maresca
- 1987 · Beauty and the Beast as Tom
- 1987 · Repairs as Stan the Bartender
- 1986 · Condor as Christopher Proctor
- 1985 · The Journey of Natty Gann as Sol Gann
- 1985 · Seduced as Bartecki
- 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