John Savage

Acting

John Savage

Born August 25, 1949Old Bethpage, New York, USA219 credits

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

Filmography

Judas' Gospel
2025Judas' Gospel
as JosephMovie
Death 4 Dinner
2025Death 4 Dinner
as Robert RutherfordMovie
Beyond the Rush
2024Beyond the Rush
as Edward ClaybornMovie
The Goat
2024The Goat
as Julian BrownMovie
The Audition
2022The Audition
as Narrator (voice)Movie
The Right to Bear Arms
2022The Right to Bear Arms
as Brutal MagnusMovie
Bosch: Legacy
2022Bosch: Legacy
as Allie LewisTV
A Cloud So High
2022A Cloud So High
as Gene 'Sackler' SarlingMovie
Eye for Eye
2022Eye for Eye
as Brad BraddockMovie
Insight
2021Insight
as FrankMovie
Followed
2020Followed
as Wallace FleischerMovie
Hold On
2019Hold On
as Dr. SiedhoffMovie
The Islands
2019The Islands
as Henry ThorntonMovie
Spinning Dry
2019Spinning Dry
as Frank ManghettiMovie
Gates of Darkness
2019Gates of Darkness
as JosephMovie
Down's Revenge
2019Down's Revenge
as Dr SorkinMovie
Heavenly Deposit
2019Heavenly Deposit
as DonaldMovie
American Exit
2019American Exit
as GeraldMovie
40 and Single
201840 and Single
as Stewart TempleTV
Torch
2018Torch
as August LewinMovie
Betrayed
2018Betrayed
as Mayor AldermanMovie
Mission Possible
2018Mission Possible
as Captain Ted NapoleonMovie
Three Seconds
2017Three Seconds
as тренер сборной США Генри АйбаMovie
Fake News
2017Fake News
as President Wayne WalkerMovie
SEAL Team
2017SEAL Team
as Emmet QuinnTV
The Neighborhood
2017The Neighborhood
as Vito BelloMovie
Vampire Wars
2017Vampire Wars
as StokesMovie
Empire of the Sharks
2017Empire of the Sharks
as Ian FienMovie
Nephilim
2017Nephilim
as Father SamuelMovie
The Return
2017The Return
as Čovek u crnom odeluMovie
American Romance
2016American Romance
as Emery ReedMovie
Mata Hari
2016Mata Hari
as Edouard ClunetMovie
Goliath
2016Goliath
as MickeyTV
The Black Dove
2016The Black Dove
as Jake WilliamsMovie
Texas Heart
2016Texas Heart
as CarlMovie
The World Champions
2016The World Champions
as Wiliam JonesTV
Sensory Perception
2015Sensory Perception
as President of United EarthMovie
Tales of Halloween
2015Tales of Halloween
as Capt. J.G. ZimmermanMovie
Caffeinated
2015Caffeinated
as HimselfMovie
Fort Bliss
2014Fort Bliss
as Mike SwannMovie
Demon Legacy
2014Demon Legacy
as The CodgerMovie
The Hooping Life
2014The Hooping Life
as HimselfMovie
Bermuda Tentacles
2014Bermuda Tentacles
as President DestenoMovie
Bullet
2014Bullet
as Governor JohnsonMovie
The Big Fat Stone
2014The Big Fat Stone
as Robert TanningerMovie
7E
20137E
as PaulMovie
Defending Santa
2013Defending Santa
as Judge WillisMovie
A Sierra Nevada Gunfight
2013A Sierra Nevada Gunfight
as Father BillMovie
Alien Rising
2013Alien Rising
as ManningMovie
Awakened
2013Awakened
as Jack WinstonMovie
Real Gangsters
2013Real Gangsters
as Ted RobertsMovie
Open Road
2013Open Road
as CarlMovie
Art of Submission
2012Art of Submission
as Harbin RaskMovie
Sins
2012Sins
as Father KarlMovie
Summer Song
2012Summer Song
as JimMovie
Sweetwater
2012Sweetwater
as Calvin KabralMovie
The Orphan Killer
2011The Orphan Killer
as Detective WalkerMovie
Hit List
2011Hit List
as Walter MurphyMovie
Bed & Breakfast
2010Bed & Breakfast
as Mr. HarveyMovie
Bereavement
2010Bereavement
as TedMovie
Dreamkiller
2010Dreamkiller
as Agent BarnesMovie
Buffalo Bushido
2009Buffalo Bushido
as VendettiMovie
Handsome Harry
2009Handsome Harry
as Peter RheemsMovie
American Bully
2009American Bully
as News ProducerMovie
The Golden Boys
2008The Golden Boys
as Web SaundersMovie
The Coverup
2008The Coverup
as Thomas ThackerMovie
Fringe
2008Fringe
as Sam WeissTV
Boiler Maker
2008Boiler Maker
as J.J.Movie
The Grift
2008The Grift
as William BenderMovie
T
2008The Violent Kind
as George MalloyMovie
Shortcut to Happiness
2007Shortcut to Happiness
as Johnny (uncredited)Movie
No Destination
2007No Destination
as BillyMovie
Shut Up and Shoot!
2006Shut Up and Shoot!
as Marty PearlheimerMovie
The Drop
2006The Drop
as Mr. ZeroMovie
The Attic
2006The Attic
as Graham CallanMovie
The New World
2005The New World
as SavageMovie
Iowa
2005Iowa
as Irv HuffmanMovie
Admissions
2004Admissions
as Harry BrightonMovie
Freedom from Despair
2004Freedom from Despair
as NarratorMovie
Sucker Free City
2004Sucker Free City
as Anderson WadeMovie
Fallacy
2004Fallacy
as HeathcliffMovie
Alien Lockdown
2004Alien Lockdown
as Dr. WoodmanMovie
Easy Sex
2003Easy Sex
as Frank IversonMovie
Carnivàle
2003Carnivàle
as Henry 'Hack' ScudderTV
Intoxicating
2003Intoxicating
as William ShanleyMovie
Everwood
2002Everwood
as Daniel MaxwellTV
The Anarchist Cookbook
2002The Anarchist Cookbook
as Johnny RedMovie
Burning Down the House
2001Burning Down the House
as Jake SeilingMovie
D
2001Dead Man's Run
as CarverMovie
The District
2000The District
as Billy NevinsTV
Dark Angel
2000Dark Angel
as Col. Donald LydeckerTV
They Nest
2000They Nest
as Jack WaldMovie
Christina's House
2000Christina's House
as James TarlingMovie
The Virginian
2000The Virginian
as SteveMovie
Summer of Sam
1999Summer of Sam
as SimonMovie
The Jack Bull
1999The Jack Bull
as SlaterMovie
Nightworld: Lost Souls
1999Nightworld: Lost Souls
as Victor RobinsonMovie
Message in a Bottle
1999Message in a Bottle
as Johnny LandMovie
Frontline
1999Frontline
as Captain Wolfgang MuellerMovie
The Thin Red Line
1998The Thin Red Line
as Sgt. Jack McCronMovie
Club Vampire
1998Club Vampire
as ZeroMovie
T
1997The Mouse
as Bruce 'The Mouse' StraussMovie
Before Women Had Wings
1997Before Women Had Wings
as Billy JacksonMovie
Last Cut
1997Last Cut
as Leo KimballMovie
A Scent of Paradise
1997A Scent of Paradise
as Padre LouisMovie
Hostile Intent
1997Hostile Intent
as BearMovie
Hollywood Safari
1997Hollywood Safari
as Deputy RogersMovie
Amnesia
1997Amnesia
as Tim BishopMovie
Little Boy Blue
1997Little Boy Blue
as Ray WestMovie
Where Truth Lies
1996Where Truth Lies
as Dr. Ian LazarreMovie
American Strays
1996American Strays
as DwayneMovie
Firestorm
1996Firestorm
as BrinkmanMovie
Managua
1996Managua
as DennisMovie
One Good Turn
1996One Good Turn
as SantapietroMovie
White Squall
1996White Squall
as McCreaMovie
OP Center
1995OP Center
as Bob HerbertMovie
OP Center
1995OP Center
as Bob HerbertTV
Carnosaur 2
1995Carnosaur 2
as Jack ReedMovie
Deadly Weapon
1995Deadly Weapon
as SandersMovie
Red Scorpion 2
1995Red Scorpion 2
as Andrew KendrickMovie
The Dangerous
1995The Dangerous
as Emile LautrecMovie
Star Trek: Voyager
1995Star Trek: Voyager
as Captain Rudy RansomTV
The Takeover
1995The Takeover
as GregMovie
Twisted Fate
1995Twisted Fate
as DruryMovie
Touched by an Angel
1994Touched by an Angel
as Simon MillerTV
Killing Obsession
1994Killing Obsession
as AlbertMovie
Shattered Image
1994Shattered Image
as DavidMovie
C.I.A. II: Target Alexa
1993C.I.A. II: Target Alexa
as Franz KlugeMovie
The X-Files
1993The X-Files
as Henry TrondheimTV
Berlin '39
1993Berlin '39
as WielandMovie
Flynn
1993Flynn
as Joe StrombergMovie
Daybreak
1993Daybreak
as The PresidentMovie
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993Walker, Texas Ranger
as Sergeant Major Bart HawkinsTV
Primary Motive
1992Primary Motive
as Wallace RobertsMovie
Door Into Silence
1991Door Into Silence
as Melvin DevereuxMovie
Hunting
1991Hunting
as Michael BergmanMovie
The Dark Tale
1991The Dark Tale
as Roy KramerMovie
The Godfather Part III
1990The Godfather Part III
as Father Andrew HagenMovie
Any Man's Death
1990Any Man's Death
as Leon AbrahamsMovie
Twin Peaks
1990Twin Peaks
as Detective ClarkTV
Do the Right Thing
1989Do the Right Thing
as CliftonMovie
Date Rape
1988Date Rape
as Bernie MortonMovie
The Beat
1988The Beat
as Frank EllsworthMovie
Caribe
1987Caribe
as Jeff RichardsonMovie
Desperate
1987Desperate
as NoahMovie
Beauty and the Beast
1987Beauty and the Beast
as Beast/PrinceMovie
Hotel Colonial
1987Hotel Colonial
as Marco VenieriMovie
Soldier's Revenge
1986Soldier's Revenge
as Frank MorganMovie
Salvador
1986Salvador
as John CassadyMovie
The Tender Age
1986The Tender Age
as Tim DonovanMovie
Silent Witness
1985Silent Witness
as Kevin DunneMovie
Maria's Lovers
1984Maria's Lovers
as Ivan BibicMovie
Nairobi Affair
1984Nairobi Affair
as Rick CahillMovie
Brady’s Escape
1983Brady’s Escape
as J.W. BradyMovie
Coming Out of the Ice
1982Coming Out of the Ice
as Victor HermanMovie
The Amateur
1981The Amateur
as Charles HellerMovie
Cattle Annie and Little Britches
1981Cattle Annie and Little Britches
as Bittercreek NewcombeMovie
Inside Moves
1980Inside Moves
as RoaryMovie
The Onion Field
1979The Onion Field
as Karl HettingerMovie
Hair
1979Hair
as Claude Hooper BukowskiMovie
The Deer Hunter
1978The Deer Hunter
as Steven PushkovMovie
Gibbsville
1976Gibbsville
as Jim MalloyTV
Eric
1975Eric
as Eric SwensenMovie
The Sister in Law
1975The Sister in Law
as Robert StrongMovie
The Killing Kind
1974The Killing Kind
as Terry LambertMovie
Bad Company
1972Bad Company
as LoneyMovie
ABC Afterschool Special
1972ABC Afterschool Special
as Bernie MortonTV
Love Is a Carousel
1970Love Is a Carousel
as Boy FriendMovie
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Eric SwensenTV
S
Spychosis
as Jim PattersonMovie