
John Savage
Acting
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.
TV Shows(29)

Bosch: Legacy
Allie Lewis
2022

40 and Single
Stewart Temple
2018

SEAL Team
Emmet Quinn
2017

Goliath
Mickey
2016

The World Champions
Wiliam Jones
2016

Fringe
Sam Weiss
2008

Carnivàle
Henry 'Hack' Scudder
2003

Everwood
Daniel Maxwell
2002

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Mark Farrell
2001

The District
Billy Nevins
2000

Dark Angel
Col. Donald Lydecker
2000

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Lucas Biggs
1999

The Outer Limits
Lucas
1995

OP Center
Bob Herbert
1995

Star Trek: Voyager
Captain Rudy Ransom
1995

Touched by an Angel
Simon Miller
1994

Birdland
1994

The X-Files
Henry Trondheim
1993

Walker, Texas Ranger
Sergeant Major Bart Hawkins
1993

Mountain of Diamonds
Blaine
1991

The Burning Shore
Blaine
1991

Twin Peaks
Detective Clark
1990

Tales from the Crypt
Benny
1989

Press Gang
Boy
1989

The Bill
1984

Gibbsville
Jim Malloy
1976

ABC Afterschool Special
Bernie Morton
1972

The Rebel
Al
1959

Hallmark Hall of Fame
Eric Swensen
1951
Movies(190)

Judas' Gospel
Joseph
2025

Death 4 Dinner
Robert Rutherford
2025

Beyond the Rush
Edward Clayborn
2024

The Goat
Julian Brown
2024

Showdown at the Grand
Lucky
2023

The Audition
Narrator (voice)
2022

The Right to Bear Arms
Brutal Magnus
2022

A Cloud So High
Gene 'Sackler' Sarling
2022

Eye for Eye
Brad Braddock
2022

Michael Cimino, God Bless America
Self
2022

Insight
Frank
2021
The Tribe Remembers
Self
2020

Followed
Wallace Fleischer
2020

The Man with the Camera
Epifano
2020

The Last Full Measure
Kepper
2020

Hold On
Dr. Siedhoff
2019

The Islands
Henry Thornton
2019

Spinning Dry
Frank Manghetti
2019

Gates of Darkness
Joseph
2019

Ovid and the Art of Love
Augustus
2019

Down's Revenge
Dr Sorkin
2019

Heavenly Deposit
Donald
2019

American Exit
Gerald
2019

Six Children and One Grandfather
David McDoll
2019

Torch
August Lewin
2018

Betrayed
Mayor Alderman
2018

Mission Possible
Captain Ted Napoleon
2018

Sotto il Segno della Vittoria
2018
Easy Way Out
2018

Three Seconds
тренер сборной США Генри Айба
2017

Fake News
President Wayne Walker
2017

Spreading Darkness
Brett
2017

The Neighborhood
Vito Bello
2017

Vampire Wars
Stokes
2017

Empire of the Sharks
Ian Fien
2017

Teen Star Academy
2017

Nephilim
Father Samuel
2017

The Return
Čovek u crnom odelu
2017

American Romance
Emery Reed
2016

Mata Hari
Edouard Clunet
2016

In Dubious Battle
Dan
2016

The Black Dove
Jake Williams
2016

Everglades
2016

Texas Heart
Carl
2016

Last Call at Murray's
Bennett
2016

Sensory Perception
President of United Earth
2015

Tales of Halloween
Capt. J.G. Zimmerman
2015

We Will Be the World Champions
William Jones
2015

Caffeinated
Himself
2015

Fort Bliss
Mike Swann
2014

Demon Legacy
The Codger
2014

The Hooping Life
Himself
2014

Bermuda Tentacles
President Desteno
2014

Bullet
Governor Johnson
2014

The Big Fat Stone
Robert Tanninger
2014

7E
Paul
2013

Defending Santa
Judge Willis
2013

A Star for Rose
Mort
2013

A Sierra Nevada Gunfight
Father Bill
2013

Alien Rising
Manning
2013

Awakened
Jack Winston
2013

Real Gangsters
Ted Roberts
2013

Open Road
Carl
2013

Art of Submission
Harbin Rask
2012

Sins
Father Karl
2012

Summer Song
Jim
2012

Sweetwater
Calvin Kabral
2012

The Orphan Killer
Detective Walker
2011

Assassins' Code
Arlo
2011

Hit List
Walter Murphy
2011

Bed & Breakfast
Mr. Harvey
2010

Bereavement
Ted
2010

Dreamkiller
Agent Barnes
2010

Buffalo Bushido
Vendetti
2009

Do the Right Thing: 20 Years Later
Self
2009

Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's
Self
2009

Handsome Harry
Peter Rheems
2009

American Bully
News Producer
2009

I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
Self
2009

First Time Long Time
Peter
2009

The Golden Boys
Web Saunders
2008

The Coverup
Thomas Thacker
2008

Boiler Maker
J.J.
2008

From a Place of Darkness
Vic
2008

The Grift
William Bender
2008
The Violent Kind
George Malloy
2008

Shortcut to Happiness
Johnny (uncredited)
2007

No Destination
Billy
2007

Shut Up and Shoot!
Marty Pearlheimer
2006

The Drop
Mr. Zero
2006

The Attic
Graham Callan
2006

Kill Your Darlings
Rock
2006

The New World
Savage
2005

Love's Long Journey
Trent
2005

Confessions of a Pit Fighter
McGee
2005

Iowa
Irv Huffman
2005

Downtown: A Street Tale
H2O
2004

Admissions
Harry Brighton
2004

Freedom from Despair
Narrator
2004

Sucker Free City
Anderson Wade
2004

Fallacy
Heathcliff
2004

Alien Lockdown
Dr. Woodman
2004

Easy Sex
Frank Iverson
2003

Making 'Carnivàle': The Show Behind the Show
2003

Intoxicating
William Shanley
2003

Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick
Self
2002

The Anarchist Cookbook
Johnny Red
2002

Redemption of the Ghost
2002

Burning Down the House
Jake Seiling
2001
Dead Man's Run
Carver
2001

They Nest
Jack Wald
2000

Christina's House
James Tarling
2000

The Virginian
Steve
2000

Summer of Sam
Simon
1999

The Jack Bull
Slater
1999

Nightworld: Lost Souls
Victor Robinson
1999

Message in a Bottle
Johnny Land
1999

Frontline
Captain Wolfgang Mueller
1999

The Thin Red Line
Sgt. Jack McCron
1998

Club Vampire
Zero
1998

Centurion Force
Neal
1998
The Mouse
Bruce 'The Mouse' Strauss
1997

Before Women Had Wings
Billy Jackson
1997

Last Cut
Leo Kimball
1997

A Scent of Paradise
Padre Louis
1997

Hostile Intent
Bear
1997

Hollywood Safari
Deputy Rogers
1997

Amnesia
Tim Bishop
1997

Little Boy Blue
Ray West
1997

Where Truth Lies
Dr. Ian Lazarre
1996

American Strays
Dwayne
1996

Firestorm
Brinkman
1996

Managua
Dennis
1996

One Good Turn
Santapietro
1996

White Squall
McCrea
1996

OP Center
Bob Herbert
1995

Carnosaur 2
Jack Reed
1995

Deadly Weapon
Sanders
1995

Red Scorpion 2
Andrew Kendrick
1995

The Crossing Guard
Bobby
1995

The Dangerous
Emile Lautrec
1995

The Takeover
Greg
1995

Twisted Fate
Drury
1995

Killing Obsession
Albert
1994

Shattered Image
David
1994

C.I.A. II: Target Alexa
Franz Kluge
1993

Berlin '39
Wieland
1993

Flynn
Joe Stromberg
1993

Daybreak
The President
1993

Primary Motive
Wallace Roberts
1992

Door Into Silence
Melvin Devereux
1991

Ottobre rosa all'Arbat (Vacanze a Mosca)
1991

Hunting
Michael Bergman
1991

The Dark Tale
Roy Kramer
1991

Mountain of Diamonds
Blaine
1991

Across Red Nights
Paola
1991

Buck at the Edge of Heaven
Wintrop
1991

The Godfather Part III
Father Andrew Hagen
1990

Any Man's Death
Leon Abrahams
1990

Do the Right Thing
Clifton
1989

Date Rape
Bernie Morton
1988

The Beat
Frank Ellsworth
1988

Caribe
Jeff Richardson
1987

Desperate
Noah
1987

Beauty and the Beast
Beast/Prince
1987

Hotel Colonial
Marco Venieri
1987

Soldier's Revenge
Frank Morgan
1986

Salvador
John Cassady
1986

The Tender Age
Tim Donovan
1986

Silent Witness
Kevin Dunne
1985

Maria's Lovers
Ivan Bibic
1984

Nairobi Affair
Rick Cahill
1984

Brady’s Escape
J.W. Brady
1983

Coming Out of the Ice
Victor Herman
1982

The Amateur
Charles Heller
1981

Cattle Annie and Little Britches
Bittercreek Newcombe
1981

Inside Moves
Roary
1980

The Onion Field
Karl Hettinger
1979

Hair
Claude Hooper Bukowski
1979

The Deer Hunter
Steven Pushkov
1978

Eric
Eric Swensen
1975

The Sister in Law
Robert Strong
1975

The Turning Point of Jim Malloy
Jim Malloy
1975

All the Kind Strangers
Peter
1974

The Killing Kind
Terry Lambert
1974

Steelyard Blues
Kid
1973

Bad Company
Loney
1972

Love Is a Carousel
Boy Friend
1970

The Master Beater
Rocco
1969
Spychosis
Jim Patterson