John Savage
Born
August 25, 1949 (75 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Old Bethpage, New York, USA
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
The Goat
2023
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
Spinning Dry
Frank Manghetti
2019
Ovid and the Art of Love
Augustus
2019
Torch
August Lewin
2018
Fake News
President Wayne Walker
2017
Nephilim
Father Samuel
2017
We Will Be the World Champions
William Jones
2015
Demon Legacy
The Codger
2014
The Hooping Life
Himself
2014
Bermuda Tentacles
President Desteno
2014
Bullet
Governor Johnson
2014
Defending Santa
Judge Willis
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
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
American Bully
News Producer
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 Drop
Mr. Zero
2006
The Attic
Graham Callan
2006
Kill Your Darlings
Rock
2006
The New World
Savage
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
Alien Lockdown
Dr. Woodman
2004
Easy Sex
Frank Iverson
2003
Shortcut to Happiness
Johnny
2003
Intoxicating
William Shanley
2003
Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick
Self
2002
The Anarchist Cookbook
Johnny Red
2002
Burning Down the House
Jake Seiling
2001
They Nest
Jack Wald
2000
Christina's House
James Tarling
2000
The Virginian
Steve
2000
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
Before Women Had Wings
Billy Jackson
1997
Last Cut
Leo Kimball
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
White Squall
McCrea
1996
OP Center
Bob Herbert
1995
Carnosaur 2
Jack Reed
1995
The Crossing Guard
Bobby
1995
The Dangerous
Emile Lautrec
1995
The Takeover
Greg
1995
Shattered Image
David
1994
C.I.A. II: Target Alexa
Franz Kluge
1993
Berlin '39
Wieland
1993
Flynn
Joe Stromberg
1993
Primary Motive
Wallace Roberts
1992
Door to Silence
Melvin Devereux
1991
Hunting
Michael Bergman
1991
Mountain of Diamonds
Blaine
1991
Buck at the Edge of Heaven
Wintrop
1991
The Godfather Part III
Father Andrew Hagen
1990
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
Maria's Lovers
Ivan Bibic
1984
Nairobi Affair
Rick Cahill
1984
Brady’s Escape
J.W. Brady
1983
Cattle Annie and Little Britches
Bittercreek Newcombe
1981
The Sister in Law
Robert Strong
1974
Spychosis
Jim Patterson
Judas' Gospel
Joseph
2025
Death 4 Dinner
Robert Rutherford
2025
Beyond the Rush
Edward Clayborn
2024
Bosch: Legacy
Allie Lewis · (1 episode)
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
The Last Full Measure
Chauncy Kepper
2020
Hold On
Dr. Siedhoff
2019
The Islands
Henry Thornton
2019
Gates of Darkness
Joseph
2019
Down's Revenge
Dr Sorkin
2019
Heavenly Deposit
Donald
2019
American Exit
Gerald
2019
Six Children and One Grandfather
David McDoll
2019
40 and Single
Stewart Temple · (6 episodes)
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
Spreading Darkness
Brett
2017
SEAL Team
Emmet Quinn · (3 episodes)
2017
The Neighborhood
Vito Bello
2017
Vampire Wars
Stokes
2017
Empire of the Sharks
Ian Fien
2017
Teen Star Academy
2017
The Return
Čovek u crnom odelu
2017
American Romance
Emery Reed
2016
Mata Hari
Edouard Clunet
2016
Goliath
(1 episode)
2016
In Dubious Battle
Dan
2016
The Black Dove
Jake Williams
2016
Everglades
2016
Texas Heart
Carl
2016
The World Champions
Wiliam Jones · (12 episodes)
2016
Last Call at Murray's
Bennett
2016
Sensory Perception
President of United Earth
2015
Tales of Halloween
Capt. J.G. Zimmerman
2015
Caffeinated
Himself
2015
Fort Bliss
Mike Swann
2014
The Big Fat Stone
Robert Tanninger
2014
7E
Paul
2013
A Star for Rose
Mort
2013
Sins
Father Karl
2012
Summer Song
Jim
2012
Do the Right Thing: 20 Years Later
Self
2009
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's
Self
2009
Handsome Harry
Peter Rheems
2009
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
Self
2009
Fringe
Sam Weiss · (1 episode)
2008
The Grift
William Bender
2008
The Violent Kind
George Malloy
2008
No Destination
Billy
2007
Shut Up and Shoot!
Marty Pearlheimer
2006
Love's Long Journey
Trent
2005
Sucker Free City
Anderson Wade
2004
Fallacy
Heathcliff
2004
Carnivàle
Henry 'Hack' Scudder · (5 episodes)
2003
Everwood
Daniel Maxwell · (2 episodes)
2002
Redemption of the Ghost
2002
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Mark Farrell · (1 episode)
2001
Dead Man's Run
Carver
2001
The District
Billy Nevins · (1 episode)
2000
Dark Angel
Col. Donald Lydecker · (21 episodes)
2000
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Lucas Biggs · (1 episode)
1999
Summer of Sam
Simon
1999
Centurion Force
Neal
1998
A Scent of Paradise
Padre Louis
1997
One Good Turn
Santapietro
1996
The Outer Limits
Lucas · (1 episode)
1995
OP Center
Bob Herbert · (2 episodes)
1995
Deadly Weapon
Sanders
1995
Red Scorpion 2
Andrew Kendrick
1995
Star Trek: Voyager
Captain Rudy Ransom · (2 episodes)
1995
Twisted Fate
Drury
1995
Touched by an Angel
Simon Miller · (1 episode)
1994
Killing Obsession
Albert
1994
Birdland
(1 episode)
1994
The X-Files
Henry Trondheim · (1 episode)
1993
Daybreak
The President
1993
Walker, Texas Ranger
Sergeant Major Bart Hawkins · (1 episode)
1993
Ottobre rosa all'Arbat (Vacanze a Mosca)
1991
The Dark Tale
Roy Kramer
1991
Across Red Nights
Paola
1991
Great Expectations
Urchin · (6 episodes)
1991
The Burning Shore
Blaine · (4 episodes)
1991
Any Man's Death
Leon Abrahams
1990
Twin Peaks
Detective Clark · (1 episode)
1990
Do the Right Thing
Clifton
1989
Tales from the Crypt
Benny · (1 episode)
1989
Press Gang
Boy · (1 episode)
1989
Date Rape
Bernie Morton
1988
The Beat
Frank Ellsworth
1988
The Tender Age
Tim Donovan
1986
Silent Witness
Kevin Dunne
1985
The Bill
(1 episode)
1984
Coming Out of the Ice
Victor Herman
1982
The Amateur
Charles Heller
1981
Inside Moves
Roary
1980
The Onion Field
Karl Hettinger
1979
Hair
Claude Hooper Bukowski
1979
The Deer Hunter
Steven Pushkov
1978
Gibbsville
Jim Malloy · (13 episodes)
1976
Eric
Eric Swensen
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
ABC Afterschool Special
Bernie Morton · (1 episode)
1972
Love Is a Carousel
Boy Friend
1970
The Master Beater
Rocco
1969
The Rebel
Al · (1 episode)
1959
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Eric Swensen · (1 episode)
1951