John Sayles
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John Thomas Sayles (born September 28, 1950) is an American independent film director, screenwriter, editor, actor, and novelist.
Known for
Credits
Malcolm X (1992)
as FBI Agent
Piranha (1978)
as Army Sentry (uncredited)
The Howling (1981)
as Morgue Attendant (uncredited)
Something Wild (1986)
as Motorcycle Cop
Gridlock'd (1997)
as Cop #1
Eight Men Out (1988)
as Ring Lardner
Straight Talk (1992)
as Guy Girardi
In the Electric Mist (2009)
as Michael Goldman
Corman's World (2011)
as Self - Filmmaker
Casting By (2012)
as Self
Passion Fish (1992)
as Soap Opera Doctor (uncredited)
Honeydripper (2007)
as Zeke
Girlfight (2000)
as Science Teacher
Matewan (1987)
as Hardshell Preacher
Matinee (1993)
as Bob
Untamagiru (1989)
as US High Commissioner
City of Hope (1991)
as Carl
The Brother from Another Planet (1984)
as Man in Black
Sunshine State (2002)
as Man who almost got hit by a golf ball (uncredited)
Return of the Secaucus Seven (1980)
as Howie
Lianna (1983)
as Jerry
The Normals (2012)
as Dr. Marx
Little Vegas (1990)
as Mike
An Ode to Mary Jo (—)
Actor
Texas Red (2021)
as Governor Johnson (voice)
A Constant Forge (2000)
as Self
Tell Them Who You Are (2004)
as Self
That Guy Dick Miller (2014)
as Self
Edge of Outside (2006)
as Self
Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi (2020)
as Self
Corona Film Club (2021)
as Self
Great Directors (2009)
as Self
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western (1997)
as Self
The Toe Tactic (2009)
as Cramden
Unnatural Causes (1986)
as Lloyd
The Third Man: A Filmmaker's Influence (2015)
as Self
Hard Choices (1985)
as Don
When It Was a Game 3 (2000)
as Self (voice)
Them That Work (2019)
as Self
Algren (2021)
as Self
Howard Zinn: Voices of a People's History of the United States (2006)
as Self
My Life's in Turnaround (1994)
as Marginal producer
Unleashing the Beast: Making ‘The Howling’ (2003)
Actor
The Umbrella (2016)
as Pastor Jim
Obscene: A Portrait of Barney Rosset and Grove Press (2008)
as Self
La fine della notte (1989)
as Wayne
Alligator Author (2007)
as Self
John Sayles and Gregory Nava (2024)
as Themself