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