
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





