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