John Savage
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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
Credits
The Godfather Part III (1990)
as Father Andrew Hagen
The Deer Hunter (1978)
as Steven Pushkov
The Thin Red Line (1998)
as Sgt. Jack McCron
Do the Right Thing (1989)
as Clifton
Maria's Lovers (1984)
as Ivan Bibic
Hair (1979)
as Claude Hooper Bukowski
The New World (2005)
as Savage
White Squall (1996)
as McCrea
Message in a Bottle (1999)
as Johnny Land
Real Gangsters (2013)
as Ted Roberts
Summer of Sam (1999)
as Simon
In Dubious Battle (2016)
as Dan
The Last Full Measure (2020)
as Kepper
Fort Bliss (2014)
as Mike Swann
Bad Company (1972)
as Loney
Salvador (1986)
as John Cassady
The Crossing Guard (1995)
as Bobby
The Onion Field (1979)
as Karl Hettinger
Shortcut to Happiness (2007)
as Johnny (uncredited)
The Jack Bull (1999)
as Slater
They Nest (2000)
as Jack Wald
Bereavement (2010)
as Ted
Three Seconds (2017)
as тренер сборной США Генри Айба
Little Boy Blue (1997)
as Ray West
Tales of Halloween (2015)
as Capt. J.G. Zimmerman
Easy Sex (2003)
as Frank Iverson
The Amateur (1981)
as Charles Heller
Carnosaur 2 (1995)
as Jack Reed
Open Road (2013)
as Carl
Last Call at Murray's (2016)
as Bennett
The Attic (2006)
as Graham Callan
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale (2009)
as Self
Amnesia (1997)
as Tim Bishop
Hit List (2011)
as Walter Murphy
Judas' Gospel (2025)
as Joseph
Inside Moves (1980)
as Roary
Torch (2018)
as August Lewin
The Neighborhood (2017)
as Vito Bello
Daybreak (1993)
as The President
The Coverup (2008)
as Thomas Thacker
The Virginian (2000)
as Steve
Cattle Annie and Little Britches (1981)
as Bittercreek Newcombe
Bermuda Tentacles (2014)
as President Desteno
Love's Long Journey (2005)
as Trent
Showdown at the Grand (2023)
as Lucky
The Grift (2008)
as William Bender
OP Center (1995)
as Bob Herbert
Empire of the Sharks (2018)
as Ian Fien
Bullet (2014)
as Governor Johnson
Red Scorpion 2 (1995)
as Andrew Kendrick
Handsome Harry (2009)
as Peter Rheems
The Dangerous (1995)
as Emile Lautrec
The Takeover (1995)
as Greg
One Good Turn (1996)
as Santapietro
Insight (2021)
as Frank
Followed (2020)
as Wallace Fleischer
The Mouse (1997)
as Bruce 'The Mouse' Strauss
We Will Be the World Champions (2015)
as William Jones
The Goat (2024)
as Julian Brown
Nephilim (2017)
as Father Samuel
Alien Lockdown (2004)
as Dr. Woodman
Heavenly Deposit (2019)
as Donald
American Exit (2019)
as Gerald
Admissions (2004)
as Harry Brighton
The Islands (2019)
as Henry Thornton
All the Kind Strangers (1974)
as Peter
The Orphan Killer (2011)
as Detective Walker
Steelyard Blues (1973)
as Kid
Texas Heart (2016)
as Carl
Bed & Breakfast (2010)
as Mr. Harvey
Hostile Intent (1997)
as Bear
Art of Submission (2012)
as Harbin Rask
Christina's House (2000)
as James Tarling
Betrayed (2018)
as Mayor Alderman
Hotel Colonial (1987)
as Marco Venieri
Kill Your Darlings (2006)
as Rock
Sucker Free City (2004)
as Anderson Wade
The Anarchist Cookbook (2002)
as Johnny Red
The Killing Kind (1974)
as Terry Lambert
Alien Rising (2013)
as Manning
The Beat (1988)
as Frank Ellsworth
Mountain of Diamonds (1991)
as Blaine
Silent Witness (1985)
as Kevin Dunne
Sins (2012)
as Father Karl
Awakened (2013)
as Jack Winston
Ovid and the Art of Love (2019)
as Augustus
Vampire Wars (2017)
as Stokes
Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick (2002)
as Self
American Strays (1996)
as Dwayne
Fake News (2017)
as President Wayne Walker
American Romance (2016)
as Emery Reed
American Bully (2009)
as News Producer
Date Rape (1988)
as Bernie Morton
A Scent of Paradise (1997)
as Padre Louis
The Golden Boys (2008)
as Web Saunders
From a Place of Darkness (2008)
as Vic
Nairobi Affair (1984)
as Rick Cahill
Iowa (2005)
as Irv Huffman
Gates of Darkness (2019)
as Joseph
Hold On (2019)
as Dr. Siedhoff
Killing Obsession (1994)
as Albert
Firestorm (1996)
as Brinkman
The Tender Age (1986)
as Tim Donovan
Beauty and the Beast (1987)
as Beast/Prince
Primary Motive (1992)
as Wallace Roberts
The Big Fat Stone (2014)
as Robert Tanninger
Eric (1975)
as Eric Swensen
Sweetwater (2012)
as Calvin Kabral
Hunting (1991)
as Michael Bergman
Shattered Image (1994)
as David
Summer Song (2012)
as Jim
Spychosis (—)
as Jim Patterson
Before Women Had Wings (1997)
as Billy Jackson
Where Truth Lies (1996)
as Dr. Ian Lazarre
Do the Right Thing: 20 Years Later (2009)
as Self
The Sister in Law (1975)
as Robert Strong
Assassins' Code (2011)
as Arlo
Caribe (1987)
as Jeff Richardson
Club Vampire (1998)
as Zero
Making 'Carnivàle': The Show Behind the Show (2003)
Actor
Downtown: A Street Tale (2004)
as H2O
Eye for Eye (2022)
as Brad Braddock
Door Into Silence (1991)
as Melvin Devereux
Beyond the Rush (2024)
as Edward Clayborn
Six Children and One Grandfather (2019)
as David McDoll
The Audition (2022)
as Narrator (voice)
Spreading Darkness (2017)
as Brett
Twisted Fate (1995)
as Drury
Centurion Force (1998)
as Neal
Frontline (1999)
as Captain Wolfgang Mueller
Berlin '39 (1993)
as Wieland
Defending Santa (2013)
as Judge Willis
Coming Out of the Ice (1982)
as Victor Herman
Burning Down the House (2001)
as Jake Seiling
C.I.A. II: Target Alexa (1993)
as Franz Kluge
The Drop (2006)
as Mr. Zero
Death 4 Dinner (2025)
as Robert Rutherford
The Tribe Remembers (2020)
as Self
Across Red Nights (1991)
as Paola
Confessions of a Pit Fighter (2005)
as McGee
Michael Cimino, God Bless America (2022)
as Self
Last Cut (1997)
as Leo Kimball
Demon Legacy (2014)
as The Codger
Buck at the Edge of Heaven (1991)
as Wintrop
Mata Hari (2016)
as Edouard Clunet
Everglades (2016)
Actor
Managua (1996)
as Dennis
7E (2013)
as Paul
Caffeinated (2015)
as Himself
Hollywood Safari (1997)
as Deputy Rogers
Redemption of the Ghost (2002)
Actor
Shut Up and Shoot! (2006)
as Marty Pearlheimer
The Dark Tale (1991)
as Roy Kramer
The Turning Point of Jim Malloy (1975)
as Jim Malloy
Sensory Perception (2015)
as President of United Earth
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's (2009)
as Self
Fallacy (2004)
as Heathcliff
No Destination (2007)
as Billy
Spinning Dry (2019)
as Frank Manghetti
The Hooping Life (2014)
as Himself
First Time Long Time (2009)
as Peter
A Sierra Nevada Gunfight (2013)
as Father Bill
Flynn (1993)
as Joe Stromberg
Freedom from Despair (2004)
as Narrator
Brady’s Escape (1983)
as J.W. Brady
Desperate (1987)
as Noah
Melodies in the Forest (—)
Actor
Teen Star Academy (2017)
Actor
The Violent Kind (2008)
as George Malloy
The Black Dove (2016)
as Jake Williams
Any Man's Death (1990)
as Leon Abrahams
Soldier's Revenge (1986)
as Frank Morgan
The Man with the Camera (2020)
as Epifano
Buffalo Bushido (2009)
as Vendetti
Boiler Maker (2008)
as J.J.
The Return (2017)
as Čovek u crnom odelu
Dead Man's Run (2001)
as Carver
A Cloud So High (2022)
as Gene 'Sackler' Sarling
Nightworld: Lost Souls (1999)
as Victor Robinson
Intoxicating (2003)
as William Shanley
Down's Revenge (2019)
as Dr Sorkin
Dreamkiller (2010)
as Agent Barnes
The Master Beater (1969)
as Rocco
A Star for Rose (2013)
as Mort
A Medicine for the Mind (2020)
as Dr. E. Brown
Mission Possible (2018)
as Captain Ted Napoleon
The Right to Bear Arms (2022)
as Brutal Magnus
Deadly Weapon (1995)
as Sanders
Sotto il Segno della Vittoria (2018)
Actor
Easy Way Out (2018)
Actor
Love Is a Carousel (1970)
as Boy Friend
Ottobre rosa all'Arbat (Vacanze a Mosca) (1991)
Actor