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