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