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John Savage
Known for: ActingJohn 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.
Filmography 98
The Godfather Part III
as Father Andrew Hagen 
Den tynde røde linie
+3
as Sgt. Jack McCron 
The Deer Hunter
+3
as Steven Pushkov 
Do the Right Thing
as Clifton 
Hair
as Claude Hooper Bukowski 
Brevet i flasken
+3
as Johnny Land 
The Last Full Measure
+3
as Kepper 
Skibbrud
as McCrea 
Summer of Sam
as Simon 
Insight
as Frank 
Maria's Lovers
as Ivan Bibic 
Bereavement
+2
as Ted 
Gates of Darkness
as Joseph 
Crossing guard
+1
as Bobby 
Betrayed
+2
as Mayor Alderman 
The Jack Bull
as Slater 
Spreading Darkness
as Brett 
Sins
as Father Karl 
The Killing Kind
as Terry Lambert 
Fræk som fanden
as Kid 
Fort Bliss
as Mike Swann 
Løgmarken
as Karl Hettinger 
Bullet
as Governor Johnson 
Showdown at the Grand
+3
as Lucky 
Love's Long Journey
as Trent 
Salvador
+1
as John Cassady 
Bermuda Tentacles
as President Desteno 
Dvizjenije vverkh
as тренер сборной США Генри Айба 
C.I.A. II: Target Alexa
as Franz Kluge 
Cattle Annie and Little Britches
as Bittercreek Newcombe 
The Attic
+1
as Graham Callan 
Amnesia
as Tim Bishop 
One Good Turn
as Santapietro 
Inside Moves
as Roary 
Bed & Breakfast
as Mr. Harvey 
Empire of the Sharks
+2
as Ian Fien 
American Exit
as Gerald 
They Nest
as Jack Wald 
Beauty and the Beast
as Beast/Prince 
The Dangerous
as Emile Lautrec 
Followed
as Wallace Fleischer 
Westens vilde drenge
as Loney 
Handsome Harry
as Peter Rheems 
Heavenly Deposit
as Donald 
Daybreak
as The President 
Red Scorpion 2
as Andrew Kendrick 
American Bully
as News Producer 
Vampire Wars
as Stokes 
The Beat
as Frank Ellsworth 
All the Kind Strangers
+1
as Peter 
American Romance
as Emery Reed 
Death 4 Dinner
as Robert Rutherford 
Alien Lockdown
as Dr. Woodman 
Art of Submission
as Harbin Rask 
Torch
as August Lewin 
Christina's House
as James Tarling 
Iowa
as Irv Huffman 
The Neighborhood
as Vito Bello 
Hit List
+2
as Walter Murphy 
Six Children and One Grandfather
as David McDoll 
The Sister in Law
as Robert Strong 
Where Truth Lies
as Dr. Ian Lazarre 
The Goat
as Julian Brown 
The Anarchist Cookbook
as Johnny Red 
The Golden Boys
as Web Saunders 
The Grift
as William Bender 
Carnosaur 2
as Jack Reed 
Alien Rising
as Manning 
Burning Down the House
as Jake Seiling 
From a Place of Darkness
as Vic 
The Virginian
as Steve 
Texas Heart
as Carl 
Assassins' Code
as Arlo 
American Strays
as Dwayne 
Brady’s Escape
as J.W. Brady 
Advokat for Julemanden
as Judge Willis 
Coming Out of the Ice
as Victor Herman 
A Sierra Nevada Gunfight
as Father Bill 
The Coverup
as Thomas Thacker 
Hotel Colonial
as Marco Venieri 
Nairobi Affair
as Rick Cahill 
Awakened
+1
as Jack Winston 
Ovid and the Art of Love
as Augustus 
Demon Legacy
as The Codger 
Down's Revenge
as Dr Sorkin 
Hostile Intent
as Bear 
Soldier's Revenge
as Frank Morgan 
Shut Up and Shoot!
as Marty Pearlheimer 
Last Call at Murray's
as Bennett 
The Orphan Killer
as Detective Walker 
The Hooping Life
as Himself 
Managua
as Dennis 
Silent Witness
as Kevin Dunne 
A Medicine for the Mind
as Dr. E. Brown 
Real Gangsters
as Ted Roberts 
Intoxicating
as William Shanley