John Savage
- Acting
- August 25, 1949 · Old Bethpage, New York, USA
Biography
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
Filmography
- Judas' Gospel · Joseph
- Death 4 Dinner · Robert Rutherford
- Beyond the Rush · Edward Clayborn
- The Goat · Julian Brown
- Showdown at the Grand · Lucky
- The Audition · Narrator (Voice)
- The Right to Bear Arms · Brutal Magnus
- Bosch: Legacy · Allie Lewis
- A Cloud So High · Gene 'Sackler' Sarling
- Eye for Eye · Brad Braddock
- Michael Cimino, God Bless America · Self
- Insight · Frank
- The Tribe Remembers · Self
- Followed · Wallace Fleischer
- A Medicine for the Mind · Dr. E. Brown
- The Man with the Camera · Epifano
- The Last Full Measure · Kepper, Chauncy Kepper
- Hold On · Dr. Siedhoff
- The Islands · Henry Thornton
- Spinning Dry · Frank Manghetti
- Gates of Darkness · Joseph
- Ovid and the Art of Love · Augustus
- Down's Revenge · Dr Sorkin
- Heavenly Deposit · Donald
- American Exit · Gerald
- Six Children and One Grandfather · David McDoll
- Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast · Thanks
- Empire of the Sharks · Ian Fien
- 40 and Single · Stewart Temple
- Torch · August Lewin
- Betrayed · Mayor Alderman
- Mission Possible · Captain Ted Napoleon
- Sotto il Segno della Vittoria
- Easy Way Out
- Three Seconds · тренер сборной США Генри Айба
- Fake News · President Wayne Walker
- Spreading Darkness · Brett
- SEAL Team · Emmet Quinn
- The Neighborhood · Vito Bello
- Vampire Wars · Stokes
- Teen Star Academy
- Nephilim · Father Samuel
- The Return · Čovek u crnom odelu
- American Romance · Emery Reed
- Mata Hari · Edouard Clunet
- Goliath · Mickey
- In Dubious Battle · Dan
- The Black Dove · Jake Williams
- Everglades
- Texas Heart · Carl
- The World Champions · Wiliam Jones
- Last Call at Murray's · Bennett
- Sensory Perception · President of United Earth
- Tales of Halloween · Capt. J.G. Zimmerman
- We Will Be the World Champions · William Jones
- Caffeinated · Self
- Fort Bliss · Mike Swann
- Demon Legacy · The Codger
- The Hooping Life · Self
- Bermuda Tentacles · President Desteno
- Bullet · Governor Johnson
- The Big Fat Stone · Robert Tanninger
- 7E · Paul
- Defending Santa · Judge Willis
- A Star for Rose · Mort
- A Sierra Nevada Gunfight · Father Bill
- Alien Rising · Manning
- Awakened · Jack Winston
- Real Gangsters · Ted Roberts
- Open Road · Carl
- Art of Submission · Harbin Rask
- Sins · Father Karl
- Summer Song · Jim
- Sweetwater · Calvin Kabral
- The Orphan Killer · Detective Walker
- Assassins' Code · Arlo
- Hit List · Walter Murphy
- Bed & Breakfast · Mr. Harvey
- Bereavement · Ted
- Dreamkiller · Agent Barnes