John Savage
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
- 2023 · Showdown at the Grand as Lucky
- 2022 · The Audition as Narrator (voice)
- 2022 · Bosch: Legacy as Allie Lewis
- 2021 · Insight as Frank
- 2020 · Followed as Wallace Fleischer
- 2020 · The Last Full Measure as Kepper
- 2020 · The Last Full Measure as Chauncy Kepper
- 2019 · The Islands as Henry Thornton
- 2019 · Spinning Dry as Frank Manghetti
- 2019 · Heavenly Deposit as Donald
- 2018 · 40 and Single as Stewart Temple
- 2018 · Torch as August Lewin
- 2018 · Betrayed as Mayor Alderman
- 2017 · Three Seconds as тренер сборной США Генри Айба
- 2017 · Fake News as President Wayne Walker
- 2017 · SEAL Team as Emmet Quinn
- 2017 · The Neighborhood as Vito Bello
- 2017 · Vampire Wars as Stokes
- 2017 · Empire of the Sharks as Ian Fien
- 2017 · Nephilim as Father Samuel
- 2016 · Goliath as Mickey
- 2016 · Everglades as
- 2016 · Texas Heart as Carl
- 2016 · The World Champions as Wiliam Jones
- 2015 · Tales of Halloween as Capt. J.G. Zimmerman
- 2015 · Caffeinated as Himself
- 2014 · Fort Bliss as Mike Swann
- 2014 · Bermuda Tentacles as President Desteno
- 2014 · Bullet as Governor Johnson
- 2013 · Alien Rising as Manning
- 2013 · Awakened as Jack Winston
- 2013 · Real Gangsters as Ted Roberts
- 2012 · Sweetwater as Calvin Kabral
- 2011 · Hit List as Walter Murphy
- 2010 · Bereavement as Ted
- 2009 · Buffalo Bushido as Vendetti
- 2009 · American Bully as News Producer
- 2008 · The Coverup as Thomas Thacker
- 2008 · Fringe as Sam Weiss
- 2008 · The Violent Kind as George Malloy
- 2007 · Shortcut to Happiness as Johnny (uncredited)
- 2006 · The Drop as Mr. Zero
- 2006 · The Attic as Graham Callan
- 2005 · The New World as Savage
- 2005 · Love's Long Journey as Trent
- 2005 · Iowa as Irv Huffman
- 2004 · Admissions as Harry Brighton
- 2003 · Easy Sex as Frank Iverson
- 2003 · Carnivàle as Henry 'Hack' Scudder
- 2003 · Making 'Carnivàle': The Show Behind the Show as
- 2002 · Everwood as Daniel Maxwell
- 2002 · The Anarchist Cookbook as Johnny Red
- 2001 · Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Mark Farrell
- 2000 · The District as Billy Nevins
- 2000 · Dark Angel as Col. Donald Lydecker
- 2000 · They Nest as Jack Wald
- 2000 · The Virginian as Steve
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Lucas Biggs
- 1999 · Summer of Sam as Simon
- 1999 · The Jack Bull as Slater
- 1999 · Message in a Bottle as Johnny Land
- 1998 · The Thin Red Line as Sgt. Jack McCron
- 1997 · Last Cut as Leo Kimball
- 1997 · Hostile Intent as Bear
- 1997 · Amnesia as Tim Bishop
- 1997 · Little Boy Blue as Ray West
- 1996 · Managua as Dennis
- 1996 · White Squall as McCrea
- 1995 · The Outer Limits as Lucas
- 1995 · OP Center as Bob Herbert
- 1995 · Carnosaur 2 as Jack Reed
- 1995 · Deadly Weapon as Sanders
- 1995 · Red Scorpion 2 as Andrew Kendrick
- 1995 · The Crossing Guard as Bobby
- 1995 · The Dangerous as Emile Lautrec
- 1995 · Star Trek: Voyager as Captain Rudy Ransom
- 1994 · Touched by an Angel as Simon Miller
- 1994 · Killing Obsession as Albert
- 1994 · Birdland as
- 1993 · C.I.A. II: Target Alexa as Franz Kluge
- 1993 · The X-Files as Henry Trondheim
- 1993 · Flynn as Joe Stromberg
- 1993 · Daybreak as The President
- 1993 · Walker, Texas Ranger as Sergeant Major Bart Hawkins
- 1991 · The Dark Tale as Roy Kramer
- 1991 · The Burning Shore as Blaine
- 1990 · The Godfather Part III as Father Andrew Hagen
- 1990 · Twin Peaks as Detective Clark
- 1989 · Do the Right Thing as Clifton
- 1989 · Tales from the Crypt as Benny
- 1989 · Press Gang as Boy
- 1987 · Hotel Colonial as Marco Venieri
- 1986 · Salvador as John Cassady
- 1984 · The Bill as
- 1984 · Maria's Lovers as Ivan Bibic
- 1982 · Coming Out of the Ice as Victor Herman
- 1981 · The Amateur as Charles Heller
- 1979 · Hair as Claude Hooper Bukowski
- 1978 · The Deer Hunter as Steven Pushkov
- 1976 · Gibbsville as Jim Malloy
- 1975 · Eric as Eric Swensen
- 1974 · All the Kind Strangers as Peter
- 1972 · Bad Company as Loney
- 1972 · ABC Afterschool Special as Bernie Morton
- 1959 · The Rebel as Al
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Eric Swensen
- Future · Spychosis as Jim Patterson
- 2025 · Judas' Gospel as Joseph
- 2025 · Death 4 Dinner as Robert Rutherford
- 2024 · Beyond the Rush as Edward Clayborn
- 2024 · The Goat as Julian Brown
- 2022 · The Right to Bear Arms as Brutal Magnus
- 2022 · A Cloud So High as Gene 'Sackler' Sarling
- 2022 · Eye for Eye as Brad Braddock
- 2022 · Michael Cimino, God Bless America as Self
- 2020 · The Tribe Remembers as Self
- 2020 · The Man with the Camera as Epifano
- 2019 · Hold On as Dr. Siedhoff
- 2019 · Gates of Darkness as Joseph
- 2019 · Ovid and the Art of Love as Augustus
- 2019 · Down's Revenge as Dr Sorkin
- 2019 · American Exit as Gerald
- 2019 · Six Children and One Grandfather as David McDoll
- 2018 · Mission Possible as Captain Ted Napoleon
- 2018 · Sotto il Segno della Vittoria as
- 2018 · Easy Way Out as
- 2017 · Spreading Darkness as Brett
- 2017 · Teen Star Academy as
- 2017 · The Return as Čovek u crnom odelu
- 2016 · American Romance as Emery Reed
- 2016 · Mata Hari as Edouard Clunet
- 2016 · In Dubious Battle as Dan
- 2016 · The Black Dove as Jake Williams
- 2016 · Last Call at Murray's as Bennett
- 2015 · Sensory Perception as President of United Earth
- 2015 · We Will Be the World Champions as William Jones
- 2014 · Demon Legacy as The Codger
- 2014 · The Hooping Life as Himself
- 2014 · The Big Fat Stone as Robert Tanninger
- 2013 · 7E as Paul
- 2013 · Defending Santa as Judge Willis
- 2013 · A Star for Rose as Mort
- 2013 · A Sierra Nevada Gunfight as Father Bill
- 2013 · Open Road as Carl
- 2012 · Art of Submission as Harbin Rask
- 2012 · Sins as Father Karl
- 2012 · Summer Song as Jim
- 2011 · The Orphan Killer as Detective Walker
- 2011 · Assassins' Code as Arlo
- 2010 · Bed & Breakfast as Mr. Harvey
- 2010 · Dreamkiller as Agent Barnes
- 2009 · Do the Right Thing: 20 Years Later as Self
- 2009 · Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's as Self
- 2009 · Handsome Harry as Peter Rheems
- 2009 · I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale as Self
- 2008 · The Golden Boys as Web Saunders
- 2008 · Boiler Maker as J.J.
- 2008 · From a Place of Darkness as Vic
- 2008 · The Grift as William Bender
- 2007 · No Destination as Billy
- 2006 · Shut Up and Shoot! as Marty Pearlheimer
- 2006 · Kill Your Darlings as Rock
- 2005 · Confessions of a Pit Fighter as McGee
- 2004 · Downtown: A Street Tale as H2O
- 2004 · Freedom from Despair as Narrator
- 2004 · Sucker Free City as Anderson Wade
- 2004 · Fallacy as Heathcliff
- 2004 · Alien Lockdown as Dr. Woodman
- 2003 · Intoxicating as William Shanley
- 2002 · Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick as Self
- 2002 · Redemption of the Ghost as
- 2001 · Burning Down the House as Jake Seiling
- 2001 · Dead Man's Run as Carver
- 2000 · Christina's House as James Tarling
- 1999 · Nightworld: Lost Souls as Victor Robinson
- 1999 · Frontline as Captain Wolfgang Mueller
- 1998 · Club Vampire as Zero
- 1998 · Centurion Force as Neal
- 1997 · Before Women Had Wings as Billy Jackson
- 1997 · A Scent of Paradise as Padre Louis
- 1997 · Hollywood Safari as Deputy Rogers
- 1996 · Where Truth Lies as Dr. Ian Lazarre
- 1996 · American Strays as Dwayne
- 1996 · Firestorm as Brinkman
- 1996 · One Good Turn as Santapietro
- 1995 · OP Center as Bob Herbert
- 1995 · The Takeover as Greg
- 1995 · Twisted Fate as Drury
- 1994 · Shattered Image as David
- 1993 · Berlin '39 as Wieland
- 1992 · Primary Motive as Wallace Roberts
- 1991 · Door Into Silence as Melvin Devereux
- 1991 · Ottobre rosa all'Arbat (Vacanze a Mosca) as
- 1991 · Hunting as Michael Bergman
- 1991 · Mountain of Diamonds as Blaine
- 1991 · Across Red Nights as Paola
- 1991 · Buck at the Edge of Heaven as Wintrop
- 1990 · Any Man's Death as Leon Abrahams
- 1988 · Date Rape as Bernie Morton
- 1988 · The Beat as Frank Ellsworth
- 1987 · Caribe as Jeff Richardson
- 1987 · Desperate as Noah
- 1987 · Beauty and the Beast as Beast/Prince
- 1986 · Soldier's Revenge as Frank Morgan
- 1986 · The Tender Age as Tim Donovan
- 1985 · Silent Witness as Kevin Dunne
- 1984 · Nairobi Affair as Rick Cahill
- 1983 · Brady’s Escape as J.W. Brady
- 1981 · Cattle Annie and Little Britches as Bittercreek Newcombe
- 1980 · Inside Moves as Roary
- 1979 · The Onion Field as Karl Hettinger
- 1975 · The Sister in Law as Robert Strong
- 1975 · The Turning Point of Jim Malloy as Jim Malloy
- 1974 · The Killing Kind as Terry Lambert
- 1973 · Steelyard Blues as Kid
- 1970 · Love Is a Carousel as Boy Friend
- 1969 · The Master Beater as Rocco




