Ray Wise
August 20, 1947 (78 years old) in Akron, Ohio, USA
Raymond Herbert Wise is an American actor best known for his role as Leland Palmer in Twin Peaks (1990–1991, 2017) and its prequel film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992). He has appeared in films such as Swamp Thing (1982), The Journey of Natty Gann (1985), RoboCop (1987), Bob Roberts (1992), Jeepers Creepers 2 (2003), Good Night, and Good Luck (2005), X-Men: First Class (2011) and God's Not Dead 2 (2016).
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · God's Not Dead: In God We Trust as Peter Kane
- 2024 · The Blue Rose as Mr. Vallens
- 2023 · RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop as Self
- 2022 · King Knight as Merlin
- 2021 · Slugfest as Jack Kirby
- 2021 · Psych 3: This Is Gus as Father Peter Westley
- 2019 · To Your Last Death as Cyrus DeKalb (voice)
- 2017 · Little Evil as Guy On TV (uncredited)
- 2016 · Halloweed as Judge Plimington
- 2016 · Batman: The Killing Joke as Commissioner James Gordon (voice)
- 2016 · All the Way as Senator Everett Dirksen
- 2016 · Relationship Status as Grace's Dad
- 2016 · God's Not Dead 2 as Peter Kane
- 2015 · Taking Flight as Nonno (voice)
- 2015 · Digging Up the Marrow as William Dekker
- 2015 · The Lazarus Effect as Mr. Wallace
- 2015 · Jurassic City as Warden Lewis
- 2014 · Guardian Angel as Attorney Kaufman
- 2014 · Suburban Gothic as Donald
- 2014 · Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces as Leland Palmer
- 2014 · Farmed and Dangerous as Buck Marshall
- 2013 · Big Ass Spider! as Major Braxton Tanner
- 2013 · Out West as Phillip Alcott
- 2013 · Newsreaders as Skip Reming
- 2012 · Nuclear Family as The Man
- 2012 · Atlas Shrugged: Part II as Head of State Thompson
- 2012 · FDR: American Badass! as Douglas MacArthur
- 2012 · The Butterfly Room as Nick
- 2012 · Holliston as Landlord
- 2011 · Chillerama as Dr. Weems (segment "Wadzilla")
- 2009 · Pandemic as General Matthews
- 2009 · Iodine as Avery
- 2009 · Stuntmen as Jack Strongbow
- 2008 · AM1200 as Harry Jones
- 2007 · Superman: Doomsday as Perry White (voice)
- 2005 · Good Night, and Good Luck. as Don Hollenbeck
- 2003 · Dead End as Frank Harrington
- 2001 · Two Can Play That Game as Bill Parker
- 1995 · Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story as Mike Todd
- 1994 · The Crew as Charles Pierce
- 1994 · Body Shot as Dwight Frye
- 1993 · Second Chances as Judge Jim Stinson
- 1993 · The Secrets of Lake Success as Henry Fleming
- 1993 · Grey Knight as Col. George Thalman
- 1992 · Sunstroke as Larry
- 1992 · Bob Roberts as Chet MacGregor
- 1990 · Runaway Heart as Archie
- 1989 · Twin Peaks as Leland Palmer
- 1989 · Season of Fear as Fred Drummond
- 1987 · Repairs as Stan the Bartender
- 1985 · The Journey of Natty Gann as Sol Gann
- 1985 · Seduced as Bartecki
- 1982 · Cat People as Soap Opera Man
- 1982 · Swamp Thing as Doctor Alec Holland
- 1981 · Madame X as Bellman (uncredited)
- Future · Nightmare City as
- 2025 · The Napa Boys as Officer Toland
- 2024 · The Wolf in the Well as Roland Carmel
- 2024 · Poolman as William Van Patterson
- 2021 · Physical as Sheila's Father
- 2021 · Dinner Is Served as Headmaster Gustafson
- 2021 · Home Economics as Frank
- 2020 · Beast Mode as Trammel Steadfast
- 2019 · The Movies That Made Us as Self (archive footage)
- 2019 · All Rise as Richard Walker
- 2019 · Unholy 'Mole as The Devil (voice)
- 2019 · The Chain as Michael
- 2019 · Tone-Deaf as Michael
- 2018 · Chilling Adventures of Sabrina as Enoch
- 2017 · I Had Bad Milk in Dehradun as Self
- 2017 · Twin Peaks: The Return as Leland Palmer
- 2017 · Shattered as Forest Burnett
- 2016 · Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life as Jack Smith
- 2016 · The Bronx Bull as Father Father Joseph
- 2015 · Unnatural as Victor Clobirch
- 2015 · The Breakup Girl as Bob Baker
- 2015 · Night of the Living Deb as Frank Waverly
- 2015 · Fresh Off the Boat as Marvin
- 2015 · Marvel's Agent Carter as Hugh Jones
- 2014 · Frank Pierre Presents: Pierre Resort & Casino as Frank Pierre
- 2014 · Dead Still as Wenton Davies
- 2014 · Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories as The Duke
- 2014 · Between Two Worlds as Self
- 2014 · Land of Leopold as Deece Warren
- 2014 · Away From Here as Paul
- 2014 · Fargo as Paul Marrane
- 2014 · No God, No Master as A. Mitchell Palmer
- 2014 · Tom Holland's Twisted Tales as Mongo the Magnificent (segment "Mongo's Magik Mirror")
- 2013 · Wrong Cops as Captain Andy
- 2013 · Revelation Road 2: The Sea of Glass and Fire as Frank
- 2013 · Brother's Keeper as Herbert Leemaster
- 2013 · Revelation Road: The Beginning of the End as Frank
- 2013 · Inventing Adam as J.B.
- 2012 · Excision as Principal Campbell
- 2012 · Perception as Martin Sullivan
- 2012 · Crazy Eyes as Zach's Father
- 2012 · Brother White as Pastor Johnny Kingman
- 2012 · Darnell Dawkins: Mouth Guitar Legend as Wade Dawkins
- 2012 · The Aggression Scale as Bellavance
- 2012 · Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie as Dr. Doone Struts
- 2011 · The Girl with the Tramp Stamp Tattoo as
- 2011 · Rosewood Lane as Det. Briggs
- 2011 · Wilfred as Colt St. Cloud
- 2011 · X-Men: First Class as Secretary of State
- 2011 · Workaholics as Kyle Walsh
- 2011 · Body of Proof as Michael Davis
- 2011 · Mr. Sunshine as Macaulay
- 2010 · Hawaii Five-0 as Morris Brown
- 2010 · Rizzoli & Isles as Judge Eugene Allen
- 2010 · The Good Guys as Buddy
- 2009 · Infomercials as Frank Pierre
- 2009 · Drop Dead Diva as Frank Dodd
- 2009 · Castle as Bobby Fox
- 2009 · Dollhouse as Howard Lipman
- 2009 · Infestation as Ethan
- 2009 · Love at First Hiccup as Roger
- 2008 · The Mentalist as Dennis Victor
- 2008 · 90210 as Dean Thomas
- 2008 · One Missed Call as Ted Summers
- 2007 · Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks as
- 2007 · Reaper as The Devil
- 2007 · Chuck as Riley
- 2007 · The Flock as Bobby Stiles
- 2007 · Mad Men as Ed Baxter
- 2007 · The Election as John
- 2007 · Burn Notice as Mr. Pyne
- 2007 · 7-10 Split as Buddy Kendrick
- 2007 · Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! as Grill Vogel
- 2006 · Shark as Lloyd Holcomb
- 2006 · Six Degrees as
- 2006 · Psych as Peter Westley
- 2006 · Psych as Horace Leland
- 2006 · The Substance of Things Hoped For as Dr. Lessing
- 2006 · Peaceful Warrior as Doctor Hayden
- 2006 · Cyxork 7 as Kommander 88
- 2005 · Criminal Minds as John Nelson
- 2005 · How I Met Your Mother as Robin Scherbatsky Sr.
- 2005 · Bones as Rick Turco
- 2005 · Jane Doe: The Wrong Face as Fleming
- 2005 · The Closer as Tom Blanchard
- 2005 · Numb3rs as Mitch Langford
- 2005 · The Rain Makers as Harris
- 2005 · Sharkskin 6 as Sam
- 2003 · NCIS as Wayne Tobett
- 2003 · The Battle of Shaker Heights as Harrison
- 2003 · Jeepers Creepers 2 as Jack Taggart, Sr.
- 2002 · Windfall as John Wescott
- 2002 · She Spies as Ambassador Blaine
- 2002 · Landspeed as Brian Sanger
- 2002 · Scream at the Sound of the Beep as Brother Jake
- 2001 · Postcards From The Cast as Self
- 2001 · 24 as Vice-President Hal Gardner
- 2001 · Reflections on the Phenomenon of Twin Peaks as Self
- 2001 · Almost Salinas as Jack Tynan
- 2000 · CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Ernest Chase
- 2000 · Teacher's Pet as
- 1999 · Popular as Barton
- 1999 · The West Wing as Governor Tillman D-CA
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Roger Hanley
- 1999 · Judging Amy as Atty. Rhodes
- 1999 · Pennyweight as Mr. Pennyweight
- 1998 · Charmed as Ludlow
- 1998 · V.I.P. as Judge Kreiger
- 1998 · Sports Night as Evans
- 1998 · The Garbage Picking Field Goal Kicking Philadelphia Phenomenon as Randolph Pratt
- 1998 · Dawson's Creek as
- 1998 · Evasive Action as Sheriff Wes Blaidek
- 1996 · Profiler as James Perrone
- 1996 · Savannah as Edward Burton
- 1995 · Powder as Dr. Aaron Stripler
- 1995 · JAG as Congressman Marvin Bolton
- 1995 · Star Trek: Voyager as Arturis
- 1994 · RoboCop: The Future of Law Enforcement as Leon Nash
- 1994 · The Chase as Dalton Voss
- 1993 · Diagnosis: Murder as John Parkinson
- 1993 · Rising Sun as Senator John Morton
- 1993 · Walker, Texas Ranger as Garrett Carlson
- 1993 · RoboCop 3 as Leon Nash (archive footage)
- 1992 · The Larry Sanders Show as Lloyd Simon
- 1992 · Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me as Leland Palmer
- 1991 · Write to Kill as Mark Gaston
- 1991 · Fire in the Dark as Richard
- 1990 · Beverly Hills, 90210 as Daniel Hunter
- 1990 · Dream On as Maddox March
- 1990 · Twin Peaks as Leland Palmer
- 1990 · Twin Peaks as Leland Palmer (archive footage)
- 1990 · The Rift as Robbins
- 1989 · Race for Glory as Jack Davis
- 1988 · The Taking of Flight 847: The Uli Derickson Story as Phil Maresca
- 1987 · Star Trek: The Next Generation as Liko
- 1987 · Jake and the Fatman as
- 1987 · Beauty and the Beast as Tom
- 1987 · RoboCop as Leon Nash
- 1986 · L.A. Law as D.A. Walter Platt
- 1986 · Condor as Christopher Proctor
- 1985 · The Colbys as
- 1985 · Stingray as
- 1985 · Moonlighting as
- 1985 · Moonlighting as Murderer
- 1984 · Hunter as Alex Parker
- 1984 · Airwolf as Victor Resnick
- 1984 · Blue Thunder as J.D. Kraft
- 1983 · Scarecrow and Mrs. King as
- 1983 · Trauma Center as
- 1983 · The A-Team as Phillip Chadway
- 1982 · Remington Steele as Schwimmer
- 1982 · T. J. Hooker as Harrison Mackenzie
- 1980 · Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders II as Dr. Simmons
- 1979 · Knots Landing as The Dealer
- 1979 · Hart to Hart as
- 1978 · Tartuffe as Damis
- 1977 · Lou Grant as
- 1976 · Love in the Hamptons as Myron
- 1976 · Charlie's Angels as Evan Wilcox
- 1969 · Dare the Devil as David Keller
- 1951 · Love of Life as
- Future · Good Grief as Dr. Gariboldi




