John Sayles
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John Thomas Sayles (born September 28, 1950) is an American independent film director, screenwriter, editor, actor, and novelist.
Known for
Credits
Malcolm X (1992)
as FBI Agent
The Howling (1981)
as Morgue Attendant (uncredited)
In the Electric Mist (2009)
as Michael Goldman
Something Wild (1986)
as Motorcycle Cop
Eight Men Out (1988)
as Ring Lardner
Piranha (1978)
as Army Sentry (uncredited)
Straight Talk (1992)
as Guy Girardi
The Brother from Another Planet (1984)
as Man in Black
Corman's World (2011)
as Self - Filmmaker
Matewan (1987)
as Hardshell Preacher
Passion Fish (1992)
as Soap Opera Doctor (uncredited)
Matinee (1993)
as Bob
Gridlock'd (1997)
as Cop #1
Girlfight (2000)
as Science Teacher
That Guy Dick Miller (2014)
as Self
City of Hope (1991)
as Carl
Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi (2020)
as Self
Honeydripper (2007)
as Zeke
An Ode to Mary Jo (—)
Actor
The Normals (2012)
as Dr. Marx
Tell Them Who You Are (2004)
as Self
Return of the Secaucus Seven (1980)
as Howie
Casting By (2012)
as Self
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western (1997)
as Self
A Constant Forge (2000)
as Self
Howard Zinn: Voices of a People's History of the United States (2006)
as Self
When It Was a Game 3 (2000)
as Self (voice)
Lianna (1983)
as Jerry
Sunshine State (2002)
as Man who almost got hit by a golf ball (uncredited)
The Umbrella (2016)
as Pastor Jim
The Third Man: A Filmmaker's Influence (2015)
as Self
My Life's in Turnaround (1994)
as Marginal producer
Great Directors (2009)
as Self
Little Vegas (1990)
as Mike
Unleashing the Beast: Making ‘The Howling’ (2003)
Actor
Obscene: A Portrait of Barney Rosset and Grove Press (2008)
as Self
Untamagiru (1989)
as US High Commissioner
Hard Choices (1985)
as Don
La fine della notte (1989)
as Wayne
Edge of Outside (2006)
as Self
Corona Film Club (2021)
as Self
Texas Red (2021)
as Governor Johnson (voice)
John Sayles and Gregory Nava (2024)
as Themself
The Toe Tactic (2009)
as Cramden
Them That Work (2019)
as Self
Unnatural Causes (1986)
as Lloyd
Alligator Author (2007)
as Self
Algren (2021)
as Self