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