Acting · Old Bethpage, New York, USA · Born August 25, 1949
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.
MovieJudas' Gospel
2025
as Joseph
MovieDeath 4 Dinner
2025
as Robert Rutherford
MovieBeyond the Rush
2024
as Edward Clayborn
MovieThe Goat
2024
as Julian Brown
MovieShowdown at the Grand
2023
as Lucky
MovieThe Audition
2022
as Narrator (voice)
MovieThe Right to Bear Arms
2022
as Brutal Magnus
TVBosch: Legacy
2022
as Allie Lewis
MovieA Cloud So High
2022
as Gene 'Sackler' Sarling
MovieEye for Eye
2022
as Brad Braddock
MovieMichael Cimino, God Bless America
2022
as Self
MovieInsight
2021
as Frank
The Tribe Remembers
2020
as Self
MovieFollowed
2020
as Wallace Fleischer
MovieA Medicine for the Mind
2020
as Dr. E. Brown
MovieThe Man with the Camera
2020
as Epifano
MovieThe Last Full Measure
2020
as Kepper
MovieHold On
2019
as Dr. Siedhoff
MovieThe Islands
2019
as Henry Thornton
MovieSpinning Dry
2019
as Frank Manghetti
MovieGates of Darkness
2019
as Joseph
MovieOvid and the Art of Love
2019
as Augustus
MovieDown's Revenge
2019
as Dr Sorkin
MovieHeavenly Deposit
2019
as Donald
MovieAmerican Exit
2019
as Gerald
MovieSix Children and One Grandfather
2019
as David McDoll
MovieEmpire of the Sharks
2018
as Ian Fien
TV40 and Single
2018
as Stewart Temple
MovieTorch
2018
as August Lewin
MovieBetrayed
2018
as Mayor Alderman
MovieMission Possible
2018
as Captain Ted Napoleon
MovieSotto il Segno della Vittoria
2018
Easy Way Out
2018
MovieThree Seconds
2017
as тренер сборной США Генри Айба
MovieFake News
2017
as President Wayne Walker
MovieSpreading Darkness
2017
as Brett
TVSEAL Team
2017
as Emmet Quinn
MovieThe Neighborhood
2017
as Vito Bello
MovieVampire Wars
2017
as Stokes
MovieTeen Star Academy
2017
MovieNephilim
2017
as Father Samuel
MovieThe Return
2017
as Čovek u crnom odelu
MovieAmerican Romance
2016
as Emery Reed
MovieMata Hari
2016
as Edouard Clunet
TVGoliath
2016
as Mickey
MovieIn Dubious Battle
2016
as Dan
MovieThe Black Dove
2016
as Jake Williams
MovieEverglades
2016
MovieTexas Heart
2016
as Carl
TVThe World Champions
2016
as Wiliam Jones
MovieLast Call at Murray's
2016
as Bennett
MovieSensory Perception
2015
as President of United Earth
MovieTales of Halloween
2015
as Capt. J.G. Zimmerman
MovieWe Will Be the World Champions
2015
as William Jones
MovieCaffeinated
2015
as Himself
MovieFort Bliss
2014
as Mike Swann
MovieDemon Legacy
2014
as The Codger
MovieThe Hooping Life
2014
as Himself
MovieBermuda Tentacles
2014
as President Desteno
MovieBullet
2014
as Governor Johnson
MovieThe Big Fat Stone
2014
as Robert Tanninger
Movie7E
2013
as Paul
MovieDefending Santa
2013
as Judge Willis
MovieA Star for Rose
2013
as Mort
MovieA Sierra Nevada Gunfight
2013
as Father Bill
MovieAlien Rising
2013
as Manning
MovieAwakened
2013
as Jack Winston
MovieReal Gangsters
2013
as Ted Roberts
MovieOpen Road
2013
as Carl
MovieArt of Submission
2012
as Harbin Rask
MovieSins
2012
as Father Karl
MovieSummer Song
2012
as Jim
MovieSweetwater
2012
as Calvin Kabral
MovieThe Orphan Killer
2011
as Detective Walker
MovieAssassins' Code
2011
as Arlo
MovieHit List
2011
as Walter Murphy
MovieBed & Breakfast
2010
as Mr. Harvey
MovieBereavement
2010
as Ted
MovieDreamkiller
2010
as Agent Barnes
MovieBuffalo Bushido
2009
as Vendetti
MovieDo the Right Thing: 20 Years Later
2009
as Self
MovieHollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's
2009
as Self
MovieHandsome Harry
2009
as Peter Rheems
MovieAmerican Bully
2009
as News Producer
MovieI Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
2009
as Self
MovieFirst Time Long Time
2009
as Peter
MovieThe Golden Boys
2008
as Web Saunders
MovieThe Coverup
2008
as Thomas Thacker
TVFringe
2008
as Sam Weiss
MovieBoiler Maker
2008
as J.J.
MovieFrom a Place of Darkness
2008
as Vic
MovieThe Grift
2008
as William Bender
The Violent Kind
2008
as George Malloy
MovieShortcut to Happiness
2007
as Johnny (uncredited)
MovieNo Destination
2007
as Billy
MovieShut Up and Shoot!
2006
as Marty Pearlheimer
MovieThe Drop
2006
as Mr. Zero
MovieThe Attic
2006
as Graham Callan
MovieKill Your Darlings
2006
as Rock
MovieThe New World
2005
as Savage
MovieLove's Long Journey
2005
as Trent
MovieConfessions of a Pit Fighter
2005
as McGee
MovieIowa
2005
as Irv Huffman
MovieDowntown: A Street Tale
2004
as H2O
MovieAdmissions
2004
as Harry Brighton
MovieFreedom from Despair
2004
as Narrator
MovieSucker Free City
2004
as Anderson Wade
MovieFallacy
2004
as Heathcliff
MovieAlien Lockdown
2004
as Dr. Woodman
MovieEasy Sex
2003
as Frank Iverson
TVCarnivàle
2003
as Henry 'Hack' Scudder
MovieMaking 'Carnivàle': The Show Behind the Show
2003
MovieIntoxicating
2003
as William Shanley
TVEverwood
2002
as Daniel Maxwell
MovieRosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick
2002
as Self
MovieThe Anarchist Cookbook
2002
as Johnny Red
MovieRedemption of the Ghost
2002
TVLaw & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Mark Farrell
MovieBurning Down the House
2001
as Jake Seiling
Dead Man's Run
2001
as Carver
TVThe District
2000
as Billy Nevins
TVDark Angel
2000
as Col. Donald Lydecker
MovieThey Nest
2000
as Jack Wald
MovieChristina's House
2000
as James Tarling
MovieThe Virginian
2000
as Steve
TVLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Lucas Biggs
MovieSummer of Sam
1999
as Simon
MovieThe Jack Bull
1999
as Slater
MovieNightworld: Lost Souls
1999
as Victor Robinson
MovieMessage in a Bottle
1999
as Johnny Land
MovieFrontline
1999
as Captain Wolfgang Mueller
MovieThe Thin Red Line
1998
as Sgt. Jack McCron
MovieClub Vampire
1998
as Zero
MovieCenturion Force
1998
as Neal
The Mouse
1997
as Bruce 'The Mouse' Strauss
MovieBefore Women Had Wings
1997
as Billy Jackson
MovieLast Cut
1997
as Leo Kimball
MovieA Scent of Paradise
1997
as Padre Louis
MovieHostile Intent
1997
as Bear
MovieHollywood Safari
1997
as Deputy Rogers
MovieAmnesia
1997
as Tim Bishop
MovieLittle Boy Blue
1997
as Ray West
MovieWhere Truth Lies
1996
as Dr. Ian Lazarre
MovieAmerican Strays
1996
as Dwayne
MovieFirestorm
1996
as Brinkman
MovieManagua
1996
as Dennis
MovieOne Good Turn
1996
as Santapietro
MovieWhite Squall
1996
as McCrea
TVThe Outer Limits
1995
as Lucas
MovieOP Center
1995
as Bob Herbert
TVOP Center
1995
as Bob Herbert
MovieCarnosaur 2
1995
as Jack Reed
MovieDeadly Weapon
1995
as Sanders
MovieRed Scorpion 2
1995
as Andrew Kendrick
MovieThe Crossing Guard
1995
as Bobby
MovieThe Dangerous
1995
as Emile Lautrec
TVStar Trek: Voyager
1995
as Captain Rudy Ransom
MovieThe Takeover
1995
as Greg
MovieTwisted Fate
1995
as Drury
TVTouched by an Angel
1994
as Simon Miller
MovieKilling Obsession
1994
as Albert
MovieShattered Image
1994
as David
TVBirdland
1994
MovieC.I.A. II: Target Alexa
1993
as Franz Kluge
TVThe X-Files
1993
as Henry Trondheim
MovieBerlin '39
1993
as Wieland
MovieFlynn
1993
as Joe Stromberg
MovieDaybreak
1993
as The President
TVWalker, Texas Ranger
1993
as Sergeant Major Bart Hawkins
MoviePrimary Motive
1992
as Wallace Roberts
MovieDoor Into Silence
1991
as Melvin Devereux
MovieOttobre rosa all'Arbat (Vacanze a Mosca)
1991
MovieHunting
1991
as Michael Bergman
MovieThe Dark Tale
1991
as Roy Kramer
MovieMountain of Diamonds
1991
as Blaine
TVMountain of Diamonds
1991
as Blaine
MovieAcross Red Nights
1991
as Paola
MovieBuck at the Edge of Heaven
1991
as Wintrop
TVThe Burning Shore
1991
as Blaine
MovieThe Godfather Part III
1990
as Father Andrew Hagen
MovieAny Man's Death
1990
as Leon Abrahams
TVTwin Peaks
1990
as Detective Clark
MovieDo the Right Thing
1989
as Clifton
TVTales from the Crypt
1989
as Benny
TVPress Gang
1989
as Boy
MovieDate Rape
1988
as Bernie Morton
MovieThe Beat
1988
as Frank Ellsworth
MovieCaribe
1987
as Jeff Richardson
MovieDesperate
1987
as Noah
MovieBeauty and the Beast
1987
as Beast/Prince
MovieHotel Colonial
1987
as Marco Venieri
MovieSoldier's Revenge
1986
as Frank Morgan
MovieSalvador
1986
as John Cassady
MovieThe Tender Age
1986
as Tim Donovan
MovieSilent Witness
1985
as Kevin Dunne
TVThe Bill
1984
MovieMaria's Lovers
1984
as Ivan Bibic
MovieNairobi Affair
1984
as Rick Cahill
MovieBrady’s Escape
1983
as J.W. Brady
MovieComing Out of the Ice
1982
as Victor Herman
TVAmerican Playhouse
1982
as Tim Donovan
MovieThe Amateur
1981
as Charles Heller
MovieCattle Annie and Little Britches
1981
as Bittercreek Newcombe
MovieInside Moves
1980
as Roary
MovieThe Onion Field
1979
as Karl Hettinger
MovieHair
1979
as Claude Hooper Bukowski
MovieThe Deer Hunter
1978
as Steven Pushkov
TVGibbsville
1976
as Jim Malloy
MovieEric
1975
as Eric Swensen
MovieThe Sister in Law
1975
as Robert Strong
MovieThe Turning Point of Jim Malloy
1975
as Jim Malloy
MovieAll the Kind Strangers
1974
as Peter
MovieThe Killing Kind
1974
as Terry Lambert
MovieSteelyard Blues
1973
as Kid
MovieBad Company
1972
as Loney
TVABC Afterschool Special
1972
as Bernie Morton
MovieLove Is a Carousel
1970
as Boy Friend
MovieThe Master Beater
1969
as Rocco
TVThe Rebel
1959
as Al
TVHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Eric Swensen
Spychosis
as Jim Patterson
MovieMelodies in the Forest
