John Savage
Acting • Born 1949-08-25
Biography
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.
Filmography
218 credits
The Godfather Part III
Movie • 1990
Father Andrew Hagen
Message in a Bottle
Movie • 1999
Johnny Land
White Squall
Movie • 1996
McCrea
Hair
Movie • 1979
Claude Hooper Bukowski
Little Boy Blue
Movie • 1997
Ray West
The Anarchist Cookbook
Movie • 2002
Johnny Red
The Amateur
Movie • 1981
Charles Heller
The Takeover
Movie • 1995
Greg
Salvador
Movie • 1986
John Cassady
The Deer Hunter
Movie • 1978
Steven Pushkov
Bad Company
Movie • 1972
Loney
The Thin Red Line
Movie • 1998
Sgt. Jack McCron
Art of Submission
Movie • 2012
Harbin Rask
The Attic
Movie • 2006
Graham Callan
Iowa
Movie • 2005
Irv Huffman
The Crossing Guard
Movie • 1995
Bobby
Kill Your Darlings
Movie • 2006
Rock
Spinning Dry
Movie • 2019
Frank Manghetti
From a Place of Darkness
Movie • 2008
Vic
The Onion Field
Movie • 1979
Karl Hettinger
Shortcut to Happiness
Movie • 2007
Johnny (uncredited)
Frontline
Movie • 1999
Captain Wolfgang Mueller
They Nest
Movie • 2000
Jack Wald
Door Into Silence
Movie • 1991
Melvin Devereux
Ovid and the Art of Love
Movie • 2019
Augustus
Easy Sex
Movie • 2003
Frank Iverson
Dreamkiller
Movie • 2010
Agent Barnes
All the Kind Strangers
Movie • 1974
Peter
The Right to Bear Arms
Movie • 2022
Brutal Magnus
Hotel Colonial
Movie • 1987
Marco Venieri
Nephilim
Movie • 2017
Father Samuel
Christina's House
Movie • 2000
James Tarling
Bed & Breakfast
Movie • 2010
Mr. Harvey
Showdown at the Grand
Movie • 2023
Lucky
OP Center
Movie • 1995
Bob Herbert
Carnosaur 2
Movie • 1995
Jack Reed
Freedom from Despair
Movie • 2004
Narrator
The Killing Kind
Movie • 1974
Terry Lambert
Beauty and the Beast
Movie • 1987
Beast/Prince
The Coverup
Movie • 2008
Thomas Thacker
Inside Moves
Movie • 1980
Roary
Torch
Movie • 2018
August Lewin
The Drop
Movie • 2006
Mr. Zero
Shattered Image
Movie • 1994
David
Confessions of a Pit Fighter
Movie • 2005
McGee
A Cloud So High
Movie • 2022
Gene 'Sackler' Sarling
Amnesia
Movie • 1997
Tim Bishop
Intoxicating
Movie • 2003
William Shanley
The Orphan Killer
Movie • 2011
Detective Walker
The Golden Boys
Movie • 2008
Web Saunders
Admissions
Movie • 2004
Harry Brighton
Hit List
Movie • 2011
Walter Murphy
Soldier's Revenge
Movie • 1986
Frank Morgan
Bereavement
Movie • 2010
Ted
Managua
Movie • 1996
Dennis
Buffalo Bushido
Movie • 2009
Vendetti
Assassins' Code
Movie • 2011
Arlo
Fake News
Movie • 2017
President Wayne Walker
Maria's Lovers
Movie • 1984
Ivan Bibic
The Sister in Law
Movie • 1975
Robert Strong
Spychosis
Movie
Jim Patterson
Alien Lockdown
Movie • 2004
Dr. Woodman
Last Cut
Movie • 1997
Leo Kimball
C.I.A. II: Target Alexa
Movie • 1993
Franz Kluge
American Bully
Movie • 2009
News Producer
American Strays
Movie • 1996
Dwayne
Coming Out of the Ice
Movie • 1982
Victor Herman
Brady’s Escape
Movie • 1983
J.W. Brady
The New World
Movie • 2005
Savage
Cattle Annie and Little Britches
Movie • 1981
Bittercreek Newcombe
Open Road
Movie • 2013
Carl
Mountain of Diamonds
Movie • 1991
Blaine
Downtown: A Street Tale
Movie • 2004
H2O
Hollywood Safari
Movie • 1997
Deputy Rogers
Eye for Eye
Movie • 2022
Brad Braddock
Before Women Had Wings
Movie • 1997
Billy Jackson
Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick
Movie • 2002
Self
The Virginian
Movie • 2000
Steve
Boiler Maker
Movie • 2008
J.J.
Club Vampire
Movie • 1998
Zero
Sweetwater
Movie • 2012
Calvin Kabral
Burning Down the House
Movie • 2001
Jake Seiling
Nairobi Affair
Movie • 1984
Rick Cahill
Love Is a Carousel
Movie • 1970
Boy Friend
Bullet
Movie • 2014
Governor Johnson
The Jack Bull
Movie • 1999
Slater
Bermuda Tentacles
Movie • 2014
President Desteno
Awakened
Movie • 2013
Jack Winston
A Sierra Nevada Gunfight
Movie • 2013
Father Bill
Hunting
Movie • 1991
Michael Bergman
The Hooping Life
Movie • 2014
Himself
Flynn
Movie • 1993
Joe Stromberg
Demon Legacy
Movie • 2014
The Codger
Hostile Intent
Movie • 1997
Bear
Defending Santa
Movie • 2013
Judge Willis
Buck at the Edge of Heaven
Movie • 1991
Wintrop
Desperate
Movie • 1987
Noah
The Goat
Movie • 2024
Julian Brown
Where Truth Lies
Movie • 1996
Dr. Ian Lazarre
Caribe
Movie • 1987
Jeff Richardson
Alien Rising
Movie • 2013
Manning
The Turning Point of Jim Malloy
Movie • 1975
Jim Malloy
The Dangerous
Movie • 1995
Emile Lautrec
The Audition
Movie • 2022
Narrator (voice)
Real Gangsters
Movie • 2013
Ted Roberts
Nightworld: Lost Souls
Movie • 1999
Victor Robinson
We Will Be the World Champions
Movie • 2015
William Jones
Berlin '39
Movie • 1993
Wieland
Firestorm
Movie • 1996
Brinkman
Primary Motive
Movie • 1992
Wallace Roberts
Beyond the Rush
Movie • 2024
Edward Clayborn
Redemption of the Ghost
Movie • 2002
Summer Song
Movie • 2012
Jim
The Violent Kind
Movie • 2008
George Malloy
Steelyard Blues
Movie • 1973
Kid
The Black Dove
Movie • 2016
Jake Williams
Red Scorpion 2
Movie • 1995
Andrew Kendrick
Date Rape
Movie • 1988
Bernie Morton
Last Call at Murray's
Movie • 2016
Bennett
Texas Heart
Movie • 2016
Carl
A Star for Rose
Movie • 2013
Mort
The Big Fat Stone
Movie • 2014
Robert Tanninger
Caffeinated
Movie • 2015
Himself
Sucker Free City
Movie • 2004
Anderson Wade
Tales of Halloween
Movie • 2015
Capt. J.G. Zimmerman
American Romance
Movie • 2016
Emery Reed
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
Movie • 2009
Self
American Exit
Movie • 2019
Gerald
Sins
Movie • 2012
Father Karl
A Scent of Paradise
Movie • 1997
Padre Louis
Do the Right Thing
Movie • 1989
Clifton
Easy Way Out
Movie • 2018
The Grift
Movie • 2008
William Bender
The Last Full Measure
Movie • 2020
Kepper
The Master Beater
Movie • 1969
Rocco
Shut Up and Shoot!
Movie • 2006
Marty Pearlheimer
Any Man's Death
Movie • 1990
Leon Abrahams
Three Seconds
Movie • 2017
тренер сборной США Генри Айба
Handsome Harry
Movie • 2009
Peter Rheems
Deadly Weapon
Movie • 1995
Sanders
7E
Movie • 2013
Paul
One Good Turn
Movie • 1996
Santapietro
Fort Bliss
Movie • 2014
Mike Swann
Hold On
Movie • 2019
Dr. Siedhoff
Empire of the Sharks
Movie • 2017
Ian Fien
The Tender Age
Movie • 1986
Tim Donovan
Teen Star Academy
Movie • 2017
Vampire Wars
Movie • 2017
Stokes
The Neighborhood
Movie • 2017
Vito Bello
Dead Man's Run
Movie • 2001
Carver
In Dubious Battle
Movie • 2016
Dan
Silent Witness
Movie • 1985
Kevin Dunne
Ottobre rosa all'Arbat (Vacanze a Mosca)
Movie • 1991
The Return
Movie • 2017
Čovek u crnom odelu
Killing Obsession
Movie • 1994
Albert
Twisted Fate
Movie • 1995
Drury
Spreading Darkness
Movie • 2017
Brett
Fallacy
Movie • 2004
Heathcliff
Sotto il Segno della Vittoria
Movie • 2018
Followed
Movie • 2020
Wallace Fleischer
The Man with the Camera
Movie • 2020
Epifano
Gates of Darkness
Movie • 2019
Joseph
Summer of Sam
Movie • 1999
Simon
Mission Possible
Movie • 2018
Captain Ted Napoleon
Betrayed
Movie • 2018
Mayor Alderman
Six Children and One Grandfather
Movie • 2019
David McDoll
Centurion Force
Movie • 1998
Neal
Mata Hari
Movie • 2016
Edouard Clunet
Do the Right Thing: 20 Years Later
Movie • 2009
Self
Daybreak
Movie • 1993
The President
The Islands
Movie • 2019
Henry Thornton
Sensory Perception
Movie • 2015
President of United Earth
Down's Revenge
Movie • 2019
Dr Sorkin
Heavenly Deposit
Movie • 2019
Donald
The Dark Tale
Movie • 1991
Roy Kramer
Eric
Movie • 1975
Eric Swensen
The Last Full Measure
Movie • 2020
Chauncy Kepper
Insight
Movie • 2021
Frank
Michael Cimino, God Bless America
Movie • 2022
Self
The Beat
Movie • 1988
Frank Ellsworth
Across Red Nights
Movie • 1991
Paola
The Tribe Remembers
Movie • 2020
Self
No Destination
Movie • 2007
Billy
Judas' Gospel
Movie • 2025
Joseph
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's
Movie • 2009
Self
Everglades
Movie • 2016
Death 4 Dinner
Movie • 2025
Robert Rutherford
Love's Long Journey
Movie • 2005
Trent
Making 'Carnivàle': The Show Behind the Show
Movie • 2003
The Mouse
Movie • 1997
Bruce 'The Mouse' Strauss
Carnivàle
TV • 2003
Henry 'Hack' Scudder
The District
TV • 2000
Billy Nevins
Touched by an Angel
TV • 1994
Simon Miller
Star Trek: Voyager
TV • 1995
Captain Rudy Ransom
The Bill
TV • 1984
Tales from the Crypt
TV • 1989
Benny
Everwood
TV • 2002
Daniel Maxwell
Dark Angel
TV • 2000
Col. Donald Lydecker
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Lucas Biggs
Walker, Texas Ranger
TV • 1993
Sergeant Major Bart Hawkins
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
TV • 2001
Mark Farrell
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Eric Swensen
The Rebel
TV • 1959
Al
The Outer Limits
TV • 1995
Lucas
ABC Afterschool Special
TV • 1972
Bernie Morton
Gibbsville
TV • 1976
Jim Malloy
Birdland
TV • 1994
The X-Files
TV • 1993
Henry Trondheim
The World Champions
TV • 2016
Wiliam Jones
Fringe
TV • 2008
Sam Weiss
OP Center
TV • 1995
Bob Herbert
Bosch: Legacy
TV • 2022
Allie Lewis
Twin Peaks
TV • 1990
Detective Clark
Goliath
TV • 2016
Mickey
The Burning Shore
TV • 1991
Blaine
Press Gang
TV • 1989
Boy
40 and Single
TV • 2018
Stewart Temple
SEAL Team
TV • 2017
Emmet Quinn