Highest rated as cast or director
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.
Acted in 205
2020s
- 2025
Judas' Gospel
Joseph
Death 4 Dinner
Robert Rutherford
- 2024
Beyond the Rush
Edward Clayborn
The Goat
Julian Brown
- 2023
- 2022
The Right to Bear Arms
Brutal Magnus
A Cloud So High
Gene 'Sackler' Sarling
Eye for Eye
Brad Braddock
- 2021
- 2020
A Medicine for the Mind
Dr. E. Brown
The Man with the Camera
Epifano
2010s
- 2019
Hold On
Dr. Siedhoff
The Islands
Henry Thornton
Spinning Dry
Frank Manghetti
Ovid and the Art of Love
Augustus
Down's Revenge
Dr Sorkin
American Exit
Gerald
- 2018
40 and Single
Stewart Temple · 6 episodes
Sotto il Segno della Vittoria
Movie
- 2017
Fake News
President Wayne Walker
Spreading Darkness
Brett
The Neighborhood
Vito Bello
Vampire Wars
Stokes
Nephilim
Father Samuel
The Return
Čovek u crnom odelu
- 2016
Mata Hari
Edouard Clunet
The Black Dove
Jake Williams
Everglades
Movie
The World Champions
Wiliam Jones · 12 episodes
- 2015
Sensory Perception
President of United Earth
We Will Be the World Champions
William Jones
- 2014
Demon Legacy
The Codger
The Big Fat Stone
Robert Tanninger
- 2013
7E
Paul
A Star for Rose
Mort
A Sierra Nevada Gunfight
Father Bill
Alien Rising
Manning
- 2012
Art of Submission
Harbin Rask
Summer Song
Jim
- 2011
Hit List
Walter Murphy
- 2010
Dreamkiller
Agent Barnes
2000s
- 2009
Buffalo Bushido
Vendetti
Handsome Harry
Peter Rheems
First Time Long Time
Peter
- 2008
The Golden Boys
Web Saunders
Boiler Maker
J.J.
- 2007
No Destination
Billy
- 2006
Shut Up and Shoot!
Marty Pearlheimer
The Drop
Mr. Zero
Kill Your Darlings
Rock
- 2005
Love's Long Journey
Trent
Confessions of a Pit Fighter
McGee
- 2004
Downtown: A Street Tale
H2O
Sucker Free City
Anderson Wade
Fallacy
Heathcliff
- 2003
Easy Sex
Frank Iverson
Intoxicating
William Shanley
- 2002
The Anarchist Cookbook
Johnny Red
- 2001
Burning Down the House
Jake Seiling
- 2000
The Virginian
Steve
1990s
- 1999
Nightworld: Lost Souls
Victor Robinson
Frontline
Captain Wolfgang Mueller
- 1998
Club Vampire
Zero
Little Boy Blue
Ray West
Centurion Force
Neal
- 1997
Before Women Had Wings
Billy Jackson
A Scent of Paradise
Padre Louis
Hostile Intent
Bear
Hollywood Safari
Deputy Rogers
- 1996
Firestorm
Brinkman
One Good Turn
Santapietro
- 1995
OP Center
Bob Herbert
OP Center
Bob Herbert · 2 episodes
Carnosaur 2
Jack Reed
Deadly Weapon
Sanders
Red Scorpion 2
Andrew Kendrick
The Dangerous
Emile Lautrec
The Takeover
Greg
Twisted Fate
Drury
- 1994
Killing Obsession
Albert
Birdland
TV
- 1993
C.I.A. II: Target Alexa
Franz Kluge
Berlin '39
Wieland
Flynn
Joe Stromberg
- 1992
Primary Motive
Wallace Roberts
- 1991
Hunting
Michael Bergman
Ottobre rosa all'Arbat (Vacanze a Mosca)
Movie
The Dark Tale
Roy Kramer
Mountain of Diamonds
Blaine
Mountain of Diamonds
Blaine · 4 episodes
Across Red Nights
Paola
Buck at the Edge of Heaven
Wintrop
The Burning Shore
Blaine · 4 episodes
- 1990
Any Man's Death
Leon Abrahams
1980s
- 1989
- 1988
Date Rape
Bernie Morton
The Beat
Frank Ellsworth
- 1987
Caribe
Jeff Richardson
Desperate
Noah
Hotel Colonial
Marco Venieri
- 1986
Soldier's Revenge
Frank Morgan
The Tender Age
Tim Donovan
- 1985
Silent Witness
Kevin Dunne
- 1984
Nairobi Affair
Rick Cahill
- 1983
Brady’s Escape
J.W. Brady
- 1982
- 1981
The Amateur
Charles Heller
- 1980
Inside Moves
Roary
1970s
- 1979
The Onion Field
Karl Hettinger
- 1978
- 1976
Gibbsville
Jim Malloy · 6 episodes
- 1975
Eric
Eric Swensen
The Sister in Law
Robert Strong
The Turning Point of Jim Malloy
Jim Malloy
- 1974
The Killing Kind
Terry Lambert
- 1973
Steelyard Blues
Kid
- 1972
Bad Company
Loney
- 1970
Love Is a Carousel
Boy Friend
1960s
- 1969
The Master Beater
Rocco
1950s
- 1959
No release date
Melodies in the Forest
Mario
Sound 1
1970s
- 1975
The Sister in Law
Original Music Composer
Appearances9
2020s
- 2022
The Audition
Narrator (voice)
Michael Cimino, God Bless America
Self
2010s
- 2015
- 2014
The Hooping Life
Himself
2000s
- 2009
Do the Right Thing: 20 Years Later
Self
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's
Self
- 2004
Freedom from Despair
Narrator
- 2002
Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick
Self
