John Savage
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 25, 1949
- Birthplace
- Old Bethpage, New York, USA
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
Melodies in the Forest TBA
as Mario
- Spychosis
Spychosis TBA
as Jim Patterson
Judas' Gospel 2025
as Joseph
Death 4 Dinner 2025
as Robert Rutherford
Beyond the Rush 2024
as Edward Clayborn
The Goat 2024
as Julian Brown
Showdown at the Grand 2023
as Lucky
The Audition 2022
as Narrator (voice)
The Right to Bear Arms 2022
as Brutal Magnus
A Cloud So High 2022
as Gene 'Sackler' Sarling
Eye for Eye 2022
as Brad Braddock
Michael Cimino, God Bless America 2022
as Self
Insight 2021
as Frank
- The Tribe Remembers
The Tribe Remembers 2020
as Self
Followed 2020
as Wallace Fleischer
A Medicine for the Mind 2020
as Dr. E. Brown
The Man with the Camera 2020
as Epifano
The Last Full Measure 2020
as Kepper, as Chauncy Kepper
The Islands 2019
as Henry Thornton
Hold On 2019
as Dr. Siedhoff
Spinning Dry 2019
as Frank Manghetti
Gates of Darkness 2019
as Joseph
Ovid and the Art of Love 2019
as Augustus
Down's Revenge 2019
as Dr Sorkin
Heavenly Deposit 2019
as Donald
American Exit 2019
as Gerald
Six Children and One Grandfather 2019
as David McDoll
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast 2019
Thanks
Empire of the Sharks 2018
as Ian Fien
Torch 2018
as August Lewin
Betrayed 2018
as Mayor Alderman
Mission Possible 2018
as Captain Ted Napoleon
Sotto il Segno della Vittoria 2018
Actor
Easy Way Out 2018
Actor
Three Seconds 2017
as тренер сборной США Генри Айба
Fake News 2017
as President Wayne Walker
Spreading Darkness 2017
as Brett
The Neighborhood 2017
as Vito Bello
Vampire Wars 2017
as Stokes
Teen Star Academy 2017
Actor
Nephilim 2017
as Father Samuel
The Return 2017
as Čovek u crnom odelu
American Romance 2016
as Emery Reed
Mata Hari 2016
as Edouard Clunet
In Dubious Battle 2016
as Dan
The Black Dove 2016
as Jake Williams
Everglades 2016
Actor
Texas Heart 2016
as Carl
Last Call at Murray's 2016
as Bennett
Sensory Perception 2015
as President of United Earth
Tales of Halloween 2015
as Capt. J.G. Zimmerman
We Will Be the World Champions 2015
as William Jones
Caffeinated 2015
as Himself
Fort Bliss 2014
as Mike Swann
Demon Legacy 2014
as The Codger
The Hooping Life 2014
as Himself
Bermuda Tentacles 2014
as President Desteno
Bullet 2014
as Governor Johnson
The Big Fat Stone 2014
as Robert Tanninger
7E 2013
as Paul
Defending Santa 2013
as Judge Willis
A Star for Rose 2013
as Mort
A Sierra Nevada Gunfight 2013
as Father Bill
Alien Rising 2013
as Manning
Awakened 2013
as Jack Winston
Real Gangsters 2013
as Ted Roberts
Open Road 2013
as Carl
Art of Submission 2012
as Harbin Rask
Sins 2012
as Father Karl
Summer Song 2012
as Jim
Sweetwater 2012
as Calvin Kabral
The Orphan Killer 2011
as Detective Walker
Assassins' Code 2011
as Arlo
Hit List 2011
as Walter Murphy
Bed & Breakfast 2010
as Mr. Harvey
Bereavement 2010
as Ted
Dreamkiller 2010
as Agent Barnes
Buffalo Bushido 2009
as Vendetti
Do the Right Thing: 20 Years Later 2009
as Self
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's 2009
as Self
Handsome Harry 2009
as Peter Rheems
American Bully 2009
as News Producer
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale 2009
as Self
First Time Long Time 2009
as Peter
The Golden Boys 2008
as Web Saunders
The Coverup 2008
as Thomas Thacker
Boiler Maker 2008
as J.J.
From a Place of Darkness 2008
as Vic
The Grift 2008
as William Bender
- The Violent Kind
The Violent Kind 2008
as George Malloy
The Attic 2007
as Graham Callan
Shortcut to Happiness 2007
as Johnny (uncredited)
No Destination 2007
as Billy
Shut Up and Shoot! 2006
as Marty Pearlheimer
The Drop 2006
as Mr. Zero
Kill Your Darlings 2006
as Rock
The New World 2005
as Savage
Love's Long Journey 2005
as Trent
Confessions of a Pit Fighter 2005
as McGee
Iowa 2005
as Irv Huffman
Downtown: A Street Tale 2004
as H2O
Admissions 2004
as Harry Brighton
Freedom from Despair 2004
as Narrator
Sucker Free City 2004
as Anderson Wade
Fallacy 2004
as Heathcliff
Alien Lockdown 2004
as Dr. Woodman
Easy Sex 2003
as Frank Iverson
- Making 'Carnivàle': The Show Behind the Show
Making 'Carnivàle': The Show Behind the Show 2003
as Self
Intoxicating 2003
as William Shanley
Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick 2002
as Self
The Anarchist Cookbook 2002
as Johnny Red
Redemption of the Ghost 2002
Actor
Burning Down the House 2001
as Jake Seiling
- Dead Man's Run
Dead Man's Run 2001
as Carver
They Nest 2000
as Jack Wald
Christina's House 2000
as James Tarling
The Virginian 2000
as Steve
Summer of Sam 1999
as Simon
The Jack Bull 1999
as Slater
Nightworld: Lost Souls 1999
as Victor Robinson
Message in a Bottle 1999
as Johnny Land
Frontline 1999
as Captain Wolfgang Mueller
The Thin Red Line 1998
as Sgt. Jack McCron
Club Vampire 1998
as Zero
Little Boy Blue 1998
as Ray West
Centurion Force 1998
as Neal
- The Mouse
The Mouse 1997
as Bruce 'The Mouse' Strauss
Before Women Had Wings 1997
as Billy Jackson
Last Cut 1997
as Leo Kimball
A Scent of Paradise 1997
as Padre Louis
Hostile Intent 1997
as Bear
Hollywood Safari 1997
as Deputy Rogers
Amnesia 1997
as Tim Bishop
Where Truth Lies 1996
as Dr. Ian Lazarre
American Strays 1996
as Dwayne
Firestorm 1996
as Brinkman
Managua 1996
as Dennis
One Good Turn 1996
as Santapietro
White Squall 1996
as McCrea
OP Center 1995
as Bob Herbert
Carnosaur 2 1995
as Jack Reed
Deadly Weapon 1995
as Sanders
Red Scorpion 2 1995
as Andrew Kendrick
The Crossing Guard 1995
as Bobby
The Dangerous 1995
as Emile Lautrec
Twisted Fate 1995
as Drury
The Takeover 1995
as Greg
Killing Obsession 1994
as Albert
Shattered Image 1994
as David
C.I.A. II: Target Alexa 1993
as Franz Kluge
Berlin '39 1993
as Wieland
Flynn 1993
as Joe Stromberg
Daybreak 1993
as The President
Primary Motive 1992
as Wallace Roberts
Door Into Silence 1991
as Melvin Devereux
Ottobre rosa all'Arbat (Vacanze a Mosca) 1991
Actor
Hunting 1991
as Michael Bergman
The Dark Tale 1991
as Roy Kramer
Mountain of Diamonds 1991
as Blaine
Across Red Nights 1991
as Paola
Buck at the Edge of Heaven 1991
as Wintrop
The Godfather Part III 1990
as Father Andrew Hagen
Any Man's Death 1990
as Leon Abrahams
Do the Right Thing 1989
as Clifton
Date Rape 1988
as Bernie Morton
The Beat 1988
as Frank Ellsworth
Caribe 1987
as Jeff Richardson
Desperate 1987
as Noah
Beauty and the Beast 1987
as Beast/Prince
Hotel Colonial 1987
as Marco Venieri
Soldier's Revenge 1986
as Frank Morgan
Salvador 1986
as John Cassady
The Tender Age 1986
as Tim Donovan
Silent Witness 1985
as Kevin Dunne
Maria's Lovers 1984
as Ivan Bibic
Nairobi Affair 1984
as Rick Cahill
Brady’s Escape 1983
as J.W. Brady
Coming Out of the Ice 1982
as Victor Herman
The Amateur 1981
as Charles Heller
Cattle Annie and Little Britches 1981
as Bittercreek Newcombe
Inside Moves 1980
as Roary
The Onion Field 1979
as Karl Hettinger
Hair 1979
as Claude Hooper Bukowski
The Deer Hunter 1978
as Steven Pushkov
Eric 1975
as Eric Swensen
The Sister in Law 1975
as Robert Strong, Original Music Composer
The Turning Point of Jim Malloy 1975
as Jim Malloy
All the Kind Strangers 1974
as Peter
The Killing Kind 1974
as Terry Lambert
Steelyard Blues 1973
as Kid
Bad Company 1972
as Loney
Love Is a Carousel 1970
as Boy Friend
The Master Beater 1969
as Rocco
Credits from TMDB.