Acting
John Savage
EN, IT, AR, FR cinema · 193 credits
Born
25 August 1949 (age 77)
Birthplace
Old Bethpage, New York, USA
Also known as John Smeallie Youngs · جان سوج
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
Filmography
Spychosis
Spychosis
as Jim Patterson
Judas' Gospel
as Joseph
Death 4 Dinner
as Robert Rutherford
The Goat
as Julian Brown
Beyond the Rush
as Edward Clayborn
The Right to Bear Arms
as Brutal Magnus
A Cloud So High
as Gene 'Sackler' Sarling
Eye for Eye
as Brad Braddock
The Audition
as Narrator (voice)
Insight
as Frank
The Last Full Measure
as Kepper, as Chauncy Kepper
Followed
as Wallace Fleischer
The Man with the Camera
as Epifano
A Medicine for the Mind
as Dr. E. Brown
Spinning Dry
as Frank Manghetti
Ovid and the Art of Love
as Augustus
American Exit
as Gerald
Hold On
as Dr. Siedhoff
Gates of Darkness
as Joseph
Six Children and One Grandfather
as David McDoll
The Islands
as Henry Thornton
Down's Revenge
as Dr Sorkin
Heavenly Deposit
as Donald
Torch
as August Lewin
Empire of the Sharks
as Ian Fien
Mission Possible
as Captain Ted Napoleon
Betrayed
as Mayor Alderman
Nephilim
as Father Samuel
Fake News
as President Wayne Walker
Three Seconds
as тренер сборной США Генри Айба
Vampire Wars
as Stokes
The Neighborhood
as Vito Bello
The Return
as Čovek u crnom odelu
Spreading Darkness
as Brett
The Black Dove
as Jake Williams
Last Call at Murray's
as Bennett
Texas Heart
as Carl
American Romance
as Emery Reed
Mata Hari
as Edouard Clunet
We Will Be the World Champions
as William Jones
Caffeinated
as Himself
Tales of Halloween
as Capt. J.G. Zimmerman
Sensory Perception
as President of United Earth
Bullet
as Governor Johnson
Bermuda Tentacles
as President Desteno
The Hooping Life
as Himself
Demon Legacy
as The Codger
The Big Fat Stone
as Robert Tanninger
Fort Bliss
as Mike Swann
Open Road
as Carl
Awakened
as Jack Winston
A Sierra Nevada Gunfight
as Father Bill
Defending Santa
as Judge Willis
Alien Rising
as Manning
Real Gangsters
as Ted Roberts
7E
as Paul
Art of Submission
as Harbin Rask
Sweetwater
as Calvin Kabral
Summer Song
as Jim
Sins
as Father Karl
The Orphan Killer
as Detective Walker
Hit List
as Walter Murphy
Assassins' Code
as Arlo
Dreamkiller
as Agent Barnes
Bed & Breakfast
as Mr. Harvey
Bereavement
as Ted
Buffalo Bushido
as Vendetti
American Bully
as News Producer
Handsome Harry
as Peter Rheems
The Coverup
as Thomas Thacker
The Golden Boys
as Web Saunders
The Violent Kind
2008
The Violent Kind
as George Malloy
The Grift
as William Bender
The Attic
as Graham Callan
Shortcut to Happiness
as Johnny (uncredited)
No Destination
as Billy
The Drop
as Mr. Zero
Shut Up and Shoot!
as Marty Pearlheimer
Iowa
as Irv Huffman
The New World
as Savage
Love's Long Journey
as Trent
Freedom from Despair
as Narrator
Admissions
as Harry Brighton
Alien Lockdown
as Dr. Woodman
Sucker Free City
as Anderson Wade
Fallacy
as Heathcliff
Easy Sex
as Frank Iverson
Intoxicating
as William Shanley
The Anarchist Cookbook
as Johnny Red
Burning Down the House
as Jake Seiling
They Nest
as Jack Wald
Christina's House
as James Tarling
The Virginian
as Steve
Message in a Bottle
as Johnny Land
Frontline
as Captain Wolfgang Mueller
The Jack Bull
as Slater
Nightworld: Lost Souls
as Victor Robinson
Summer of Sam
as Simon
Little Boy Blue
as Ray West
The Thin Red Line
as Sgt. Jack McCron
Club Vampire
as Zero
Centurion Force
as Neal
Amnesia
as Tim Bishop
Last Cut
as Leo Kimball
Hollywood Safari
as Deputy Rogers
Before Women Had Wings
as Billy Jackson
Hostile Intent
as Bear
A Scent of Paradise
as Padre Louis
The Mouse
1997
The Mouse
as Bruce 'The Mouse' Strauss
White Squall
as McCrea
Managua
as Dennis
American Strays
as Dwayne
Where Truth Lies
as Dr. Ian Lazarre
Firestorm
as Brinkman
One Good Turn
as Santapietro
The Takeover
as Greg
The Crossing Guard
as Bobby
OP Center
as Bob Herbert
Carnosaur 2
as Jack Reed
The Dangerous
as Emile Lautrec
Red Scorpion 2
as Andrew Kendrick
Deadly Weapon
as Sanders
Twisted Fate
as Drury
Shattered Image
as David
Killing Obsession
as Albert
C.I.A. II: Target Alexa
as Franz Kluge
Flynn
as Joe Stromberg
Berlin '39
as Wieland
Daybreak
as The President
Primary Motive
as Wallace Roberts
Door Into Silence
as Melvin Devereux
Mountain of Diamonds
as Blaine
Hunting
as Michael Bergman
Buck at the Edge of Heaven
as Wintrop
The Dark Tale
as Roy Kramer
Across Red Nights
as Paola
The Godfather Part III
as Father Andrew Hagen
Any Man's Death
as Leon Abrahams
Do the Right Thing
as Clifton
Date Rape
as Bernie Morton
The Beat
as Frank Ellsworth
Hotel Colonial
as Marco Venieri
Beauty and the Beast
as Beast/Prince
Desperate
as Noah
Caribe
as Jeff Richardson
Salvador
as John Cassady
Soldier's Revenge
as Frank Morgan
The Tender Age
as Tim Donovan
Silent Witness
as Kevin Dunne
Maria's Lovers
as Ivan Bibic
Nairobi Affair
as Rick Cahill
Brady’s Escape
as J.W. Brady
Coming Out of the Ice
as Victor Herman
The Amateur
as Charles Heller
Cattle Annie and Little Britches
as Bittercreek Newcombe
Inside Moves
as Roary
Hair
as Claude Hooper Bukowski
The Onion Field
as Karl Hettinger
The Deer Hunter
as Steven Pushkov
The Sister in Law
as Robert Strong, Original Music Composer
The Turning Point of Jim Malloy
as Jim Malloy
Eric
as Eric Swensen
The Killing Kind
as Terry Lambert
Bad Company
as Loney
Love Is a Carousel
as Boy Friend
The Master Beater
as Rocco