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