John Savage

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

217

Gender

Male

Birthday

1949-08-25 (76 years old)

Place of Birth

Old Bethpage, New York, USA

John Savage

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.

Known For

  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

  • The X-Files

    The X-Files

  • Fringe

    Fringe

  • Star Trek: Voyager

    Star Trek: Voyager

  • SEAL Team

    SEAL Team

  • Law & Order: Criminal Intent

    Law & Order: Criminal Intent

  • Twin Peaks

    Twin Peaks

  • Goliath

    Goliath

  • Touched by an Angel

    Touched by an Angel

  • Everwood

    Everwood

  • The Godfather Part III

    The Godfather Part III

  • The Outer Limits

    The Outer Limits

  • Bosch: Legacy

    Bosch: Legacy

  • Walker, Texas Ranger

    Walker, Texas Ranger

  • The Rebel

    The Rebel

  • The District

    The District

  • Dark Angel

    Dark Angel

  • ABC Afterschool Special

    ABC Afterschool Special

  • Tales from the Crypt

    Tales from the Crypt

  • Assassins' Code

    Assassins' Code

  • The Bill

    The Bill

  • Judas' Gospel

    Judas' Gospel

  • Do the Right Thing: 20 Years Later

    Do the Right Thing: 20 Years Later

  • Carnivàle

    Carnivàle

  • Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's

    Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's

  • The Deer Hunter

    The Deer Hunter

  • The Thin Red Line

    The Thin Red Line

  • Cattle Annie and Little Britches

    Cattle Annie and Little Britches

  • Real Gangsters

    Real Gangsters

  • Any Man's Death

    Any Man's Death

  • The Anarchist Cookbook

    The Anarchist Cookbook

  • American Exit

    American Exit

  • Demon Legacy

    Demon Legacy

  • Mountain of Diamonds

    Mountain of Diamonds

  • The Last Full Measure

    The Last Full Measure

  • The Last Full Measure

    The Last Full Measure

  • Message in a Bottle

    Message in a Bottle

  • Open Road

    Open Road

  • White Squall

    White Squall

  • Salvador

    Salvador

  • Press Gang

    Press Gang

  • The Neighborhood

    The Neighborhood

  • The Return

    The Return

  • Intoxicating

    Intoxicating

  • Caribe

    Caribe

  • Awakened

    Awakened

  • Sins

    Sins

  • Hold On

    Hold On

  • The Man with the Camera

    The Man with the Camera

  • Summer Song

    Summer Song

  • Followed

    Followed

  • The Attic

    The Attic

  • 7E

    7E

  • Fort Bliss

    Fort Bliss

  • Spreading Darkness

    Spreading Darkness

  • The Goat

    The Goat

  • Insight

    Insight

  • Ovid and the Art of Love

    Ovid and the Art of Love

  • Texas Heart

    Texas Heart

  • Buffalo Bushido

    Buffalo Bushido

  • Shortcut to Happiness

    Shortcut to Happiness

  • Hotel Colonial

    Hotel Colonial

  • Buck at the Edge of Heaven

    Buck at the Edge of Heaven

  • Maria's Lovers

    Maria's Lovers

  • Bad Company

    Bad Company

  • The Grift

    The Grift

  • Bereavement

    Bereavement

  • The Killing Kind

    The Killing Kind

  • Three Seconds

    Three Seconds

  • Bermuda Tentacles

    Bermuda Tentacles

  • The Amateur

    The Amateur

  • Bullet

    Bullet

  • Defending Santa

    Defending Santa

  • Sensory Perception

    Sensory Perception

  • Do the Right Thing

    Do the Right Thing

  • Spychosis

    Spychosis

  • Twisted Fate

    Twisted Fate

  • Fallacy

    Fallacy

  • Hollywood Safari

    Hollywood Safari

  • Steelyard Blues

    Steelyard Blues

  • Hair

    Hair

  • Handsome Harry

    Handsome Harry

  • Betrayed

    Betrayed

  • Primary Motive

    Primary Motive

  • Desperate

    Desperate

  • No Destination

    No Destination

  • Silent Witness

    Silent Witness

  • Daybreak

    Daybreak

  • Michael Cimino, God Bless America

    Michael Cimino, God Bless America

  • Frontline

    Frontline

  • Boiler Maker

    Boiler Maker

  • The Virginian

    The Virginian

  • Admissions

    Admissions

  • American Strays

    American Strays

  • They Nest

    They Nest

  • The Turning Point of Jim Malloy

    The Turning Point of Jim Malloy

  • Date Rape

    Date Rape

  • The New World

    The New World

  • Mission Possible

    Mission Possible

  • OP Center

    OP Center

  • Berlin '39

    Berlin '39

  • Flynn

    Flynn

  • Firestorm

    Firestorm

  • Managua

    Managua

  • Alien Lockdown

    Alien Lockdown

  • Centurion Force

    Centurion Force

  • Nairobi Affair

    Nairobi Affair

  • In Dubious Battle

    In Dubious Battle

  • Heavenly Deposit

    Heavenly Deposit

  • Everglades

    Everglades

  • Summer of Sam

    Summer of Sam

  • The Jack Bull

    The Jack Bull

  • Sweetwater

    Sweetwater

  • American Bully

    American Bully

  • The Beat

    The Beat

  • Iowa

    Iowa

  • Caffeinated

    Caffeinated

  • The Coverup

    The Coverup

  • Freedom from Despair

    Freedom from Despair

  • Eric

    Eric

  • Mata Hari

    Mata Hari

  • Hunting

    Hunting

  • Hostile Intent

    Hostile Intent

  • The Onion Field

    The Onion Field

  • Art of Submission

    Art of Submission

  • Inside Moves

    Inside Moves

  • Amnesia

    Amnesia

  • The Takeover

    The Takeover

  • Alien Rising

    Alien Rising

  • The Drop

    The Drop

  • A Sierra Nevada Gunfight

    A Sierra Nevada Gunfight

  • Club Vampire

    Club Vampire

  • Gates of Darkness

    Gates of Darkness

  • Tales of Halloween

    Tales of Halloween

  • The Crossing Guard

    The Crossing Guard

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • Dreamkiller

    Dreamkiller

  • Gibbsville

    Gibbsville

  • I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale

    I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale

  • The Right to Bear Arms

    The Right to Bear Arms

  • Before Women Had Wings

    Before Women Had Wings

  • Six Children and One Grandfather

    Six Children and One Grandfather

  • The Orphan Killer

    The Orphan Killer

  • The Dangerous

    The Dangerous

  • Torch

    Torch

  • Hit List

    Hit List

  • Empire of the Sharks

    Empire of the Sharks

  • Confessions of a Pit Fighter

    Confessions of a Pit Fighter

  • Little Boy Blue

    Little Boy Blue

  • Sucker Free City

    Sucker Free City

  • Sotto il Segno della Vittoria

    Sotto il Segno della Vittoria

  • Christina's House

    Christina's House

  • The Dark Tale

    The Dark Tale

  • Red Scorpion 2

    Red Scorpion 2

  • C.I.A. II: Target Alexa

    C.I.A. II: Target Alexa

  • Downtown: A Street Tale

    Downtown: A Street Tale

  • Beauty and the Beast

    Beauty and the Beast

  • Brady’s Escape

    Brady’s Escape

  • A Star for Rose

    A Star for Rose

  • Beyond the Rush

    Beyond the Rush

  • Bed & Breakfast

    Bed & Breakfast

  • Love's Long Journey

    Love's Long Journey

  • The Sister in Law

    The Sister in Law

  • Dead Man's Run

    Dead Man's Run

  • The Black Dove

    The Black Dove

  • The World Champions

    The World Champions

  • Birdland

    Birdland

  • The Tender Age

    The Tender Age

  • The Big Fat Stone

    The Big Fat Stone

  • A Scent of Paradise

    A Scent of Paradise

  • We Will Be the World Champions

    We Will Be the World Champions

  • Carnosaur 2

    Carnosaur 2

  • The Tribe Remembers

    The Tribe Remembers

  • From a Place of Darkness

    From a Place of Darkness

  • Death 4 Dinner

    Death 4 Dinner

  • The Golden Boys

    The Golden Boys

  • Kill Your Darlings

    Kill Your Darlings

  • Door to Silence

    Door to Silence

  • Soldier's Revenge

    Soldier's Revenge

  • Redemption of the Ghost

    Redemption of the Ghost

  • Teen Star Academy

    Teen Star Academy

  • Easy Way Out

    Easy Way Out

  • Easy Sex

    Easy Sex

  • Burning Down the House

    Burning Down the House

  • The Hooping Life

    The Hooping Life

  • The Burning Shore

    The Burning Shore

  • One Good Turn

    One Good Turn

  • Ottobre rosa all'Arbat (Vacanze a Mosca)

    Ottobre rosa all'Arbat (Vacanze a Mosca)

  • Shut Up and Shoot!

    Shut Up and Shoot!

  • Last Call at Murray's

    Last Call at Murray's

  • Where Truth Lies

    Where Truth Lies

  • A Cloud So High

    A Cloud So High

  • OP Center

    OP Center

  • Nightworld: Lost Souls

    Nightworld: Lost Souls

  • Killing Obsession

    Killing Obsession

  • Nephilim

    Nephilim

  • Eye for Eye

    Eye for Eye

  • Across Red Nights

    Across Red Nights

  • The Audition

    The Audition

  • The Master Beater

    The Master Beater

  • Down's Revenge

    Down's Revenge

  • Love Is a Carousel

    Love Is a Carousel

  • 40 and Single

    40 and Single

  • Last Cut

    Last Cut

  • Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick

    Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick

  • The Islands

    The Islands

  • All the Kind Strangers

    All the Kind Strangers

  • Showdown at the Grand

    Showdown at the Grand

  • American Romance

    American Romance

  • Coming Out of the Ice

    Coming Out of the Ice

  • The Violent Kind

    The Violent Kind

  • Shattered Image

    Shattered Image

  • Vampire Wars

    Vampire Wars

  • Spinning Dry

    Spinning Dry

  • Making 'Carnivàle': The Show Behind the Show

    Making 'Carnivàle': The Show Behind the Show

  • Deadly Weapon

    Deadly Weapon

  • Fake News

    Fake News