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

  • Everwood

    Everwood

  • Law & Order: Criminal Intent

    Law & Order: Criminal Intent

  • Goliath

    Goliath

  • Twin Peaks

    Twin Peaks

  • Star Trek: Voyager

    Star Trek: Voyager

  • Fringe

    Fringe

  • SEAL Team

    SEAL Team

  • The Outer Limits

    The Outer Limits

  • Walker, Texas Ranger

    Walker, Texas Ranger

  • Touched by an Angel

    Touched by an Angel

  • ABC Afterschool Special

    ABC Afterschool Special

  • Bosch: Legacy

    Bosch: Legacy

  • The District

    The District

  • The Godfather Part III

    The Godfather Part III

  • Tales from the Crypt

    Tales from the Crypt

  • Dark Angel

    Dark Angel

  • Real Gangsters

    Real Gangsters

  • The Bill

    The Bill

  • Carnivàle

    Carnivàle

  • The Virginian

    The Virginian

  • Fort Bliss

    Fort Bliss

  • Caribe

    Caribe

  • The Rebel

    The Rebel

  • Primary Motive

    Primary Motive

  • Texas Heart

    Texas Heart

  • Sins

    Sins

  • 7E

    7E

  • Frontline

    Frontline

  • American Bully

    American Bully

  • The Golden Boys

    The Golden Boys

  • Sucker Free City

    Sucker Free City

  • Club Vampire

    Club Vampire

  • Centurion Force

    Centurion Force

  • The Takeover

    The Takeover

  • Heavenly Deposit

    Heavenly Deposit

  • The Tender Age

    The Tender Age

  • The Return

    The Return

  • Flynn

    Flynn

  • The Deer Hunter

    The Deer Hunter

  • Awakened

    Awakened

  • Insight

    Insight

  • Brady’s Escape

    Brady’s Escape

  • Admissions

    Admissions

  • The Man with the Camera

    The Man with the Camera

  • Hostile Intent

    Hostile Intent

  • Death 4 Dinner

    Death 4 Dinner

  • Bermuda Tentacles

    Bermuda Tentacles

  • Sweetwater

    Sweetwater

  • Betrayed

    Betrayed

  • Amnesia

    Amnesia

  • The Crossing Guard

    The Crossing Guard

  • Little Boy Blue

    Little Boy Blue

  • Everglades

    Everglades

  • Managua

    Managua

  • Mata Hari

    Mata Hari

  • Torch

    Torch

  • A Scent of Paradise

    A Scent of Paradise

  • Iowa

    Iowa

  • Spychosis

    Spychosis

  • Press Gang

    Press Gang

  • Hunting

    Hunting

  • Across Red Nights

    Across Red Nights

  • Followed

    Followed

  • In Dubious Battle

    In Dubious Battle

  • Dreamkiller

    Dreamkiller

  • The Dark Tale

    The Dark Tale

  • Where Truth Lies

    Where Truth Lies

  • Summer of Sam

    Summer of Sam

  • Intoxicating

    Intoxicating

  • The Thin Red Line

    The Thin Red Line

  • Last Cut

    Last Cut

  • Bad Company

    Bad Company

  • Red Scorpion 2

    Red Scorpion 2

  • Buffalo Bushido

    Buffalo Bushido

  • The Neighborhood

    The Neighborhood

  • White Squall

    White Squall

  • We Will Be the World Champions

    We Will Be the World Champions

  • Maria's Lovers

    Maria's Lovers

  • The Big Fat Stone

    The Big Fat Stone

  • The Amateur

    The Amateur

  • Eric

    Eric

  • Do the Right Thing

    Do the Right Thing

  • Hotel Colonial

    Hotel Colonial

  • Caffeinated

    Caffeinated

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • Spreading Darkness

    Spreading Darkness

  • Message in a Bottle

    Message in a Bottle

  • Fallacy

    Fallacy

  • The Coverup

    The Coverup

  • The Drop

    The Drop

  • The Tribe Remembers

    The Tribe Remembers

  • Hair

    Hair

  • Door to Silence

    Door to Silence

  • Christina's House

    Christina's House

  • Date Rape

    Date Rape

  • A Cloud So High

    A Cloud So High

  • Nightworld: Lost Souls

    Nightworld: Lost Souls

  • Handsome Harry

    Handsome Harry

  • The New World

    The New World

  • Last Call at Murray's

    Last Call at Murray's

  • The Last Full Measure

    The Last Full Measure

  • The Last Full Measure

    The Last Full Measure

  • Teen Star Academy

    Teen Star Academy

  • Tales of Halloween

    Tales of Halloween

  • Down's Revenge

    Down's Revenge

  • Hit List

    Hit List

  • Gibbsville

    Gibbsville

  • Salvador

    Salvador

  • The Jack Bull

    The Jack Bull

  • Bed & Breakfast

    Bed & Breakfast

  • Shortcut to Happiness

    Shortcut to Happiness

  • Three Seconds

    Three Seconds

  • Desperate

    Desperate

  • Bereavement

    Bereavement

  • Shattered Image

    Shattered Image

  • Birdland

    Birdland

  • Bullet

    Bullet

  • Empire of the Sharks

    Empire of the Sharks

  • The Hooping Life

    The Hooping Life

  • Nephilim

    Nephilim

  • From a Place of Darkness

    From a Place of Darkness

  • The Onion Field

    The Onion Field

  • Daybreak

    Daybreak

  • I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale

    I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale

  • OP Center

    OP Center

  • The Burning Shore

    The Burning Shore

  • The Master Beater

    The Master Beater

  • The Attic

    The Attic

  • Cattle Annie and Little Britches

    Cattle Annie and Little Britches

  • Eye for Eye

    Eye for Eye

  • Easy Sex

    Easy Sex

  • They Nest

    They Nest

  • Love's Long Journey

    Love's Long Journey

  • Gates of Darkness

    Gates of Darkness

  • The World Champions

    The World Champions

  • Inside Moves

    Inside Moves

  • OP Center

    OP Center

  • American Strays

    American Strays

  • C.I.A. II: Target Alexa

    C.I.A. II: Target Alexa

  • Beyond the Rush

    Beyond the Rush

  • American Exit

    American Exit

  • Confessions of a Pit Fighter

    Confessions of a Pit Fighter

  • Open Road

    Open Road

  • 40 and Single

    40 and Single

  • The Beat

    The Beat

  • Assassins' Code

    Assassins' Code

  • Mountain of Diamonds

    Mountain of Diamonds

  • The Grift

    The Grift

  • Defending Santa

    Defending Santa

  • Art of Submission

    Art of Submission

  • Demon Legacy

    Demon Legacy

  • Mission Possible

    Mission Possible

  • Showdown at the Grand

    Showdown at the Grand

  • The Orphan Killer

    The Orphan Killer

  • Coming Out of the Ice

    Coming Out of the Ice

  • Steelyard Blues

    Steelyard Blues

  • The Anarchist Cookbook

    The Anarchist Cookbook

  • Love Is a Carousel

    Love Is a Carousel

  • Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick

    Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick

  • Alien Lockdown

    Alien Lockdown

  • One Good Turn

    One Good Turn

  • Firestorm

    Firestorm

  • Michael Cimino, God Bless America

    Michael Cimino, God Bless America

  • Killing Obsession

    Killing Obsession

  • A Star for Rose

    A Star for Rose

  • Nairobi Affair

    Nairobi Affair

  • The Right to Bear Arms

    The Right to Bear Arms

  • Twisted Fate

    Twisted Fate

  • Buck at the Edge of Heaven

    Buck at the Edge of Heaven

  • Carnosaur 2

    Carnosaur 2

  • Beauty and the Beast

    Beauty and the Beast

  • Burning Down the House

    Burning Down the House

  • Judas' Gospel

    Judas' Gospel

  • Six Children and One Grandfather

    Six Children and One Grandfather

  • The Audition

    The Audition

  • Before Women Had Wings

    Before Women Had Wings

  • Boiler Maker

    Boiler Maker

  • Alien Rising

    Alien Rising

  • Hold On

    Hold On

  • Silent Witness

    Silent Witness

  • Hollywood Safari

    Hollywood Safari

  • All the Kind Strangers

    All the Kind Strangers

  • The Islands

    The Islands

  • Kill Your Darlings

    Kill Your Darlings

  • Vampire Wars

    Vampire Wars

  • Fake News

    Fake News

  • Do the Right Thing: 20 Years Later

    Do the Right Thing: 20 Years Later

  • American Romance

    American Romance

  • Soldier's Revenge

    Soldier's Revenge

  • Deadly Weapon

    Deadly Weapon

  • Summer Song

    Summer Song

  • Sensory Perception

    Sensory Perception

  • Shut Up and Shoot!

    Shut Up and Shoot!

  • The Goat

    The Goat

  • Downtown: A Street Tale

    Downtown: A Street Tale

  • The Sister in Law

    The Sister in Law

  • The Killing Kind

    The Killing Kind

  • The Dangerous

    The Dangerous

  • Any Man's Death

    Any Man's Death

  • Redemption of the Ghost

    Redemption of the Ghost

  • Ovid and the Art of Love

    Ovid and the Art of Love

  • Berlin '39

    Berlin '39

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

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

  • Making 'Carnivàle': The Show Behind the Show

    Making 'Carnivàle': The Show Behind the Show

  • Dead Man's Run

    Dead Man's Run

  • The Turning Point of Jim Malloy

    The Turning Point of Jim Malloy

  • Spinning Dry

    Spinning Dry

  • A Sierra Nevada Gunfight

    A Sierra Nevada Gunfight

  • The Violent Kind

    The Violent Kind

  • Freedom from Despair

    Freedom from Despair

  • Sotto il Segno della Vittoria

    Sotto il Segno della Vittoria

  • No Destination

    No Destination

  • The Black Dove

    The Black Dove

  • Ottobre rosa all'Arbat (Vacanze a Mosca)

    Ottobre rosa all'Arbat (Vacanze a Mosca)

  • Easy Way Out

    Easy Way Out