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

  • Everwood

    Everwood

  • Touched by an Angel

    Touched by an Angel

  • The Outer Limits

    The Outer Limits

  • Walker, Texas Ranger

    Walker, Texas Ranger

  • The Godfather Part III

    The Godfather Part III

  • Tales from the Crypt

    Tales from the Crypt

  • Bosch: Legacy

    Bosch: Legacy

  • Dark Angel

    Dark Angel

  • The Rebel

    The Rebel

  • The District

    The District

  • ABC Afterschool Special

    ABC Afterschool Special

  • The Bill

    The Bill

  • Carnivàle

    Carnivàle

  • The Deer Hunter

    The Deer Hunter

  • Real Gangsters

    Real Gangsters

  • The Thin Red Line

    The Thin Red Line

  • Open Road

    Open Road

  • The Return

    The Return

  • Demon Legacy

    Demon Legacy

  • Sins

    Sins

  • Awakened

    Awakened

  • American Exit

    American Exit

  • The Man with the Camera

    The Man with the Camera

  • Assassins' Code

    Assassins' Code

  • 7E

    7E

  • Intoxicating

    Intoxicating

  • Caribe

    Caribe

  • Summer Song

    Summer Song

  • The Neighborhood

    The Neighborhood

  • The Attic

    The Attic

  • Salvador

    Salvador

  • White Squall

    White Squall

  • Followed

    Followed

  • The Goat

    The Goat

  • Do the Right Thing: 20 Years Later

    Do the Right Thing: 20 Years Later

  • Fort Bliss

    Fort Bliss

  • Texas Heart

    Texas Heart

  • Message in a Bottle

    Message in a Bottle

  • Hold On

    Hold On

  • Press Gang

    Press Gang

  • Insight

    Insight

  • Spreading Darkness

    Spreading Darkness

  • Hotel Colonial

    Hotel Colonial

  • Fallacy

    Fallacy

  • Twisted Fate

    Twisted Fate

  • No Destination

    No Destination

  • Bad Company

    Bad Company

  • The Grift

    The Grift

  • Primary Motive

    Primary Motive

  • Bereavement

    Bereavement

  • Buffalo Bushido

    Buffalo Bushido

  • Admissions

    Admissions

  • Defending Santa

    Defending Santa

  • Spychosis

    Spychosis

  • Betrayed

    Betrayed

  • Bermuda Tentacles

    Bermuda Tentacles

  • The Last Full Measure

    The Last Full Measure

  • The Last Full Measure

    The Last Full Measure

  • Date Rape

    Date Rape

  • Desperate

    Desperate

  • Steelyard Blues

    Steelyard Blues

  • The Virginian

    The Virginian

  • Bullet

    Bullet

  • The Amateur

    The Amateur

  • Boiler Maker

    Boiler Maker

  • Sensory Perception

    Sensory Perception

  • American Strays

    American Strays

  • Handsome Harry

    Handsome Harry

  • Maria's Lovers

    Maria's Lovers

  • Silent Witness

    Silent Witness

  • Hollywood Safari

    Hollywood Safari

  • Frontline

    Frontline

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

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

  • Centurion Force

    Centurion Force

  • Heavenly Deposit

    Heavenly Deposit

  • Firestorm

    Firestorm

  • Everglades

    Everglades

  • Berlin '39

    Berlin '39

  • Flynn

    Flynn

  • The Anarchist Cookbook

    The Anarchist Cookbook

  • Daybreak

    Daybreak

  • Shortcut to Happiness

    Shortcut to Happiness

  • They Nest

    They Nest

  • OP Center

    OP Center

  • Sweetwater

    Sweetwater

  • Iowa

    Iowa

  • The Beat

    The Beat

  • Nairobi Affair

    Nairobi Affair

  • Hunting

    Hunting

  • The Coverup

    The Coverup

  • Three Seconds

    Three Seconds

  • Alien Lockdown

    Alien Lockdown

  • Cattle Annie and Little Britches

    Cattle Annie and Little Britches

  • Alien Rising

    Alien Rising

  • American Bully

    American Bully

  • Mission Possible

    Mission Possible

  • Amnesia

    Amnesia

  • Hostile Intent

    Hostile Intent

  • Eric

    Eric

  • Do the Right Thing

    Do the Right Thing

  • Summer of Sam

    Summer of Sam

  • Hair

    Hair

  • The Takeover

    The Takeover

  • Caffeinated

    Caffeinated

  • Torch

    Torch

  • Mata Hari

    Mata Hari

  • In Dubious Battle

    In Dubious Battle

  • The New World

    The New World

  • Club Vampire

    Club Vampire

  • The Drop

    The Drop

  • Hit List

    Hit List

  • The Jack Bull

    The Jack Bull

  • Dreamkiller

    Dreamkiller

  • The Dangerous

    The Dangerous

  • Little Boy Blue

    Little Boy Blue

  • The Onion Field

    The Onion Field

  • Art of Submission

    Art of Submission

  • Michael Cimino, God Bless America

    Michael Cimino, God Bless America

  • Brady’s Escape

    Brady’s Escape

  • Managua

    Managua

  • Gates of Darkness

    Gates of Darkness

  • The Crossing Guard

    The Crossing Guard

  • Six Children and One Grandfather

    Six Children and One Grandfather

  • Ovid and the Art of Love

    Ovid and the Art of Love

  • Tales of Halloween

    Tales of Halloween

  • Before Women Had Wings

    Before Women Had Wings

  • The Tender Age

    The Tender Age

  • Christina's House

    Christina's House

  • Beauty and the Beast

    Beauty and the Beast

  • Mountain of Diamonds

    Mountain of Diamonds

  • The Right to Bear Arms

    The Right to Bear Arms

  • Any Man's Death

    Any Man's Death

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • Beyond the Rush

    Beyond the Rush

  • We Will Be the World Champions

    We Will Be the World Champions

  • The Dark Tale

    The Dark Tale

  • Confessions of a Pit Fighter

    Confessions of a Pit Fighter

  • Freedom from Despair

    Freedom from Despair

  • Empire of the Sharks

    Empire of the Sharks

  • The Orphan Killer

    The Orphan Killer

  • A Scent of Paradise

    A Scent of Paradise

  • A Sierra Nevada Gunfight

    A Sierra Nevada Gunfight

  • Red Scorpion 2

    Red Scorpion 2

  • Sucker Free City

    Sucker Free City

  • The Big Fat Stone

    The Big Fat Stone

  • The Killing Kind

    The Killing Kind

  • Death 4 Dinner

    Death 4 Dinner

  • Buck at the Edge of Heaven

    Buck at the Edge of Heaven

  • Inside Moves

    Inside Moves

  • Gibbsville

    Gibbsville

  • The Golden Boys

    The Golden Boys

  • The Tribe Remembers

    The Tribe Remembers

  • Downtown: A Street Tale

    Downtown: A Street Tale

  • Burning Down the House

    Burning Down the House

  • The Black Dove

    The Black Dove

  • Dead Man's Run

    Dead Man's Run

  • Soldier's Revenge

    Soldier's Revenge

  • The Hooping Life

    The Hooping Life

  • Shut Up and Shoot!

    Shut Up and Shoot!

  • The Burning Shore

    The Burning Shore

  • A Star for Rose

    A Star for Rose

  • Kill Your Darlings

    Kill Your Darlings

  • Killing Obsession

    Killing Obsession

  • Redemption of the Ghost

    Redemption of the Ghost

  • Birdland

    Birdland

  • Teen Star Academy

    Teen Star Academy

  • Last Call at Murray's

    Last Call at Murray's

  • A Cloud So High

    A Cloud So High

  • One Good Turn

    One Good Turn

  • Door to Silence

    Door to Silence

  • C.I.A. II: Target Alexa

    C.I.A. II: Target Alexa

  • I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale

    I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale

  • Easy Way Out

    Easy Way Out

  • From a Place of Darkness

    From a Place of Darkness

  • Bed & Breakfast

    Bed & Breakfast

  • Across Red Nights

    Across Red Nights

  • Where Truth Lies

    Where Truth Lies

  • Judas' Gospel

    Judas' Gospel

  • Nightworld: Lost Souls

    Nightworld: Lost Souls

  • Love's Long Journey

    Love's Long Journey

  • Easy Sex

    Easy Sex

  • Eye for Eye

    Eye for Eye

  • The Sister in Law

    The Sister in Law

  • The Turning Point of Jim Malloy

    The Turning Point of Jim Malloy

  • Sotto il Segno della Vittoria

    Sotto il Segno della Vittoria

  • Nephilim

    Nephilim

  • Down's Revenge

    Down's Revenge

  • Ottobre rosa all'Arbat (Vacanze a Mosca)

    Ottobre rosa all'Arbat (Vacanze a Mosca)

  • OP Center

    OP Center

  • The World Champions

    The World Champions

  • The Audition

    The Audition

  • The Master Beater

    The Master Beater

  • Love Is a Carousel

    Love Is a Carousel

  • 40 and Single

    40 and Single

  • Last Cut

    Last Cut

  • Carnosaur 2

    Carnosaur 2

  • All the Kind Strangers

    All the Kind Strangers

  • The Islands

    The Islands

  • Coming Out of the Ice

    Coming Out of the Ice

  • Shattered Image

    Shattered Image

  • Making 'Carnivàle': The Show Behind the Show

    Making 'Carnivàle': The Show Behind the Show

  • Showdown at the Grand

    Showdown at the Grand

  • Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick

    Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick

  • Vampire Wars

    Vampire Wars

  • Spinning Dry

    Spinning Dry

  • American Romance

    American Romance

  • The Violent Kind

    The Violent Kind

  • Fake News

    Fake News

  • Deadly Weapon

    Deadly Weapon