John Savage

John Savage

Acting
Born Aug 25, 1949
From Old Bethpage, New York, USA

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 — Acting

The Godfather Part III
7.4
1990

The Godfather Part III

Father Andrew Hagen

The Deer Hunter
8.0
1978

The Deer Hunter

Steven Pushkov

Maria's Lovers
5.9
1984

Maria's Lovers

Ivan Bibic

The Thin Red Line
7.4
1998

The Thin Red Line

Sgt. Jack McCron

Hair
7.3
1979

Hair

Claude Hooper Bukowski

Do the Right Thing
7.8
1989

Do the Right Thing

Clifton

Message in a Bottle
6.3
1999

Message in a Bottle

Johnny Land

Real Gangsters
2.8
2013

Real Gangsters

Ted Roberts

The New World
6.5
2005

The New World

Savage

White Squall
6.3
1996

White Squall

McCrea

The Last Full Measure
7.3
2020

The Last Full Measure

Kepper

Three Seconds
6.9
2017

Three Seconds

тренер сборной США Генри Айба

Summer of Sam
6.5
1999

Summer of Sam

Simon

The Jack Bull
6.4
1999

The Jack Bull

Slater

Salvador
7.0
1986

Salvador

John Cassady

The Crossing Guard
6.0
1995

The Crossing Guard

Bobby

In Dubious Battle
5.8
2016

In Dubious Battle

Dan

Daybreak
5.2
1993

Daybreak

The President

Bereavement
5.3
2010

Bereavement

Ted

Bullet
4.3
2014

Bullet

Governor Johnson

Bad Company
6.4
1972

Bad Company

Loney

Shortcut to Happiness
5.6
2007

Shortcut to Happiness

Johnny (uncredited)

Followed
6.0
2020

Followed

Wallace Fleischer

Spreading Darkness
4.7
2017

Spreading Darkness

Brett

The Onion Field
6.0
1979

The Onion Field

Karl Hettinger

Mountain of Diamonds
5.7
1991

Mountain of Diamonds

Blaine

Amnesia
4.5
1997

Amnesia

Tim Bishop

Little Boy Blue
6.0
1997

Little Boy Blue

Ray West

American Strays
5.5
1996

American Strays

Dwayne

They Nest
5.4
2000

They Nest

Jack Wald

Bed & Breakfast
4.1
2010

Bed & Breakfast

Mr. Harvey

Beyond the Rush
2024

Beyond the Rush

Edward Clayborn

Easy Sex
5.2
2003

Easy Sex

Frank Iverson

Carnosaur 2
4.3
1995

Carnosaur 2

Jack Reed

Red Scorpion 2
4.0
1995

Red Scorpion 2

Andrew Kendrick

Tales of Halloween
5.7
2015

Tales of Halloween

Capt. J.G. Zimmerman

Last Call at Murray's
9.0
2016

Last Call at Murray's

Bennett

Fort Bliss
6.4
2014

Fort Bliss

Mike Swann

Empire of the Sharks
3.7
2017

Empire of the Sharks

Ian Fien

I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
7.0
2009

I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale

Self

Judas' Gospel
5.0
2025

Judas' Gospel

Joseph

The Amateur
5.2
1981

The Amateur

Charles Heller

The Virginian
4.9
2000

The Virginian

Steve

The Grift
4.9
2008

The Grift

William Bender

Intoxicating
5.0
2003

Intoxicating

William Shanley

The Attic
3.9
2006

The Attic

Graham Callan

Inside Moves
6.3
1980

Inside Moves

Roary

Hit List
5.7
2011

Hit List

Walter Murphy

Love's Long Journey
7.0
2005

Love's Long Journey

Trent

American Romance
4.1
2016

American Romance

Emery Reed

Caribe
2.7
1987

Caribe

Jeff Richardson

Cattle Annie and Little Britches
6.4
1981

Cattle Annie and Little Britches

Bittercreek Newcombe

Bermuda Tentacles
3.9
2014

Bermuda Tentacles

President Desteno

Coming Out of the Ice
7.0
1982

Coming Out of the Ice

Victor Herman

Nairobi Affair
4.8
1984

Nairobi Affair

Rick Cahill

Where Truth Lies
3.3
1996

Where Truth Lies

Dr. Ian Lazarre

Gates of Darkness
5.8
2019

Gates of Darkness

Joseph

Heavenly Deposit
5.3
2019

Heavenly Deposit

Donald

Desperate
1987

Desperate

Noah

C.I.A. II: Target Alexa
4.3
1993

C.I.A. II: Target Alexa

Franz Kluge

Sucker Free City
5.9
2004

Sucker Free City

Anderson Wade

The Golden Boys
5.5
2008

The Golden Boys

Web Saunders

Nephilim
2017

Nephilim

Father Samuel

OP Center
5.8
1995

OP Center

Bob Herbert

Managua
4.3
1996

Managua

Dennis

The Coverup
4.5
2008

The Coverup

Thomas Thacker

Vampire Wars
3.6
2017

Vampire Wars

Stokes

Sins
2.3
2012

Sins

Father Karl

Fake News
2.0
2017

Fake News

President Wayne Walker

Kill Your Darlings
5.8
2006

Kill Your Darlings

Rock

Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick
6.7
2002

Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick

Self

Firestorm
4.3
1996

Firestorm

Brinkman

Hotel Colonial
5.3
1987

Hotel Colonial

Marco Venieri

Shattered Image
3.0
1994

Shattered Image

David

Steelyard Blues
5.0
1973

Steelyard Blues

Kid

Iowa
2.8
2005

Iowa

Irv Huffman

Open Road
5.0
2013

Open Road

Carl

The Neighborhood
3.2
2017

The Neighborhood

Vito Bello

Defending Santa
6.4
2013

Defending Santa

Judge Willis

Summer Song
7.0
2012

Summer Song

Jim

Fallacy
5.5
2004

Fallacy

Heathcliff

The Dangerous
2.9
1995

The Dangerous

Emile Lautrec

Handsome Harry
5.5
2009

Handsome Harry

Peter Rheems

Admissions
4.4
2004

Admissions

Harry Brighton

One Good Turn
3.8
1996

One Good Turn

Santapietro

Insight
5.6
2021

Insight

Frank

Showdown at the Grand
5.5
2023

Showdown at the Grand

Lucky

Texas Heart
4.7
2016

Texas Heart

Carl

Alien Lockdown
3.7
2004

Alien Lockdown

Dr. Woodman

Confessions of a Pit Fighter
3.8
2005

Confessions of a Pit Fighter

McGee

Awakened
4.1
2013

Awakened

Jack Winston

Any Man's Death
3.7
1990

Any Man's Death

Leon Abrahams

Eric
1975

Eric

Eric Swensen

The Orphan Killer
3.8
2011

The Orphan Killer

Detective Walker

Do the Right Thing: 20 Years Later
7.0
2009

Do the Right Thing: 20 Years Later

Self

The Sister in Law
2.9
1975

The Sister in Law

Robert Strong

Six Children and One Grandfather
5.7
2019

Six Children and One Grandfather

David McDoll

Caffeinated
6.0
2015

Caffeinated

Himself

Date Rape
1988

Date Rape

Bernie Morton

The Beat
6.0
1988

The Beat

Frank Ellsworth

Michael Cimino, God Bless America
7.4
2022

Michael Cimino, God Bless America

Self

All the Kind Strangers
5.8
1974

All the Kind Strangers

Peter

Before Women Had Wings
6.0
1997

Before Women Had Wings

Billy Jackson

Flynn
3.6
1993

Flynn

Joe Stromberg

The Return
8.0
2017

The Return

Čovek u crnom odelu

Demon Legacy
4.6
2014

Demon Legacy

The Codger

American Bully
4.6
2009

American Bully

News Producer

The Killing Kind
5.7
1974

The Killing Kind

Terry Lambert

3.0
2001

Dead Man's Run

Carver

Buffalo Bushido
2.0
2009

Buffalo Bushido

Vendetti

The Turning Point of Jim Malloy
1975

The Turning Point of Jim Malloy

Jim Malloy

Frontline
1999

Frontline

Captain Wolfgang Mueller

Silent Witness
4.4
1985

Silent Witness

Kevin Dunne

7E
3.8
2013

7E

Paul

Assassins' Code
4.2
2011

Assassins' Code

Arlo

The Anarchist Cookbook
4.8
2002

The Anarchist Cookbook

Johnny Red

Burning Down the House
10.0
2001

Burning Down the House

Jake Seiling

From a Place of Darkness
2.5
2008

From a Place of Darkness

Vic

Betrayed
4.7
2018

Betrayed

Mayor Alderman

Teen Star Academy
7.3
2017

Teen Star Academy

A Scent of Paradise
1.0
1997

A Scent of Paradise

Padre Louis

Killing Obsession
3.2
1994

Killing Obsession

Albert

Berlin '39
7.0
1993

Berlin '39

Wieland

Nightworld: Lost Souls
5.0
1999

Nightworld: Lost Souls

Victor Robinson

Hollywood Safari
3.7
1997

Hollywood Safari

Deputy Rogers

The Goat
2.0
2024

The Goat

Julian Brown

Christina's House
4.6
2000

Christina's House

James Tarling

Alien Rising
3.9
2013

Alien Rising

Manning

American Exit
5.7
2019

American Exit

Gerald

Beauty and the Beast
6.2
1987

Beauty and the Beast

Beast/Prince

Club Vampire
1.9
1998

Club Vampire

Zero

Buck at the Edge of Heaven
6.0
1991

Buck at the Edge of Heaven

Wintrop

The Audition
4.0
2022

The Audition

Narrator (voice)

Primary Motive
5.5
1992

Primary Motive

Wallace Roberts

Art of Submission
4.2
2012

Art of Submission

Harbin Rask

Making 'Carnivàle': The Show Behind the Show
2003

Making 'Carnivàle': The Show Behind the Show

2020

The Tribe Remembers

Self

Eye for Eye
1.5
2022

Eye for Eye

Brad Braddock

Hunting
1.8
1991

Hunting

Michael Bergman

Sensory Perception
2015

Sensory Perception

President of United Earth

Brady’s Escape
4.5
1983

Brady’s Escape

J.W. Brady

The Hooping Life
8.7
2014

The Hooping Life

Himself

Torch
5.5
2018

Torch

August Lewin

Last Cut
4.5
1997

Last Cut

Leo Kimball

Redemption of the Ghost
9.0
2002

Redemption of the Ghost

The Drop
3.0
2006

The Drop

Mr. Zero

Twisted Fate
2.0
1995

Twisted Fate

Drury

Spychosis

Jim Patterson

Everglades
2016

Everglades

No Destination
2007

No Destination

Billy

Downtown: A Street Tale
1.0
2004

Downtown: A Street Tale

H2O

Sweetwater
2012

Sweetwater

Calvin Kabral

Ovid and the Art of Love
5.0
2019

Ovid and the Art of Love

Augustus

Across Red Nights
1991

Across Red Nights

Paola

The Master Beater
1969

The Master Beater

Rocco

Spinning Dry
2019

Spinning Dry

Frank Manghetti

A Cloud So High
2022

A Cloud So High

Gene 'Sackler' Sarling

Soldier's Revenge
4.0
1986

Soldier's Revenge

Frank Morgan

The Black Dove
2016

The Black Dove

Jake Williams

Shut Up and Shoot!
2.6
2006

Shut Up and Shoot!

Marty Pearlheimer

We Will Be the World Champions
3.6
2015

We Will Be the World Champions

William Jones

The Dark Tale
5.0
1991

The Dark Tale

Roy Kramer

The Big Fat Stone
3.2
2014

The Big Fat Stone

Robert Tanninger

Mission Possible
2.0
2018

Mission Possible

Captain Ted Napoleon

A Sierra Nevada Gunfight
3.4
2013

A Sierra Nevada Gunfight

Father Bill

The Islands
5.6
2019

The Islands

Henry Thornton

The Tender Age
5.5
1986

The Tender Age

Tim Donovan

Love Is a Carousel
1970

Love Is a Carousel

Boy Friend

The Takeover
2.8
1995

The Takeover

Greg

Hold On
1.0
2019

Hold On

Dr. Siedhoff

Door Into Silence
5.7
1991

Door Into Silence

Melvin Devereux

Hostile Intent
5.5
1997

Hostile Intent

Bear

Boiler Maker
2008

Boiler Maker

J.J.

2018

Easy Way Out

2.0
2008

The Violent Kind

George Malloy

Mata Hari
5.0
2016

Mata Hari

Edouard Clunet

Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's
8.0
2009

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

Self

Centurion Force
1998

Centurion Force

Neal

A Star for Rose
2013

A Star for Rose

Mort

The Man with the Camera
2.0
2020

The Man with the Camera

Epifano

The Right to Bear Arms
1.0
2022

The Right to Bear Arms

Brutal Magnus

Freedom from Despair
2004

Freedom from Despair

Narrator

Death 4 Dinner
2025

Death 4 Dinner

Robert Rutherford

Down's Revenge
5.0
2019

Down's Revenge

Dr Sorkin

Deadly Weapon
6.7
1995

Deadly Weapon

Sanders

Dreamkiller
1.5
2010

Dreamkiller

Agent Barnes

1997

The Mouse

Bruce 'The Mouse' Strauss

First Time Long Time
2009

First Time Long Time

Peter

Ottobre rosa all'Arbat (Vacanze a Mosca)
3.8
1991

Ottobre rosa all'Arbat (Vacanze a Mosca)

Sotto il Segno della Vittoria
2018

Sotto il Segno della Vittoria