Ray Wise
ActingRaymond Herbert Wise (born August 20, 1947) is an American actor best known for his role as Leland Palmer in Twin Peaks (1990–1991, 2017) and its prequel film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992). He has appeared in films such as Swamp Thing (1982), The Journey of Natty Gann (1985), RoboCop (1987), Bob Roberts (1992), Jeepers Creepers 2 (2003), Good Night, and Good Luck (2005), X-Men: First Class (2011) and God's Not Dead 2 (2016).
Known For
RoboCop
Leon Nash
Jeepers Creepers 2
Jack Taggart, Sr.
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
Leland Palmer
Powder
Dr. Aaron Stripler
RoboCop 3
Leon Nash (archive footage)
Cat People
Soap Opera Man
Twin Peaks
Leland Palmer
One Missed Call
Ted Summers
All the Way
Senator Everett Dirksen
Batman: The Killing Joke
Commissioner Gordon (voice)
Filmography — Acting
RoboCop
Leon Nash
Jeepers Creepers 2
Jack Taggart, Sr.
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
Leland Palmer
Powder
Dr. Aaron Stripler
RoboCop 3
Leon Nash (archive footage)
Cat People
Soap Opera Man
Twin Peaks
Leland Palmer
One Missed Call
Ted Summers
All the Way
Senator Everett Dirksen
Batman: The Killing Joke
Commissioner Gordon (voice)
Excision
Principal Campbell
Peaceful Warrior
Doctor Hayden
Dead End
Frank Harrington
Superman: Doomsday
Perry White (voice)
Little Evil
Guy On TV (uncredited)
The Lazarus Effect
Mr. Wallace
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Don Hollenbeck
Swamp Thing
Doctor Alec Holland
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
Leland Palmer
Rising Sun
Senator John Morton
Bob Roberts
Chet MacGregor
The Chase
Dalton Voss
God's Not Dead 2
Peter Kane
Chillerama
Dr. Weems (segment "Wadzilla")
Infestation
Ethan
Two Can Play That Game
Bill Parker
Wrong Cops
Captain Andy
The Flock
Bobby Stiles
Suburban Gothic
Donald
Poolman
William Van Patterson
The Napa Boys
Officer Toland
God's Not Dead: In God We Trust
Peter Kane
Big Ass Spider!
Major Braxton Tanner
The Journey of Natty Gann
Sol Gann
Psych 3: This Is Gus
Father Peter Westley
Halloweed
Judge Plimington
Shattered
Forest Burnett
Revelation Road: The Beginning of the End
Frank
Digging Up the Marrow
William Dekker
The Butterfly Room
Nick
The Aggression Scale
Bellavance
Love at First Hiccup
Roger
Unnatural
Victor Clobirch
Rosewood Lane
Det. Briggs
To Your Last Death
Cyrus DeKalb (voice)
Tone-Deaf
Michael
Reflections on the Phenomenon of Twin Peaks
Self
Dead Still
Wenton Davies
Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie
Dr. Doone Struts
Windfall
John Wescott
Atlas Shrugged: Part II
Head of State Thompson
The Battle of Shaker Heights
Harrison
Body Shot
Dwight Frye
Revelation Road 2: The Sea of Glass and Fire
Frank
Dinner Is Served
Headmaster Gustafson
Brother White
Pastor Johnny Kingman
Tartuffe
Damis
Condor
Christopher Proctor
Beast Mode
Trammel Steadfast
Darnell Dawkins: Mouth Guitar Legend
Wade Dawkins
Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks
Self
King Knight
Merlin
The Rift
Robbins
Race for Glory
Jack Davis
Grey Knight
Col. George Thalman
The Bronx Bull
Father Father Joseph
Stuntmen
Jack Strongbow
Jurassic City
Warden Lewis
Brother's Keeper
Herbert Leemaster
The Chain
Michael
The Taking of Flight 847: The Uli Derickson Story
Phil Maresca
RoboCop: The Future of Law Enforcement
Leon Nash
Landspeed
Brian Sanger
Nuclear Family
The Man
Tom Holland's Twisted Tales
Mongo the Magnificent (segment "Mongo's Magik Mirror")
7-10 Split
Buddy Kendrick
Seduced
Bartecki
Jane Doe: The Wrong Face
Fleming
FDR: American Badass!
Douglas MacArthur
Evasive Action
Sheriff Wes Blaidek
Postcards From The Cast
Self
Almost Salinas
Jack Tynan
Pandemic
General Matthews
Out West
Phillip Alcott
The Crew
Charles Pierce
Sunstroke
Larry
Madame X
Bellman (uncredited)
Fire in the Dark
Richard
Nightmare City
Love in the Hamptons
Myron
No God, No Master
A. Mitchell Palmer
AM1200
Harry Jones
Away From Here
Paul
Write to Kill
Mark Gaston
Guardian Angel
Attorney Kaufman
Night of the Living Deb
Frank Waverly
Repairs
Stan the Bartender
Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders II
Dr. Simmons
The Garbage Picking Field Goal Kicking Philadelphia Phenomenon
Randolph Pratt
The Rain Makers
Harris
Crazy Eyes
Zach's Father
The Girl with the Tramp Stamp Tattoo
The Blue Rose
Mr. Vallens
NANOcell
Robert Cox
Season of Fear
Fred Drummond
X-Men: First Class
Secretary of State
Scream at the Sound of the Beep
Brother Jake
Land of Leopold
Deece Warren
Good Grief
Dr. Gariboldi
The Substance of Things Hoped For
Dr. Lessing
The Breakup Girl
Bob Baker
Inventing Adam
J.B.
Taking Flight
Nonno (voice)
Unholy 'Mole
The Devil (voice)
I Had Bad Milk in Dehradun
Self
Frank Pierre Presents: Pierre Resort & Casino
Frank Pierre
Between Two Worlds
Self
Sharkskin 6
Sam
Cyxork 7
Kommander 88
Iodine
Avery
Runaway Heart
Archie
Pennyweight
Mr. Pennyweight
The Election
John
The Wolf in the Well
Roland Carmel
The Good Dark
Edward Penth
Dare the Devil
David Keller