John Savage
Known for Acting · 222 credits
- Born
- 1949-08-25 (age 76)
- Place of birth
- Old Bethpage, New York, USA
- Also known as
- John Smeallie Youngs · جان سوج
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
TV Shows (30)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Lucas Biggs
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Mark Farrell
The X-Files
1993
as Henry Trondheim
Fringe
2008
as Sam Weiss
Everwood
2002
as Daniel Maxwell
Twin Peaks
1990
as Detective Clark
Star Trek: Voyager
1995
as Captain Rudy Ransom
SEAL Team
2017
as Emmet Quinn
Goliath
2016
as Mickey
Touched by an Angel
1994
as Simon Miller
American Playhouse
1982
as Tim Donovan
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993
as Sergeant Major Bart Hawkins
The Bill
1984
Tales from the Crypt
1989
as Benny
The Outer Limits
1995
as Lucas
The District
2000
as Billy Nevins
Dark Angel
2000
as Col. Donald Lydecker
Bosch: Legacy
2022
as Allie Lewis
ABC Afterschool Special
1972
as Bernie Morton
The Rebel
1959
as Al
Carnivàle
2003
as Henry 'Hack' Scudder
Press Gang
1989
as Boy
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Eric Swensen
Gibbsville
1976
as Jim Malloy
Birdland
1994
40 and Single
2018
as Stewart Temple
Mountain of Diamonds
1991
as Blaine
The Burning Shore
1991
as Blaine
OP Center
1995
as Bob Herbert
The World Champions
2016
as Wiliam Jones
Movies (192)
The Godfather Part III
1990
as Father Andrew Hagen
The Deer Hunter
1978
as Steven Pushkov
The Thin Red Line
1998
as Sgt. Jack McCron
Maria's Lovers
1984
as Ivan Bibic
Sins
2012
as Father Karl
The Last Full Measure
2020
as Kepper / Chauncy Kepper
The New World
2005
as Savage
Message in a Bottle
1999
as Johnny Land
Do the Right Thing
1989
as Clifton
Hair
1979
as Claude Hooper Bukowski
Real Gangsters
2013
as Ted Roberts
Fort Bliss
2014
as Mike Swann
White Squall
1996
as McCrea
Summer of Sam
1999
as Simon
Last Cut
1997
as Leo Kimball
A Scent of Paradise
1997
as Padre Louis
In Dubious Battle
2016
as Dan
Easy Sex
2003
as Frank Iverson
The Tender Age
1986
as Tim Donovan
Amnesia
1997
as Tim Bishop
American Bully
2009
as News Producer
Where Truth Lies
1996
as Dr. Ian Lazarre
Shortcut to Happiness
2007
as Johnny (uncredited)
Bullet
2014
as Governor Johnson
The Crossing Guard
1995
as Bobby
The Neighborhood
2017
as Vito Bello
Admissions
2004
as Harry Brighton
Betrayed
2018
as Mayor Alderman
Three Seconds
2017
as тренер сборной США Генри Айба
Bereavement
2010
as Ted
Red Scorpion 2
1995
as Andrew Kendrick
Salvador
1986
as John Cassady
Tales of Halloween
2015
as Capt. J.G. Zimmerman
The Jack Bull
1999
as Slater
Empire of the Sharks
2018
as Ian Fien
Texas Heart
2016
as Carl
Last Call at Murray's
2016
as Bennett
Torch
2018
as August Lewin
The Mouse
1997
as Bruce 'The Mouse' Strauss
Death 4 Dinner
2025
as Robert Rutherford
Bermuda Tentacles
2014
as President Desteno
Cattle Annie and Little Britches
1981
as Bittercreek Newcombe
Before Women Had Wings
1997
as Billy Jackson
Shattered Image
1994
as David
The Takeover
1995
as Greg
Carnosaur 2
1995
as Jack Reed
Bad Company
1972
as Loney
Bed & Breakfast
2010
as Mr. Harvey
Everglades
2016
Six Children and One Grandfather
2019
as David McDoll
The Onion Field
1979
as Karl Hettinger
Little Boy Blue
1997
as Ray West
Mata Hari
2016
as Edouard Clunet
Spychosis
as Jim Patterson
American Strays
1996
as Dwayne
Judas' Gospel
2025
as Joseph
The Drop
2006
as Mr. Zero
Hostile Intent
1997
as Bear
Iowa
2005
as Irv Huffman
Mountain of Diamonds
1991
as Blaine
Insight
2021
as Frank
Centurion Force
1998
as Neal
The Coverup
2008
as Thomas Thacker
The Amateur
1981
as Charles Heller
Coming Out of the Ice
1982
as Victor Herman
Love's Long Journey
2005
as Trent
Burning Down the House
2001
as Jake Seiling
Steelyard Blues
1973
as Kid
Heavenly Deposit
2019
as Donald
Flynn
1993
as Joe Stromberg
Christina's House
2000
as James Tarling
Nightworld: Lost Souls
1999
as Victor Robinson
Sweetwater
2012
as Calvin Kabral
Hunting
1991
as Michael Bergman
American Romance
2016
as Emery Reed
Defending Santa
2013
as Judge Willis
Across Red Nights
1991
as Paola
We Will Be the World Champions
2015
as William Jones
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
2009
as Self
The Anarchist Cookbook
2002
as Johnny Red
Showdown at the Grand
2023
as Lucky
Melodies in the Forest
They Nest
2000
as Jack Wald
C.I.A. II: Target Alexa
1993
as Franz Kluge
First Time Long Time
2009
as Peter
Brady’s Escape
1983
as J.W. Brady
Teen Star Academy
2017
Art of Submission
2012
as Harbin Rask
The Orphan Killer
2011
as Detective Walker
The Dark Tale
1991
as Roy Kramer
The Attic
2006
as Graham Callan
The Virginian
2000
as Steve
Door Into Silence
1991
as Melvin Devereux
Daybreak
1993
as The President
Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick
2002
as Self
Kill Your Darlings
2006
as Rock
Inside Moves
1980
as Roary
Alien Lockdown
2004
as Dr. Woodman
Dead Man's Run
2001
as Carver
Followed
2020
as Wallace Fleischer
The Dangerous
1995
as Emile Lautrec
Down's Revenge
2019
as Dr Sorkin
Beyond the Rush
2024
as Edward Clayborn
Dreamkiller
2010
as Agent Barnes
Frontline
1999
as Captain Wolfgang Mueller
Killing Obsession
1994
as Albert
Sucker Free City
2004
as Anderson Wade
Spreading Darkness
2017
as Brett
One Good Turn
1996
as Santapietro
Alien Rising
2013
as Manning
Awakened
2013
as Jack Winston
A Sierra Nevada Gunfight
2013
as Father Bill
Michael Cimino, God Bless America
2022
as Self
Eric
1975
as Eric Swensen
Open Road
2013
as Carl
Nairobi Affair
1984
as Rick Cahill
Downtown: A Street Tale
2004
as H2O
Assassins' Code
2011
as Arlo
The Golden Boys
2008
as Web Saunders
Silent Witness
1985
as Kevin Dunne
About John Savage
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 perfor… With 222 credits spanning from 1951 to 2025, John Savage has appeared in 192 films and 30 TV shows.
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Most Popular John Savage Movies
- The Godfather Part III (1990) — as Father Andrew Hagen
- The Deer Hunter (1978) — as Steven Pushkov
- The Thin Red Line (1998) — as Sgt. Jack McCron
- Maria's Lovers (1984) — as Ivan Bibic
- Sins (2012) — as Father Karl
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