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John Savage is an American actor, best known for his roles in the films The Deer Hunter (1978), The Onion Field (1979), Hair (1979) and Salvador (1986). He is also known for his role as Donald Lydecker in the TV series Dark Angel.

Birth Name

John Smeallie Youngs

Born

Thursday, 25 August 1949

Actor Filmography

Title	Character	Year

The Right to Bear Arms	Brutal Magnus	2022
Bosch: Legacy	Halley Lewis	2022
Eye for Eye	Brad Braddock	2022
A Cloud So High	Gene 'Sackler' Sarling	2022
Michael Cimino, God Bless America	Self / Lui-même	2021
Insight	Frank	2021
6 Children & 1 Grandfather	David McDoll	2018
Followed	Wallace Fleischer	2020
Ovid and the Art of Love	Augustus	2020
The Man with the Camera	Epifano	2020

(see additional filmography)

Actor Filmography

Title	Character	Year

The Right to Bear Arms	Brutal Magnus	2022
Bosch: Legacy	Halley Lewis	2022
Eye for Eye	Brad Braddock	2022
A Cloud So High	Gene 'Sackler' Sarling	2022
Michael Cimino, God Bless America	Self / Lui-même	2021
Insight	Frank	2021
6 Children & 1 Grandfather	David McDoll	2018
Followed	Wallace Fleischer	2020
Ovid and the Art of Love	Augustus	2020
The Man with the Camera	Epifano	2020
The Last Full Measure	Kepper / Chauncy Kepper	2020
Hold On	Dr. Siedhoff	2019
The Islands	Henry Thornton	2019
Torch	August Lewin	2019
Spinning Dry	Frank Manghetti	2019
Gates of Darkness	Joseph	2019
The Movies	Clifton	2019
Down's Revenge	Dr. Sorkin / Dr Sorkin	2019
Heavenly Deposit	Donald	2019
American Exit		2019
Betrayed	Mayor Alderman	2018
Three Seconds	Hank Aiba	2017
Spreading Darkness	Brett	2017
SEAL Team	Emmet Quinn	2017
The Neighborhood	Vito Bello	2017
Dead South	Stokes	2017
Empire of the Sharks	Ian Fien	2017
Twin Peaks	Detective Clark	2017
In Dubious Battle	Dan	2017
Mata Hari	Édouard Clunet / Edouard Clunet	2016
Goliath	Mickey	2016
Classic Hollywood Cinemas	Self	2016
American Romance	Emery Reed	2016
The Black Dove	Jake Williams	2016
Texas Heart	Carl	2016
Teen Star Academy	Burt	2016
Last Call at Murray's	Bennett	2016
Sensory Perception	President of United Earth	2015
Beverly Hills Christmas	Mr. Winters	2015
Tales of Halloween	Capt. J.G. Zimmerman (segment "Bad Seed") / Capt. J.G. Zimmerman	2015
Caffeinated	Himself / Self	2015
The Sparrows: Nesting	Marvin	2015
Whitey	Patrick Nee	2014
Fort Bliss	Mike Swann	2014
The Lookalike	William Spinks	2014
Demon Legacy	The Codger	2014
The Hooping Life	Himself / Self	2014
Bermuda Tentacles	President DeSteno	2014
Hollywood in & About	Self	2014
Awakened	Jack Winston	2014
Bullet	Governor Johnson	2014
The Big Fat Stone	Robert Tanninger	2014
7E	Paul	2013
Defending Santa	Judge Willis	2013
Cleaners	Marcus Walker	2013
Alien Rising	Manning	2013
Real Gangsters	Ted Roberts	2013
A Sierra Nevada Gunfight	Father Bill	2013
Open Road	Carl	2013
Faith Hollywood TV	Self	2012
Sins	Father Karl	2012
Summer Song	Jim	2012
The Jonas Project	Calvin Kabral	2012
Assassins' Code	Arlo	2011
What's Up Orange County	Self	2011
Hit List	Walter Murphy	2011
The Legacy of the Sun	Douglas MacArthur	2011
The Orphan Killer	Detective Walker	2011
These Amazing Shadows	Steven (clip from The Deer Hunter (1978))	2011
The Last Gamble	John	2011
Bed & Breakfast: Love is a Happy Accident	Mr. Harvey	2010
GeekRockTV	Self	2010
Bereavement	Ted	2010
Dreamkiller	Agent Barnes	2010
Buffalo Bushido	Vendetti	2009
Red Carpet Report	Self	2009
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's	Self	2009
Money Fight	Harbin Rask	2009
Handsome Harry	Peter Rheems	2009
American Bully	News Producer	2009
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale	Himself / Self	2009
The Golden Boys	Web Saunders	2008
The Coverup	Thomas Thacker	2008
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History	Self	2008
Fringe	Andre Hughes	2008
Boiler Maker	JJ / J.J.	2008
From a Place of Darkness	Vic	2008
The Grift	William Bender	2008
Wild About Harry	Horace White	2008
The Violent Kind	George Malloy	2008
Shut Up and Shoot!	Marty Pearlheimer	2006
The Drop	Mr. Zero	2006
The Attic	Graham Callan	2006
Kill Your Darlings	Rock	2006
Making 'the New World'	Self	2006
The New World	Savage	2005
Love's Long Journey	Trent	2005
Easy Six	Frank Iverson	2005
Confessions of a Pit Fighter	McGee	2005
Iowa	Irv Huffman	2005
Eye on Entertainment	Self	2005
Downtown: A Street Tale	H2O	2004
Admissions	Harry Brighton	2004
Sucker Free City	Anderson Wade	2004
Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate	Steven	2004
Alien Lockdown	Dr. Woodman	2004
Carnivàle	Henry 'Hack' Scudder	2003
Shortcut to Happiness	Johnny	2003
Intoxicating	William Shanley	2003
Rosy-Fingered Dawn: a Film on Terrence Malick	Himself / Self	2002
Everwood	Daniel Maxwell	2002
The Anarchist Cookbook	Johnny Red	2002
Redemption of the Ghost	Sheriff Rollie Burns	2002
Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Mark Farrell	2001
The John Kerwin Show	Self - Host	2001
Burning Down the House	Jake Seiling	2001
Dead Man's Run	Carver	2001
The District	Billy Nevins	2000
Dark Angel	Donald Lydecker, Donald Lydecker / Col. Donald Lydecker, Col. Donald Lydecker	2000
Christina's House	James Tarling	2000
The Virginian	Steve	2000
They Nest	Jack Wald	2000
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Lucas Biggs	1999
Summer of Sam	Simon	1999
The Jack Bull	Slater	1999
Message in a Bottle	Johnny Land	1999
Lost Souls	Victor Robinson	1998
Club Vampire	Zero	1998
The Thin Red Line	Sgt. McCron / Sgt. Jack McCron	1998
The Mouse	Bruce 'The Mouse' Strauss	1997
Before Women Had Wings	Billy Jackson	1997
Hostile Intent	Bear	1997
Hollywood Safari	Deputy Rogers	1997
Amnesia	Tim Bishop	1997
Little Boy Blue	Ray West	1997
Firestorm	Brinkman	1997
Last Cut	Leo Kimball	1997
Where Truth Lies	Dr. Ian Lazarre	1996
American Strays	Dwayne	1996
Managua	Dennis	1996
One Good Turn	Santapietro	1996
White Squall	McCrea	1996
The Crossing Guard	Bobby	1995
The Outer Limits	Lucas	1995
Carnosaur 2	Jack Reed	1995
Star Trek: Voyager	Captain Rudy Ransom	1995
The Takeover	Greg	1994
Red Scorpion 2	Andrew Kendrick	1994
The Dangerous	Emile Lautrec	1994
Touched by an Angel	Simon Miller	1994
Killing Obsession	Albert	1994
Shattered Image	David	1994
Birdland	Nick Kissler	1994
CIA II: Target Alexa	Franz Kluge	1993
The X-Files	Henry Trondheim	1993
Berlin '39	Wieland	1993
Daybreak	The President	1993
My Forgotten Man	Joe Stromberg	1993
Walker, Texas Ranger	Sergeant Major Bart Hawkins	1993
Primary Motive	Wallace Roberts	1992
Door to Silence	Melvin Devereux	1991
Hunting	Michael Bergman	1991
Mountain of Diamonds	Blaine	1991
Buck ai confini del cielo	Wintrop	1991
The Godfather: Part III	Father Andrew Hagen	1990
Voice in the Dark	Dan Montgomery	1990
Any Man's Death	Leon Abrahams	1990
Great Expectations	Urchin	1989
Do the Right Thing	Clifton	1989
Tales from the Crypt	Benny	1989
Point of View		1989
Caribe	Jeff Richardson	1987
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam	(voice)	1987
The Beat	Frank Ellsworth	1987
Beauty and the Beast	Prince / Beast / Beast/Prince	1987
Hotel Colonial	Marco Venieri	1987
Nightlife	Self	1986
The Little Sister	Tim Donovan	1986
Salvador	John Cassady	1986
Soldier's Revenge	Frank Morgan	1986
Silent Witness	Kevin Dunne	1985
Maria's Lovers	Ivan Bibic	1984
Nairobi Affair	Rick Cahill	1984
Brady's Escape	J.W. Brady	1983
Coming Out of the Ice	Victor Herman	1982
The Amateur	Charles Heller	1981
Inside Moves	Roary	1980
Cattle Annie and Little Britches	Bittercreek Newcombe / Bittercreek Newcomb	1980
CBS Schoolbreak Special	Ben Kane	1980
The Onion Field	Karl Hettinger	1979
Hair	Claude Hooper Bukowski / Claude	1979
The Deer Hunter	Steven / Steven Pushkov	1978
Gibbsville	Jim Malloy	1976
All the Kind Strangers	Peter	1974
The Sister in Law	Robert Strong	1974
The Killing Kind	Terry Lambert	1973
Steelyard Blues	The Kid / Kid	1973
Bad Company	Loney	1972
ABC Afterschool Specials	Bernie Morton	1972
Cade's County	Frank Stubock	1971
The Rebel	Al	1959