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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
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Showdown at the Grand | Lucky | 2023 |
| The Right to Bear Arms | Brutal Magnus | 2022 |
| Lockdown | Narrator | 2022 |
| Bosch: Legacy | Halley Lewis / Allie Lewis | 2022 |
| Eye for Eye | Brad Braddock | 2022 |
| A Cloud So High | Gene 'Sackler' Sarling | 2022 |
| Michael Cimino, God Bless America | Self | 2021 |
| Insight | Frank | 2021 |
| 6 Children & 1 Grandfather | David McDoll | 2018 |
| Followed | Wallace Fleischer | 2020 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Showdown at the Grand | Lucky | 2023 |
| The Right to Bear Arms | Brutal Magnus | 2022 |
| Lockdown | Narrator | 2022 |
| Bosch: Legacy | Halley Lewis / Allie Lewis | 2022 |
| Eye for Eye | Brad Braddock | 2022 |
| A Cloud So High | Gene 'Sackler' Sarling | 2022 |
| Michael Cimino, God Bless America | Self | 2021 |
| Insight | Frank | 2021 |
| 6 Children & 1 Grandfather | David McDoll | 2018 |
| Followed | Wallace Fleischer | 2020 |
| A Medicine for the Mind | Dr. Ernest Brown | 2020 |
| Ovid and the Art of Love | Augustus | 2020 |
| The Man with the Camera | Epifano | 2020 |
| The Man with the Camera | Epifano | 2020 |
| The Last Full Measure | Kepper / Chauncy Kepper | 2020 |
| The Islands | Henry Thornton | 2019 |
| Hold On | Dr. Siedhoff | 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 | |
| Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast | Self | 2019 |
| 40 and Single | Stewart Temple | 2018 |
| Betrayed | Mayor Alderman | 2018 |
| Mission Possible | Captain Ted Napoleon / Captain Ted | 2018 |
| Easy Way Out | Martin | 2018 |
| Three Seconds | Henry 'Hank' Iba (USA Head Coach) | 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 |
| In Dubious Battle | Dan | 2017 |
| Hollywood First Look | Self | 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 |
| Prvaci sveta | William Jones | 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 |
| Remembering Nigel | John Savage | 2015 |
| Caffeinated | Himself / Self | 2015 |
| We Will Be the World Champions | William Jones | 2015 |
| The Sparrows: Nesting | Marvin | 2015 |
| Bomb! Burning Fantasy | Self | 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 |
| Hollywood in & About | Self | 2014 |
| Bermuda Tentacles | President DeSteno | 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 |
| Awakened | Jack Winston | 2013 |
| Real Gangsters | Ted Roberts | 2013 |
| A Sierra Nevada Gunfight | Father Bill | 2013 |
| Open Road | Carl | 2013 |
| A Star for Rose | Mort | 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 |
| A Small Town Called Descent | Father Scully | 2010 |
| GeekRockTV | Self | 2010 |
| Bereavement | Ted | 2010 |
| Dreamkiller | Agent Barnes | 2010 |
| Buffalo Bushido | Vendetti | 2009 |
| Red Carpet Report | Self | 2009 |
| Qi chuan xu xu | Frank Dreibelbis | 2009 |
| Money Fight | Harbin Rask | 2009 |
| Handsome Harry | Peter Rheems / Rheems | 2009 |
| American Bully | News Producer | 2009 |
| I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale | Himself / Self | 2009 |
| Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's | 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 |
| The Violent Kind | George Malloy | 2008 |
| Wild About Harry | Horace White | 2008 |
| Muchachada nui | Hijo (segment "Mundo viejuno: Pasa tiempo con tus hijos") | 2007 |
| 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 |
| Freedom from Despair | Narrator | 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 | 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 / Col. Donald Lydecker | 2000 |
| They Nest | Jack Wald | 2000 |
| Christina's House | James Tarling | 2000 |
| The Virginian | Steve | 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 |
| Mia, Liebe meines Lebens | Spitz | 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 |
| Last Cut | Leo Kimball | 1997 |
| A Corner of Paradise | Padre Louis | 1997 |
| Hostile Intent | Bear | 1997 |
| Hollywood Safari | Deputy Rogers | 1997 |
| Amnesia | Tim Bishop | 1997 |
| Little Boy Blue | Ray West | 1997 |
| Firestorm | Brinkman | 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 |
| Fatal Choice | Drury | 1995 |
| The Outer Limits | Lucas | 1995 |
| Carnosaur 2 | Jack Reed | 1995 |
| The Dangerous | Emile Lautrec | 1995 |
| Star Trek: Voyager | Captain Rudy Ransom | 1995 |
| Tuono di proiettile | Sanders | 1995 |
| The Takeover | Greg | 1994 |
| Red Scorpion 2 | Andrew Kendrick | 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 |
| The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 | Father Andrew Hagen | 1992 |
| Primary Motive | Wallace Roberts | 1992 |
| Door to Silence | Melvin Devereux | 1991 |
| Ottobre rosa all'Arbat (Vacanze a Mosca) | Boris | 1991 |
| Hunting | Michael Bergman | 1991 |
| Favola crudele | Roy Kramer | 1991 |
| Buck ai confini del cielo | Wintrop | 1991 |
| Mountain of Diamonds | Blaine | 1991 |
| The Godfather Part III | Father Andrew Hagen / Andrew Hagen | 1990 |
| Voice in the Dark | Dan Montgomery | 1990 |
| Any Man's Death | Leon Abrahams | 1990 |
| Twin Peaks | Detective Clark | 1990 |
| Point of View | 1989 | |
| Great Expectations | Urchin | 1989 |
| Do the Right Thing | Clifton | 1989 |
| Tales from the Crypt | Benny | 1989 |
| The Beat | Frank Ellsworth | 1988 |
| Caribe | Jeff Richardson | 1987 |
| Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam | (voice) | 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 |
| The Brief | Ben Read / 1st Urchin | 1984 |
| Maria's Lovers | Ivan Bibic | 1984 |
| Nairobi Affair | Rick Cahill | 1984 |
| The Long Ride | 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 |
| The Turning Point of Jim Malloy | Jim Malloy | 1975 |
| 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 |
| Love Is a Carousel | Boy Friend | 1971 |
| The Rebel | Al | 1959 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| A Medicine for the Mind | 2020 |
| Burning Down the House | 2001 |
| The Mouse | 1997 |
