John Savage

ActorCrewComposer Aug 25 (age 76) Old Bethpage, New York, USA 1951–2025 (74 year career)

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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 …

Known For

Film

The Deer Hunter

Steven Pushkov

Film

The Godfather Part III

Father Andrew Hagen

Film

The Thin Red Line

Sgt. Jack McCron

Film

Do the Right Thing

Clifton

Film

Hair

Claude Hooper Bukowski

Film

Dark Angel

Col. Donald Lydecker

Film

The New World

Savage

Film

The Last Full Measure

Kepper

Filmography

Acting (218)

Movies (189)

Judas' Gospel

2025

as Joseph

5.5

Death 4 Dinner

2025

as Robert Rutherford

Beyond the Rush

2024

as Edward Clayborn

The Goat

2024

as Julian Brown

2.0

Showdown at the Grand

2023

as Lucky

5.3

The Right to Bear Arms

as Brutal Magnus

Eye for Eye

as Brad Braddock

A Cloud So High

as Gene 'Sackler' Sarling

The Audition

2022

as Narrator (voice)

4.0

Michael Cimino, God Bless America

as Self

Insight

as Frank

The Last Full Measure

as Kepper

Followed

as Wallace Fleischer

The Man with the Camera

2020

as Epifano

2.0

The Tribe Remembers

2020

as Self

Six Children and One Grandfather

as David McDoll

Heavenly Deposit

as Donald

Gates of Darkness

as Joseph

Spinning Dry

as Frank Manghetti

Down's Revenge

as Dr Sorkin

American Exit

as Gerald

Ovid and the Art of Love

as Augustus

Hold On

as Dr. Siedhoff

The Islands

as Henry Thornton

Easy Way Out

Betrayed

as Mayor Alderman

Torch

as August Lewin

Mission Possible

as Captain Ted Napoleon

2.0

Sotto il Segno della Vittoria

The Neighborhood

as Vito Bello

Three Seconds

as тренер сборной США Генри Айба

6.9

The Return

2017

as Čovek u crnom odelu

Spreading Darkness

as Brett

Empire of the Sharks

as Ian Fien

Nephilim

as Father Samuel

Vampire Wars

as Stokes

Teen Star Academy

Fake News

as President Wayne Walker

2.0

The Black Dove

2016

as Jake Williams

Texas Heart

as Carl

Mata Hari

as Edouard Clunet

In Dubious Battle

as Dan

Everglades

American Romance

as Emery Reed

Last Call at Murray's

2016

as Bennett

9.0

Tales of Halloween

2015

as Capt. J.G. Zimmerman

5.7

Caffeinated

2015

as Himself

6.0

We Will Be the World Champions

2015

as William Jones

3.6

Sensory Perception

2015

as President of United Earth

Fort Bliss

as Mike Swann

Bullet

as Governor Johnson

The Hooping Life

as Himself

Demon Legacy

as The Codger

Bermuda Tentacles

as President Desteno

The Big Fat Stone

as Robert Tanninger

Real Gangsters

as Ted Roberts

A Star for Rose

as Mort

as Paul

Awakened

as Jack Winston

Defending Santa

as Judge Willis

Open Road

as Carl

Alien Rising

as Manning

A Sierra Nevada Gunfight

2013

as Father Bill

3.4

Sweetwater

2012

as Calvin Kabral

Sins

as Father Karl

Art of Submission

as Harbin Rask

Summer Song

as Jim

The Orphan Killer

as Detective Walker

Hit List

as Walter Murphy

Assassins' Code

as Arlo

Bereavement

as Ted

Bed & Breakfast

as Mr. Harvey

Dreamkiller

as Agent Barnes

American Bully

as News Producer

I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale

as Self

Handsome Harry

as Peter Rheems

Buffalo Bushido

as Vendetti

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

2009

as Self

8.0

Do the Right Thing: 20 Years Later

as Self

The Grift

as William Bender

The Coverup

as Thomas Thacker

From a Place of Darkness

2008

as Vic

2.5

Boiler Maker

2008

as J.J.

The Golden Boys

as Web Saunders

The Violent Kind

as George Malloy

Shortcut to Happiness

2007

as Johnny (uncredited)

5.6

No Destination

2007

as Billy

Kill Your Darlings

as Rock

The Attic

as Graham Callan

The Drop

as Mr. Zero

Shut Up and Shoot!

as Marty Pearlheimer

The New World

as Savage

Iowa

as Irv Huffman

Love's Long Journey

as Trent

Confessions of a Pit Fighter

2005

as McGee

3.8

Downtown: A Street Tale

as H2O

Admissions

as Harry Brighton

Sucker Free City

as Anderson Wade

Alien Lockdown

as Dr. Woodman

Fallacy

as Heathcliff

Freedom from Despair

as Narrator

Intoxicating

as William Shanley

Easy Sex

as Frank Iverson

Making 'Carnivàle': The Show Behind the Show

2003

Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick

2002

as Self

6.7

Redemption of the Ghost

2002

9.0

The Anarchist Cookbook

as Johnny Red

Dead Man's Run

as Carver

Burning Down the House

as Jake Seiling

The Virginian

as Steve

They Nest

as Jack Wald

Christina's House

as James Tarling

Message in a Bottle

as Johnny Land

Summer of Sam

as Simon

Frontline

as Captain Wolfgang Mueller

The Jack Bull

1999

as Slater

6.4

Nightworld: Lost Souls

as Victor Robinson

The Thin Red Line

as Sgt. Jack McCron

Club Vampire

as Zero

Centurion Force

as Neal

Hostile Intent

as Bear

Amnesia

as Tim Bishop

Last Cut

as Leo Kimball

Hollywood Safari

as Deputy Rogers

Little Boy Blue

as Ray West

A Scent of Paradise

as Padre Louis

Before Women Had Wings

1997

as Billy Jackson

6.0

The Mouse

1997

as Bruce 'The Mouse' Strauss

Managua

as Dennis

White Squall

as McCrea

Firestorm

as Brinkman

American Strays

as Dwayne

One Good Turn

as Santapietro

Where Truth Lies

as Dr. Ian Lazarre

The Crossing Guard

as Bobby

The Takeover

as Greg

Twisted Fate

as Drury

Red Scorpion 2

as Andrew Kendrick

Carnosaur 2

as Jack Reed

The Dangerous

as Emile Lautrec

OP Center

as Bob Herbert

Deadly Weapon

as Sanders

Shattered Image

as David

Killing Obsession

as Albert

Flynn

as Joe Stromberg

Daybreak

as The President

C.I.A. II: Target Alexa

as Franz Kluge

Berlin '39

as Wieland

Primary Motive

as Wallace Roberts

The Dark Tale

as Roy Kramer

Ottobre rosa all'Arbat (Vacanze a Mosca)

Hunting

as Michael Bergman

Across Red Nights

as Paola

Mountain of Diamonds

as Blaine

Door Into Silence

as Melvin Devereux

Buck at the Edge of Heaven

1991

as Wintrop

6.0

The Godfather Part III

1990

as Father Andrew Hagen

Any Man's Death

as Leon Abrahams

Do the Right Thing

as Clifton

Date Rape

as Bernie Morton

The Beat

1988

as Frank Ellsworth

6.0

Desperate

1987

as Noah

Caribe

as Jeff Richardson

Hotel Colonial

as Marco Venieri

Beauty and the Beast

as Beast/Prince

Salvador

as John Cassady

The Tender Age

as Tim Donovan

Soldier's Revenge

as Frank Morgan

Silent Witness

as Kevin Dunne

Maria's Lovers

as Ivan Bibic

Nairobi Affair

as Rick Cahill

Brady’s Escape

as J.W. Brady

Coming Out of the Ice

as Victor Herman

The Amateur

as Charles Heller

Cattle Annie and Little Britches

1981

as Bittercreek Newcombe

Inside Moves

as Roary

Hair

as Claude Hooper Bukowski

The Onion Field

as Karl Hettinger

The Deer Hunter

as Steven Pushkov

Eric

as Eric Swensen

The Sister in Law

1975

as Robert Strong

2.9

The Turning Point of Jim Malloy

1975

as Jim Malloy

The Killing Kind

1974

as Terry Lambert

5.7

All the Kind Strangers

as Peter

Steelyard Blues

as Kid

Bad Company

as Loney

Love Is a Carousel

as Boy Friend

The Master Beater

1969

as Rocco

Spychosis

as Jim Patterson

Television (29)

Bosch: Legacy

as Allie Lewis

40 and Single

as Stewart Temple

SEAL Team

as Emmet Quinn

Goliath

as Mickey

The World Champions

as Wiliam Jones

Fringe

as Sam Weiss

Carnivàle

as Henry 'Hack' Scudder

7.9

Everwood

2002

as Daniel Maxwell

7.6

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

2001

as Mark Farrell

7.6

Dark Angel

2000

as Col. Donald Lydecker

Dark Angel

as Himself

The District

as Billy Nevins

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999

as Lucas Biggs

7.9

Star Trek: Voyager

1995

as Captain Rudy Ransom

The Outer Limits

as Lucas

OP Center

as Bob Herbert

Touched by an Angel

as Simon Miller

Birdland

The X-Files

as Henry Trondheim

Walker, Texas Ranger

as Sergeant Major Bart Hawkins

6.9

The Burning Shore

1991

as Blaine

Twin Peaks

as Detective Clark

Tales from the Crypt

as Benny

Press Gang

as Boy

The Bill

Gibbsville

as Jim Malloy

ABC Afterschool Special

as Bernie Morton

The Rebel

as Al

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

as Eric Swensen

8.6

Crew (2)

Movies (2)

Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast

2019

Thanks

4.6

The Sister in Law

1975

Original Music Composer

2.9