Ray Wise

Actor Aug 20 (age 78) Akron, Ohio, USA 1951–2026 (75 year career)

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Biography

Raymond 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

Film

X-Men: First Class

Secretary of State

Film

Twin Peaks

Leland Palmer

Film

RoboCop

Leon Nash

Film

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

Leland Palmer

Film

Twin Peaks

Leland Palmer

Film

Batman: The Killing Joke

Commissioner Gordon (voice)

Film

Good Night, and Good Luck.

Don Hollenbeck

Film

Jeepers Creepers 2

Jack Taggart, Sr.

Filmography

Acting (219)

Movies (127)

The Napa Boys

2026

as Officer Toland

NANOcell

2026

as Robert Cox

Twin Peaks: The Return

2025

as Leland Palmer

10.0

God's Not Dead: In God We Trust

2024

as Peter Kane

5.6

The Wolf in the Well

2024

as Roland Carmel

Poolman

2024

as William Van Patterson

The Blue Rose

as Mr. Vallens

Good Grief

as Dr. Gariboldi

King Knight

2022

as Merlin

5.1

Psych 3: This Is Gus

2021

as Father Peter Westley

6.9

Dinner Is Served

2021

as Headmaster Gustafson

Beast Mode

as Trammel Steadfast

To Your Last Death

as Cyrus DeKalb (voice)

Tone-Deaf

as Michael

The Chain

as Michael

Unholy 'Mole

as The Devil (voice)

Shattered

as Forest Burnett

Little Evil

as Guy On TV (uncredited)

5.6

I Had Bad Milk in Dehradun

2017

as Self

6.6

Batman: The Killing Joke

2016

as Commissioner Gordon (voice)

6.6

All the Way

2016

as Senator Everett Dirksen

God's Not Dead 2

as Peter Kane

Halloweed

as Judge Plimington

The Bronx Bull

as Father Father Joseph

The Lazarus Effect

as Mr. Wallace

Unnatural

as Victor Clobirch

Night of the Living Deb

as Frank Waverly

Taking Flight

as Nonno (voice)

Jurassic City

as Warden Lewis

Digging Up the Marrow

as William Dekker

The Breakup Girl

as Bob Baker

Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces

as Leland Palmer

Away From Here

as Paul

Suburban Gothic

as Donald

Tom Holland's Twisted Tales

2014

as Mongo the Magnificent (segment "Mongo's Magik Mirror")

Guardian Angel

as Attorney Kaufman

Dead Still

as Wenton Davies

No God, No Master

as A. Mitchell Palmer

Land of Leopold

as Deece Warren

Between Two Worlds

as Self

Frank Pierre Presents: Pierre Resort & Casino

2014

as Frank Pierre

6.0

Revelation Road: The Beginning of the End

2013

as Frank

4.6

Big Ass Spider!

2013

as Major Braxton Tanner

5.6

Inventing Adam

2013

as J.B.

Out West

as Phillip Alcott

Wrong Cops

as Captain Andy

Brother's Keeper

as Herbert Leemaster

Revelation Road 2: The Sea of Glass and Fire

2013

as Frank

4.7

Excision

2012

as Principal Campbell

6.2

FDR: American Badass!

as Douglas MacArthur

The Butterfly Room

as Nick

Atlas Shrugged: Part II

2012

as Head of State Thompson

Nuclear Family

as The Man

Crazy Eyes

as Zach's Father

Darnell Dawkins: Mouth Guitar Legend

2012

as Wade Dawkins

The Aggression Scale

2012

as Bellavance

5.6

Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie

2012

as Dr. Doone Struts

5.5

Brother White

2012

as Pastor Johnny Kingman

5.2

Chillerama

2011

as Dr. Weems (segment "Wadzilla")

Rosewood Lane

as Det. Briggs

X-Men: First Class

as Secretary of State

7.3

The Girl with the Tramp Stamp Tattoo

Infestation

as Ethan

Pandemic

as General Matthews

Iodine

as Avery

Love at First Hiccup

as Roger

Stuntmen

as Jack Strongbow

One Missed Call

as Ted Summers

AM1200

as Harry Jones

Superman: Doomsday

as Perry White (voice)

The Flock

as Bobby Stiles

7-10 Split

as Buddy Kendrick

The Election

as John

Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks

2007

7.4

The Substance of Things Hoped For

2006

as Dr. Lessing

Peaceful Warrior

as Doctor Hayden

Cyxork 7

as Kommander 88

Good Night, and Good Luck.

2005

as Don Hollenbeck

7.1

Sharkskin 6

2005

as Sam

Jane Doe: The Wrong Face

as Fleming

The Rain Makers

as Harris

Dead End

as Frank Harrington

Jeepers Creepers 2

as Jack Taggart, Sr.

The Battle of Shaker Heights

as Harrison

Windfall

as John Wescott

Landspeed

as Brian Sanger

Scream at the Sound of the Beep

2002

as Brother Jake

Two Can Play That Game

2001

as Bill Parker

6.4

Postcards From The Cast

2001

as Self

Almost Salinas

2001

as Jack Tynan

8.0

Reflections on the Phenomenon of Twin Peaks

2001

as Self

6.0

Pennyweight

1999

as Mr. Pennyweight

Evasive Action

1998

as Sheriff Wes Blaidek

6.3

The Garbage Picking Field Goal Kicking Philadelphia Phenomenon

1998

as Randolph Pratt

4.6

Powder

1995

as Dr. Aaron Stripler

The Chase

as Dalton Voss

The Crew

as Charles Pierce

Body Shot

as Dwight Frye

RoboCop: The Future of Law Enforcement

1994

as Leon Nash

6.9

RoboCop 3

1993

as Leon Nash (archive footage)

4.9

Rising Sun

1993

as Senator John Morton

6.1

Grey Knight

1993

as Col. George Thalman

4.7

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

as Leland Palmer

Bob Roberts

as Chet MacGregor

Sunstroke

as Larry

Write to Kill

as Mark Gaston

Fire in the Dark

as Richard

The Rift

1990

as Robbins

4.6

Runaway Heart

1990

as Archie

Twin Peaks

as Leland Palmer

Race for Glory

as Jack Davis

Season of Fear

as Fred Drummond

The Taking of Flight 847: The Uli Derickson Story

as Phil Maresca

RoboCop

as Leon Nash

Repairs

as Stan the Bartender

Condor

1986

as Christopher Proctor

5.1

Seduced

1985

as Bartecki

2.0

The Journey of Natty Gann

as Sol Gann

Cat People

as Soap Opera Man

Swamp Thing

as Doctor Alec Holland

5.4

Madame X

1981

as Bellman (uncredited)

6.5

Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders II

1980

as Dr. Simmons

7.0

Tartuffe

1978

as Damis

Love in the Hamptons

1976

as Myron

Dare the Devil

1969

as David Keller

Nightmare City

The Good Dark

as Edward Penth

Television (92)

RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop

as Self

Home Economics

as Frank

Physical

as Sheila's Father

Slugfest

as Jack Kirby

All Rise

as Richard Walker

The Movies That Made Us

2019

as Self (archive footage)

7.2

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina

2018

as Enoch

8.2

Neo Yokio

2017

as Old Man / Male Announcer (voice)

5.2

Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life

as Jack Smith

Relationship Status

as Grace's Dad

Fresh Off the Boat

as Marvin

Fresh Off the Boat

as Marvin

Marvel's Agent Carter

as Hugh Jones

Fargo

as Paul Marrane

Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories

as The Duke

Farmed and Dangerous

as Buck Marshall

Newsreaders

as Skip Reming

Perception

as Martin Sullivan

Holliston

as Landlord

Wilfred

as Colt St. Cloud

Workaholics

as Kyle Walsh

Body of Proof

as Michael Davis

Mr. Sunshine

as Macaulay

Hawaii Five-0

as Morris Brown

Rizzoli & Isles

as Judge Eugene Allen

The Good Guys

as Buddy

Castle

as Bobby Fox

Drop Dead Diva

as Frank Dodd

Dollhouse

as Howard Lipman

Infomercials

as Frank Pierre

The Mentalist

as Dennis Victor

90210

as Dean Thomas

Chuck

as Riley

Mad Men

as Ed Baxter

Burn Notice

as Mr. Pyne

Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!

as Grill Vogel

Reaper

as The Devil

Psych

as Peter Westley

Shark

as Lloyd Holcomb

Six Degrees

Bones

as Rick Turco

Criminal Minds

as John Nelson

How I Met Your Mother

2005

as Robin Scherbatsky Sr.

Numb3rs

as Mitch Langford

The Closer

as Tom Blanchard

NCIS

as Wayne Tobett

She Spies

as Ambassador Blaine

as Vice-President Hal Gardner

7.8

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

as Ernest Chase

Teacher's Pet

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999

as Roger Hanley

7.9

The West Wing

1999

as Governor Tillman D-CA

Judging Amy

as Atty. Rhodes

Popular

as Barton

Charmed

as Ludlow

Dawson's Creek

V.I.P.

as Judge Kreiger

Sports Night

as Evans

Profiler

as James Perrone

Savannah

as Edward Burton

JAG

as Congressman Marvin Bolton

7.3

Star Trek: Voyager

1995

as Arturis

7.8

Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story

as Mike Todd

Diagnosis: Murder

as John Parkinson

Walker, Texas Ranger

as Garrett Carlson

The Secrets of Lake Success

1993

as Henry Fleming

Second Chances

1993

as Judge Jim Stinson

4.3

The Larry Sanders Show

as Lloyd Simon

Twin Peaks

as Leland Palmer

Twin Peaks

as Leland Palmer (archive footage)

Beverly Hills, 90210

as Daniel Hunter

Dream On

as Maddox March

Star Trek: The Next Generation

as Liko

Jake and the Fatman

Beauty and the Beast

as Tom

L.A. Law

as Walter Platt

Moonlighting

as Murderer

The Colbys

Stingray

Airwolf

as Victor Resnick

Hunter

as Alex Parker

Blue Thunder

as J.D. Kraft

The A-Team

as Phillip Chadway

Scarecrow and Mrs. King

Trauma Center

T. J. Hooker

as Harrison Mackenzie

Remington Steele

as Schwimmer

Knots Landing

as The Dealer

Hart to Hart

Lou Grant

Charlie's Angels

as Evan Wilcox

Love of Life