John Savage (born John Youngs) 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
The Godfather Part III
(1990)
Father Andrew Hagen
The Thin Red Line
(1998)
Sgt. Jack McCron
Hair
(1979)
Claude Hooper Bukowski
White Squall
(1996)
McCrea
Message in a Bottle
(1999)
Johnny Land
Do the Right Thing
(1989)
Clifton
The Deer Hunter
(1978)
Steven Pushkov
The Crossing Guard
(1995)
Bobby
The Attic
(2006)
Graham Callan
Bereavement
(2010)
Ted
The New World
(2005)
Savage
The Last Full Measure
(2020)
Kepper
Bad Company
(1972)
Loney
In Dubious Battle
(2016)
Dan
Summer of Sam
(1999)
Simon
Bermuda Tentacles
(2014)
President Desteno
Full Filmography
Acting
The Master Beater
(1969)
Rocco
Love Is a Carousel
(1970)
Boy Friend
Bad Company
(1972)
Loney
Steelyard Blues
(1973)
Kid
The Sister in Law
(1974)
Robert Strong
The Killing Kind
(1974)
Terry Lambert
All the Kind Strangers
(1974)
Peter
Eric
(1975)
Eric Swensen
The Turning Point of Jim Malloy
(1975)
Jim Malloy
The Deer Hunter
(1978)
Steven Pushkov
The Onion Field
(1979)
Karl Hettinger
Hair
(1979)
Claude Hooper Bukowski
Inside Moves
(1980)
Roary
The Amateur
(1981)
Charles Heller
Cattle Annie and Little Britches
(1981)
Bittercreek Newcombe
Coming Out of the Ice
(1982)
Victor Herman
The Long Ride
(1983)
J.W. Brady
Maria's Lovers
(1984)
Ivan Bibic
Nairobi Affair
(1984)
Rick Cahill
Silent Witness
(1985)
Kevin Dunne
The Tender Age
(1986)
Tim Donovan
Salvador
(1986)
John Cassady
Soldier's Revenge
(1986)
Frank Morgan
Caribe
(1987)
Jeff Richardson
Hotel Colonial
(1987)
Marco Venieri
Desperate
(1987)
Noah
Beauty and the Beast
(1987)
Beast/Prince
The Beat
(1988)
Frank Ellsworth
Do the Right Thing
(1989)
Clifton
The Godfather Part III
(1990)
Father Andrew Hagen
Any Man's Death
(1990)
Leon Abrahams
Door to Silence
(1991)
Melvin Devereux
Mountain of Diamonds
(1991)
Blaine
Ottobre rosa all'Arbat (Vacanze a Mosca)
(1991)
Buck at the Edge of Heaven
(1991)
Wintrop
The Dark Tale
(1991)
Roy Kramer
Across Red Nights
(1991)
Paola
Hunting
(1991)
Michael Bergman
Primary Motive
(1992)
Wallace Roberts
CIA II: Target Alexa
(1993)
Franz Kluge
Daybreak
(1993)
The President
Flynn
(1993)
Joe Stromberg
Berlin '39
(1993)
Wieland
Killing Obsession
(1994)
Albert
Shattered Image
(1994)
David
OP Center
(1995)
Bob Herbert
Carnosaur 2
(1995)
Jack Reed
The Dangerous
(1995)
Emile Lautrec
Red Scorpion 2
(1995)
Andrew Kendrick
The Crossing Guard
(1995)
Bobby
Twisted Fate
(1995)
Drury
The Takeover
(1995)
Greg
Deadly Weapon
(1995)
Sanders
Where Truth Lies
(1996)
Dr. Ian Lazarre
Managua
(1996)
Dennis
White Squall
(1996)
McCrea
Firestorm
(1996)
Brinkman
One Good Turn
(1996)
Santapietro
American Strays
(1996)
Dwayne
Amnesia
(1997)
Tim Bishop
Little Boy Blue
(1997)
Ray West
Hostile Intent
(1997)
Bear
A Scent of Paradise
(1997)
Padre Louis
Before Women Had Wings
(1997)
Billy Jackson
Hollywood Safari
(1997)
Deputy Rogers
Last Cut
(1997)
Leo Kimball
Club Vampire
(1998)
Zero
Centurion Force
(1998)
Neal
The Thin Red Line
(1998)
Sgt. Jack McCron
The Jack Bull
(1999)
Slater
Frontline
(1999)
Captain Wolfgang Mueller
Nightworld: Lost Souls
(1999)
Victor Robinson
Message in a Bottle
(1999)
Johnny Land
Summer of Sam
(1999)
Simon
The Virginian
(2000)
Steve
They Nest
(2000)
Jack Wald
Christina's House
(2000)
James Tarling
Burning Down the House
(2001)
Jake Seiling
Dead Man's Run
(2001)
Carver
Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick
(2002)
Self
Redemption of the Ghost
(2002)
The Anarchist Cookbook
(2002)
Johnny Red
Intoxicating
(2003)
William Shanley
Easy Sex
(2003)
Frank Iverson
Shortcut to Happiness
(2003)
Johnny
Downtown: A Street Tale
(2004)
H2O
Alien Lockdown
(2004)
Dr. Woodman
Admissions
(2004)
Harry Brighton
Freedom from Despair
(2004)
Narrator
Fallacy
(2004)
Heathcliff
Confessions of a Pit Fighter
(2005)
McGee
Iowa
(2005)
Irv Huffman
The New World
(2005)
Savage
The Drop
(2006)
Mr. Zero
Kill Your Darlings
(2006)
Rock
The Attic
(2006)
Graham Callan
Shut Up and Shoot!
(2006)
Marty Pearlheimer
No Destination
(2007)
Billy
Boiler Maker
(2008)
J.J.
The Golden Boys
(2008)
Web Saunders
The Coverup
(2008)
Thomas Thacker
From a Place of Darkness
(2008)
Vic
The Violent Kind
(2008)
George Malloy
The Grift
(2008)
William Bender
American Bully
(2009)
News Producer
Handsome Harry
(2009)
Peter Rheems
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
(2009)
Self
Do the Right Thing: 20 Years Later
(2009)
Self
Buffalo Bushido
(2009)
Vendetti
Dreamkiller
(2010)
Agent Barnes
Bereavement
(2010)
Ted
Bed & Breakfast
(2010)
Mr. Harvey
Hit List
(2011)
Walter Murphy
Assassins' Code
(2011)
Arlo
The Orphan Killer
(2011)
Detective Walker
Sins
(2012)
Father Karl
Summer Song
(2012)
Jim
Sweetwater
(2012)
Calvin Kabral
Art of Submission
(2012)
Harbin Rask
Real Gangsters
(2013)
Ted Roberts
Alien Rising
(2013)
Manning
A Sierra Nevada Gunfight
(2013)
Father Bill
Defending Santa
(2013)
Judge Willis
Awakened
(2013)
Jack Winston
Open Road
(2013)
Carl
7E
(2013)
Paul
The Big Fat Stone
(2014)
Robert Tanninger
Demon Legacy
(2014)
The Codger
Bermuda Tentacles
(2014)
President Desteno
The Hooping Life
(2014)
Himself
Bullet
(2014)
Governor Johnson
Fort Bliss
(2014)
Mike Swann
Caffeinated
(2015)
Himself
Tales of Halloween
(2015)
Capt. J.G. Zimmerman
We Will Be the World Champions
(2015)
William Jones
Sensory Perception
(2015)
President of United Earth
American Romance
(2016)
Emery Reed
Texas Heart
(2016)
Carl
Mata Hari
(2016)
Edouard Clunet
In Dubious Battle
(2016)
Dan
Vampire Wars
(2017)
Stokes
Three Seconds
(2017)
Nephilim
(2017)
Father Samuel
Spreading Darkness
(2017)
Brett
The Return
(2017)
Čovek u crnom odelu
Teen Star Academy
(2017)
The Neighborhood
(2017)
Vito Bello
Empire of the Sharks
(2017)
Ian Fien
Fake News
(2017)
President Wayne Walker
Torch
(2018)
August Lewin
Mission Possible
(2018)
Captain Ted
Betrayed
(2018)
Mayor Alderman
Sotto il Segno della Vittoria
(2018)
Down's Revenge
(2019)
Dr Sorkin
Heavenly Deposit
(2019)
Donald
Six Children and One Grandfather
(2019)
David McDoll
The Islands
(2019)
Henry Thornton
Gates of Darkness
(2019)
Joseph
Hold On
(2019)
Dr. Siedhoff
Spinning Dry
(2019)
Frank Manghetti
Ovid and the Art of Love
(2019)
Augustus
The Last Full Measure
(2020)
Kepper
The Man with the Camera
(2020)
Epifano
Followed
(2020)
Wallace Fleischer
The Tribe Remembers
(2020)
Self
Insight
(2021)
Frank
Michael Cimino, God Bless America
(2022)
Self
The Audition
(2022)
Narrator (voice)
Eye for Eye
(2022)
Brad Braddock
A Cloud So High
(2022)
Gene 'Sackler' Sarling
The Right to Bear Arms
(2022)
Brutal Magnus
Showdown at the Grand
(2023)
Lucky
The Goat
(2023)
Sound