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