Cast & creator
John Savage
Best known for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, The X-Files
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 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.
Also known as: John Smeallie Youngs, جان سوج
195
film credits
30
television credits
223
1951–2025 · acting roles
5.6
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (225)
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Lucas Biggs
1999
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Mark Farrell
2001
The X-Files
Henry Trondheim
1993
SEAL Team
Emmet Quinn
2017
Star Trek: Voyager
Captain Rudy Ransom
1995
Twin Peaks
Detective Clark
1990
Fringe
Sam Weiss
2008
The Outer Limits
Lucas
1995
Touched by an Angel
Simon Miller
1994
American Playhouse
Tim Donovan
1982
Everwood
Daniel Maxwell
2002
The Bill
1984
The District
Billy Nevins
2000
Goliath
Mickey
2016
The Godfather Part III
Father Andrew Hagen
1990
Walker, Texas Ranger
Sergeant Major Bart Hawkins
1993
Dark Angel
Col. Donald Lydecker
2000
Tales from the Crypt
Benny
1989
ABC Afterschool Special
Bernie Morton
1972
Bosch: Legacy
Allie Lewis
2022
Carnivàle
Henry 'Hack' Scudder
2003
The Rebel
Al
1959
The Deer Hunter
Steven Pushkov
1978
The Thin Red Line
Sgt. Jack McCron
1998
Press Gang
Boy
1989
Do the Right Thing
Clifton
1989
The New World
Savage
2005
In Dubious Battle
Dan
2016
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Eric Swensen
1951
Message in a Bottle
Johnny Land
1999
The Last Full Measure
Kepper
2020The Last Full Measure
Chauncy Kepper
2020
White Squall
McCrea
1996
Gibbsville
Jim Malloy
1976
Hair
Claude Hooper Bukowski
1979
Summer of Sam
Simon
1999
The Crossing Guard
Bobby
1995
Maria's Lovers
Ivan Bibic
1984
Buck at the Edge of Heaven
Wintrop
1991
Tales of Halloween
Capt. J.G. Zimmerman
2015
The Burning Shore
Blaine
1991
Fort Bliss
Mike Swann
2014
Salvador
John Cassady
1986
Birdland
1994
Shortcut to Happiness
Johnny (uncredited)
2007
Bereavement
Ted
2010
The Onion Field
Karl Hettinger
1979
The Jack Bull
Slater
1999
Love's Long Journey
Trent
2005
Bad Company
Loney
1972
Empire of the Sharks
Ian Fien
2018
Cattle Annie and Little Britches
Bittercreek Newcombe
1981
Mountain of Diamonds
Blaine
1991
Beauty and the Beast
Beast/Prince
1987
Showdown at the Grand
Lucky
2023
The World Champions
Wiliam Jones
2016
Confessions of a Pit Fighter
McGee
2005
The Amateur
Charles Heller
1981
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
Self
2009
OP Center
Bob Herbert
1995
Insight
Frank
2021
Three Seconds
тренер сборной США Генри Айба
2017
They Nest
Jack Wald
2000
Bed & Breakfast
Mr. Harvey
2010
Shattered Image
David
1994
Real Gangsters
Ted Roberts
2013
C.I.A. II: Target Alexa
Franz Kluge
1993
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
Thanks
2019
Easy Sex
Frank Iverson
2003
Kill Your Darlings
Rock
2006
Little Boy Blue
Ray West
1998
The Attic
Graham Callan
2007
The Neighborhood
Vito Bello
2017
Gates of Darkness
Joseph
2019
American Exit
Gerald
2019
Betrayed
Mayor Alderman
2018
Hostile Intent
Bear
1997
Bermuda Tentacles
President Desteno
2014
Red Scorpion 2
Andrew Kendrick
1995
Last Call at Murray's
Bennett
2016
Hunting
Michael Bergman
1991
Mata Hari
Edouard Clunet
2016
Steelyard Blues
Kid
1973
American Strays
Dwayne
1996
Amnesia
Tim Bishop
1997
Shut Up and Shoot!
Marty Pearlheimer
2006
A Scent of Paradise
Padre Louis
1997
Texas Heart
Carl
2016
40 and Single
Stewart Temple
2018
All the Kind Strangers
Peter
1974Making 'Carnivàle': The Show Behind the Show
Self
2003
Inside Moves
Roary
1980
The Tender Age
Tim Donovan
1986
Admissions
Harry Brighton
2004
Mountain of Diamonds
Blaine
1991
Before Women Had Wings
Billy Jackson
1997
From a Place of Darkness
Vic
2008
Coming Out of the Ice
Victor Herman
1982
American Bully
News Producer
2009
Torch
August Lewin
2018
Christina's House
James Tarling
2000
Daybreak
The President
1993
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's
Self
2009
The Orphan Killer
Detective Walker
2011
Redemption of the Ghost
2002
Carnosaur 2
Jack Reed
1995
Six Children and One Grandfather
David McDoll
2019The Mouse
Bruce 'The Mouse' Strauss
1997
Heavenly Deposit
Donald
2019
Any Man's Death
Leon Abrahams
1990
Do the Right Thing: 20 Years Later
Self
2009
Centurion Force
Neal
1998
Hit List
Walter Murphy
2011
Burning Down the House
Jake Seiling
2001
The Sister in Law
Robert Strong
1975The Sister in Law
Original Music Composer
1975
Where Truth Lies
Dr. Ian Lazarre
1996
Last Cut
Leo Kimball
1997
Defending Santa
Judge Willis
2013
Bullet
Governor Johnson
2014
Alien Lockdown
Dr. Woodman
2004
Dreamkiller
Agent Barnes
2010
Sucker Free City
Anderson Wade
2004
Beyond the Rush
Edward Clayborn
2024
Judas' Gospel
Joseph
2025
Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick
Self
2002
Followed
Wallace Fleischer
2020
The Virginian
Steve
2000
Art of Submission
Harbin Rask
2012
Michael Cimino, God Bless America
Self
2022
Open Road
Carl
2013
One Good Turn
Santapietro
1996
The Takeover
Greg
1995
Everglades
2016
The Drop
Mr. Zero
2006
A Sierra Nevada Gunfight
Father Bill
2013
First Time Long Time
Peter
2009
Flynn
Joe Stromberg
1993
The Dangerous
Emile Lautrec
1995
Managua
Dennis
1996
Iowa
Irv Huffman
2005
Nightworld: Lost Souls
Victor Robinson
1999
The Coverup
Thomas Thacker
2008
Door Into Silence
Melvin Devereux
1991
The Turning Point of Jim Malloy
Jim Malloy
1975
Intoxicating
William Shanley
2003
The Golden Boys
Web Saunders
2008
A Star for Rose
Mort
2013
Spreading Darkness
Brett
2017
Downtown: A Street Tale
H2O
2004
Sins
Father Karl
2012
The Big Fat Stone
Robert Tanninger
2014
Silent Witness
Kevin Dunne
1985
Summer Song
Jim
2012
Melodies in the Forest
Spychosis
Jim Patterson
Eric
Eric Swensen
1975
Ovid and the Art of Love
Augustus
2019
Sweetwater
Calvin Kabral
2012
Handsome Harry
Peter Rheems
2009
The Beat
Frank Ellsworth
1988Dead Man's Run
Carver
2001
The Goat
Julian Brown
2024
Date Rape
Bernie Morton
1988
The Dark Tale
Roy Kramer
1991
OP Center
Bob Herbert
1995
Death 4 Dinner
Robert Rutherford
2025
Nephilim
Father Samuel
2017
A Cloud So High
Gene 'Sackler' Sarling
2022
A Medicine for the Mind
Dr. E. Brown
2020
Caribe
Jeff Richardson
1987
The Islands
Henry Thornton
2019
American Romance
Emery Reed
2016
Frontline
Captain Wolfgang Mueller
1999
Killing Obsession
Albert
1994The Tribe Remembers
Self
2020
Hotel Colonial
Marco Venieri
1987
The Anarchist Cookbook
Johnny Red
2002
The Hooping Life
Himself
2014
Alien Rising
Manning
2013
Firestorm
Brinkman
1996
The Killing Kind
Terry Lambert
1974
Nairobi Affair
Rick Cahill
1984
Assassins' Code
Arlo
2011
Brady’s Escape
J.W. Brady
1983
The Audition
Narrator (voice)
2022
The Grift
William Bender
2008
Soldier's Revenge
Frank Morgan
1986
Awakened
Jack Winston
2013
Hollywood Safari
Deputy Rogers
1997
Vampire Wars
Stokes
2017
Demon Legacy
The Codger
2014
Caffeinated
Himself
2015
Fake News
President Wayne Walker
2017
Hold On
Dr. Siedhoff
2019
The Right to Bear Arms
Brutal Magnus
2022
Across Red Nights
Paola
1991
Down's Revenge
Dr Sorkin
2019
Primary Motive
Wallace Roberts
1992
7E
Paul
2013
We Will Be the World Champions
William Jones
2015
Sotto il Segno della Vittoria
2018
The Return
Čovek u crnom odelu
2017
Eye for Eye
Brad Braddock
2022
Twisted Fate
Drury
1995
Spinning Dry
Frank Manghetti
2019
Teen Star Academy
2017
The Black Dove
Jake Williams
2016
Buffalo Bushido
Vendetti
2009
Berlin '39
Wieland
1993
Sensory Perception
President of United Earth
2015
Freedom from Despair
Narrator
2004
The Master Beater
Rocco
1969
Fallacy
Heathcliff
2004
Love Is a Carousel
Boy Friend
1970
Mission Possible
Captain Ted Napoleon
2018
Desperate
Noah
1987
Boiler Maker
J.J.
2008
Deadly Weapon
Sanders
1995
Club Vampire
Zero
1998
No Destination
Billy
2007
Ottobre rosa all'Arbat (Vacanze a Mosca)
1991
The Man with the Camera
Epifano
2020The Violent Kind
George Malloy
2008