John Savage

Overview

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Birthday
Aug 25, 1949 (75 years old)

John Savage

Known For

Beyond the Rush
Movie 2024

Beyond the Rush

Working undercover to expose a corrupt judge, an investigative journalist confronts his secret past plus his mother's mental illness and must choose between addiction and obsession or love and redemption.

The Goat
1h 31m
Movie 2023

The Goat

With the help of her goat, a young girl forced into an abusive marriage must escape and travel through the desert in order to save her village's water spring from a greedy Western corporation.

Showdown at the Grand
1h 32m
Movie 2023

Showdown at the Grand

A proud movie theater owner must defend his family business from corporate developers alongside a legendary action star as art imitates life in a showdown for the ages.

The Audition
1h 52m
Movie 2022

The Audition

In the midst of a global pandemic, an actor who enters an audition must pass a series of tests in order to keep those around him alive.

The Right to Bear Arms
1h 20m
Movie 2022

The Right to Bear Arms

A young man falls in love with a dominatrix, who is a member of a brutal gun gang out to assassinate the young man's father -- a Federal Prosecutor fighting for stricter gun laws.

A Cloud So High
1h 41m
Movie 2022

A Cloud So High

While living under the roof of his aging, disgraced ex-cop father Gene Sarling (John Savage, The Deer Hunter), mentally unstable 22-year-old war veteran Paul (Aaron Perilo, True Blood) evolves from a petty thief and ransacker to brutal killer. And Gene, also a recovering alcoholic, is forced to confront the fiercest nemesis of his entire life: his own son. The feature writing and directing debut of Hollywood all-rounder Christoper Lee Parson is an astonishing high-wire act, a thriller stylised to maximum overload for a uniquely unsettling viewing experience.

Eye for Eye
2h 0m
Movie 2022

Eye for Eye

Cattle king wants Reagan's small ranch, and Latina beauty Lola McLaughlin. His men kill Reagan's pregnant wife. Reagan leaves his tin badge on Consuela's grave, and with Winchester, scattergun, and Colt, rides alone against a hundred.

Michael Cimino, God Bless America
0h 52m
Movie 2022

Michael Cimino, God Bless America

A road-movie narrated by Michael Cimino (recorded by the documentary's director during their journey together across the United States), and with the exceptional participation of Quentin Tarantino and Oliver Stone. From Thunderbolt and Lightfoot to Year of the Dragon, not to mention The Deer Hunter and Heaven's Gate, discover a unique portrait of an uncompromising director.

Insight
1h 20m
Movie 2021

Insight

Jian is a counter terrorism agent who blends his skills as a martial artist and clairvoyant to bring the world's most nefarious individuals to justice. This lone wolf is is forced to make an unexpected detour to Los Angeles upon receipt of the devastating news of a cover up surrounding his brother's alleged suicide. With the reluctant help of LAPD detectives, Abby, Carl, and Captain Duke, the unlikely group become involved in the investigation. Jian and Abby fight against a high-tech criminal looking to exploit the brothers' gifts in his own quest to power.

The Tribe Remembers
0h 30m
Movie 2020

The Tribe Remembers

In this new program, actors Beverly D'Angelo, Don Dacus, Ellen Foley, Annie Golden, John Savage, and Dorsey Wright recall how they became involved with Hair, what it was like to work under the direction of Milos Forman, and era in which the film emerged, and how it impacted their acting ambitions and careers. (Some of Mr. Savage's comments are very emotional).

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 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.

Acting

2024
Beyond the Rush
2023
The Goat
2023
Showdown at the Grand
2022
The Audition
2022
The Right to Bear Arms
2022
A Cloud So High
2022
Eye for Eye
2022
Michael Cimino, God Bless America
2021
Insight
2020
The Tribe Remembers
2020
Followed
2020
The Man with the Camera
2020
The Last Full Measure
2019
The Islands
2019
Hold On
2019
Spinning Dry
2019
Gates of Darkness
2019
Ovid and the Art of Love
2019
Down's Revenge
2019
Heavenly Deposit
2019
American Exit
2019
Six Children and One Grandfather
2018
40 and Single
2018
Torch
2018
Betrayed
2018
Mission Possible
2018
Sotto il Segno della Vittoria
2018
Easy Way Out
2017
Three Seconds
2017
Fake News
2017
Spreading Darkness
2017
The Neighborhood
2017
Vampire Wars
2017
Empire of the Sharks
2017
Teen Star Academy
2017
Nephilim
2017
The Return
2016
American Romance
2016
Mata Hari
2016
In Dubious Battle
2016
The Black Dove
2016
Everglades
2016
Texas Heart
2016
The World Champions
2016
Last Call at Murray's
2015
Sensory Perception
2015
Tales of Halloween
2015
We Will Be the World Champions
2015
Caffeinated
2014
Fort Bliss
2014
Bullet
2014
The Big Fat Stone
2013
Defending Santa
2013
A Star for Rose
2013
A Sierra Nevada Gunfight
2013
Alien Rising
2013
Open Road
2012
Art of Submission
2012
Sins
2012
Summer Song
2011
The Orphan Killer
2010
Dreamkiller
2009
Buffalo Bushido
2009
Do the Right Thing: 20 Years Later
2009
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's
2009
Handsome Harry
2009
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
2008
The Golden Boys
2008
The Coverup
2008
From a Place of Darkness
1996
Firestorm
1996
Managua
1996
One Good Turn
1996
White Squall
1995
OP Center
1995
Deadly Weapon
1995
Red Scorpion 2
1995
The Crossing Guard
1995
The Takeover
1995
Twisted Fate
1993
C.I.A. II: Target Alexa
1993
Berlin '39
1993
Daybreak
1992
Primary Motive
1991
Door to Silence
1991
Ottobre rosa all'Arbat (Vacanze a Mosca)
1991
The Dark Tale
1991
Across Red Nights
1991
Great Expectations
1991
The Burning Shore
1991
Buck at the Edge of Heaven
1990
The Godfather Part III
1989
Do the Right Thing
1988
Date Rape
1988
The Beat
1987
Caribe
1987
Desperate
1987
Hotel Colonial
1986
Salvador
1986
The Tender Age
1985
Silent Witness

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