John Savage | Rotten Tomatoes (2024)

Highest Rated: 100% Showdown at the Grand (2023)

Lowest Rated: 11% Bullet (2014)

Birthday: Aug 25, 1949

Birthplace: Old Bethpage, New York, USA

Blond and baby-faced, John Savage made a name for himself as a sensitive, vulnerable screen presence during the 1970s. The Long Island-born actor studied at NYC's American Academy of Dramatic Arts, began his stage career in the 60s and by 1971 had appeared on Broadway in the long-running "Fiddler on the Roof." He would tour the USA as the ultra-shy and stuttering Billy Bibbit in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" but not before enjoying a breakthrough of sorts as a young East Coast youth who runs off to the Wild West thus evading service in the Civil War, in Robert Benton's feature directing debut, "Bad Company" (1972). After joining the anti-establishment misfits (i.e., Jane Fonda, Donald Sutherland and Peter Boyle) of "Steelyard Blues" (1973), he took his first crack at the small screen, acting in the TV-movie "All the Kind Strangers" (ABC, 1974), and later played "Eric" (NBC, 1975), a terminal cancer patient fighting to the very end. He also made his debut as a series regular, portraying the cub reporter lead of the short-lived "Gibbsville" (NBC, 1976).

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Highest rated movies

100% 72% Showdown at the Grand Watchlist 92% 89% Do the Right Thing Watchlist 90% 86% Salvador Watchlist 87% 65% The Onion Field Watchlist 86% 91% The Deer Hunter Watchlist 86% 86% The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone Watchlist 83% 87% Hair Watchlist 83% 71% Bad Company Watchlist 82% 56% Handsome Harry Watchlist 80% 80% The Thin Red Line Watchlist

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John Savage John Savage Blanca Blanco, John Savage at arrivals for THE GAMBLER Premiere at AFI FEST 2014, The Dolby Theatre at Hollywood and Highland Center, Los Angeles, CA November 10, 2014. Photo By: Dee Cercone/Everett Collection John Savage at arrivals for ARRIVAL Premiere, Regency Westwood Village Theatre, Los Angeles, CA November 6, 2016. Photo By: Priscilla Grant/Everett Collection John Savage at arrivals for FORT BLISS Screening, Directors Guild of America (DGA) Theatre, Los Angeles, CA September 11, 2014. Photo By: Elizabeth Goodenough/Everett Collection John Savage at arrivals for 2nd Annual Pre-Oscar Brunch Celebrating Montblanc Signature for Good Collection with UNICEF, Hotel Bel-Air, Los Angeles, CA February 23, 2013. Photo By: Sara Cozolino/Everett Collection DEER HUNTER, Robert De Niro, John Savage, 1978, © Universal Pictures THE DEER HUNTER, Christopher Walken, Robert De Niro, John Savage, Meryl Streep, 1978, (c) Universal THE DEER HUNTER, Christopher Walken, John Savage on set, 1978, (c) Universal MARIA'S LOVERS, John Savage, Robert Mitchum, 1984. ©Cannon Films View more photos

Filmography

Movies

Credit
100% 72% Showdown at the Grand Lucky (Character) - 2023
No Score Yet No Score Yet Eye for Eye Brad Braddock (Character) - 2022
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Right to Bear Arms Unknown (Character) - 2022
No Score Yet No Score Yet Michael Cimino: God Bless America Self - 2022
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Cloud So High Gene "Sackler" Sarling (Character) - 2022
No Score Yet 74% Insight Frank (Character) - 2021
No Score Yet No Score Yet Gates of Darkness Joseph (Character) - 2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet Ovid and the Art of Love Augustus (Character) - 2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Medicine for the Mind Dr. Ernest Brown (Character),
Executive Producer
- 2020
62% 96% The Last Full Measure Chauncey Kepper (Character) $2.9M 2019
No Score Yet 59% The Islands Henry Thornton (Character) - 2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet Heavenly Deposit Donald (Character) - 2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet Down's Revenge Dr. Sorkin (Character) - 2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet Do Something, Jake Delivery Guy (Character) - 2018
76% 48% Followed Wallace (Character) $538.1K 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet David McDoll (Character) - 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mission Possible Captain Ted (Character) - 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet Torch August Lewin (Character) - 2018
No Score Yet 96% Betrayed Mayor Alderman (Character) - 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet Easy Way Out Martin (Character) - 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet Spreading Darkness Brett (Character) - 2017
No Score Yet 57% The Neighborhood Vito Bello (Character) - 2017
No Score Yet 27% Empire of the Sharks Ian Fien (Character) - 2017
No Score Yet No Score Yet Going Vertical Hank Aiba (Character) - 2017
No Score Yet No Score Yet Teen Star Academy Burt (Character) - 2016
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dead South Stokes (Character) - 2016
No Score Yet No Score Yet Last Call at Murray's Bennett (Character) - 2016
26% 39% In Dubious Battle Dan (Character) - 2016
No Score Yet 25% American Romance Emery Reed (Character) - 2016
80% 79% Texas Heart Carl (Character) - 2016
77% 43% Tales of Halloween Cameo (Character) - 2015
No Score Yet 57% Caffeinated Unknown (Character) - 2015
No Score Yet 17% The Sparrows: Nesting Marvin (Character) - 2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bomb! Burning Fantasy Self - 2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Big Fat Stone Robert Tanninger (Character) - 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet Haunting at Foster Cabin The Codger (Character) - 2014
No Score Yet 8% Alien Rising Manning (Character) - 2014
75% 66% Fort Bliss Mike Swann (Character) - 2014
No Score Yet 12% Bermuda Tentacles President Desteno (Character) - 2014
11% 12% Bullet Governor Johnson (Character) - 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet Real Gangsters Ted Roberts (Character) - 2013
No Score Yet 56% Awakened Jack (Character) - 2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Sierra Nevada Gunfight Father Bill (Character) - 2013
No Score Yet 96% 7E Paul (Character) - 2013
No Score Yet 26% Open Road Carl (Character) - 2013
No Score Yet 29% Defending Santa Judge Willis (Character) - 2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Star for Rose Mort (Character) - 2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet Discarded Jay (Character) - 2013
No Score Yet 18% The Red Canvas Harbin Rask (Character) - 2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Black Dove Jake Williams (Character) $22.1K 2012
No Score Yet 0% Sins Father Karl (Character) - 2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sweetwater Calvin Kabral (Character) - 2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hit List Walter Murphy (Character) - 2012
No Score Yet 45% The Orphan Killer Detective Walker (Character) - 2011
No Score Yet No Score Yet Assassin's Code Arlo (Character) - 2011
No Score Yet No Score Yet Colombian Interviews James (Character) - 2011
No Score Yet No Score Yet Summer Song Jim (Character) - 2011
No Score Yet 27% Mr. Harvey (Character) - 2010
41% 29% Bereavement Ted (Character) - 2010
No Score Yet 78% Dreamkiller Agent Barnes (Character) - 2010
No Score Yet No Score Yet Buffalo Bushido Vendetti (Character) - 2009
82% 56% Handsome Harry Peter Rheems (Character) $22.9K 2009
31% 22% Chatham Web Saunders (Character) $184.1K 2009
No Score Yet 0% The Thacker Case Thomas Thacker (Character) - 2008
No Score Yet 12% From a Place of Darkness Vic (Character) - 2008
No Score Yet 43% The Grift William Bender (Character) - 2008
No Score Yet 13% The Attic Graham Callan (Character) - 2008
No Score Yet 29% The Violent Kind George Malloy (Character) - 2008
No Score Yet No Score Yet Boiler Maker JJ (Character) - 2008
15% 17% Iowa Irv Huffman (Character) - 2006
No Score Yet 76% The Drop Mr. Zero (Character) - 2006
No Score Yet No Score Yet King's Echo Hawkins (Character) - 2005
No Score Yet 86% Love's Long Journey Trent (Character) - 2005
No Score Yet 14% Confessions of a Pit Fighter McGee (Character) - 2005
27% No Score Yet Downtown: A Street Tale H20 (Character) - 2004
No Score Yet 69% Sucker Free City Anderson Wade (Character) - 2004
40% 60% Intoxicating William Shanley (Character) - 2004
No Score Yet 56% Admissions Harry Brighton (Character) - 2004
No Score Yet 10% Alien Lockdown Dr. Woodman (Character) - 2004
No Score Yet No Score Yet Freedom From Despair Narrator - 2004
No Score Yet 33% Easy Six Frank Iverson (Character) - 2003
37% 54% The Anarchist Cookbook Johnny Red (Character) $14.4K 2002
No Score Yet 38% Redemption of the Ghost Sheriff Rollie Burns (Character) - 2002
No Score Yet No Score Yet Burning Down the House Jake Seiling (Character),
Producer
- 2001
No Score Yet 32% Christina's House James Tarling (Character) - 2000
No Score Yet 72% The Virginian Steve (Character) - 2000
No Score Yet 32% They Nest Jack Wald (Character) - 2000
80% 73% The Jack Bull Slater (Character) - 1999
50% 60% Summer of Sam Simon (Character) $19.3M 1999
32% 66% Message in a Bottle Johnny Land (Character) $52.8M 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet Frontline Captain Wolfgang Mueller (Character) - 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet Lost Souls Victor Robinson (Character) - 1998
80% 80% The Thin Red Line Sgt. McCron (Character) $36.4M 1998
No Score Yet 0% Club Vampire Zero (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Centurion Force Unknown (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet 17% Hollywood Safari Deputy Rogers (Character) - 1997
25% 71% Little Boy Blue Ray West (Character) $3.5K 1997
No Score Yet 12% Hostile Intent Bear (Character) - 1997
No Score Yet 86% Before Women Had Wings Billy Jackson (Character) - 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet Flynn Joe Stromberg (Character) - 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet Managua Dennis (Character) - 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Mouse Bruce "The Mouse" Strauss (Character),
Producer
$16.4K 1997
No Score Yet 20% Where Truth Lies Dr. Ian Lazarre (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Takeover Greg (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet Markus 4 Brinkman (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet Amnesia Tim Bishop (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet One Good Turn Santapietro (Character) - 1996
57% 65% White Squall McCrea (Character) $10.3M 1996
No Score Yet 64% American Strays Dwayne (Character) - 1996
76% 53% The Crossing Guard Bobby (Character) $771.7K 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet Fatal Choice Drury (Character) - 1995
No Score Yet 0% The Dangerous Emile Lautrec (Character) - 1994
No Score Yet 8% C.I.A. II: Target Alexa Franz Kluge (Character) - 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet Deadly Weapon Sanders (Character) - 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet Killing Obsession Albert (Character) - 1994
No Score Yet 17% Red Scorpion 2 Andrew Kendrick (Character) - 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet Shattered Image David (Character) - 1994
No Score Yet 32% Carnosaur 2 Jack Reed (Character) - 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet Primary Motive Wallace Roberts (Character) - 1992
No Score Yet No Score Yet Deadly Conspiracy Unknown (Character) - 1992
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hunting Michael Bergman (Character) - 1992
No Score Yet No Score Yet Buck at the Edge of Heaven Unknown (Character) - 1991
No Score Yet No Score Yet La montagna dei diamanti Blaine (Character) - 1991
86% 86% The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone Father Andrew Hagen (Character) - 1990
67% 68% The Godfather, Part III Father Andrew Hagen (Character) $64.6M 1990
No Score Yet No Score Yet Any Man's Death Unknown (Character) - 1990
92% 89% Do the Right Thing Clifton (Character) $26.0M 1989
No Score Yet 45% Point of View Unknown (Character) - 1989
No Score Yet 0% Caribe Jeff Richardson (Character) - 1988
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hotel Colonial Marco Venieri (Character) - 1987
No Score Yet 73% Beauty and the Beast Beast/Prince (Character) - 1987
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Beat Frank Ellsworth (Character) $4.6K 1987
No Score Yet No Score Yet Desperate Noah (Character) - 1987
No Score Yet No Score Yet Soldier's Revenge Frank Morgan (Character) - 1986
90% 86% Salvador John Cassady ('Newsweek' reporter/photographer) (Character) - 1986
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Tender Age Tim Donovan (Character) - 1986
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Little Sister Tim Donovan (Character) - 1986
No Score Yet No Score Yet Silent Witness Kevin Dunne (Character) - 1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet Nairobi Affair Rick Cahill (Character) - 1984
43% 60% Maria's Lovers Ivan Bibic (Character) - 1984
No Score Yet No Score Yet Brady's Escape Brady (Character) - 1984
No Score Yet 64% The Amateur Charles Heller (Character) - 1982
No Score Yet 83% Coming Out of the Ice Victor Herman (Character) - 1982
67% 76% Inside Moves Roary (Character) - 1980
No Score Yet 71% Cattle Annie and Little Britches Bittercreek Newcomb (Character) - 1980
87% 65% The Onion Field Det. Karl Francis Hettinger (Character) - 1979
83% 87% Hair Claude Bukowski (Character) - 1979
86% 91% The Deer Hunter Steven (Character) - 1978
No Score Yet 55% Eric Eric Swensen (Character) - 1975
No Score Yet No Score Yet Gibbsville: The Turning Point of Jim Malloy Jim Malloy (Character) - 1975
No Score Yet 14% The Sister-In-Law Robert Strong (Character) - 1974
No Score Yet 23% All the Kind Strangers Peter (Character) - 1974
No Score Yet 39% The Killing Kind Terry Lambert (Character) - 1973
50% 31% Steelyard Blues Kid (Character) - 1973
83% 71% Bad Company Loney (Character) - 1972

TV

Credit
No Score Yet 85% SEAL Team Emmet Quinn (Guest Star) 2020
94% 83% Twin Peaks: The Return Detective Clark (Guest Star) 2017
90% 80% Fringe Andre Hughes (Guest Star) 2009
No Score Yet 90% Carnivàle Henry "Hack" Scudder (Character) 2005
78% 83% Lucas Biggs (Guest Star) 2005
No Score Yet 72% Unknown (Guest Star) 2004
No Score Yet No Score Yet The District Unknown (Guest Star) 2003
65% 83% Dark Angel Unknown (Character) 2000-2002
No Score Yet No Score Yet Touched by an Angel Unknown (Guest Star) 2001
76% 80% Star Trek: Voyager Captain Rudy Ransom (Guest Star) 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet Walker, Texas Ranger Unknown (Guest Star) 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Outer Limits Lucas (Character) 1995
74% 86% The X-Files Henry Trondheim (Guest Star) 1995
82% 90% Tales From the Crypt Unknown (Character) 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet Schoolbreak Unknown (Character) 1993
No Score Yet No Score Yet Gibbsville Jim Malloy (Character) 1976
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