John Savage (actor)
John Savage ; actually John Youngs (born August 25, 1949 in Old Bethpage , Long Island , New York ) is an American film actor and producer .
Life
John Savage is the son of insurance salesman Floyd Youngs and his wife Muriel. He has three siblings, radio maker Robin Youngs, actress Gail Youngs, and actor Jim Youngs.
Savage studied acting at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City . His breakthrough came in 1978 with the war film The Deer Hunter (The Deer Hunter) of Michael Cimino alongside Robert De Niro and Christopher Walken . The following year, he starred in Milos Forman's movie musical Hair the lead role of Claude Bukowski and 1990 in The Godfather III of Francis Ford Coppola a supporting role as Father Andrew Hagen.
In total, John Savage has appeared in over a hundred feature films and television films. From 1988 to 1994 he lived in South Africa and worked with Nelson Mandela in the anti- apartheid movement. From 2000 to 2002 he played in the television series Dark Angel as Donald Lydecker.
Savage was married to actress Susan Baptist from 1967 to 1969, their daughter is actress Jennifer Youngs; In 1993 he married the actress and nurse Sandi Schultz.
Filmography (selection)
- 1972: Bad Company (Bad Company)
- 1978: Those Who Go Through Hell (The Deer Hunter)
- 1979: Murder in the Onion Field
- 1979: Hair
- 1980: Max's Bar (Inside Moves)
- 1981: Two Girls and the Doolin Gang (Cattle Annie and Little Britches)
- 1981: The Second Man (The Amateur)
- 1982: Gulag - The silent death
- 1984: Maria's Lovers
- 1986: Salvador
- 1987: Killer Connection (Hotel Colonial)
- 1987: Beauty and the Beast
- 1990: The Godfather III (The Godfather Part III)
- 1991: Buck's greatest adventure (Buck ai confini del cielo)
- 1995: Outer Limits - The Unknown Dimension ( The Outer Limits , TV series, episode 1x13)
- 1995: The Man Who Died Twice (Amnesia)
- 1995: The X-Files - The Scary Cases of the FBI ( The X-Files , TV series, episode 2x19)
- 1996: White Squall (White Squall)
- 1998: House of Lost Souls
- 1998: The Thin Red Line (The Thin Red Line)
- 1999: Star Trek: Raumschiff Voyager (Star Trek: Voyager , TV series, episodes 5x26–6x01)
- 1999: Message in a Bottle - The Beginning of a Great Love (Message in a Bottle)
- 2000: Christina's House
- 2000: They Nest - Tödliche Brut (They Nest)
- 2000–2002: Dark Angel (TV series, episodes 1x01–2x03)
- 2003: Shortcut to Happiness - The Devil is in the Detail (The Devil and Daniel Webster)
- 2003–2005: Carnivàle (TV series, 15 episodes)
- 2004: Creature: It's a Killing Machine… From Outer Space! (Alien Lockdown)
- 2004: Downtown: A Street Tale
- 2004: Criminal Intent ( Law & Order: Criminal Intent , TV series, episode 3x17)
- 2005: Iowa
- 2005: Confessions of a Pit Fighter
- 2005: The New World
- 2008: From a Place of Darkness
- 2009: Fringe - Borderline cases of the FBI ( Fringe , TV series, episode 2x02)
- 2009: Bloodsport - The Red Canvas (The Red Canvas)
- 2009: Hit List
- 2011: The Orphan Killer
- 2012: Sweetwater
- 2014: American Warships 2
- 2014: Bullet
- 2015: Bicemo Prvaci Sveta!
- 2017: The Neighborhood
- 2017: Empire of the Sharks
Web links
- John Savage in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Savage, John |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Youngs, John (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American film actor and film producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 25, 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Old Bethpage , New York , United States |