JOHN SAVAGE BIOGRAPHY & FILMOGRAPHY:
John Savage was born on August 25th, 1949 in Long Island, New York with the birth name John Smeallie Youngs, born to Muriel and Floyd Youngs. He became involved in the entertainment industry early first singing and acting in school productions. After high school he studied at the American Academy of Performing Arts and then performed on Broadway in a production of, "Fiddler on the Roof" as a chorus boy.
As his career progressed in the mid 70's he began appearing on a number of television series such as, "Cade's Country" and "Gibbsville" and also added some film roles to his resume such as, "Bad Company" (1972) and "The Sister-In-Law" (1974) along with still working as a stage actor.
Now with quite a bit of experience on his resume he made the move west to Los Angeles, California, the entertainment capital of the world and soon was appearing on such feature films as, "The Deer Hunter" (1978), "The Onion Field" (1979), "Hair" (1979), "Inside Moves" (1980) and "The Amateur" (1981), a role for which he received his first nomination for Best-Actor-Foreign.
Since then he has continued to work in the industry and has alternated between film and television. Other film credits include, "Maria's Lovers" (1984), "Salvador" (1986), "Do the Right Thing" (1989), "The Godfather: Part III" (1990), "The Thin Red Line" (1998), "
He has also appeared on a number of television series such as, "Tales from the Crypt", "The Outer Limits", "Walker, Texas Ranger", "Touched by an Angel", "The District", "Law & Order; Criminal Intent" and "Fringe".
Along with working as an actor he has had the chance to work on the other side of the industry as a assistant production manager for the film, "Malcolm X" (1992) starring Denzel Washington and as a co-producer on, "Do the Right Thing" (1989).
Savage has married twice, first to Susan Youngs in 1967 and they had two children together before the marriage came to an end in 1969. He then wed Sandi Schultz in 1993 and they remain together today.
John Savage continues to work as an actor alternating between television and film work. Most recently he has added such film roles to his credits, "The Coverup" (2008), "Cry of the Butterfly" (2012), "A Star for Rose" (2012), "The Big Valley" (2012), "The Sorrow" (2012), "7E" (2013), "Spreading Darkness" (2013) and voice work for the film, "Nephilim" (2013).
Filmography
2013 Spreading Darkness
2013 Nephilim
2013 7E
2012 Rise Again
2012 Spinning Dry
2012 The Sorrow
2012 Gemini Rising
2012 The Big Valley
2012 A Star for Rose
2012 Cry of the Butterfly
2012 The Awakened
2012 Open Road
2012 Art of Submission
2012 Sins Expiation
2012 Sweetwater
2012 The Black Dove
2011 Cousin Sarah
2011 Assassins' Code
2011 Hit List
2011 The Orphan Killer
2011 The Legacy of the Sun
2011 Summer Song
2011 The Last Gamble
2011 Demon Legacy
2011 Colombian Interviews
2010 Bed & Breakfast: Love is a Happy Accident
2010 Submission
2010 Bereavement
2010 Dreamkiller
2010 The Right to Bear Arms
2009 Buffalo Bushido
2009 Fringe
2009 Gasp
2009 Handsome Harry
2009 Redemption
2009 American Bully
2009 The Red Canvas
2009 First Time Long Time
2008 The Violent Kind
2008 The Coverup
2008 Boiler Maker
2008 From a Place of Darkness
2008 The Grift
2008 The Golden Boys
2007 No Destination
2007 The Attic
2006 Father and Son
2006 Shut Up and Shoot!
2006 Kill Your Darlings
2006 The Drop
2005 The New World
2005 Love's Long Journey
2005 Confessions of a Pit Fighter
2002-2005 Everwood
2005 Iowa
2005 Aimée Price
2003-2005 Carnivàle
2005 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
2005 King's Echo
2004 Downtown: A Street Tale
2004 Admissions
2004 Sucker Free City
2004 Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2004 Fallacy
2004 Alien Lockdown
2004 Shortcut to Happiness
2003 The District
2003 Easy Six
2003 Intoxicating
2002 Ground Bloom Flower
2002 The Anarchist Cookbook
2002 Redemption of the Ghost
2001 Touched by an Angel
2000-2001 Dark Angel
2001 Burning Down the House
2001 Dead Man's Run
2000 They Nest
2000 Christina's House
2000 The Virginian
1999 Ghost Soldier
1999 Star Trek: Voyager
1999 Summer of Sam
1999 The Jack Bull
1999 Message in a Bottle
1999 Something Between Us
1999 Frontline
1998 The Thin Red Line
1998 Lost Souls
1998 Club Vampire
1998 Mia, Liebe meines Lebens
1998 Centurion Force
1997 Before Women Had Wings
1997 A Corner of Paradise
1997 Hostile Intent
1997 Hollywood Safari
1997 Little Boy Blue
1997 Amnesia
1997 Firestorm
1997 Last Cut
1997 Flynn
1997 Notti di paura
1996 The Mouse
1996 Walker, Texas Ranger
1996 American Strays
1996 Where Truth Lies
1996 One Good Turn
1996 White Squall
1996 Managua
1995 The Crossing Guard
1995 The Outer Limits
1995 The X-Files
1995 OP Center
1995 Carnosaur 2
1995 The Dangerous
1995 Fatal Choice
1995 The Takeover
1995 Red Scorpion 2
1994 Tales from the Crypt
1994 Shattered Image
1994 Birdland
1994 Deadly Weapon
1994 Killing Obsession
1993 CIA II: Target Alexa
1993 Berlin '39
1993 Daybreak
1993 CBS Schoolbreak Special
1993 The Accident
1992 Primary Motive
1992 Scoop
1991 Door to Silence
1991 Hunting
1991 Great Expectations
1991 Favola crudele
1991 Mountain of Diamonds
1991 Buck ai confini del cielo
1990 The Godfather: Part III
1990 Any Man's Death
1990 Ottobre rosa all'Arbat
1990 Voice in the Dark
1989 Do the Right Thing
1989 Point of View
1988 ABC Afterschool Specials
1988 The Beat
1987 Caribe
1987 Desperate
1987 Beauty and the Beast
1987 Hotel Colonial
1986 Soldier's Revenge
1986 American Playhouse
1986 Salvador
1985 Silent Witness
1984 Nairobi Affair
1984 Maria's Lovers
1984 Hosszú vágta
1982 Coming Out of the Ice
1981 The Amateur
1981 Cattle Annie and Little Britches
1980 Inside Moves
1979 The Onion Field
1979 Hair
1978 The Deer Hunter
1976-1977 Gibbsville
1975 Eric
1975 The Turning Point of Jim Malloy
1974 All the Kind Strangers
1974 The Sister-in-Law
1973 Steelyard Blues
1973 The Killing Kind
1972 Bad Company
1971 Love Is a Carousel
1971 Cade's County
1969 The Master Beater
