Biography
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 …
Career Milestones
2007 | Co-starred in "Downtown: A Street Tale," a drama about homeless teenagers | |
2005 | Cast in the Terrence Malick-scripted drama "The New World" | |
2003 | Played Henry 'Hack' Scudder in the HBO series, "Carnivàle" | |
2000 | Had regular role on the Fox fall drama series "Dark Angel", executive produced by James Cameron | |
1999 | Delivered an over-the-top turn as Slater, the evil-to-the-core henchman of L.Q. Jones, in John Badham's "The Jack Bull" (HBO) | |
1999 | Bridged the fifth and sixth seasons of UPN's "Star Trek: Voyager," playing Captain Ransom in the two-part episode Equinox | |
1999 | Reteamed with Lee on "Summer of Sam", playing a photographer | |
1998 | Appeared as a ranting and raging sergeant in Terrence Malick's "The Thin Red Line"; movie reunited him with Penn | |
1997 | Portrayed Ellen Barkin's abusive, alcoholic spouse who commits suicide in "Oprah Winfrey Presents: Before Women Had Wings" (ABC) | |
1997 | Delivered a menacing turn as Kinski's boozing, war-ravaged, hot-headed husband in "Little Boy Blue" | |
1996 | Played vacuum cleaner salesman-serial killer in "American Strays" | |
1996 | Co-starred as Jeff Bridges' second-in-command in "White Squall" | |
1996 | Produced and starred as "The Mouse", the true story of minor legend Bruce "The Mouse" Strauss, the ring's all-time greatest loser in knockouts; directed by Adams | |
1995 | Acted in Sean Penn's "The Crossing Guard" | |
1992 | Appeared with daughter Jennifer Youngs in Daniel Adams' "Primary Motive", playing a seedy reporter digging up dirt on a political candidate | |
1992 | Was assistant production manager for sequences of Lee's "Malcolm X" shot in South Africa | |
1990 | Had small role in Francis Ford Coppola's "The Godfather, Part III"; played the son of Duvall's character | |
1989 | First film with Spike Lee, "Do the Right Thing" | |
1987 | Portrayed Lennie in stage production of "Of Mice and Men" at NYC's Roundabout Theatre | |
1987 | Co-starred with Duvall in feature "Hotel Colonial" | |
1987 | Gave just the right amount of misanthropy, nobility and moody temperment to his portayal of the Beast (though his prince came across as a bit wooden) in Golan-Globus remake of "Beauty and the Beast" | |
1986 | Played combat photographer who paid the ultimate price for snapping a legend-making shot in Oliver Stone's quasi-docudrama "Salvador" | |
1985 | First time portraying Nastassja Kinski's war-ravaged husband in Andrei Konchalovsky's "Maria's Lovers"; also initial association with producers Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus | |
1984 | Co-starred with Charleton Heston (as son and father) in "Nairobi Affair", a CBS movie shot on location in Kenya | |
| Moved to South Africa, where he would work in the anti-Apartheid movement | ||
1981 | Seen as Amanda Plummer's love interest Bittercreek Newcomb in "Cattle Annie and Little Britches" | |
1980 | Starred as young suicide survivor in "Inside Moves" | |
1979 | Portrayed policeman who survived partner Ted Danson's shooting in "The Onion Field", adapted by Joseph Wambaugh from his novel | |
1979 | Starred as Claude Hooper Bukowski in the underrated film musical "Hair" | |
1978 | Had key featured role as the buddy who returns from Vietnam with shattered legs in "The Deer Hunter" | |
1977 | Appeared on Broadway as Bobby in David Mamet's "American Buffalo", co-starring future brother-in-law Robert Duvall | |
1976 | Was cub reporter lead in short-lived NBC series "Gibbsville" | |
1975 | Wrote and sang the songs as star of Crown International's "The Sister-in-Law" | |
1975 | Had title role in NBC "Hallmark Hall of Fame" presentation, "Eric"; also wrote the song "Loving Somebody" | |
1974 | Appeared in TV-movie "All the Kind Strangers" (ABC), directed by Burt Kennedy | |
1973 | Toured USA in production of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" playing the role of Billy Bibbit | |
1972 | Cast by Robert Benton in Benton's feature directorial debut "Bad Company"; played one of the immature members of a post-Civil War gang led by Jeff Bridges | |
1971 | Appeared on Broadway in "Fiddler on the Roof" | |
1970 | Played small role as the boyfriend in feature "Love Is a Carousel" | |
| Organized Manhattan's Children's Theatre Group (performed in public housing) | ||