Ray Wise

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1947-08-20 (78 years old)

Place of Birth

Akron, Ohio, USA

Ray Wise

Biography

Raymond Herbert Wise is an American actor best known for his role as Leland Palmer in Twin Peaks (1990–1991, 2017) and its prequel film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992). He has appeared in films such as Swamp Thing (1982), The Journey of Natty Gann (1985), RoboCop (1987), Bob Roberts (1992), Jeepers Creepers 2 (2003), Good Night, and Good Luck (2005), X-Men: First Class (2011) and God's Not Dead 2 (2016).

Acting

2005

1992

Bob Roberts

as Chet MacGregor

1994

The Chase

as Dalton Voss

2014

Guardian Angel

as Attorney Kaufman

2009

Pandemic

as General Matthews

1987

RoboCop

as Leon Nash

2003

Jeepers Creepers 2

as Jack Taggart, Sr.

2002

Landspeed

as Brian Sanger

2003

Dead End

as Frank Harrington

2008

One Missed Call

as Ted Summers

1993

Rising Sun

as Senator John Morton

2024

The Blue Rose

as Mr. Vallens

2007

Superman: Doomsday

as Perry White (voice)

1990

The Rift

as Robbins

2007

The Flock

as Bobby Stiles

1998

Evasive Action

as Sheriff Wes Blaidek

2021

Psych 3: This Is Gus

as Father Peter Westley

2008

AM1200

as Harry Jones

1982

Swamp Thing

as Doctor Alec Holland

1993

Grey Knight

as Col. George Thalman

1981

Madame X

as Bellman (uncredited)

2011

X-Men: First Class

as Secretary of State

2005

2012

Excision

as Principal Campbell

2006

Cyxork 7

as Kommander 88

2012

2011

Rosewood Lane

as Det. Briggs

2017

Little Evil

as Guy On TV (uncredited)

2011

Chillerama

as Dr. Weems

2012

FDR: American Badass!

as Douglas MacArthur

2007

2012

Nuclear Family

as The Man

1986

Condor

as Christopher Proctor

1999

Pennyweight

as Mr. Pennyweight

2012

Atlas Shrugged: Part II

as Head of State Thompson

2009

Iodine

as Avery

2013

Wrong Cops

as Captain Andy

1993

RoboCop 3

as Leon Nash (archive footage)

2013

Big Ass Spider!

as Major Braxton Tanner

1989

Race for Glory

as Jack Davis

1990

Runaway Heart

as Archie

2013

Brother's Keeper

as Herbert Leemaster

2016

The Bronx Bull

as Father Father Joseph

2014

1994

Body Shot

as Dwight Frye

2014

No God, No Master

as A. Mitchell Palmer

1991

Write to Kill

as Mark Gaston

2024

Poolman

as William Van Patterson

2014

2015

Digging Up the Marrow

as William Dekker

2014

1969

Dare the Devil

as David Keller

2013

Out West

as Phillip Alcott

2015

The Breakup Girl

as Bob Baker

1985

Seduced

as Bartecki

2015

Jurassic City

as Warden Lewis

1991

2014

Dead Still

as Wenton Davies

2014

Land of Leopold

as Deece Warren

2015

The Lazarus Effect

as Mr. Wallace

2015

Night of the Living Deb

as Frank Waverly

2015

Taking Flight

as Nonno (voice)

2015

Unnatural

as Victor Clobirch

2009

Infestation

as Ethan

2016

Batman: The Killing Joke

as Commissioner James Gordon (voice)

2001

2016

All the Way

as Senator Everett Dirksen

2009

Stuntmen

as Jack Strongbow

2012

Brother White

as Pastor Johnny Kingman

2016

Halloweed

as Judge Plimington

2013

2007

7-10 Split

as Buddy Kendrick

2001

Almost Salinas

as Jack Tynan

1989

Twin Peaks

as Leland Palmer

2002

Windfall

as John Wescott

1992

1978

Tartuffe

as Damis

1994

The Crew

as Charles Pierce

2019

To Your Last Death

as Cyrus DeKalb (voice)

1982

Cat People

as Soap Opera Man

2005

2017

Shattered

as Forest Burnett

2012

Crazy Eyes

as Zach's Father

2020

Beast Mode

as Trammel Steadfast

1995

Powder

as Dr. Aaron Stripler

2019

The Chain

as Michael

2006

Peaceful Warrior

as Doctor Hayden

2019

Tone-Deaf

as Michael

1992

Sunstroke

as Larry

2019

Unholy 'Mole

as The Devil (voice)

1989

Season of Fear

as Fred Drummond

2016

God's Not Dead 2

as Peter Kane

2018

Neo Yokio: Pink Christmas

as Old Man (voice) / Male Announcer (voice)

2014

Tom Holland's Twisted Tales

as Mongo the Magnificent (segment "Mongo's Magik Mirror")

2021

Dinner Is Served

as Headmaster Gustafson

2022

King Knight

as Merlin

2024

The Wolf in the Well

as Roland Carmel

-

Good Grief

as Dr. Gariboldi

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