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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1947-08-20 (77 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).

Known For

Acting

2024

The Blue Rose as Mr. Vallens
Poolman as William Van Patterson
The Wolf in the Well as Roland Carmel

2023

2022

King Knight as Merlin

2021

Psych 3: This Is Gus as Father Peter Westley
Dinner Is Served as Headmaster Gustafson
Slugfest as Jack Kirby
Physical as Sheila's Father

2020

Beast Mode as Trammel Steadfast

2019

To Your Last Death as Cyrus DeKalb (voice)
The Chain as Michael
Tone-Deaf as Michael
Unholy 'Mole as The Devil (voice)
The Movies That Made Us as Self (Archival Footage)
All Rise as Richard Walker

2018

Neo Yokio: Pink Christmas as Event Broadcaster

2017

Little Evil as Guy On TV (uncredited)
Shattered as Forest Burnett
Neo Yokio as Old Man / Male Announcer (voice)

2016

The Bronx Bull as Father Father Joseph
Batman: The Killing Joke as Commissioner James Gordon (voice)
All the Way as Senator Everett Dirksen
Halloweed as Judge Plimington
God's Not Dead 2 as Peter Kane
Relationship Status as Grace's Dad

2015

Digging Up the Marrow as William Dekker
The Breakup Girl as Bob Baker
Jurassic City as Warden Lewis
The Lazarus Effect as Mr. Wallace
Night of the Living Deb as Frank Waverly
Taking Flight as Nonno (voice)
Unnatural as Victor Clobirch
Marvel's Agent Carter as Hugh Jones

2014

Guardian Angel as Attorney Kaufman
No God, No Master as A. Mitchell Palmer
Suburban Gothic as Donald
Dead Still as Wenton Davies
Land of Leopold as Deece Warren
Tom Holland's Twisted Tales as Mongo the Magnificent (segment "Mongo's Magik Mirror")
Farmed and Dangerous as Buck Marshall
Fargo as Paul Marrane

2013

Wrong Cops as Captain Andy
Big Ass Spider! as Major Braxton Tanner
Brother's Keeper as Herbert Leemaster
Out West as Phillip Alcott
Newsreaders as Skip Reming

2012

Excision as Principal Campbell
The Aggression Scale as Bellavance
FDR: American Badass! as Douglas MacArthur
Nuclear Family as The Man
Atlas Shrugged: Part II as Head of State Thompson
Brother White as Pastor Johnny Kingman
Crazy Eyes as Zach's Father
Perception as Martin Sullivan
Holliston as Landlord

2011

X-Men: First Class as Secretary of State
Rosewood Lane as Det. Briggs
Chillerama as Dr. Weems
Mr. Sunshine as Macaulay
Wilfred as Colt St. Cloud
Body of Proof as Michael Davis

2010

Hawaii Five-0 as Morris Brown
Rizzoli & Isles as Judge Eugene Allen

2009

Pandemic as General Matthews
Iodine as Avery
Infestation as Ethan
Stuntmen as Jack Strongbow
Castle as Bobby Fox
Dollhouse as Howard Lipman
Drop Dead Diva as Frank Dodd
Infomercials as Frank Pierre

2008

One Missed Call as Ted Summers
AM1200 as Harry Jones
90210 as Dean Thomas
The Mentalist as Dennis Victor

2007

Superman: Doomsday as Perry White (voice)
The Flock as Bobby Stiles
The Election as John
7-10 Split as Buddy Kendrick
Burn Notice as Mr. Pyne
Reaper as The Devil
Chuck as Riley
Mad Men as Ed Baxter

2006

Cyxork 7 as Kommander 88
Peaceful Warrior as Doctor Hayden
Psych as Peter Westley
Psych as Horace Leland

2005

Good Night, and Good Luck. as Don Hollenbeck
The Rain Makers as Harris
Bones as Rick Turco
How I Met Your Mother as Robin Scherbatsky Sr.
Criminal Minds as John Nelson
The Closer as Tom Blanchard

2003

Jeepers Creepers 2 as Jack Taggart, Sr.
Dead End as Frank Harrington
NCIS as Wayne Tobett

2002

Landspeed as Brian Sanger
Windfall as John Wescott
She Spies as Ambassador Blaine

2001

Two Can Play That Game as Bill Parker
Almost Salinas as Jack Tynan
24 as Vice-President Hal Gardner

2000

1999

Pennyweight as Mr. Pennyweight
Judging Amy as Atty. Rhodes
The West Wing as Governor Tillman D-CA

1998

Evasive Action as Sheriff Wes Blaidek
Charmed as Ludlow
Sports Night as Evans
V.I.P. as Judge Kreiger

1996

Savannah as Edward Burton

1995

Powder as Dr. Aaron Stripler
JAG as Congressman Marvin Bolton

1994

The Chase as Dalton Voss
Body Shot as Dwight Frye
The Crew as Charles Pierce

1993

Rising Sun as Senator John Morton
Grey Knight as Col. George Thalman
RoboCop 3 as Leon Nash (archive footage)
Walker, Texas Ranger as Garrett Carlson
Second Chances as Judge Jim Stinson
Diagnosis: Murder as John Parkinson

1992

Bob Roberts as Chet MacGregor
Sunstroke as Larry
The Larry Sanders Show as Lloyd Simon

1991

Write to Kill as Mark Gaston
Fire in the Dark as Richard

1990

The Rift as Robbins
Runaway Heart as Archie
Twin Peaks as Leland Palmer
Beverly Hills, 90210 as Daniel Hunter
Twin Peaks as Leland Palmer (archive footage)
Dream On as Maddox March

1989

Race for Glory as Jack Davis
Twin Peaks as Leland Palmer
Season of Fear as Fred Drummond

1988

1987

RoboCop as Leon Nash

1986

Condor as Christopher Proctor
L.A. Law as A.D.A. Walter Platt

1985

Seduced as Bartecki
Moonlighting as Murderer

1984

Airwolf as Victor Resnick
Hunter as Alex Parker
Blue Thunder as J.D. Kraft

1983

The A-Team as Phillip Chadway

1982

Swamp Thing as Doctor Alec Holland
Cat People as Soap Opera Man
Remington Steele as Schwimmer
T. J. Hooker as Harrison Mackenzie

1981

Madame X as Bellman (uncredited)

1980

1979

Knots Landing as The Dealer

1978

Tartuffe as Damis

1977

1976

Charlie's Angels as Evan Wilcox

1969

Dare the Devil as David Keller

1951

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