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Ray Wise
Ray Wise

Ray Wise

ActingBorn August 20, 1947 (age 78)Akron, Ohio, USA

Biography

Raymond Herbert Wise (born August 20, 1947) 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).

Filmography

2026
NANOcell

as Robert Cox

Movie
2026
The Napa Boys

as Officer Toland

Movie
2024
The Wolf in the Well

as Roland Carmel

Movie
2024Movie
2024
The Blue Rose

as Mr. Vallens

Movie
2024
Good Grief

as Dr. Gariboldi

Movie
2024
Poolman

as William Van Patterson

Movie
2022
King Knight

as Merlin

Movie
2021
Slugfest

as Jack Kirby

TV
2021
Psych 3: This Is Gus

as Father Peter Westley

Movie
2021
Physical

as Sheila's Father

TV
2021
Dinner Is Served

as Headmaster Gustafson

Movie
2021TV
2020
Beast Mode

as Trammel Steadfast

Movie
2019
To Your Last Death

as Cyrus DeKalb (voice)

Movie
2019
The Movies That Made Us

as Self (archive footage)

TV
2019
All Rise

as Richard Walker

TV
2019
Unholy 'Mole

as The Devil (voice)

Movie
2019
The Chain

as Michael

Movie
2019
Tone-Deaf

as Michael

Movie
2017
Little Evil

as Guy On TV (uncredited)

Movie
2017
Shattered

as Forest Burnett

Movie
2016
Halloweed

as Judge Plimington

Movie
2016
Batman: The Killing Joke

as Commissioner Gordon (voice)

Movie
2016
The Bronx Bull

as Father Father Joseph

Movie
2016
All the Way

as Senator Everett Dirksen

Movie
2016
Relationship Status

as Grace's Dad

TV
2016
God's Not Dead 2

as Peter Kane

Movie
2015
Unnatural

as Victor Clobirch

Movie
2015
Adam Ruins Everything

as Netflix Executive

TV
2015
Taking Flight

as Nonno (voice)

Movie
2015
The Breakup Girl

as Bob Baker

Movie
2015
Night of the Living Deb

as Frank Waverly

Movie
2015
Digging Up the Marrow

as William Dekker

Movie
2015TV
2015
The Lazarus Effect

as Mr. Wallace

Movie
2015
Jurassic City

as Warden Lewis

Movie
2015TV
2014
Dead Still

as Wenton Davies

Movie
2014
Guardian Angel

as Attorney Kaufman

Movie
2014Movie
2014
Land of Leopold

as Deece Warren

Movie
2014Movie
2014Movie
2014Movie
2014
Fargo

as Paul Marrane

TV
2014
No God, No Master

as A. Mitchell Palmer

Movie
2014
Tom Holland's Twisted Tales

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

Movie
2014
Farmed and Dangerous

as Buck Marshall

TV
2013
Wrong Cops

as Captain Andy

Movie
2013
Tom Holland's Twisted Tales

as Mongo the Magnificent

TV
2013
Big Ass Spider!

as Major Braxton Tanner

Movie
2013
Out West

as Phillip Alcott

Movie
2013
Brother's Keeper

as Herbert Leemaster

Movie
2013Movie
2013
Newsreaders

as Skip Reming

TV
2012
Nuclear Family

as The Man

Movie
2012
Atlas Shrugged: Part II

as Head of State Thompson

Movie
2012
FDR: American Badass!

as Douglas MacArthur

Movie
2012
Excision

as Principal Campbell

Movie
2012Movie
2012
Perception

as Martin Sullivan

TV
2012
Crazy Eyes

as Zach's Father

Movie
2012
Brother White

as Pastor Johnny Kingman

Movie
2012
Holliston

as Landlord

TV
2012Movie
2012Movie
2012Movie
2011
Rosewood Lane

as Det. Briggs

Movie
2011
Chillerama

as Dr. Weems (segment "Wadzilla")

Movie
2011
Wilfred

as Colt St. Cloud

TV
2011
X-Men: First Class

as Secretary of State

Movie
2011
Workaholics

as Kyle Walsh

TV
2011
Body of Proof

as Michael Davis

TV
2011
Mr. Sunshine

as Macaulay

TV
2010
Hawaii Five-0

as Morris Brown

TV
2010
Rizzoli & Isles

as Judge Eugene Allen

TV
2010TV
2009
Infomercials

as Frank Pierre

TV
2009
Pandemic

as General Matthews

Movie
2009
Iodine

as Avery

Movie
2009
Stuntmen

as Jack Strongbow

Movie
2009
Drop Dead Diva

as Frank Dodd

TV
2009
Castle

as Bobby Fox

TV
2009
Dollhouse

as Howard Lipman

TV
2009
Infestation

as Ethan

Movie
2009Movie
2008
AM1200

as Harry Jones

Movie
2008
The Mentalist

as Dennis Victor

TV
2008
90210

as Dean Thomas

TV
2008
One Missed Call

as Ted Summers

Movie
2007
Reaper

as The Devil

TV
2007
Chuck

as Riley

TV
2007
Superman: Doomsday

as Perry White (voice)

Movie
2007
The Flock

as Bobby Stiles

Movie
2007
Mad Men

as Ed Baxter

TV
2007Movie
2007
Burn Notice

as Mr. Pyne

TV
2007
7-10 Split

as Buddy Kendrick

Movie
2006
Shark

as Lloyd Holcomb

TV
2006
Psych

as Peter Westley

TV
2006
Psych

as Horace Leland

TV
2006Movie
2006
Peaceful Warrior

as Doctor Hayden

Movie
2006
Cyxork 7

as Kommander 88

Movie
2005
Criminal Minds

as John Nelson

TV
2005
How I Met Your Mother

as Robin Scherbatsky Sr.

TV
2005Movie
2005
Bones

as Rick Turco

TV
2005Movie
2005
The Closer

as Tom Blanchard

TV
2005
Numb3rs

as Mitch Langford

TV
2005Movie
2005Movie
2003
Dead End

as Frank Harrington

Movie
2003
NCIS

as Wayne Tobett

TV
2003Movie
2003
Jeepers Creepers 2

as Jack Taggart, Sr.

Movie
2002
Windfall

as John Wescott

Movie
2002
She Spies

as Ambassador Blaine

TV
2002
Landspeed

as Brian Sanger

Movie
2002Movie
2001Movie
2001
24

as Vice-President Hal Gardner

TV
2001Movie
2001
Almost Salinas

as Jack Tynan

Movie
2000TV
1999
Popular

as Barton

TV
1999
The West Wing

as Governor Tillman D-CA

TV
1999
Judging Amy

as Atty. Rhodes

TV
1999
Pennyweight

as Mr. Pennyweight

Movie
1998
Charmed

as Ludlow

TV
1998
V.I.P.

as Judge Kreiger

TV
1998
Sports Night

as Evans

TV
1998
Dawson's Creek

as Roger Stepavich

TV
1998
Evasive Action

as Sheriff Wes Blaidek

Movie
1996
Profiler

as James Perrone

TV
1996
Savannah

as Edward Burton

TV
1995
Powder

as Dr. Aaron Stripler

Movie
1995
JAG

as Congressman Marvin Bolton

TV
1995TV
1994
The Crew

as Charles Pierce

Movie
1994
Body Shot

as Dwight Frye

Movie
1994
The Chase

as Dalton Voss

Movie
1993
Second Chances

as Judge Jim Stinson

TV
1993
Diagnosis: Murder

as John Parkinson

TV
1993TV
1993
Rising Sun

as Senator John Morton

Movie
1993
Walker, Texas Ranger

as Garrett Carlson

TV
1993
Grey Knight

as Col. George Thalman

Movie
1993
RoboCop 3

as Leon Nash (archive footage)

Movie
1992
Sunstroke

as Larry

Movie
1992
Bob Roberts

as Chet MacGregor

Movie
1992TV
1992Movie
1991
Write to Kill

as Mark Gaston

Movie
1991Movie
1990
Runaway Heart

as Archie

Movie
1990
Beverly Hills, 90210

as Daniel Hunter

TV
1990
Dream On

as Maddox March

TV
1990
Twin Peaks

as Leland Palmer

TV
1990
Twin Peaks

as Leland Palmer (archive footage)

TV
1990
The Rift

as Robbins

Movie
1989
Twin Peaks

as Leland Palmer

Movie
1989
Race for Glory

as Jack Davis

Movie
1989
Season of Fear

as Fred Drummond

Movie
1987
RoboCop

as Leon Nash

Movie
1987
Repairs

as Stan the Bartender

Movie
1986
L.A. Law

as Walter Platt

TV
1986
Condor

as Christopher Proctor

Movie
1985Movie
1985TV
1985
Seduced

as Bartecki

Movie
1985
Moonlighting

as Murderer

TV
1984
Hunter

as Alex Parker

TV
1984
Airwolf

as Victor Resnick

TV
1984
Blue Thunder

as J.D. Kraft

TV
1983
The A-Team

as Phillip Chadway

TV
1982
Remington Steele

as Schwimmer

TV
1982
Cat People

as Soap Opera Man

Movie
1982
T. J. Hooker

as Harrison Mackenzie

TV
1982
Swamp Thing

as Dr. Alec Holland

Movie
1981
Madame X

as Bellman (uncredited)

Movie
1980Movie
1979
Knots Landing

as The Dealer

TV
1978
Tartuffe

as Damis

Movie
1977TV
1976Movie
1976
Charlie's Angels

as Evan Wilcox

TV
1969
Dare the Devil

as David Keller

Movie
The Good Dark

as Edward Penth

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayAugust 20, 1947
Place of BirthAkron, Ohio, USA
Popularity1.8