Ray Wise
123 movies · 88 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Aug 20, 1947 (age 79)
- Place of birth
- Akron, Ohio, USA
- Also known as
- Raymond Herbert Wise · ری وایز
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).
Known for
Ray Wise: movies and TV shows
Acting (211)
- Upcoming
- Upcoming The Good Dark
as Edward Penth
- 2026 SURPRISE
as Mr. Johnson
- 2026 NANOcell
as Robert Cox
- 2026 The Napa Boys
as Officer Toland
- 2024 The Wolf in the Well
as Roland Carmel
- 2024 God's Not Dead: In God We Trust
as Peter Kane
- 2024 The Blue Rose
as Mr. Vallens
- 2024 Good Grief
as Dr. Gariboldi
- 2024 Poolman
as William Van Patterson
- 2022 King Knight
as Merlin
- 2021
- 2021 Psych 3: This Is Gus
as Father Peter Westley
- 2021
- 2021 Dinner Is Served
as Headmaster Gustafson
- 2021
- 2020 Beast Mode
as Trammel Steadfast
- 2019 To Your Last Death
as Cyrus DeKalb (voice)
- 2019
- 2019 Unholy 'Mole
as The Devil (voice)
- 2019 The Chain
as Michael
- 2019 Tone-Deaf
as Michael
- 2018
- 2017 Little Evil
as Guy On TV (uncredited)
- 2017 Shattered
as Forest Burnett
- 2016
- 2016 Halloweed
as Judge Plimington
- 2016 Batman: The Killing Joke
as Commissioner Gordon (voice)
- 2016 The Bronx Bull
as Father Father Joseph
- 2016 All the Way
as Senator Everett Dirksen
- 2016
- 2016 God's Not Dead 2
as Peter Kane
- 2015 Unnatural
as Victor Clobirch
- 2015
- 2015 Taking Flight
as Nonno (voice)
- 2015 The Breakup Girl
as Bob Baker
- 2015 Night of the Living Deb
as Frank Waverly
- 2015 Digging Up the Marrow
as William Dekker
- 2015
- 2015 The Lazarus Effect
as Mr. Wallace
- 2015 Jurassic City
as Warden Lewis
- 2015
- 2014 Frank Pierre Presents: Pierre Resort & Casino
as Frank Pierre
- 2014 Dead Still
as Wenton Davies
- 2014 Guardian Angel
as Attorney Kaufman
- 2014
- 2014 Land of Leopold
as Deece Warren
- 2014 Suburban Gothic
as Donald
- 2014 Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
as Leland Palmer
- 2014 Away From Here
as Paul
- 2014
- 2014 No God, No Master
as A. Mitchell Palmer
- 2014 Tom Holland's Twisted Tales
as Mongo the Magnificent (segment "Mongo's Magik Mirror")
- 2014
- 2013 Wrong Cops
as Captain Andy
- 2013
- 2013 Big Ass Spider!
as Major Braxton Tanner
- 2013 Out West
as Phillip Alcott
- 2013
- 2013 Brother's Keeper
as Herbert Leemaster
- 2013
- 2013 Inventing Adam
as J.B.
- 2012 Nuclear Family
as The Man
- 2012 Atlas Shrugged: Part II
as Head of State Thompson
- 2012 FDR: American Badass!
as Douglas MacArthur
- 2012 Excision
as Principal Campbell
- 2012 The Butterfly Room
as Nick
- 2012
- 2012 Crazy Eyes
as Zach's Father
- 2012 Brother White
as Pastor Johnny Kingman
- 2012
- 2012 The Aggression Scale
as Bellavance
- 2012 Darnell Dawkins: Mouth Guitar Legend
as Wade Dawkins
- 2012 Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie
as Dr. Doone Struts
- 2011
- 2011 Rosewood Lane
as Det. Briggs
- 2011 Chillerama
as Dr. Weems (segment "Wadzilla")
- 2011
- 2011 X-Men: First Class
as Secretary of State
- 2011
- 2011
- 2011
- 2010
- 2010
- 2010
- 2009
- 2009 Pandemic
as General Matthews
- 2009 Iodine
as Avery
- 2009 Stuntmen
as Jack Strongbow
- 2009
- 2009
- 2009
- 2009 Infestation
as Ethan
- 2009 Love at First Hiccup
as Roger
- 2008 AM1200
as Harry Jones
- 2008
- 2008
- 2008 One Missed Call
as Ted Summers
- 2007
- 2007
- 2007 Superman: Doomsday
as Perry White (voice)
- 2007 The Flock
as Bobby Stiles
- 2007
- 2007 The Election
as John
- 2007
- 2007 7-10 Split
as Buddy Kendrick
- 2007
- 2006
- 2006
- 2006
- 2006 The Substance of Things Hoped For
as Dr. Lessing
- 2006 Peaceful Warrior
as Doctor Hayden
- 2006 Cyxork 7
as Kommander 88
- 2005
- 2005
- 2005 Good Night, and Good Luck.
as Don Hollenbeck
- 2005
- 2005 Jane Doe: The Wrong Face
as Fleming
- 2005
- 2005
- 2005 The Rain Makers
as Harris
- 2005 Sharkskin 6
as Sam
- 2003 Dead End
as Frank Harrington
- 2003
- 2003 The Battle of Shaker Heights
as Harrison
- 2003 Jeepers Creepers 2
as Jack Taggart, Sr.
- 2002 Windfall
as John Wescott
- 2002
- 2002 Landspeed
as Brian Sanger
- 2002 Scream at the Sound of the Beep
as Brother Jake
- 2001
- 2001 Two Can Play That Game
as Bill Parker
- 2001 Almost Salinas
as Jack Tynan
- 2000
- 2000
- 1999
- 1999
- 1999
- 1999
- 1999 Pennyweight
as Mr. Pennyweight
- 1998
- 1998
- 1998
- 1998 The Garbage Picking Field Goal Kicking Philadelphia Phenomenon
as Randolph Pratt
- 1998
- 1998 Evasive Action
as Sheriff Wes Blaidek
- 1996
- 1996
- 1995 Powder
as Dr. Aaron Stripler
- 1995
- 1995
- 1995
- 1994 The Crew
as Charles Pierce
- 1994 RoboCop: The Future of Law Enforcement
as Leon Nash
- 1994 Body Shot
as Dwight Frye
- 1994 The Chase
as Dalton Voss
- 1993
- 1993
- 1993
- 1993 Rising Sun
as Senator John Morton
- 1993
- 1993 Grey Knight
as Col. George Thalman
- 1993 RoboCop 3
as Leon Nash (archive footage)
- 1992 Sunstroke
as Larry
- 1992 Bob Roberts
as Chet MacGregor
- 1992
- 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
as Leland Palmer
- 1991 Write to Kill
as Mark Gaston
- 1991 Fire in the Dark
as Richard
- 1990 Runaway Heart
as Archie
- 1990
- 1990
- 1990
- 1990 The Rift
as Robbins
- 1989 Twin Peaks
as Leland Palmer
- 1989 Race for Glory
as Jack Davis
- 1989 Season of Fear
as Fred Drummond
- 1988 The Taking of Flight 847: The Uli Derickson Story
as Phil Maresca
- 1987
- 1987
- 1987
- 1987 RoboCop
as Leon Nash
- 1987 Repairs
as Stan the Bartender
- 1986
- 1986 Condor
as Christopher Proctor
- 1985
- 1985 The Journey of Natty Gann
as Sol Gann
- 1985
- 1985 Seduced
as Bartecki
- 1985
- 1984
- 1984
- 1984
- 1983
- 1983
- 1983
- 1982
- 1982 Cat People
as Soap Opera Man
- 1982
- 1982 Swamp Thing
as Dr. Alec Holland
+ 11 more credits
Talk shows and appearances (8)
- 2023 RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop
4 episodes
- 2019 The Movies That Made Us
1 episode
- 2017
- 2014
- 2013 Newsreaders
24 episodes
- 2007
- 2001
- 2001