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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
August 20, 1947
Place of Birth:
Akron, Ohio, USA
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Ray Wise
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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | The Napa Boys | Officer Toland |
| 2024 | The Blue Rose | Mr. Vallens |
| 2024 | Poolman | William Van Patterson |
| 2024 | God's Not Dead: In God We Trust | Peter Kane |
| 2024 | The Wolf in the Well | Roland Carmel |
| 2024 | Good Grief | Dr. Gariboldi |
| 2022 | King Knight | Merlin |
| 2021 | Psych 3: This Is Gus | Father Peter Westley |
| 2021 | Dinner Is Served | Headmaster Gustafson |
| 2020 | Beast Mode | Trammel Steadfast |
| 2019 | To Your Last Death | Cyrus DeKalb (voice) |
| 2019 | The Chain | Michael |
| 2019 | Tone-Deaf | Michael |
| 2019 | Unholy 'Mole | The Devil (voice) |
| 2017 | Little Evil | Guy On TV (uncredited) |
| 2017 | Shattered | Forest Burnett |
| 2017 | I Had Bad Milk in Dehradun | Self |
| 2016 | The Bronx Bull | Father Father Joseph |
| 2016 | Batman: The Killing Joke | Commissioner Gordon (voice) |
| 2016 | All the Way | Senator Everett Dirksen |
| 2016 | Halloweed | Judge Plimington |
| 2016 | God's Not Dead 2 | Peter Kane |
| 2015 | Digging Up the Marrow | William Dekker |
| 2015 | The Breakup Girl | Bob Baker |
| 2015 | Jurassic City | Warden Lewis |
| 2015 | The Lazarus Effect | Mr. Wallace |
| 2015 | Night of the Living Deb | Frank Waverly |
| 2015 | Taking Flight | Nonno (voice) |
| 2015 | Unnatural | Victor Clobirch |
| 2014 | Guardian Angel | Attorney Kaufman |
| 2014 | Away From Here | Paul |
| 2014 | No God, No Master | A. Mitchell Palmer |
| 2014 | Suburban Gothic | Donald |
| 2014 | Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces | Leland Palmer |
| 2014 | Frank Pierre Presents: Pierre Resort & Casino | Frank Pierre |
| 2014 | Dead Still | Wenton Davies |
| 2014 | Land of Leopold | Deece Warren |
| 2014 | Between Two Worlds | Self |
| 2014 | Tom Holland's Twisted Tales | Mongo the Magnificent (segment "Mongo's Magik Mirror") |
| 2013 | Wrong Cops | Captain Andy |
| 2013 | Big Ass Spider! | Major Braxton Tanner |
| 2013 | Revelation Road 2: The Sea of Glass and Fire | Frank |
| 2013 | Brother's Keeper | Herbert Leemaster |
| 2013 | Out West | Phillip Alcott |
| 2013 | Revelation Road: The Beginning of the End | Frank |
| 2013 | Inventing Adam | J.B. |
| 2012 | Excision | Principal Campbell |
| 2012 | The Aggression Scale | Bellavance |
| 2012 | The Butterfly Room | Nick |
| 2012 | Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie | Dr. Doone Struts |
| 2012 | FDR: American Badass! | Douglas MacArthur |
| 2012 | Nuclear Family | The Man |
| 2012 | Atlas Shrugged: Part II | Head of State Thompson |
| 2012 | Darnell Dawkins: Mouth Guitar Legend | Wade Dawkins |
| 2012 | Brother White | Pastor Johnny Kingman |
| 2012 | Crazy Eyes | Zach's Father |
| 2011 | X-Men: First Class | Secretary of State |
| 2011 | Rosewood Lane | Det. Briggs |
| 2011 | Chillerama | Dr. Weems (segment "Wadzilla") |
| 2011 | The Girl with the Tramp Stamp Tattoo | |
| 2009 | Pandemic | General Matthews |
| 2009 | Iodine | Avery |
| 2009 | Infestation | Ethan |
| 2009 | Stuntmen | Jack Strongbow |
| 2009 | Love at First Hiccup | Roger |
| 2008 | One Missed Call | Ted Summers |
| 2008 | AM1200 | Harry Jones |
| 2007 | Superman: Doomsday | Perry White (voice) |
| 2007 | The Flock | Bobby Stiles |
| 2007 | The Election | John |
| 2007 | Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks | |
| 2007 | 7-10 Split | Buddy Kendrick |
| 2006 | Cyxork 7 | Kommander 88 |
| 2006 | The Substance of Things Hoped For | Dr. Lessing |
| 2006 | Peaceful Warrior | Doctor Hayden |
| 2005 | Good Night, and Good Luck. | Don Hollenbeck |
| 2005 | Jane Doe: The Wrong Face | Fleming |
| 2005 | The Rain Makers | Harris |
| 2005 | Sharkskin 6 | Sam |
| 2003 | Jeepers Creepers 2 | Jack Taggart, Sr. |
| 2003 | Dead End | Frank Harrington |
| 2003 | The Battle of Shaker Heights | Harrison |
| 2002 | Landspeed | Brian Sanger |
| 2002 | Scream at the Sound of the Beep | Brother Jake |
| 2002 | Windfall | John Wescott |
| 2001 | Reflections on the Phenomenon of Twin Peaks | Self |
| 2001 | Postcards From The Cast | Self |
| 2001 | Two Can Play That Game | Bill Parker |
| 2001 | Almost Salinas | Jack Tynan |
| 1999 | Pennyweight | Mr. Pennyweight |
| 1998 | Evasive Action | Sheriff Wes Blaidek |
| 1998 | The Garbage Picking Field Goal Kicking Philadelphia Phenomenon | Randolph Pratt |
| 1995 | Powder | Dr. Aaron Stripler |
| 1994 | The Chase | Dalton Voss |
| 1994 | Body Shot | Dwight Frye |
| 1994 | The Crew | Charles Pierce |
| 1994 | RoboCop: The Future of Law Enforcement | Leon Nash |
| 1993 | Rising Sun | Senator John Morton |
| 1993 | Grey Knight | Col. George Thalman |
| 1993 | RoboCop 3 | Leon Nash (archive footage) |
| 1992 | Bob Roberts | Chet MacGregor |
| 1992 | Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me | Leland Palmer |
| 1992 | Sunstroke | Larry |
| 1991 | Write to Kill | Mark Gaston |
| 1991 | Fire in the Dark | Richard |
| 1990 | The Rift | Robbins |
| 1990 | Runaway Heart | Archie |
| 1989 | Race for Glory | Jack Davis |
| 1989 | Twin Peaks | Leland Palmer |
| 1989 | Season of Fear | Fred Drummond |
| 1988 | The Taking of Flight 847: The Uli Derickson Story | Phil Maresca |
| 1987 | RoboCop | Leon Nash |
| 1987 | Repairs | Stan the Bartender |
| 1986 | Condor | Christopher Proctor |
| 1985 | The Journey of Natty Gann | Sol Gann |
| 1985 | Seduced | Bartecki |
| 1982 | Swamp Thing | Doctor Alec Holland |
| 1982 | Cat People | Soap Opera Man |
| 1981 | Madame X | Bellman (uncredited) |
| 1980 | Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders II | Dr. Simmons |
| 1978 | Tartuffe | Damis |
| 1976 | Love in the Hamptons | Myron |
| 1969 | Dare the Devil | David Keller |
| Nightmare City |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop | Self |
| 2021 | Slugfest | Jack Kirby |
| 2021 | Physical | Sheila's Father |
| 2021 | Home Economics | Frank |
| 2019 | The Movies That Made Us | Self (archive footage) |
| 2019 | All Rise | Richard Walker |
| 2018 | Chilling Adventures of Sabrina | Enoch |
| 2016 | Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life | Jack Smith |
| 2016 | Relationship Status | Grace's Dad |
| 2015 | Fresh Off the Boat | Marvin |
| 2015 | Marvel's Agent Carter | Hugh Jones |
| 2014 | Farmed and Dangerous | Buck Marshall |
| 2014 | Fargo | Paul Marrane |
| 2014 | Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories | The Duke |
| 2013 | Newsreaders | Skip Reming |
| 2012 | Perception | Martin Sullivan |
| 2012 | Holliston | Landlord |
| 2011 | Mr. Sunshine | Macaulay |
| 2011 | Wilfred | Colt St. Cloud |
| 2011 | Body of Proof | Michael Davis |
| 2011 | Workaholics | Kyle Walsh |
| 2010 | Hawaii Five-0 | Morris Brown |
| 2010 | Rizzoli & Isles | Judge Eugene Allen |
| 2010 | The Good Guys | Buddy |
| 2009 | Castle | Bobby Fox |
| 2009 | Dollhouse | Howard Lipman |
| 2009 | Drop Dead Diva | Frank Dodd |
| 2009 | Infomercials | Frank Pierre |
| 2008 | 90210 | Dean Thomas |
| 2008 | The Mentalist | Dennis Victor |
| 2007 | Burn Notice | Mr. Pyne |
| 2007 | Reaper | The Devil |
| 2007 | Chuck | Riley |
| 2007 | Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! | Grill Vogel |
| 2007 | Mad Men | Ed Baxter |
| 2006 | Shark | Lloyd Holcomb |
| 2006 | Psych | Peter Westley |
| 2006 | Six Degrees | |
| 2006 | Psych | Horace Leland |
| 2005 | Numb3rs | Mitch Langford |
| 2005 | Bones | Rick Turco |
| 2005 | How I Met Your Mother | Robin Scherbatsky Sr. |
| 2005 | Criminal Minds | John Nelson |
| 2005 | The Closer | Tom Blanchard |
| 2003 | NCIS | Wayne Tobett |
| 2002 | She Spies | Ambassador Blaine |
| 2001 | 24 | Vice-President Hal Gardner |
| 2000 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Ernest Chase |
| 2000 | Teacher's Pet | |
| 1999 | Judging Amy | Atty. Rhodes |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Roger Hanley |
| 1999 | Popular | Barton |
| 1999 | The West Wing | Governor Tillman D-CA |
| 1998 | Dawson's Creek | |
| 1998 | Charmed | Ludlow |
| 1998 | Sports Night | Evans |
| 1998 | V.I.P. | Judge Kreiger |
| 1996 | Profiler | James Perrone |
| 1996 | Savannah | Edward Burton |
| 1995 | Star Trek: Voyager | Arturis |
| 1995 | JAG | Congressman Marvin Bolton |
| 1995 | Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story | Mike Todd |
| 1993 | Walker, Texas Ranger | Garrett Carlson |
| 1993 | Second Chances | Judge Jim Stinson |
| 1993 | Diagnosis: Murder | John Parkinson |
| 1993 | The Secrets of Lake Success | Henry Fleming |
| 1992 | The Larry Sanders Show | Lloyd Simon |
| 1990 | Twin Peaks | Leland Palmer |
| 1990 | Beverly Hills, 90210 | Daniel Hunter |
| 1990 | Twin Peaks | Leland Palmer (archive footage) |
| 1990 | Dream On | Maddox March |
| 1987 | Star Trek: The Next Generation | Liko |
| 1987 | Beauty and the Beast | Tom |
| 1987 | Jake and the Fatman | |
| 1986 | L.A. Law | Walter Platt |
| 1985 | Moonlighting | |
| 1985 | Stingray | |
| 1985 | The Colbys | |
| 1985 | Moonlighting | Murderer |
| 1984 | Airwolf | Victor Resnick |
| 1984 | Hunter | Alex Parker |
| 1984 | Blue Thunder | J.D. Kraft |
| 1983 | The A-Team | Phillip Chadway |
| 1983 | Scarecrow and Mrs. King | |
| 1983 | Trauma Center | |
| 1982 | Remington Steele | Schwimmer |
| 1982 | T. J. Hooker | Harrison Mackenzie |
| 1979 | Knots Landing | The Dealer |
| 1979 | Hart to Hart | |
| 1977 | Lou Grant | |
| 1976 | Charlie's Angels | Evan Wilcox |
| 1951 | Love of Life |