Ray Wise
Birthday: 1947-08-20
Birthplace: Akron, Ohio, USA
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned
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).
Credits
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Nightmare City | ||
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2026-02-27 | The Napa Boys | Officer Toland |
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2024-12-14 | The Wolf in the Well | Roland Carmel |
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2024-09-12 | God's Not Dead: In God We Trust | Peter Kane |
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2024-07-12 | The Blue Rose | Mr. Vallens |
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2024-06-08 | Good Grief | Dr. Gariboldi |
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2024-05-09 | Poolman | William Van Patterson |
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2022-02-17 | King Knight | Merlin |
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2021-11-18 | Psych 3: This Is Gus | Father Peter Westley |
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2021-05-28 | Dinner Is Served | Headmaster Gustafson |
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2020-12-01 | Beast Mode | Trammel Steadfast |
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2019-11-30 | To Your Last Death | Cyrus DeKalb (voice) |
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2019-08-11 | Unholy 'Mole | The Devil (voice) |
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2019-05-31 | The Chain | Michael |
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2019-03-10 | Tone-Deaf | Michael |
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2017-08-08 | Little Evil | Guy On TV (uncredited) |
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2017-01-28 | Shattered | Forest Burnett |
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2016-10-18 | Halloweed | Judge Plimington |
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2016-07-24 | Batman: The Killing Joke | Commissioner Gordon (voice) |
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2016-06-13 | The Bronx Bull | Father Father Joseph |
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2016-05-23 | All the Way | Senator Everett Dirksen |
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2016-04-01 | God's Not Dead 2 | Peter Kane |
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2015-10-16 | Unnatural | Victor Clobirch |
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2015-09-18 | Taking Flight | Nonno (voice) |
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2015-07-10 | The Breakup Girl | Bob Baker |
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2015-05-30 | Night of the Living Deb | Frank Waverly |
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2015-02-20 | Digging Up the Marrow | William Dekker |
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2015-01-29 | The Lazarus Effect | Mr. Wallace |
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2015-01-09 | Jurassic City | Warden Lewis |
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2014-12-02 | Frank Pierre Presents: Pierre Resort & Casino | Frank Pierre |
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2014-10-06 | Dead Still | Wenton Davies |
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2014-10-01 | Guardian Angel | Attorney Kaufman |
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2014-07-25 | Land of Leopold | Deece Warren |
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2014-07-19 | Suburban Gothic | Donald |
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2014-07-16 | Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces | Leland Palmer |
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2014-05-17 | Away From Here | Paul |
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2014-04-11 | No God, No Master | A. Mitchell Palmer |
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2014-04-01 | Tom Holland's Twisted Tales | Mongo the Magnificent (segment "Mongo's Magik Mirror") |
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2013-12-18 | Wrong Cops | Captain Andy |
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2013-10-17 | Big Ass Spider! | Major Braxton Tanner |
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2013-09-01 | Out West | Phillip Alcott |
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2013-07-12 | Revelation Road 2: The Sea of Glass and Fire | Frank |
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2013-04-05 | Brother's Keeper | Herbert Leemaster |
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2013-03-25 | Revelation Road: The Beginning of the End | Frank |
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2013-01-29 | Inventing Adam | J.B. |
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2012-10-15 | Nuclear Family | The Man |
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2012-10-12 | Atlas Shrugged: Part II | Head of State Thompson |
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2012-09-24 | FDR: American Badass! | Douglas MacArthur |
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2012-09-12 | Excision | Principal Campbell |
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2012-08-04 | The Butterfly Room | Nick |
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2012-07-06 | Crazy Eyes | Zach's Father |
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2012-04-15 | Brother White | Pastor Johnny Kingman |
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2012-03-10 | The Aggression Scale | Bellavance |
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2012-03-10 | Darnell Dawkins: Mouth Guitar Legend | Wade Dawkins |
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2012-03-02 | Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie | Dr. Doone Struts |
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2011-12-04 | The Girl with the Tramp Stamp Tattoo | |
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2011-10-15 | Rosewood Lane | Det. Briggs |
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2011-10-14 | Chillerama | Dr. Weems (segment "Wadzilla") |
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2011-06-01 | X-Men: First Class | Secretary of State |
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2009-10-20 | Pandemic | General Matthews |
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2009-08-27 | Iodine | Avery |
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2009-08-18 | Stuntmen | Jack Strongbow |
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2009-02-05 | Infestation | Ethan |
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2009-02-02 | Love at First Hiccup | Roger |
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2008-10-03 | AM1200 | Harry Jones |
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2008-01-04 | One Missed Call | Ted Summers |
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2007-10-30 | Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks | |
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2007-09-18 | Superman: Doomsday | Perry White (voice) |
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2007-08-04 | The Flock | Bobby Stiles |
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2007-07-12 | The Election | John |
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2007-02-21 | 7-10 Split | Buddy Kendrick |
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2006-04-06 | The Substance of Things Hoped For | Dr. Lessing |
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2006-03-30 | Peaceful Warrior | Doctor Hayden |
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2006-02-23 | Cyxork 7 | Kommander 88 |
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2005-09-16 | Good Night, and Good Luck. | Don Hollenbeck |
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2005-06-19 | Jane Doe: The Wrong Face | Fleming |
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2005-01-15 | The Rain Makers | Harris |
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2005-01-10 | Sharkskin 6 | Sam |
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2003-12-12 | Dead End | Frank Harrington |
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2003-08-22 | The Battle of Shaker Heights | Harrison |
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2003-08-08 | Jeepers Creepers 2 | Jack Taggart, Sr. |
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2002-11-28 | Windfall | John Wescott |
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2002-06-11 | Landspeed | Brian Sanger |
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2002-01-01 | Scream at the Sound of the Beep | Brother Jake |
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2001-09-07 | Two Can Play That Game | Bill Parker |
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2001-04-01 | Almost Salinas | Jack Tynan |
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1999-01-01 | Pennyweight | Mr. Pennyweight |
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1998-02-15 | The Garbage Picking Field Goal Kicking Philadelphia Phenomenon | Randolph Pratt |
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1998-01-01 | Evasive Action | Sheriff Wes Blaidek |
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1995-10-27 | Powder | Dr. Aaron Stripler |
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1994-10-01 | The Crew | Charles Pierce |
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1994-03-14 | RoboCop: The Future of Law Enforcement | Leon Nash |
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1994-03-09 | Body Shot | Dwight Frye |
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1994-03-04 | The Chase | Dalton Voss |
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1993-07-30 | Rising Sun | Senator John Morton |
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1993-03-07 | Grey Knight | Col. George Thalman |
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1992-09-23 | Sunstroke | Larry |
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1992-09-04 | Bob Roberts | Chet MacGregor |
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1992-06-03 | Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me | Leland Palmer |
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1991-11-20 | Write to Kill | Mark Gaston |
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1991-07-01 | Fire in the Dark | Richard |
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1990-10-27 | Runaway Heart | Archie |
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1990-03-09 | The Rift | Robbins |
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1989-12-08 | Twin Peaks | Leland Palmer |
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1989-11-02 | Race for Glory | Jack Davis |
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1989-05-12 | Season of Fear | Fred Drummond |
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1988-01-01 | The Taking of Flight 847: The Uli Derickson Story | Phil Maresca |
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1987-07-17 | RoboCop | Leon Nash |
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1987-01-01 | Repairs | Stan the Bartender |
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1986-08-10 | Condor | Christopher Proctor |
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1985-09-27 | The Journey of Natty Gann | Sol Gann |
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1985-03-12 | Seduced | Bartecki |
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1982-04-02 | Cat People | Soap Opera Man |
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1982-02-19 | Swamp Thing | Doctor Alec Holland |
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1981-03-16 | Madame X | Bellman (uncredited) |
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1980-01-13 | Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders II | Dr. Simmons |
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1978-05-31 | Tartuffe | Damis |
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1976-10-08 | Love in the Hamptons | Myron |
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1969-01-01 | Dare the Devil | David Keller |