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Ray Wise

Acting · Born 1947-08-20 · Akron, Ohio, USA

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 · 206

2026 · Officer Toland

God's Not Dead: In God We Trust

2024 · Peter Kane

2024 · Mr. Vallens

2024 · William Van Patterson

RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop

2021 · Jack Kirby

Psych 3: This Is Gus

2021 · Father Peter Westley

2021 · Sheila's Father

Dinner Is Served

2021 · Headmaster Gustafson

2020 · Trammel Steadfast

To Your Last Death

2019 · Cyrus DeKalb (voice)

The Movies That Made Us

2019 · Self (archive footage)

2019 · Richard Walker

2019 · The Devil (voice)

2019 · Michael

2019 · Michael

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina

I Had Bad Milk in Dehradun

2017 · Guy On TV (uncredited)

2017 · Forest Burnett

Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life

2016 · Jack Smith

2016 · Judge Plimington

Batman: The Killing Joke

2016 · Commissioner Gordon (voice)

2016 · Father Father Joseph

2016 · Senator Everett Dirksen

Relationship Status

2016 · Grace's Dad

God's Not Dead 2

2016 · Peter Kane

2015 · Victor Clobirch

Adam Ruins Everything

2015 · Netflix Executive

2015 · Nonno (voice)

The Breakup Girl

2015 · Bob Baker

Night of the Living Deb

2015 · Frank Waverly

Digging Up the Marrow

2015 · William Dekker

Fresh Off the Boat

The Lazarus Effect

2015 · Mr. Wallace

2015 · Warden Lewis

Marvel's Agent Carter

2015 · Hugh Jones

Frank Pierre Presents: Pierre Resort & Casino

2014 · Frank Pierre

2014 · Wenton Davies

2014 · Attorney Kaufman

Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories

2014 · The Duke

Between Two Worlds

Land of Leopold

2014 · Deece Warren

Suburban Gothic

Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces

2014 · Leland Palmer

2014 · Paul Marrane

No God, No Master

2014 · A. Mitchell Palmer

Tom Holland's Twisted Tales

2014 · Mongo the Magnificent (segment "Mongo's Magik Mirror")

Farmed and Dangerous

2014 · Buck Marshall

2013 · Captain Andy

Tom Holland's Twisted Tales

2013 · Mongo the Magnificent

Big Ass Spider!

2013 · Major Braxton Tanner

2013 · Phillip Alcott

Revelation Road 2: The Sea of Glass and Fire

Brother's Keeper

2013 · Herbert Leemaster

Revelation Road: The Beginning of the End

2013 · Skip Reming

2012 · The Man

Atlas Shrugged: Part II

2012 · Head of State Thompson

FDR: American Badass!

2012 · Douglas MacArthur

2012 · Principal Campbell

The Butterfly Room

2012 · Martin Sullivan

2012 · Zach's Father

2012 · Pastor Johnny Kingman

2012 · Landlord

The Aggression Scale

2012 · Bellavance

Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie

2012 · Dr. Doone Struts

The Girl with the Tramp Stamp Tattoo

2011 · Det. Briggs

2011 · Dr. Weems (segment "Wadzilla")

2011 · Colt St. Cloud

X-Men: First Class

2011 · Secretary of State

2011 · Kyle Walsh

2011 · Michael Davis

2011 · Macaulay

2010 · Morris Brown

Rizzoli & Isles

2010 · Judge Eugene Allen

2009 · Frank Pierre

2009 · General Matthews

2009 · Jack Strongbow

2009 · Frank Dodd

2009 · Bobby Fox

2009 · Howard Lipman

Love at First Hiccup

2008 · Harry Jones

2008 · Dennis Victor

2008 · Dean Thomas

One Missed Call

2008 · Ted Summers

Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks

2007 · The Devil

Superman: Doomsday

2007 · Perry White (voice)

2007 · Bobby Stiles

2007 · Ed Baxter

2007 · Mr. Pyne

2007 · Buddy Kendrick

Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!

2007 · Grill Vogel

2006 · Lloyd Holcomb

2006 · Peter Westley

Peaceful Warrior

2006 · Doctor Hayden

2006 · Kommander 88

2005 · John Nelson

How I Met Your Mother

2005 · Robin Scherbatsky Sr.

Good Night, and Good Luck.

2005 · Don Hollenbeck

2005 · Rick Turco

Jane Doe: The Wrong Face

2005 · Fleming

2005 · Tom Blanchard

2005 · Mitch Langford

The Rain Makers

2003 · Frank Harrington

2003 · Wayne Tobett

The Battle of Shaker Heights

2003 · Harrison

Jeepers Creepers 2

2003 · Jack Taggart, Sr.

2002 · John Wescott

2002 · Ambassador Blaine

2002 · Brian Sanger

Scream at the Sound of the Beep

Scream at the Sound of the Beep

2002 · Brother Jake

2001 · Vice-President Hal Gardner

Reflections on the Phenomenon of Twin Peaks

Two Can Play That Game

2001 · Bill Parker

2001 · Jack Tynan

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

2000 · Ernest Chase

1999 · Governor Tillman D-CA

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999 · Roger Hanley

1999 · Atty. Rhodes

1999 · Mr. Pennyweight

1998 · Judge Kreiger

The Garbage Picking Field Goal Kicking Philadelphia Phenomenon

1998 · Randolph Pratt

1998 · Roger Stepavich

1998 · Sheriff Wes Blaidek

1996 · James Perrone

1996 · Edward Burton

1995 · Dr. Aaron Stripler

1995 · Congressman Marvin Bolton

Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story

1995 · Mike Todd

Star Trek: Voyager

1995 · Arturis

1994 · Charles Pierce

RoboCop: The Future of Law Enforcement

1994 · Leon Nash

1994 · Dwight Frye

1994 · Dalton Voss

1993 · Judge Jim Stinson

Diagnosis: Murder

1993 · John Parkinson

The Secrets of Lake Success

1993 · Henry Fleming

1993 · Senator John Morton

Walker, Texas Ranger

1993 · Garrett Carlson

1993 · Col. George Thalman

1993 · Leon Nash (archive footage)

1992 · Chet MacGregor

The Larry Sanders Show

1992 · Lloyd Simon

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

1992 · Leland Palmer

1991 · Mark Gaston

Fire in the Dark

1991 · Richard

Beverly Hills, 90210

1990 · Daniel Hunter

1990 · Maddox March

1990 · Leland Palmer

1990 · Robbins

1989 · Leland Palmer

1989 · Jack Davis

1989 · Fred Drummond

The Taking of Flight 847: The Uli Derickson Story

1988 · Phil Maresca

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Jake and the Fatman

Beauty and the Beast

1987 · Leon Nash

1986 · D.A. Walter Platt

1986 · Christopher Proctor

The Journey of Natty Gann

1985 · Sol Gann

1985 · Bartecki

1985 · Murderer

1984 · Alex Parker

1984 · Victor Resnick

1984 · J.D. Kraft

Scarecrow and Mrs. King

1983 · Phillip Chadway

Remington Steele

1982 · Schwimmer

1982 · Soap Opera Man

1982 · Harrison Mackenzie

1982 · Dr. Alec Holland

Deadly Blessing

1981 · Sheriff (voice) (uncredited)

1981 · Bellman (uncredited)

Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders II

1980 · Dr. Simmons

1979 · The Dealer

Charlie's Angels

1976 · Evan Wilcox

1969 · David Keller

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