Acting

Ray Wise

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

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SURPRISE
as Mr. Johnson
2026
NANOcell
as Robert Cox
2026
The Napa Boys
as Officer Toland
2026
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
2024
RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop
as Self
2023
King Knight
as Merlin
2022
Slugfest
as Jack Kirby
2021
Psych 3: This Is Gus
as Father Peter Westley
2021
Physical
as Sheila's Father
2021
Dinner Is Served
as Headmaster Gustafson
2021
Home Economics
as Frank
2021
Beast Mode
as Trammel Steadfast
2020
To Your Last Death
as Cyrus DeKalb (voice)
2019
The Movies That Made Us
as Self (archive footage)
2019
All Rise
as Richard Walker
2019
Unholy 'Mole
as The Devil (voice)
2019
The Chain
as Michael
2019
Tone-Deaf
as Michael
2019
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
as Enoch
2018
I Had Bad Milk in Dehradun
as Self
2017
Little Evil
as Guy On TV (uncredited)
2017
Shattered
as Forest Burnett
2017
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
as Jack Smith
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
Relationship Status
as Grace's Dad
2016
God's Not Dead 2
as Peter Kane
2016
Unnatural
as Victor Clobirch
2015
Adam Ruins Everything
as Netflix Executive
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
Fresh Off the Boat
as Marvin
2015
The Lazarus Effect
as Mr. Wallace
2015
Jurassic City
as Warden Lewis
2015
Marvel's Agent Carter
as Hugh Jones
2015
Frank Pierre Presents: Pierre Resort & Casino
as Frank Pierre
2014
Dead Still
as Wenton Davies
2014
Guardian Angel
as Attorney Kaufman
2014
Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories
as The Duke
2014
Between Two Worlds
as Self
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
Fargo
as Paul Marrane
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
Farmed and Dangerous
as Buck Marshall
2014
Wrong Cops
as Captain Andy
2013
Tom Holland's Twisted Tales
as Mongo the Magnificent
2013
Big Ass Spider!
as Major Braxton Tanner
2013
Out West
as Phillip Alcott
2013
Revelation Road 2: The Sea of Glass and Fire
as Frank
2013
Brother's Keeper
as Herbert Leemaster
2013
Revelation Road: The Beginning of the End
as Frank
2013
Inventing Adam
as J.B.
2013
Newsreaders
as Skip Reming
2013
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
Perception
as Martin Sullivan
2012
Crazy Eyes
as Zach's Father
2012
Brother White
as Pastor Johnny Kingman
2012
Holliston
as Landlord
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
2012
The Girl with the Tramp Stamp Tattoo
2011
Rosewood Lane
as Det. Briggs
2011
Chillerama
as Dr. Weems (segment "Wadzilla")
2011