Ray Wise
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Aug 20, 1947 (79 years old)
Place of Birth
Akron, Ohio, USA
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
| 2026 | The Napa BoysOfficer Toland | |
| 2026 | NANOcellRobert Cox | |
| 2024 | The Blue RoseMr. Vallens | |
| 2024 | PoolmanWilliam Van Patterson | |
| 2024 | God's Not Dead: In God We TrustPeter Kane | |
| 2024 | The Wolf in the WellRoland Carmel | |
| 2024 | Good GriefDr. Gariboldi | |
| 2023 | RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCopSelf | |
| 2022 | King KnightMerlin | |
| 2021 | Psych 3: This Is GusFather Peter Westley | |
| 2021 | Dinner Is ServedHeadmaster Gustafson | |
| 2021 | SlugfestJack Kirby | |
| 2021 | PhysicalSheila's Father | |
| 2021 | Home EconomicsFrank | |
| 2020 | Beast ModeTrammel Steadfast | |
| 2019 | To Your Last DeathCyrus DeKalb (voice) | |
| 2019 | The ChainMichael | |
| 2019 | Tone-DeafMichael | |
| 2019 | Unholy 'MoleThe Devil (voice) | |
| 2019 | The Movies That Made UsSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2019 | All RiseRichard Walker | |
| 2018 | Chilling Adventures of SabrinaEnoch | |
| 2017 | Little EvilGuy On TV (uncredited) | |
| 2017 | ShatteredForest Burnett | |
| 2017 | I Had Bad Milk in DehradunSelf | |
| 2016 | The Bronx BullFather Father Joseph | |
| 2016 | Batman: The Killing JokeCommissioner Gordon (voice) | |
| 2016 | All the WaySenator Everett Dirksen | |
| 2016 | HalloweedJudge Plimington | |
| 2016 | God's Not Dead 2Peter Kane | |
| 2016 | Gilmore Girls: A Year in the LifeJack Smith | |
| 2016 | Relationship StatusGrace's Dad | |
| 2015 | Digging Up the MarrowWilliam Dekker | |
| 2015 | The Breakup GirlBob Baker | |
| 2015 | Jurassic CityWarden Lewis | |
| 2015 | The Lazarus EffectMr. Wallace | |
| 2015 | Night of the Living DebFrank Waverly | |
| 2015 | Taking FlightNonno (voice) | |
| 2015 | UnnaturalVictor Clobirch | |
| 2015 | Fresh Off the BoatMarvin | |
| 2015 | Marvel's Agent CarterHugh Jones | |
| 2014 | Guardian AngelAttorney Kaufman | |
| 2014 | Away From HerePaul | |
| 2014 | No God, No MasterA. Mitchell Palmer | |
| 2014 | Suburban GothicDonald | |
| 2014 | Twin Peaks: The Missing PiecesLeland Palmer | |
| 2014 | Frank Pierre Presents: Pierre Resort & CasinoFrank Pierre | |
| 2014 | Dead StillWenton Davies | |
| 2014 | Land of LeopoldDeece Warren | |
| 2014 | Between Two WorldsSelf | |
| 2014 | Tom Holland's Twisted TalesMongo the Magnificent (segment "Mongo's Magik Mirror") | |
| 2014 | Farmed and DangerousBuck Marshall | |
| 2014 | FargoPaul Marrane | |
| 2014 | Tim and Eric's Bedtime StoriesThe Duke | |
| 2013 | Wrong CopsCaptain Andy | |
| 2013 | Big Ass Spider!Major Braxton Tanner | |
| 2013 | Revelation Road 2: The Sea of Glass and FireFrank | |
| 2013 | Brother's KeeperHerbert Leemaster | |
| 2013 | Out WestPhillip Alcott | |
| 2013 | Revelation Road: The Beginning of the EndFrank | |
| 2013 | Inventing AdamJ.B. | |
| 2013 | NewsreadersSkip Reming | |
| 2013 | Tom Holland's Twisted TalesMongo the Magnificent | |
| 2012 | ExcisionPrincipal Campbell | |
| 2012 | The Aggression ScaleBellavance | |
| 2012 | The Butterfly RoomNick | |
| 2012 | Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar MovieDr. Doone Struts | |
| 2012 | FDR: American Badass!Douglas MacArthur | |
| 2012 | Nuclear FamilyThe Man | |
| 2012 | Atlas Shrugged: Part IIHead of State Thompson | |
| 2012 | Darnell Dawkins: Mouth Guitar LegendWade Dawkins | |
| 2012 | Brother WhitePastor Johnny Kingman | |
| 2012 | Crazy EyesZach's Father | |
| 2012 | PerceptionMartin Sullivan | |
| 2012 | HollistonLandlord | |
| 2011 | X-Men: First ClassSecretary of State | |
| 2011 | Rosewood LaneDet. Briggs | |
| 2011 | ChilleramaDr. Weems (segment "Wadzilla") | |
| 2011 | The Girl with the Tramp Stamp Tattoo | |
| 2011 | Mr. SunshineMacaulay | |
| 2011 | WilfredColt St. Cloud | |
| 2011 | Body of ProofMichael Davis | |
| 2011 | WorkaholicsKyle Walsh | |
| 2010 | Hawaii Five-0Morris Brown | |
| 2010 | Rizzoli & IslesJudge Eugene Allen | |
| 2010 | The Good GuysBuddy | |
| 2009 | PandemicGeneral Matthews | |
| 2009 | IodineAvery | |
| 2009 | InfestationEthan | |
| 2009 | StuntmenJack Strongbow | |
| 2009 | Love at First HiccupRoger | |
| 2009 | CastleBobby Fox | |
| 2009 | DollhouseHoward Lipman | |
| 2009 | Drop Dead DivaFrank Dodd | |
| 2009 | InfomercialsFrank Pierre | |
| 2008 | One Missed CallTed Summers | |
| 2008 | AM1200Harry Jones | |
| 2008 | 90210Dean Thomas | |
| 2008 | The MentalistDennis Victor | |
| 2007 | Superman: DoomsdayPerry White (voice) | |
| 2007 | The FlockBobby Stiles | |
| 2007 | The ElectionJohn | |
| 2007 | Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin PeaksSelf | |
| 2007 | 7-10 SplitBuddy Kendrick | |
| 2007 | Burn NoticeMr. Pyne | |
| 2007 | ReaperThe Devil | |
| 2007 | ChuckRiley | |
| 2007 | Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!Grill Vogel | |
| 2007 | Mad MenEd Baxter | |
| 2006 | Cyxork 7Kommander 88 | |
| 2006 | The Substance of Things Hoped ForDr. Lessing | |
| 2006 | Peaceful WarriorDoctor Hayden | |
| 2006 | SharkLloyd Holcomb | |
| 2006 | PsychPeter Westley | |
| 2006 | Six Degrees | |
| 2006 | PsychHorace Leland | |
| 2005 | Good Night, and Good Luck.Don Hollenbeck | |
| 2005 | Jane Doe: The Wrong FaceFleming | |
| 2005 | The Rain MakersHarris | |
| 2005 | Sharkskin 6Sam | |
| 2005 | Numb3rsMitch Langford | |
| 2005 | BonesRick Turco | |
| 2005 | How I Met Your MotherRobin Scherbatsky Sr. | |
| 2005 | Criminal MindsJohn Nelson | |
| 2005 | The CloserTom Blanchard | |
| 2003 | Jeepers Creepers 2Jack Taggart, Sr. | |
| 2003 | Dead EndFrank Harrington | |
| 2003 | The Battle of Shaker HeightsHarrison | |
| 2003 | NCISWayne Tobett | |
| 2002 | LandspeedBrian Sanger | |
| 2002 | Scream at the Sound of the BeepBrother Jake | |
| 2002 | WindfallJohn Wescott | |
| 2002 | She SpiesAmbassador Blaine | |
| 2001 | Reflections on the Phenomenon of Twin PeaksSelf | |
| 2001 | Postcards From The CastSelf | |
| 2001 | Two Can Play That GameBill Parker | |
| 2001 | Almost SalinasJack Tynan | |
| 2001 | 24Vice-President Hal Gardner | |
| 2000 | CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationErnest Chase | |
| 2000 | Teacher's Pet | |
| 1999 | PennyweightMr. Pennyweight | |
| 1999 | Judging AmyAtty. Rhodes | |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims UnitRoger Hanley | |
| 1999 | PopularBarton | |
| 1999 | The West WingGovernor Tillman D-CA | |
| 1998 | Evasive ActionSheriff Wes Blaidek | |
| 1998 | The Garbage Picking Field Goal Kicking Philadelphia PhenomenonRandolph Pratt | |
| 1998 | Dawson's Creek | |
| 1998 | CharmedLudlow | |
| 1998 | Sports NightEvans | |
| 1998 | V.I.P.Judge Kreiger | |
| 1996 | ProfilerJames Perrone | |
| 1996 | SavannahEdward Burton | |
| 1995 | PowderDr. Aaron Stripler | |
| 1995 | Star Trek: VoyagerArturis | |
| 1995 | JAGCongressman Marvin Bolton | |
| 1995 | Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor StoryMike Todd | |
| 1994 | The ChaseDalton Voss | |
| 1994 | Body ShotDwight Frye | |
| 1994 | The CrewCharles Pierce | |
| 1994 | RoboCop: The Future of Law EnforcementLeon Nash | |
| 1993 | Rising SunSenator John Morton | |
| 1993 | Grey KnightCol. George Thalman | |
| 1993 | RoboCop 3Leon Nash (archive footage) | |
| 1993 | Walker, Texas RangerGarrett Carlson | |
| 1993 | Second ChancesJudge Jim Stinson | |
| 1993 | Diagnosis: MurderJohn Parkinson | |
| 1993 | The Secrets of Lake SuccessHenry Fleming | |
| 1992 | Bob RobertsChet MacGregor | |
| 1992 | Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with MeLeland Palmer | |
| 1992 | SunstrokeLarry | |
| 1992 | The Larry Sanders ShowLloyd Simon | |
| 1991 | Write to KillMark Gaston | |
| 1991 | Fire in the DarkRichard | |
| 1990 | The RiftRobbins | |
| 1990 | Runaway HeartArchie | |
| 1990 | Twin PeaksLeland Palmer | |
| 1990 | Beverly Hills, 90210Daniel Hunter | |
| 1990 | Twin PeaksLeland Palmer (archive footage) | |
| 1990 | Dream OnMaddox March | |
| 1989 | Race for GloryJack Davis | |
| 1989 | Twin PeaksLeland Palmer | |
| 1989 | Season of FearFred Drummond | |
| 1988 | The Taking of Flight 847: The Uli Derickson StoryPhil Maresca | |
| 1987 | RoboCopLeon Nash | |
| 1987 | RepairsStan the Bartender | |
| 1987 | Star Trek: The Next GenerationLiko | |
| 1987 | Beauty and the BeastTom | |
| 1987 | Jake and the Fatman | |
| 1986 | CondorChristopher Proctor | |
| 1986 | L.A. LawWalter Platt | |
| 1985 | The Journey of Natty GannSol Gann | |
| 1985 | SeducedBartecki | |
| 1985 | Moonlighting | |
| 1985 | Stingray | |
| 1985 | The Colbys | |
| 1985 | MoonlightingMurderer | |
| 1984 | AirwolfVictor Resnick | |
| 1984 | HunterAlex Parker | |
| 1984 | Blue ThunderJ.D. Kraft | |
| 1983 | The A-TeamPhillip Chadway | |
| 1983 | Scarecrow and Mrs. King | |
| 1983 | Trauma Center | |
| 1982 | Swamp ThingDoctor Alec Holland | |
| 1982 | Cat PeopleSoap Opera Man | |
| 1982 | Remington SteeleSchwimmer | |
| 1982 | T. J. HookerHarrison Mackenzie | |
| 1981 | Madame XBellman (uncredited) | |
| 1980 | Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders IIDr. Simmons | |
| 1979 | Knots LandingThe Dealer | |
| 1979 | Hart to Hart | |
| 1978 | TartuffeDamis | |
| 1977 | Lou Grant | |
| 1976 | Love in the HamptonsMyron | |
| 1976 | Charlie's AngelsEvan Wilcox | |
| 1969 | Dare the DevilDavid Keller | |
| 1951 | Love of Life | |
| - | Nightmare City | |
| - | The Good DarkEdward Penth |