Ray Wise
Acting
Born August 20, 1947, 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).
Filmography
- 2026NANOcell — Robert Cox
- 2026SURPRISE — Mr. Johnson
- 2026The Napa Boys — Officer Toland
- 2024God's Not Dead: In God We Trust — Peter Kane
- 2024Good Grief — Dr. Gariboldi
- 2024Poolman — William Van Patterson
- 2024The Blue Rose — Mr. Vallens
- 2024The Wolf in the Well — Roland Carmel
- 2022King Knight — Merlin
- 2021Dinner Is Served — Headmaster Gustafson
- Home Economics — Frank
- Physical — Sheila's Father
- 2021Psych 3: This Is Gus — Father Peter Westley
- Slugfest — Jack Kirby
- 2020Beast Mode — Trammel Steadfast
- All Rise — Richard Walker
- 2019The Chain — Michael
- 2019To Your Last Death — Cyrus DeKalb (voice)
- 2019Tone-Deaf — Michael
- 2019Unholy 'Mole — The Devil (voice)
- Chilling Adventures of Sabrina — Enoch
- 2017Little Evil — Guy On TV (uncredited)
- 2017Shattered — Forest Burnett
- 2016All the Way — Senator Everett Dirksen
- 2016Batman: The Killing Joke — Commissioner Gordon (voice)
- Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life — Jack Smith
- 2016God's Not Dead 2 — Peter Kane
- 2016Halloweed — Judge Plimington
- Relationship Status — Grace's Dad
- 2016The Bronx Bull — Father Father Joseph
- Adam Ruins Everything — Netflix Executive
- 2015Digging Up the Marrow — William Dekker
- Fresh Off the Boat — Marvin
- 2015Jurassic City — Warden Lewis
- Marvel's Agent Carter — Hugh Jones
- 2015Night of the Living Deb — Frank Waverly
- 2015Taking Flight — Nonno (voice)
- 2015The Breakup Girl — Bob Baker
- 2015The Lazarus Effect — Mr. Wallace
- 2015Unnatural — Victor Clobirch
- 2014Away From Here — Paul
- 2014Dead Still — Wenton Davies
- Fargo — Paul Marrane
- Farmed and Dangerous — Buck Marshall
- 2014Frank Pierre Presents: Pierre Resort & Casino — Frank Pierre
- 2014Guardian Angel — Attorney Kaufman
- 2014Land of Leopold — Deece Warren
- 2014No God, No Master — A. Mitchell Palmer
- 2014Suburban Gothic — Donald
- Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories — The Duke
- 2014Tom Holland's Twisted Tales — Mongo the Magnificent (segment "Mongo's Magik Mirror")
- 2014Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces — Leland Palmer
- 2013Big Ass Spider! — Major Braxton Tanner
- 2013Brother's Keeper — Herbert Leemaster
- 2013Inventing Adam — J.B.
- Newsreaders — Skip Reming
- 2013Out West — Phillip Alcott
- 2013Revelation Road 2: The Sea of Glass and Fire — Frank
- 2013Revelation Road: The Beginning of the End — Frank
- Tom Holland's Twisted Tales — Mongo the Magnificent
- 2013Wrong Cops — Captain Andy
- 2012Atlas Shrugged: Part II — Head of State Thompson
- 2012Brother White — Pastor Johnny Kingman
- 2012Crazy Eyes — Zach's Father
- 2012Darnell Dawkins: Mouth Guitar Legend — Wade Dawkins
- 2012Excision — Principal Campbell
- 2012FDR: American Badass! — Douglas MacArthur
- Holliston — Landlord
- 2012Nuclear Family — The Man
- Perception — Martin Sullivan
- 2012The Aggression Scale — Bellavance
- 2012The Butterfly Room — Nick
- 2012Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie — Dr. Doone Struts
- Body of Proof — Michael Davis
- 2011Chillerama — Dr. Weems (segment "Wadzilla")
- Mr. Sunshine — Macaulay
- 2011Rosewood Lane — Det. Briggs
- 2011The Girl with the Tramp Stamp Tattoo
- Wilfred — Colt St. Cloud
- Workaholics — Kyle Walsh
- 2011X-Men: First Class — Secretary of State
- Hawaii Five-0 — Morris Brown
- Rizzoli & Isles — Judge Eugene Allen
- The Good Guys — Buddy
- Castle — Bobby Fox
- Dollhouse — Howard Lipman
- Drop Dead Diva — Frank Dodd
- 2009Infestation — Ethan
- Infomercials — Frank Pierre
- 2009Iodine — Avery
- 2009Love at First Hiccup — Roger
- 2009Pandemic — General Matthews
- 2009Stuntmen — Jack Strongbow
- 90210 — Dean Thomas
- 2008AM1200 — Harry Jones
- 2008One Missed Call — Ted Summers
- The Mentalist — Dennis Victor
- 20077-10 Split — Buddy Kendrick
- Burn Notice — Mr. Pyne
- Chuck — Riley
- Mad Men — Ed Baxter
- Reaper — The Devil
- 2007Superman: Doomsday — Perry White (voice)
- 2007The Election — John
- 2007The Flock — Bobby Stiles
- Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! — Grill Vogel
- 2006Cyxork 7 — Kommander 88
- 2006Peaceful Warrior — Doctor Hayden
- Psych — Peter Westley, Horace Leland
- Shark — Lloyd Holcomb
- Six Degrees
- 2006The Substance of Things Hoped For — Dr. Lessing
- Bones — Rick Turco
- Criminal Minds — John Nelson
- 2005Good Night, and Good Luck. — Don Hollenbeck
- How I Met Your Mother — Robin Scherbatsky Sr.
- 2005Jane Doe: The Wrong Face — Fleming
- Numb3rs — Mitch Langford
- 2005Sharkskin 6 — Sam
- The Closer — Tom Blanchard
- 2005The Rain Makers — Harris
- 2003Dead End — Frank Harrington
- 2003Jeepers Creepers 2 — Jack Taggart, Sr.
- NCIS — Wayne Tobett
- 2003The Battle of Shaker Heights — Harrison
- 2002Landspeed — Brian Sanger
- 2002Scream at the Sound of the Beep — Brother Jake
- She Spies — Ambassador Blaine
- 2002Windfall — John Wescott
- 24 — Vice-President Hal Gardner
- 2001Almost Salinas — Jack Tynan
- 2001Two Can Play That Game — Bill Parker
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — Ernest Chase
- Teacher's Pet
- Judging Amy — Atty. Rhodes
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Roger Hanley
- 1999Pennyweight — Mr. Pennyweight
- Popular — Barton
- The West Wing — Governor Tillman D-CA
- Charmed — Ludlow
- Dawson's Creek — Roger Stepavich
- 1998Evasive Action — Sheriff Wes Blaidek
- Sports Night — Evans
- 1998The Garbage Picking Field Goal Kicking Philadelphia Phenomenon — Randolph Pratt
- V.I.P. — Judge Kreiger
- Profiler — James Perrone
- Savannah — Edward Burton
- JAG — Congressman Marvin Bolton
- Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story — Mike Todd
- 1995Powder — Dr. Aaron Stripler
- Star Trek: Voyager — Arturis
- 1994Body Shot — Dwight Frye
- 1994RoboCop: The Future of Law Enforcement — Leon Nash
- 1994The Chase — Dalton Voss
- 1994The Crew — Charles Pierce
- Diagnosis: Murder — John Parkinson
- 1993Grey Knight — Col. George Thalman
- 1993Rising Sun — Senator John Morton
- 1993RoboCop 3 — Leon Nash (archive footage)
- Second Chances — Judge Jim Stinson
- The Secrets of Lake Success — Henry Fleming
- Walker, Texas Ranger — Garrett Carlson
- 1992Bob Roberts — Chet MacGregor
- 1992Sunstroke — Larry
- The Larry Sanders Show — Lloyd Simon
- 1992Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me — Leland Palmer
- 1991Fire in the Dark — Richard
- 1991Write to Kill — Mark Gaston
- Beverly Hills, 90210 — Daniel Hunter
- Dream On — Maddox March
- 1990Runaway Heart — Archie
- 1990The Rift — Robbins
- Twin Peaks — Leland Palmer, Leland Palmer (archive footage)
- 1989Race for Glory — Jack Davis
- 1989Season of Fear — Fred Drummond
- 1989Twin Peaks — Leland Palmer
- 1988The Taking of Flight 847: The Uli Derickson Story — Phil Maresca
- Beauty and the Beast — Tom
- Jake and the Fatman
- 1987Repairs — Stan the Bartender
- 1987RoboCop — Leon Nash
- Star Trek: The Next Generation — Liko
- 1986Condor — Christopher Proctor
- L.A. Law — D.A. Walter Platt
- Moonlighting — Murderer
- 1985Seduced — Bartecki
- Stingray
- The Colbys
- 1985The Journey of Natty Gann — Sol Gann
- Airwolf — Victor Resnick
- Blue Thunder — J.D. Kraft
- Hunter — Alex Parker
- Scarecrow and Mrs. King
- The A-Team — Phillip Chadway
- Trauma Center
- 1982Cat People — Soap Opera Man
- Remington Steele — Schwimmer
- 1982Swamp Thing — Dr. Alec Holland
- T. J. Hooker — Harrison Mackenzie
- 1981Deadly Blessing — Sheriff (voice) (uncredited)
- 1981Madame X — Bellman (uncredited)
- 1980Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders II — Dr. Simmons
- Hart to Hart
- Knots Landing — The Dealer
- 1978Tartuffe — Damis
- Lou Grant
- Charlie's Angels — Evan Wilcox
- 1976Love in the Hamptons — Myron
- The Young and the Restless — Ian Ward
- 1969Dare the Devil — David Keller
- Nightmare City
- The Good Dark — Edward Penth
Appearances as themselves (7)
- RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop — Self
- The Movies That Made Us — Self (archive footage)
- 2017I Had Bad Milk in Dehradun — Self
- 2014Between Two Worlds — Self
- 2007Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks — Self
- 2001Postcards From The Cast — Self
- 2001Reflections on the Phenomenon of Twin Peaks — Self