Ray Wise
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1947-08-20 (78 years old)
Place of Birth
Akron, Ohio, USA
Ray Wise
Biography
Raymond Herbert Wise 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
Acting
Good Grief
as Dr. Gariboldi
(2025)
The Napa Boys
as Officer Toland
(2024)
God's Not Dead: In God We Trust
as Peter Kane
(2024)
Poolman
as William Van Patterson
(2024)
The Blue Rose
as Mr. Vallens
(2024)
The Wolf in the Well
as Roland Carmel
(2022)
King Knight
as Merlin
(2021)
Psych 3: This Is Gus
as Father Peter Westley
(2021)
Dinner Is Served
as Headmaster Gustafson
(2020)
Beast Mode
as Trammel Steadfast
(2019)
Tone-Deaf
as Michael
(2019)
The Chain
as Michael
(2019)
To Your Last Death
as Cyrus DeKalb (voice)
(2019)
Unholy 'Mole
as The Devil (voice)
(2017)
Little Evil
as Guy On TV (uncredited)
(2017)
I Had Bad Milk in Dehradun
as Self
(2017)
Shattered
as Forest Burnett
(2016)
God's Not Dead 2
as Peter Kane
(2016)
All the Way
as Senator Everett Dirksen
(2016)
Halloweed
as Judge Plimington
(2016)
Batman: The Killing Joke
as Commissioner James Gordon (voice)
(2016)
The Bronx Bull
as Father Father Joseph
(2015)
Digging Up the Marrow
as William Dekker
(2015)
The Lazarus Effect
as Mr. Wallace
(2015)
Unnatural
as Victor Clobirch
(2015)
Jurassic City
as Warden Lewis
(2015)
Night of the Living Deb
as Frank Waverly
(2015)
Taking Flight
as Nonno (voice)
(2015)
The Breakup Girl
as Bob Baker
(2014)
Suburban Gothic
as Donald
(2014)
Tom Holland's Twisted Tales
as Mongo the Magnificent (segment "Mongo's Magik Mirror")
(2014)
Dead Still
as Wenton Davies
(2014)
Frank Pierre Presents: Pierre Resort & Casino
as Frank Pierre
(2014)
Away From Here
as Paul
(2014)
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
as Leland Palmer
(2014)
Guardian Angel
as Attorney Kaufman
(2014)
No God, No Master
as A. Mitchell Palmer
(2014)
Land of Leopold
as Deece Warren
(2014)
Between Two Worlds
as Self
(2013)
(2013)
Wrong Cops
as Captain Andy
(2013)
(2013)
Big Ass Spider!
as Major Braxton Tanner
(2013)
Brother's Keeper
as Herbert Leemaster
(2013)
Inventing Adam
as J.B.
(2013)
Out West
as Phillip Alcott
(2012)
Excision
as Principal Campbell
(2012)
The Aggression Scale
as Bellavance
(2012)
FDR: American Badass!
as Douglas MacArthur
(2012)
Nuclear Family
as The Man
(2012)
Atlas Shrugged: Part II
as Head of State Thompson
(2012)
The Butterfly Room
as Nick
(2012)
Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie
as Dr. Doone Struts
(2012)
Brother White
as Pastor Johnny Kingman
(2012)
Crazy Eyes
as Zach's Father
(2012)
Darnell Dawkins: Mouth Guitar Legend
as Wade Dawkins
(2011)
Rosewood Lane
as Det. Briggs
(2011)
Chillerama
as Dr. Weems
(2011)
X-Men: First Class
as Secretary of State
(2011)
(2009)
Infestation
as Ethan
(2009)
Love at First Hiccup
as Roger
(2009)
Iodine
as Avery
(2009)
Pandemic
as General Matthews
(2009)
Stuntmen
as Jack Strongbow
(2008)
One Missed Call
as Ted Summers
(2008)
AM1200
as Harry Jones
(2007)
Superman: Doomsday
as Perry White (voice)
(2007)
The Flock
as Bobby Stiles
(2007)
(2007)
The Election
as John
(2007)
7-10 Split
as Buddy Kendrick
(2006)
Peaceful Warrior
as Doctor Hayden
(2006)
The Substance of Things Hoped For
as Dr. Lessing
(2006)
Cyxork 7
as Kommander 88
(2005)
Sharkskin 6
as Sam
(2005)
Good Night, and Good Luck.
as Don Hollenbeck
(2005)
Jane Doe: The Wrong Face
as Fleming
(2005)
The Rain Makers
as Harris
(2003)
Jeepers Creepers 2
as Jack Taggart, Sr.
(2003)
Dead End
as Frank Harrington
(2003)
The Battle of Shaker Heights
as Harrison
(2002)
Landspeed
as Brian Sanger
(2002)
Windfall
as John Wescott
(2002)
Scream at the Sound of the Beep
as Brother Jake
(2001)
Two Can Play That Game
as Bill Parker
(2001)
Almost Salinas
as Jack Tynan
(2001)
Postcards From The Cast
as Self
(2001)
(1999)
Pennyweight
as Mr. Pennyweight
(1998)
The Garbage Picking Field Goal Kicking Philadelphia Phenomenon
as Randolph Pratt
(1998)
Evasive Action
as Sheriff Wes Blaidek
(1995)
Powder
as Dr. Aaron Stripler
(1994)
RoboCop: The Future of Law Enforcement
as Leon Nash
(1994)
Body Shot
as Dwight Frye
(1994)
The Chase
as Dalton Voss
(1994)
The Crew
as Charles Pierce
(1993)
Rising Sun
as Senator John Morton
(1993)
RoboCop 3
as Leon Nash (archive footage)
(1993)
Grey Knight
as Col. George Thalman
(1992)
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
as Leland Palmer
(1992)
Bob Roberts
as Chet MacGregor
(1992)
Sunstroke
as Larry
(1991)
Fire in the Dark
as Richard
(1991)
Write to Kill
as Mark Gaston
(1990)
The Rift
as Robbins
(1990)
Runaway Heart
as Archie
(1989)
Race for Glory
as Jack Davis
(1989)
Season of Fear
as Fred Drummond
(1989)
Twin Peaks
as Leland Palmer
(1988)
The Taking of Flight 847: The Uli Derickson Story
as Phil Maresca
(1987)
RoboCop
as Leon Nash
(1986)
Condor
as Christopher Proctor
(1985)
The Journey of Natty Gann
as Sol Gann
(1985)
Seduced
as Bartecki
(1982)
Swamp Thing
as Doctor Alec Holland
(1982)
Cat People
as Soap Opera Man
(1981)
Madame X
as Bellman (uncredited)
(1980)
Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders II
as Dr. Simmons
(1978)
Tartuffe
as Damis
(1976)
Love in the Hamptons
as Myron
(1969)
Dare the Devil
as David Keller