Actor
· 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).
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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
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
Wilfred
as Colt St. Cloud
2011
X-Men: First Class
as Secretary of State
2011
Workaholics
as Kyle Walsh
2011
Body of Proof
as Michael Davis
2011
Mr. Sunshine
as Macaulay
2011
Hawaii Five-0
as Morris Brown
2010
Rizzoli & Isles
as Judge Eugene Allen
2010
The Good Guys
as Buddy
2010
Infomercials
as Frank Pierre
2009
Pandemic
as General Matthews
2009
Iodine
as Avery
2009
Stuntmen
as Jack Strongbow
2009
Drop Dead Diva
as Frank Dodd
2009
Castle
as Bobby Fox
2009
Dollhouse
as Howard Lipman
2009
Infestation
as Ethan
2009
Love at First Hiccup
as Roger
2009
AM1200
as Harry Jones
2008
The Mentalist
as Dennis Victor
2008
90210
as Dean Thomas
2008
One Missed Call
as Ted Summers
2008
Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks
as Self
2007
Reaper
as The Devil
2007
Chuck
as Riley
2007
Superman: Doomsday
as Perry White (voice)
2007
The Flock
as Bobby Stiles
2007
Mad Men
as Ed Baxter
2007
The Election
as John
2007
Burn Notice
as Mr. Pyne
2007
7-10 Split
as Buddy Kendrick
2007
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
as Grill Vogel
2007
Shark
as Lloyd Holcomb
2006
Six Degrees
2006
Psych
as Peter Westley
2006
Psych
as Horace Leland
2006
The Substance of Things Hoped For
as Dr. Lessing
2006
Peaceful Warrior
as Doctor Hayden
2006
Cyxork 7
as Kommander 88
2006
Criminal Minds
as John Nelson
2005
How I Met Your Mother
as Robin Scherbatsky Sr.
2005
Good Night, and Good Luck.
as Don Hollenbeck
2005
Bones
as Rick Turco
2005
Jane Doe: The Wrong Face
as Fleming
2005
The Closer
as Tom Blanchard
2005
Numb3rs
as Mitch Langford
2005
The Rain Makers
as Harris
2005
Sharkskin 6
as Sam
2005
Dead End
as Frank Harrington
2003
NCIS
as Wayne Tobett
2003
The Battle of Shaker Heights
as Harrison
2003
Jeepers Creepers 2
as Jack Taggart, Sr.
2003
Windfall
as John Wescott
2002
She Spies
as Ambassador Blaine
2002
Landspeed
as Brian Sanger
2002
24
as Vice-President Hal Gardner
2001
Reflections on the Phenomenon of Twin Peaks
as Self
2001
Two Can Play That Game
as Bill Parker
2001
Almost Salinas
as Jack Tynan
2001
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Ernest Chase
2000
Teacher's Pet
2000
Popular
as Barton
1999
The West Wing
as Governor Tillman D-CA
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Roger Hanley
1999
Judging Amy
as Atty. Rhodes
1999
Pennyweight
as Mr. Pennyweight
1999
Charmed
as Ludlow
1998
V.I.P.
as Judge Kreiger
1998
Sports Night
as Evans
1998
The Garbage Picking Field Goal Kicking Philadelphia Phenomenon
as Randolph Pratt
1998
Dawson's Creek
1998
Evasive Action
as Sheriff Wes Blaidek
1998
Profiler
as James Perrone
1996
Savannah
as Edward Burton
1996
Powder
as Dr. Aaron Stripler
1995
JAG
as Congressman Marvin Bolton
1995
Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story
as Mike Todd
1995
Star Trek: Voyager
as Arturis
1995
The Crew
as Charles Pierce
1994
RoboCop: The Future of Law Enforcement
as Leon Nash
1994
Body Shot
as Dwight Frye
1994
The Chase
as Dalton Voss
1994
Second Chances
as Judge Jim Stinson
1993
Diagnosis: Murder
as John Parkinson
1993
The Secrets of Lake Success
as Henry Fleming
1993
Rising Sun
as Senator John Morton
1993
Walker, Texas Ranger
as Garrett Carlson
1993
Grey Knight
as Col. George Thalman
1993
RoboCop 3
as Leon Nash (archive footage)
1993
Sunstroke
as Larry
1992
Bob Roberts
as Chet MacGregor
1992
The Larry Sanders Show
as Lloyd Simon
1992
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
as Leland Palmer
1992
Write to Kill
as Mark Gaston
1991
Fire in the Dark
as Richard
1991
Beverly Hills, 90210
as Daniel Hunter
1990
Dream On
as Maddox March
1990
Twin Peaks
as Leland Palmer
1990
Twin Peaks
as Leland Palmer (archive footage)
1990
The Rift
as Robbins
1990
Twin Peaks
as Leland Palmer
1989
Race for Glory
as Jack Davis
1989
Season of Fear
as Fred Drummond
1989
Star Trek: The Next Generation
as Liko
1987
Jake and the Fatman
1987
Beauty and the Beast
as Tom
1987
RoboCop
as Leon Nash
1987
L.A. Law
as Walter Platt
1986
Condor
as Christopher Proctor
1986
The Colbys
1985
The Journey of Natty Gann
as Sol Gann
1985
Stingray
1985
Seduced
as Bartecki
1985
Moonlighting
1985
Moonlighting
as Murderer
1985
Hunter
as Alex Parker
1984
Airwolf
as Victor Resnick
1984
Blue Thunder
as J.D. Kraft
1984
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983
Trauma Center
1983
The A-Team
as Phillip Chadway
1983
Remington Steele
as Schwimmer
1982
Cat People
as Soap Opera Man
1982
T. J. Hooker
as Harrison Mackenzie
1982
Swamp Thing
as Dr. Alec Holland
1982
Madame X
as Bellman (uncredited)
1981
Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders II
as Dr. Simmons
1980
Knots Landing
as The Dealer
1979
Hart to Hart
1979
Tartuffe
as Damis
1978
Lou Grant
1977
Love in the Hamptons
as Myron
1976
Charlie's Angels
as Evan Wilcox
1976
Nightmare City