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Ray Wise

Ray Wise

Highest Rated: 100% The Aggression Scale (2012)

Lowest Rated: 0% One Missed Call (2008)

Birthday: Aug 20, 1947

Birthplace: Akron, Ohio, USA

Ray Wise, theater, TV and film actor is best known for his portrayal of Laura Palmer's murderous father on David Lynch's cult series "Twin Peaks" (ABC, 1990-91) and in its feature incarnation, "Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me" (1992). Wise got his professional start onstage, in such plays as "The Subject was Roses" and Sam Shepard's "The Tooth of Crime" (for which he won an OBIE in 1983), and toured in various classics ("Romeo and Juliet," "Tartuffe").

Highest rated movies

100% The Aggression Scale
93% Good Night, and Good Luck.
93% Bob Roberts
92% RoboCop
91% The Journey of Natty Gann
88% Night of the Living Deb
86% Excision
78% Big Ass Spider!

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Ray Wise Psych, Ray Wise (L), James Roday (C), Carlos Jacott (R), 'Remake A.K.A. Cloudy...With a Chance of Improvement', Season 8, Ep. #3, 01/22/2014, ©USA Psych, Ray Wise, 'Dual Spires', Season 5, Ep. #12, 12/01/2010, ©USA Fresh Off The Boat, Ray Wise, 'Huangsgiving', Season 2, Ep. #8, 11/17/2015, ©ABC THE JOURNEY OF NATTY GANN, Meredith Salenger, Ray Wise, 1985, (c)Buena Vista Pictures THE JOURNEY OF NATTY GANN, Ray Wise, Meredith Salenger, 1985, (c)Buena Vista Pictures THE JOURNEY OF NATTY GANN, Ray Wise, 1985. ©Buena Vista Pictures POWDER, Mary Steenburgen, Ray Wise, 1995, (c)Buena Vista Pictures JEEPERS CREEPERS 2, Luke Edwards, Ray Wise, 2003, (c) United Artists Fresh Off The Boat, from left: Ray Wise, Kimberly Crandall, Constance Wu, Colleen Ryan, Stacey Scowley, 'Jessica Place', Season 2, Ep. #19, 04/05/2016, ©ABC Fresh Off The Boat, from left: Randall Park, Paul Scheer, Jillian Armenante, Chelsey Crisp, Ray Wise, Rachel Cannon, Stacey Scowley, 'Phil's Phaves', Season 2, Ep. #13, 02/16/2016, ©ABC Fresh Off The Boat, Stacey Scowley (L), Ray Wise (C), Rachel Cannon (R), 'Phil's Phaves', Season 2, Ep. #13, 02/16/2016, ©ABC Fresh Off The Boat, from left: Chelsey Crisp, Ray Wise, Rachel Cannon, Stacey Scowley, 'Phil's Phaves', Season 2, Ep. #13, 02/16/2016, ©ABC Fresh Off The Boat, from left: Randall Park, Noel Gugliemi, Chelsey Crisp, Ray Wise, 'Phil's Phaves', Season 2, Ep. #13, 02/16/2016, ©ABC Fresh Off The Boat, Ray Wise, 'Phil's Phaves', Season 2, Ep. #13, 02/16/2016, ©ABC Fresh Off The Boat, Ray Wise, 'Phil's Phaves', Season 2, Ep. #13, 02/16/2016, ©ABC JEEPERS CREEPERS 2, Ray Wise, 2003, (c) United Artists Fresh Off The Boat, Ray Wise (L), Randall Park (R), 'Gotta Be Me', Season 2, Ep. #22, 05/10/2016, ©ABC Fresh Off The Boat, Ray Wise, 'Gotta Be Me', Season 2, Ep. #22, 05/10/2016, ©ABC Fresh Off The Boat, Ray Wise, 'Jessica Place', Season 2, Ep. #19, 04/05/2016, ©ABC
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet God's Not Dead: In God We Trust Unknown (Character) - 2024
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Blue Rose Unknown (Character) - 2024
22% 20% Poolman Van Patterson (Character) - 2023
74% 36% King Knight Merlin (Character) - 2021
63% 57% Beast Mode Trammel Steadfast (Character) - 2019
71% 67% To Your Last Death Cyrus DeKalb (Voice) - 2019
44% 33% Tone-Deaf Michael (Character) - 2019
60% No Score Yet Chain of Death Michael (Character) - 2019
No Score Yet 20% Shattered Forest Burnett (Character) - 2017
No Score Yet 30% Halloweed Judge Pilmington (Character) - 2016
35% 50% Batman: The Killing Joke Commissioner James Gordon (Voice) - 2016
10% 62% God's Not Dead 2 Pete Kane (Character) $20.8M 2016
No Score Yet 39% The Bronx Bull Father Joseph (Character) - 2015
88% 34% Night of the Living Deb Frank Waverly (Character) - 2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Breakup Girl Bob Baker (Character) - 2015
No Score Yet 11% Unnatural Victor Clobirch (Character) - 2015
15% 23% The Lazarus Effect Mr. Wallace (Character) $25.8M 2015
No Score Yet 19% Dead Still Unknown (Character) - 2014
No Score Yet 9% Jurassic City Warden Lewis (Character) - 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet Land of Leopold Deece Warren (Character) - 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet Jezebeth 2: Hour of the Gun Razor adams (Character) - 2014
60% 43% Digging Up the Marrow William Dekker (Character) - 2014
64% 42% Suburban Gothic Donald (Character) - 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet Out West Phillip Alcott (Character) - 2013
No Score Yet 59% Revelation Road 2: The Sea of Glass and Fire Frank (Character) - 2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet Lionhead Jimmy (Character) - 2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet Away From Here Paul (Character) - 2013
78% 45% Big Ass Spider! Major Braxton Tanner (Character) - 2013
No Score Yet 80% Brother's Keeper Unknown (Character) - 2013
No Score Yet 60% Guardian Angel Attorney Kaufman (Character) $19.5K 2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet Nuclear Family The Man (Character) - 2012
No Score Yet 53% Brother White Kingman (Character) - 2012
No Score Yet 48% The Butterfly Room Nick (Character) - 2012
73% 45% No God, No Master A. Mitchell Palmer (Character) $6.7K 2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet Brother's Keeper Herbert Leemaster (Character) - 2012
86% 61% Excision Principal Campbell (Character) - 2012
No Score Yet 59% FDR: American Badass! Douglas MacArthur (Character) - 2012
25% 21% Crazy Eyes Father (Character) $6.1K 2012
100% 50% The Aggression Scale Bellavance (Character) - 2012
4% 60% Atlas Shrugged: Part 2 Head of State Thompson (Character) $3.3M 2012
33% 44% Chillerama Dr. Weems (Character) - 2011
No Score Yet 21% Rosewood Lane Det. Briggs (Character) - 2011
No Score Yet No Score Yet Black Velvet Black Velvet (Character) - 2011
No Score Yet No Score Yet Darnell Dawkins: Mouth Guitar Legend Wade Dawkins (Character) - 2010
No Score Yet 5% Pandemic Gen. Matthews (Character) - 2009
No Score Yet 50% Iodine Avery (Character) - 2009
No Score Yet 34% Infestation Cindy (Character) - 2009
No Score Yet 97% Stuntmen Jack Strongbow (Character) - 2009
0% 29% One Missed Call Ted Summers (Character) $26.9M 2008
57% 57% Superman: Doomsday Unknown (Voice) - 2007
No Score Yet 4% 7-10 Split Buddy Kendrick (Character) - 2007
No Score Yet 33% AmericanEast Agent Stevens (Character) - 2007
No Score Yet 32% The Flock Bobby Stiles (Character) - 2007
No Score Yet 0% Cyxork 7 Kommander 88 (Character) - 2006
25% 76% Peaceful Warrior Dr. Hayden (Character) $1.1M 2006
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Substance of Things Hoped For Dr. Lessing (Character) - 2006
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Rain Makers Unknown (Character) - 2005
93% 83% Good Night, and Good Luck. Don Hollenbeck (Character) $31.5M 2005
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sharkskin 6 Sam (Character) - 2005
No Score Yet No Score Yet Jane Doe: The Wrong Face Fleming (Character) - 2005
78% 59% Dead End Frank Harrington (Character) - 2003
24% 37% Jeepers Creepers 2 Taggart (Character) $35.1M 2003
39% 48% The Battle of Shaker Heights Harrison (Character) $279.3K 2003
No Score Yet 41% Landspeed Brian Sanger (Character) - 2002
40% 83% Two Can Play That Game Bill Parker (Character) $22.2M 2001
No Score Yet No Score Yet Closing the Deal Unknown (Character) - 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet Pennyweight Unknown (Character) - 1999
No Score Yet 25% Evasive Action Sheriff Wes Blaidek (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet 45% The Garbage-Picking Field Goal-Kicking, Philadelphia Phenomenon Randolph Pratt (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Savannah: Wedding Belle Blues Edward Burton (Character) - 1996
50% 69% Powder Dr. Aaron Stripler (Character) $30.9M 1995
43% 37% The Chase Dalton Voss (Character) $8.0M 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet Ghost Brigade Col. George Thalman (Character) - 1993
33% 40% Rising Sun Sen. John Morton (Character) $62.5M 1993
No Score Yet 50% Body Shot Dwight Frye (Character) - 1993
93% 78% Bob Roberts Chet MacGregor (Character) $3.5M 1992
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sunstroke Larry (Character) - 1992
No Score Yet No Score Yet Fire in the Dark Richard (Character) - 1991
No Score Yet No Score Yet Write to Kill Mark Gaston (Character) - 1991
No Score Yet No Score Yet Runaway Heart Archie (Character) - 1990
No Score Yet No Score Yet Season of Fear Fred Drummond (Character) $41.8K 1989
No Score Yet 24% Endless Descent Robbins (Character) - 1989
No Score Yet 78% Race for Glory Jack Davis (Character) $67.0K 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Taking of Flight 847: The Uli Derickson Story Phil Maresca (Character) - 1988
92% 84% RoboCop Leon Nash (Character) $49.7M 1987
No Score Yet No Score Yet Condor Christopher Proctor (Character) - 1985
91% 78% The Journey of Natty Gann Sol Gann (Character) $8.5M 1985
60% 40% Swamp Thing Doctor Alec Holland (Character) - 1982
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders II Doctor Simmons (Character) - 1980

TV

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop Self 2023
No Score Yet No Score Yet Batman: The Audio Adventures Announcers (Voice) 2021-2022
No Score Yet No Score Yet Slugfest Self 2021
No Score Yet 82% Home Economics Frank (Guest Star) 2021
No Score Yet 54% All Rise Richard Walker (Guest Star) 2021
94% 81% Fresh Off the Boat Marvin (Character),
Unknown (Guest Star) 		2015-2020
94% 83% Twin Peaks: The Return Leland Palmer (archive footage) (Character),
Leland Palmer (Guest Star) 		2017
93% 85% Fargo Paul Marrane (Guest Star) 2017
No Score Yet 92% Comedy Bang! Bang! Guest 2016
86% 77% Marvel's Agent Carter Unknown (Guest Star) 2015-2016
94% 96% Mad Men Ed Baxter (Guest Star) 2010 2012-2013 2015
84% 84% How I Met Your Mother Robin Scherbatsky Sr. (Guest Star) 2011 2013-2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Young and the Restless Unknown (Guest Star) 2014
89% 94% Psych Unknown (Guest Star) 2009 2014
44% 80% High School USA! Unknown (Guest Voice) 2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet Nuclear Family Unknown (Character) 2013
76% 60% Body of Proof Unknown (Guest Star) 2013
No Score Yet 83% Criminal Minds Unknown (Guest Star) 2012
No Score Yet 88% Rizzoli and Isles Judge Eugene Allen (Guest Star) 2012
No Score Yet 89% The Mentalist Unknown (Guest Star) 2012
No Score Yet 83% NCIS Wayne Tobett (Guest Star) 2012
90% 91% Chuck Unknown (Guest Star) 2011
No Score Yet 69% Hawaii Five-0 Unknown (Guest Star) 2011
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Good Guys Unknown (Guest Star) 2010
82% 87% Castle Bobby Fox (Guest Star) 2010
72% 84% Dollhouse Unknown (Guest Star) 2009
78% 60% Drop Dead Diva Frank Dodd (Guest Star) 2009
80% 60% Reaper The Devil (Character) 2007-2009
No Score Yet 93% Numb3ers Unknown (Guest Star) 2009
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tim and Eric's Awesome Show, Great Job! Unknown (Guest Star) 2008
88% 95% Burn Notice Graham Pyne (Guest Star) 2007
52% 50% Shark Unknown (Guest Star) 2007
90% 83% Bones Rick Turco (Guest Star) 2006
83% 85% The Closer Tom Blanchard (Guest Star) 2006
No Score Yet 81% CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Unknown (Guest Star) 2006
87% 87% 24 Vice President Hall Gardner (Guest Star) 2006
15% No Score Yet dr. vegas Unknown (Guest Star) 2004
No Score Yet No Score Yet JAG Unknown (Guest Star) 2004
27% No Score Yet Presidio Med Unknown (Guest Star) 2002
No Score Yet No Score Yet Judging Amy Unknown (Guest Star) 2001
No Score Yet No Score Yet Resurrection Blvd. Unknown (Guest Star) 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet Profiler Unknown (Guest Star) 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet Diagnosis Murder Unknown (Guest Star) 1999
90% 92% Sports Night Unknown (Guest Star) 1998
19% No Score Yet Vengeance Unlimited Unknown (Guest Star) 1998
No Score Yet 92% Beverly Hills, 90210 Unknown (Guest Star) 1998
76% 79% Star Trek: Voyager Arturis (Guest Star) 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sleepwalkers Unknown (Guest Star) 1997
75% No Score Yet Savannah Edward Burton (Character) 1996-1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet Courthouse Unknown (Guest Star) 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story Mike Todd (Character) 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet Walker, Texas Ranger Unknown (Guest Star) 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet Second Chances Judge Jim Stinson (Character) 1993-1994
78% 92% Twin Peaks Leland Palmer (Character) 1990-1991
No Score Yet No Score Yet Jake and the Fatman Unknown (Guest Star) 1989
92% 89% Star Trek: The Next Generation Liko (Guest Star) 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hunter Alex Parker (Guest Star) 1986
No Score Yet 41% Airwolf Victor Resnick (Guest Star) 1986
No Score Yet 70% The A-Team Phillip Chadway (Guest Star) 1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet Riptide Unknown (Character) 1984
No Score Yet No Score Yet Trapper John, M.D. Unknown (Guest Star) 1984
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hart to Hart Unknown (Guest Star) 1984
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dallas Unknown (Guest Star) 1982
No Score Yet No Score Yet Barnaby Jones Unknown (Guest Star) 1978
No Score Yet No Score Yet Charlie's Angels Unknown (Guest Star) 1978
42% No Score Yet Six Degrees Unknown (Guest Star)