John Savage

John Savage

74 · Born: Aug 25, 1949

Personal Details

Born Aug 25, 1949 Old Bethpage, New York, USA
Spouse
  • Sandi Schultz

    ( Dec 31, 1969 to Apr 27, 2024 )
  • Susan Youngs

    ( Dec 31, 1969 to Dec 31, 1969 )
Parents
  • Floyd Youngs
  • Muriel Youngs
Relatives
  • Jim Youngs (Sibling)

Biography

John Savage (born John Youngs) is an American film actor, producer, production manager, and composer. Savage has appeared in more than 200 feature films, short films, recurring roles in television series and guest appearances in episodes of television series. One of Savage's first notable roles is as Claude Bukowski in the 1979 film Hair. His first major film role was as Steven Pushkov in the multiple Oscar-winning 1978 film The Deer Hunter. He also had a lead role in the 1979 film The Onion Field. In the late 1970s, he performed in the Broadway production of David Mamet's play American Buffalo. In 1991, he starred in Italian director Lucio Fulci's final film Door to Silence. He then had a brief role in the 1998 war film The Thin Red Line, portrayed Captain Ransom in the two part episode Equinox of the television series Star Trek: Voyager in 1999, and appeared in the recurring role of Donald Lydecker in the first and second seasons of the 2000 television series Dark Angel. Savage starred in the 2015 horror film Tales of Halloween, the 2017 film In Dubious Battle, and on the 2017 continuation of the television show Twin Peaks. In 2018, he appeared on the television show Goliath. In 2018, Savage lent his voice to a monologue on the title track of the album This Town by Steve Smith of Dirty Vegas. In 2019, Savage played the role of The Narrator in upcoming fantasy crime drama Karma from award-winning filmmaker Bizhan Tong, having collaborated with him earlier that year.

Career

2023
Showdown at the Grand
Showdown at the Grand as Lucky
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2022
A Cloud So High
A Cloud So High as Gene 'Sackler' Sarling
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The Right to Bear Arms
The Right to Bear Arms as Brutal Magnus
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Eye for Eye
Eye for Eye as Brad Braddock
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2021
Insight
Insight as Frank
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2020
The Last Full Measure
The Last Full Measure as Kepper
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Followed
Followed as Wallace Fleischer
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2019
The Islands
The Islands as Henry Thornton
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Ovid and the Art of Love
Ovid and the Art of Love as Augustus
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Heavenly Deposit
Heavenly Deposit as Donald
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Down's Revenge
Down's Revenge as Dr Sorkin
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Gates of Darkness
Gates of Darkness as Joseph
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Hold On
Hold On as Dr. Siedhoff
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Spinning Dry
Spinning Dry as Frank Manghetti
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2018
Torch
Torch as August Lewin
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Betrayed
Betrayed as Mayor Alderman
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Mission Possible
Mission Possible as Captain Ted
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6 Children & 1 Grandfather
6 Children & 1 Grandfather as David McDoll
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40 and Single
40 and Single as Stewart Temple
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Goliath
Goliath
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2017
Nephilim
Nephilim as Father Samuel
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The Return
The Return as Čovek u crnom odelu
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Dead South
Dead South
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The Neighborhood
The Neighborhood as Vito Bello
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Three Seconds
Three Seconds
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Spreading Darkness
Spreading Darkness as Brett
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Empire of the Sharks
Empire of the Sharks as Ian Fien
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Teen Star Academy
Teen Star Academy
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2016
Last Call at Murray's
Last Call at Murray's as Bennett
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The Black Dove
The Black Dove as Jake Williams
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American Romance
American Romance as Emery Reed
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Texas Heart
Texas Heart as Carl
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Everglades
Everglades
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2015
Sensory Perception
Sensory Perception as President of United Earth
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2014
See How They Run
See How They Run as The Codger
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Fort Bliss
Fort Bliss as Mike Swann
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The Lookalike
The Lookalike as William Spinks
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Bermuda Tentacles
Bermuda Tentacles as President Desteno
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Bullet
Bullet as Governor Johnson
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2013
Open Road
Open Road as Carl
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7E
7E as Paul
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Awakened
Awakened as Jack Winston
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A Sierra Nevada Gunfight
A Sierra Nevada Gunfight as Father Bill
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Alien Rising
Alien Rising as Manning
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Defending Santa
Defending Santa as Judge Willis
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Real Gangsters
Real Gangsters as Ted Roberts
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2012
Summer Song
Summer Song as Jim
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Sweetwater
Sweetwater as Calvin Kabral
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Money Fight
Money Fight as Harbin Rask
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2011
The Orphan Killer
The Orphan Killer as Detective Walker
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Hit List
Hit List as Walter Murphy
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Assassins' Code
Assassins' Code as Arlo
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2010
Dreamkiller
Dreamkiller as Agent Barnes
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Bed & Breakfast: Love is a Happy Accident
Bereavement
Bereavement as Ted
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2009
Handsome Harry
Handsome Harry as Peter Rheems
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Buffalo Bushido
Buffalo Bushido as Vendetti
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Fringe
Fringe as Sam Weiss
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2008
The Grift
The Grift as William Bender
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From a Place of Darkness
From a Place of Darkness as Vic
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The Violent Kind
The Violent Kind as George Malloy
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The Attic
The Attic as Graham Callan
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The Coverup
The Coverup as Thomas Thacker
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The Golden Boys
The Golden Boys as Web Saunders
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2007
No Destination
No Destination as Billy
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2006
Kill Your Darlings
Kill Your Darlings as Rock
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Shut Up and Shoot!
Shut Up and Shoot! as Marty Pearlheimer
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The Drop
The Drop as Mr. Zero
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2005
Iowa
Iowa as Irv Huffman
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Confessions of a Pit Fighter
Confessions of a Pit Fighter as McGee
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Love's Long Journey
Love's Long Journey as Trent
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2004
Downtown: A Street Tale
Downtown: A Street Tale as H2O
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Alien Lockdown
Alien Lockdown as Dr. Woodman
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Freedom from Despair
Freedom from Despair as Narrator
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Admissions
Admissions as Harry Brighton
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2003
Easy Six
Easy Six as Frank Iverson
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Intoxicating
Intoxicating as William Shanley
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The Devil and Daniel Webster
The Devil and Daniel Webster as Johnny
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Carnivàle
Carnivàle as Henry 'Hack' Scudder
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Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Mark Farrell
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2002
Redemption of the Ghost
The Anarchist Cookbook
The Anarchist Cookbook as Johnny Red
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Everwood
Everwood as Daniel Maxwell
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2001
Burning Down the House
Burning Down the House as Jake Seiling
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Dead Man's Run
Dead Man's Run as Carver
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Touched by an Angel
Touched by an Angel as Simon Miller
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2000
Christina's House
Christina's House as James Tarling
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The Virginian
The Virginian as Steve
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They Nest
They Nest as Jack Wald
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Dark Angel
Dark Angel as Col. Donald Lydecker
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1999
Message in a Bottle
Message in a Bottle as Johnny Land
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The Jack Bull
The Jack Bull as Slater
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Lost Souls
Lost Souls as Victor Robinson
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1998
Club Vampire
Club Vampire as Zero
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Star Trek: Voyager
Star Trek: Voyager as Captain Rudy Ransom
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1997
Before Women Had Wings
Before Women Had Wings as Billy Jackson
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Little Boy Blue
Little Boy Blue as Ray West
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Hostile Intent
Hostile Intent as Bear
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Hollywood Safari
Hollywood Safari as Deputy Rogers
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Amnesia
Amnesia as Tim Bishop
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Firestorm
Firestorm as Brinkman
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1996
White Squall
White Squall as McCrea
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One Good Turn
One Good Turn as Santapietro
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American Strays
American Strays as Dwayne
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Where Truth Lies
Where Truth Lies as Dr. Ian Lazarre
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Managua
Managua as Dennis
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Walker, Texas Ranger
Walker, Texas Ranger as Sergeant Major Bart Hawkins
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1995
The Dangerous
The Dangerous as Emile Lautrec
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OP Center
OP Center as Bob Herbert
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Carnosaur 2
Carnosaur 2 as Jack Reed
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Red Scorpion 2
Red Scorpion 2 as Andrew Kendrick
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Tuono di proiettile
Tuono di proiettile as Sanders
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The Takeover
The Takeover as Greg
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The Crossing Guard
The Crossing Guard as Bobby
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Fatal Choice
Fatal Choice as Drury
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The Outer Limits
The Outer Limits as Lucas
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1994
Killing Obsession
Killing Obsession as Albert
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The X-Files
The X-Files as Henry Trondheim
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Tales from the Crypt
Tales from the Crypt as Benny
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1993
CIA II: Target Alexa
CIA II: Target Alexa as Franz Kluge
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My Forgotten Man
My Forgotten Man as Joe Stromberg
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Berlin '39
Berlin '39 as Wieland
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1992
Primary Motive
Primary Motive as Wallace Roberts
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1991
Le porte del silenzio
Le porte del silenzio as Melvin Devereux
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Hunting
Hunting as Michael Bergman
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Mountain of Diamonds
Mountain of Diamonds as Blaine
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Great Expectations
Great Expectations as Urchin
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1990
Any Man's Death
Any Man's Death as Leon Abrahams
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1989
Do the Right Thing
Do the Right Thing as Clifton
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1988
The Beat
The Beat as Frank Ellsworth
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1987
Hotel Colonial
Hotel Colonial as Marco Venieri
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Beauty and the Beast
Beauty and the Beast as Beast/Prince
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Caribe
Caribe as Jeff Richardson
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1986
The Little Sister
The Little Sister as Tim Donovan
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Salvador
Salvador as John Cassady
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Soldier's Revenge
Soldier's Revenge as Frank Morgan
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1985
Silent Witness
Silent Witness as Kevin Dunne
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1984
Nairobi Affair
Nairobi Affair as Rick Cahill
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Maria's Lovers
Maria's Lovers as Ivan Bibic
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1983
Brady's Escape
Brady's Escape as J.W. Brady
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1982
Coming Out of the Ice
Coming Out of the Ice as Victor Herman
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1981
The Amateur
The Amateur as Charles Heller
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Cattle Annie and Little Britches
Cattle Annie and Little Britches as Bittercreek Newcombe
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1980
Inside Moves
Inside Moves as Roary
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1979
Hair
Hair as Claude Hooper Bukowski
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The Onion Field
The Onion Field as Karl Hettinger
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1978
The Deer Hunter
The Deer Hunter as Steven Pushkov
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1976
Gibbsville
Gibbsville as Jim Malloy
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1975
The Turning Point of Jim Malloy
The Turning Point of Jim Malloy as Jim Malloy
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1974
The Killing Kind
The Killing Kind as Terry Lambert
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All the Kind Strangers
All the Kind Strangers as Peter
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The Sister in Law
The Sister in Law as Robert Strong
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1973
Steelyard Blues
Steelyard Blues as Kid
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1972
Bad Company
Bad Company as Loney
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1969
The Master Beater
The Master Beater as Rocco
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2015
Caffeinated
Caffeinated
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2014
The Hooping Life
The Hooping Life
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2009
Do the Right Thing - 20 Years Later