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John Savage (born John Youngs; August 25, 1949) is an American film actor, producer, production manager, and composer. His first major film role was as Steven in the 1978 film, The Deer Hunter, a fictional story of a group of Rusyn American steel workers during the Vietnam War era. One of his most famous roles was as Claude Bukowski in the film Hair (1979). He had a brief but powerful role in Terrance Malick`s war epic, The Thin Red Line. In recent years he has been seen on the small as well as the big screen. He was the recurring character of Donald Lydecker in the first and second seasons of Dark Angel and portrayed Captain Ransom in the two part episode "Equinox" from Star Trek: Voyager.
Another recurring role found him as Henry Scudder in the HBO-produced television series Carnivāle. In 2005, he appeared on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Most recently[when?], he has lent his voice to a monologue on the title track of the album, "This Town," by Steve Smith of Dirty Vegas. Savage was born in Old Bethpage, New York, the son of Muriel, a homemaker, and Floyd Youngs, who worked in insurance sales. His sister is Boston-based radio and television personality Robin Young. His brother is actor Jim Youngs. He is also the father of actress/singer Jennifer Youngs and her brother Lachlan. He has a grandson, Zolan Kanno-Youngs. Biography Credit: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Savage_(actor) |
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BiographyFriends and FamilyDrake Bell [Friend]Trivia and QuotesQuotes I love plays like "Of Mice and Men." Modern classics. They tell you so much about America, how things were. The time it`s about wasn`t all that long ago, but we often forget times, and things, we should remember.Trivia In his early years he organized the Manhattan's Children's Theatre Group which performed in public housing areas. His present wife actress Sandi Schultz is from Namibia. Spent 6 years (1988-1994) in South Africa, working with Nelson Mandela for the anti-Apartheid movement. Father of Jennifer Youngs. Brother of actress Gail Youngs Was an assistant production manager for certain sequences of Spike Lee's film Malcolm X (1992) that was shot in South Africa where John was living at the time working with Nelson Mandela on the anti-apartheid movement. John had appeared in Lee's Do the Right Thing (1989) a few years back, and later would show up in Lee's Summer of Sam (1999). Had a son, Lachlan Youngs, and a daughter, Jennifer Youngs, from his first marriage to Susan Youngs. Won the Drama Circle Award for his stage portrayal of Billy Bibbitt in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" in the early 70s. Younger sister, Gail Youngs, was once married to actor Robert Duvall from 1982-1986. Older brother of actor Jim Youngs. Listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1979" in John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 31. | ||
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