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

Don Hollenbeck

Good Night, and Good Luck.

Chet MacGregor

Bob Roberts

Dalton Voss

The Chase

Attorney Kaufman

Guardian Angel

General Matthews

Pandemic

Leon Nash

RoboCop

Jack Taggart, Sr.

Jeepers Creepers 2

Brian Sanger

Landspeed

Frank Harrington

Dead End

Ted Summers

One Missed Call

Senator John Morton

Rising Sun

Mr. Vallens

The Blue Rose

Perry White (voice)

Superman: Doomsday

Sol Gann

The Journey of Natty Gann

Robbins

The Rift

Bobby Stiles

The Flock

Sheriff Wes Blaidek

Evasive Action

Father Peter Westley

Psych 3: This Is Gus

Harry Jones

AM1200

Doctor Alec Holland

Swamp Thing

Col. George Thalman

Grey Knight

Bellman (uncredited)

Madame X

Secretary of State

X-Men: First Class

Fleming

Jane Doe: The Wrong Face

Harris

The Rain Makers

Principal Campbell

Excision

Kommander 88

Cyxork 7

Bellavance

The Aggression Scale

Det. Briggs

Rosewood Lane

Guy On TV (uncredited)

Little Evil

Dr. Weems

Chillerama

Nick

The Butterfly Room

Dr. Doone Struts

Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie

Douglas MacArthur

FDR: American Badass!

John

The Election

The Man

Nuclear Family

Christopher Proctor

Condor

The Girl with the Tramp Stamp Tattoo

Mr. Pennyweight

Pennyweight

Head of State Thompson

Atlas Shrugged: Part II

Avery

Iodine

Captain Andy

Wrong Cops

Leon Nash (archive footage)

RoboCop 3

Major Braxton Tanner

Big Ass Spider!

Jack Davis

Race for Glory

Archie

Runaway Heart

Frank

Revelation Road 2: The Sea of Glass and Fire

Self

Reflections on the Phenomenon of Twin Peaks

Herbert Leemaster

Brother's Keeper

Phil Maresca

The Taking of Flight 847: The Uli Derickson Story

Father Father Joseph

The Bronx Bull

Paul

Away From Here

Self

Postcards From The Cast

Dwight Frye

Body Shot

A. Mitchell Palmer

No God, No Master

Wade Dawkins

Darnell Dawkins: Mouth Guitar Legend

Mark Gaston

Write to Kill

William Van Patterson

Poolman

Donald

Suburban Gothic

Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks

William Dekker

Digging Up the Marrow

Leland Palmer

Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces

David Keller

Dare the Devil

Bob Baker

The Breakup Girl

Phillip Alcott

Out West

Bartecki

Seduced

Peter Kane

God's Not Dead: In God We Trust

Dr. Lessing

The Substance of Things Hoped For

Warden Lewis

Jurassic City

Richard

Fire in the Dark

Frank Pierre

Frank Pierre Presents: Pierre Resort & Casino

Wenton Davies

Dead Still

Frank

Revelation Road: The Beginning of the End

Deece Warren

Land of Leopold

Randolph Pratt

The Garbage Picking Field Goal Kicking Philadelphia Phenomenon

Mr. Wallace

The Lazarus Effect

Dr. Simmons

Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders II

Frank Waverly

Night of the Living Deb

Myron

Love in the Hamptons

Nonno (voice)

Taking Flight

Victor Clobirch

Unnatural

Ethan

Infestation

Commissioner James Gordon (voice)

Batman: The Killing Joke

Bill Parker

Two Can Play That Game

Senator Everett Dirksen

All the Way

Brother Jake

Scream at the Sound of the Beep

Jack Strongbow

Stuntmen

Pastor Johnny Kingman

Brother White

Judge Plimington

Halloweed

J.B.

Inventing Adam

Buddy Kendrick

7-10 Split

Jack Tynan

Almost Salinas

Harrison

The Battle of Shaker Heights

Leland Palmer

Twin Peaks

John Wescott

Windfall

Leland Palmer

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

Damis

Tartuffe

Charles Pierce

The Crew

Cyrus DeKalb (voice)

To Your Last Death

Soap Opera Man

Cat People

Sam

Sharkskin 6

Forest Burnett

Shattered

Zach's Father

Crazy Eyes

Nightmare City

Trammel Steadfast

Beast Mode

Dr. Aaron Stripler

Powder

Michael

The Chain

Leon Nash

RoboCop: The Future of Law Enforcement

Self

Between Two Worlds

Doctor Hayden

Peaceful Warrior

Michael

Tone-Deaf

Larry

Sunstroke

The Devil (voice)

Unholy 'Mole

Fred Drummond

Season of Fear

Peter Kane

God's Not Dead 2

Mongo the Magnificent (segment "Mongo's Magik Mirror")

Tom Holland's Twisted Tales

Roger

Love at First Hiccup

Headmaster Gustafson

Dinner Is Served

Merlin

King Knight

Self

I Had Bad Milk in Dehradun

Roland Carmel

The Wolf in the Well

Dr. Gariboldi

Good Grief

Officer Toland

The Napa Boys

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

123

Gender

Male

Birthday

1947-08-20

Place of Birth

Akron, Ohio, USA

Also Known As

Raymond Herbert Wise