Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

214

Gender

Male

Birthday

1947-08-20 (77 years old)

Place of Birth

Akron, Ohio, USA

Also Known As

Raymond Herbert Wise
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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

7.3%

X-Men: First Class

Jun 1, 2011

7.3%

RoboCop

Jul 17, 1987

8.1%

How I Met Your Mother

Sep 19, 2005

7.9%

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Sep 20, 1999

8.4%

The Mentalist

Sep 23, 2008

8.3%

Criminal Minds

Sep 22, 2005

8.2%

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina

Oct 26, 2018

8.2%

Bones

Sep 13, 2005

8.3%

Fargo

Apr 15, 2014

8.2%

Charmed

Oct 7, 1998

7.6%

NCIS

Sep 23, 2003

8.3%

Twin Peaks

Apr 8, 1990

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Acting

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Nightmare City

2024		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		Poolman as William Van Patterson

2023

RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop as Self

2022

King Knight as Merlin

2021		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

2020

Beast Mode as Trammel Steadfast

2019		To Your Last Death as Cyrus DeKalb (voice)
2019		The Movies That Made Us as Self (Archival Footage)
2019		All Rise as Richard Walker
2019		Unholy 'Mole as The Devil (voice)
2019		The Chain as Michael
2019		Tone-Deaf as Michael

2018		Neo Yokio: Pink Christmas as Event Broadcaster
2018		Chilling Adventures of Sabrina as Enoch

2017		I Had Bad Milk in Dehradun as Self
2017		Neo Yokio as Old Man / Male Announcer (voice)
2017		Little Evil as Guy On TV (uncredited)
2017		Shattered as Forest Burnett

2016		Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life as Jack Smith
2016		Halloweed as Judge Plimington
2016		Batman: The Killing Joke as Commissioner James 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

2015		Unnatural as Victor Clobirch
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

2014		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

2013		Wrong Cops as Captain Andy
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		Inventing Adam as J.B.
2013		Newsreaders as Skip Reming

2012		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

2011		The Girl with the Tramp Stamp Tattoo
2011		Rosewood Lane as Det. Briggs
2011		Chillerama as Dr. Weems
2011		Wilfred as Colt St. Cloud
2011		X-Men: First Class as Secretary of State
2011		Body of Proof as Michael Davis
2011		Mr. Sunshine as Macaulay

2010		Hawaii Five-0 as Morris Brown
2010		Rizzoli & Isles as Judge Eugene Allen

2009		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

2008		AM1200 as Harry Jones
2008		The Mentalist as Dennis Victor
2008		90210 as Dean Thomas
2008		One Missed Call as Ted Summers

2007		Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks
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

2006		Shark
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

2005		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
2005		The Rain Makers as Harris
2005		Sharkskin 6 as Sam

2003		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.

2002		Windfall as John Wescott
2002		She Spies as Ambassador Blaine
2002		Landspeed as Brian Sanger
2002		Scream at the Sound of the Beep as Brother Jake

2001		Postcards From The Cast as Self
2001		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

2000		CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Ernest Chase
2000		Teacher's Pet

1999		Popular
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

1998		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

1996		Profiler
1996		Savannah as Edward Burton

1995		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

1994		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

1993		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)

1992		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

1991		Write to Kill as Mark Gaston
1991		Fire in the Dark as Richard

1990		Runaway Heart as Archie
1990		Beverly Hills, 90210
1990		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

1989		Twin Peaks as Leland Palmer
1989		Race for Glory as Jack Davis
1989		Season of Fear as Fred Drummond

1988

The Taking of Flight 847: The Uli Derickson Story as Phil Maresca

1987		Star Trek: The Next Generation as Liko
1987		Jake and the Fatman
1987		Beauty and the Beast as Tom
1987		RoboCop as Leon Nash

1986		L.A. Law as A.D.A. Walter Platt
1986		Condor as Christopher Proctor

1985		The Colbys
1985		The Journey of Natty Gann as Sol Gann
1985		Stingray
1985		Seduced as Bartecki
1985		Moonlighting
1985		Moonlighting as Murderer

1984		Hunter as Alex Parker
1984		Airwolf as Victor Resnick
1984		Blue Thunder as J.D. Kraft

1983		Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983		Trauma Center
1983		The A-Team as Phillip Chadway

1982		Remington Steele as Schwimmer
1982		Cat People as Soap Opera Man
1982		T. J. Hooker as Harrison Mackenzie
1982		Swamp Thing as Doctor Alec Holland

1981

Madame X as Bellman (uncredited)

1980

Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders II as Dr. Simmons

1979		Knots Landing as The Dealer
1979		Hart to Hart

1978

Tartuffe as Damis

1977

Lou Grant

1976		Love in the Hamptons as Myron
1976		Charlie's Angels as Evan Wilcox

1969

Dare the Devil as David Keller

1951

Love of Life