Ray Wise
Highest Rated: 100% The Aggression Scale (2012)
Lowest Rated: Not Available
Birthday: Aug 20, 1947
Birthplace: Akron, Ohio, USA
This supporting player of theater, TV and film 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").
Photos
Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 73% | No Score Yet | King Knight | Merlin (Character) | - | 2021 |
| 63% | 40% | Beast Mode | Trammel Steadfast (Character) | - | 2019 |
| 71% | 64% | To Your Last Death | Cyrus DeKalb (Voice) | - | 2019 |
| 60% | No Score Yet | Chain of Death | Michael (Character) | - | 2019 |
| No Score Yet | 20% | Shattered | Forest Burnett (Character) | - | 2017 |
| No Score Yet | 31% | Halloweed | Judge Pilmington (Character) | - | 2016 |
| 36% | 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 | 41% | The Bronx Bull | Father Joseph (Character) | - | 2015 |
| 88% | 32% | 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 | 10% | Unnatural | Victor Clobirch (Character) | - | 2015 |
| 16% | 23% | The Lazarus Effect | Mr. Wallace (Character) | $25.8M | 2015 |
| No Score Yet | 14% | 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% | 41% | Digging Up the Marrow | William Dekker (Character) | - | 2014 |
| 64% | 41% | 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% | 44% | Big Ass Spider! | Major Braxton Tanner (Character) | - | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | 83% | 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 | 55% | Brother White | Kingman (Character) | - | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | 49% | The Butterfly Room | Nick (Character) | - | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Brother's Keeper | Herbert Leemaster (Character) | - | 2012 |
| 73% | 46% | No God, No Master | A. Mitchell Palmer (Character) | $6.7K | 2012 |
| 85% | 61% | Excision | Principal Campbell (Character) | - | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | 58% | 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 | 20% | 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 | 33% | Infestation | Cindy (Character) | - | 2009 |
| No Score Yet | 97% | Stuntmen | Jack Strongbow (Character) | - | 2009 |
| 0% | 29% | One Missed Call | Ted Summers (Character) | $26.9M | 2008 |
| 50% | 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 |
| 75% | 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 |
| 41% | 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 | 20% | 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 |
| 40% | 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 |
| 95% | 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 | Twin Peaks | Leland Palmer (Character) | - | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Season of Fear | Fred Drummond (Character) | $41.8K | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | 25% | Endless Descent | Robbins (Character) | - | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | 75% | 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 |
| 91% | 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 |
| 62% | 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 | Slugfest | Self | 2021 |
| 82% | 73% | Home Economics | Frank (Guest Star) | 2021 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Batman: The Audio Adventures | Announcers (Voice) | 2021 |
| No Score Yet | 44% | All Rise | Richard Walker (Guest Star) | 2021 |
| 94% | 79% | Fresh Off the Boat |
Marvin (Character), Unknown (Guest Star) |
2015-2020 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Twin Peaks: The Return |
Leland Palmer (archive footage) (Character), Leland Palmer (Guest Star) |
2017 |
| 93% | 84% | Fargo | Paul Marrane (Guest Star) | 2017 |
| No Score Yet | 91% | 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% | 93% | Psych | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2009 2014 |
| 44% | 100% | High School USA! | Unknown (Guest Voice) | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Nuclear Family | Unknown (Character) | 2013 |
| 76% | 64% | Body of Proof | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | 86% | Criminal Minds | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | 86% | Rizzoli and Isles | Judge Eugene Allen (Guest Star) | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | 88% | 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 | 74% | Hawaii Five-0 | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2011 |
| 71% | 85% | The Good Guys | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2010 |
| 82% | 87% | Castle | Bobby Fox (Guest Star) | 2010 |
| 71% | 83% | Dollhouse | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2009 |
| 72% | 49% | Drop Dead Diva | Frank Dodd (Guest Star) | 2009 |
| 80% | 62% | 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% | 94% | Burn Notice | Graham Pyne (Guest Star) | 2007 |
| 52% | 60% | Shark | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2007 |
| 90% | 82% | 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% | 86% | 24 | Vice President Hall Gardner (Guest Star) | 2006 |
| 15% | No Score Yet | dr. vegas | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | 35% | 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% | 100% | Sports Night | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1998 |
| 15% | No Score Yet | Vengeance Unlimited | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | 94% | Beverly Hills, 90210 | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1998 |
| 76% | 76% | 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 | 8% | Walker, Texas Ranger | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1994 |
| 82% | 89% | Twin Peaks | Leland Palmer (Character) | 1990-1991 |
| No Score Yet | 0% | Jake and the Fatman | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1989 |
| 91% | 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 | No Score Yet | Airwolf | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1986 |
| No Score Yet | 61% | The A-Team | Unknown (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 | 100% | 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% | 0% | Six Degrees | Unknown (Guest Star) |