Ray Wise

Known For: Acting
Born: August 20, 1947
Place of Birth: Akron, Ohio, USA

Ray Wise

Raymond Herbert Wise (born August 20, 1947) 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).

Filmography

NANOcell

2026 · Robert Cox

The Napa Boys

2026 · Officer Toland

The Wolf in the Well

2024 · Roland Carmel

God's Not Dead: In God We Trust

2024 · Peter Kane

The Blue Rose

2024 · Mr. Vallens

Good Grief

2024 · Dr. Gariboldi

Poolman

2024 · William Van Patterson

RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop

2023 · Self

King Knight

2022 · Merlin

Slugfest

2021 · Jack Kirby

Psych 3: This Is Gus

2021 · Father Peter Westley

Physical

2021 · Sheila's Father

Dinner Is Served

2021 · Headmaster Gustafson

Home Economics

2021 · Frank

Beast Mode

2020 · Trammel Steadfast

To Your Last Death

2019 · Cyrus DeKalb (voice)

The Movies That Made Us

2019 · Self (archive footage)

All Rise

2019 · Richard Walker

Unholy 'Mole

2019 · The Devil (voice)

The Chain

2019 · Michael

Tone-Deaf

2019 · Michael

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina

2018 · Enoch

I Had Bad Milk in Dehradun

2017 · Self

Little Evil

2017 · Guy On TV (uncredited)

Shattered

2017 · Forest Burnett

Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life

2016 · Jack Smith

Halloweed

2016 · Judge Plimington

Batman: The Killing Joke

2016 · Commissioner Gordon (voice)

The Bronx Bull

2016 · Father Father Joseph

All the Way

2016 · Senator Everett Dirksen

Relationship Status

2016 · Grace's Dad

God's Not Dead 2

2016 · Peter Kane

Unnatural

2015 · Victor Clobirch

Adam Ruins Everything

2015 · Netflix Executive

Taking Flight

2015 · Nonno (voice)

The Breakup Girl

2015 · Bob Baker

Night of the Living Deb

2015 · Frank Waverly

Digging Up the Marrow

2015 · William Dekker

Fresh Off the Boat

2015 · Marvin

The Lazarus Effect

2015 · Mr. Wallace

Jurassic City

2015 · Warden Lewis

Marvel's Agent Carter

2015 · Hugh Jones

Frank Pierre Presents: Pierre Resort & Casino

2014 · Frank Pierre

Dead Still

2014 · Wenton Davies

Guardian Angel

2014 · Attorney Kaufman

Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories

2014 · The Duke

Between Two Worlds

2014 · Self

Land of Leopold

2014 · Deece Warren

Suburban Gothic

2014 · Donald

Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces

2014 · Leland Palmer

Away From Here

2014 · Paul

Fargo

2014 · Paul Marrane

No God, No Master

2014 · A. Mitchell Palmer

Tom Holland's Twisted Tales

2014 · Mongo the Magnificent (segment "Mongo's Magik Mirror")

Farmed and Dangerous

2014 · Buck Marshall

Wrong Cops

2013 · Captain Andy

Tom Holland's Twisted Tales

2013 · Mongo the Magnificent

Big Ass Spider!

2013 · Major Braxton Tanner

Out West

2013 · Phillip Alcott

Revelation Road 2: The Sea of Glass and Fire

2013 · Frank

Brother's Keeper

2013 · Herbert Leemaster

Revelation Road: The Beginning of the End

2013 · Frank

Inventing Adam

2013 · J.B.

Newsreaders

2013 · Skip Reming

Nuclear Family

2012 · The Man

Atlas Shrugged: Part II

2012 · Head of State Thompson

FDR: American Badass!

2012 · Douglas MacArthur

Excision

2012 · Principal Campbell

The Butterfly Room

2012 · Nick

Perception

2012 · Martin Sullivan

Crazy Eyes

2012 · Zach's Father

Brother White

2012 · Pastor Johnny Kingman

Holliston

2012 · Landlord

The Aggression Scale

2012 · Bellavance

Darnell Dawkins: Mouth Guitar Legend

2012 · Wade Dawkins

Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie

2012 · Dr. Doone Struts

The Girl with the Tramp Stamp Tattoo

2011

Rosewood Lane

2011 · Det. Briggs

Chillerama

2011 · Dr. Weems (segment "Wadzilla")

Wilfred

2011 · Colt St. Cloud

X-Men: First Class

2011 · Secretary of State

Workaholics

2011 · Kyle Walsh

Body of Proof

2011 · Michael Davis

Mr. Sunshine

2011 · Macaulay

Hawaii Five-0

2010 · Morris Brown

Rizzoli & Isles

2010 · Judge Eugene Allen

The Good Guys

2010 · Buddy

Infomercials

2009 · Frank Pierre

Pandemic

2009 · General Matthews

Iodine

2009 · Avery

Stuntmen

2009 · Jack Strongbow

Drop Dead Diva

2009 · Frank Dodd

Castle

2009 · Bobby Fox

Dollhouse

2009 · Howard Lipman

Infestation

2009 · Ethan

Love at First Hiccup

2009 · Roger

AM1200

2008 · Harry Jones

The Mentalist

2008 · Dennis Victor

90210

2008 · Dean Thomas

One Missed Call

2008 · Ted Summers

Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks

2007 · Self

Reaper

2007 · The Devil

Chuck

2007 · Riley

Superman: Doomsday

2007 · Perry White (voice)

The Flock

2007 · Bobby Stiles

Mad Men

2007 · Ed Baxter

The Election

2007 · John

Burn Notice

2007 · Mr. Pyne

7-10 Split

2007 · Buddy Kendrick

Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!

2007 · Grill Vogel

Shark

2006 · Lloyd Holcomb

Six Degrees

2006

Psych

2006 · Peter Westley, Horace Leland

The Substance of Things Hoped For

2006 · Dr. Lessing

Peaceful Warrior

2006 · Doctor Hayden

Cyxork 7

2006 · Kommander 88

Criminal Minds

2005 · John Nelson

How I Met Your Mother

2005 · Robin Scherbatsky Sr.

Good Night, and Good Luck.

2005 · Don Hollenbeck

Bones

2005 · Rick Turco

Jane Doe: The Wrong Face

2005 · Fleming

The Closer

2005 · Tom Blanchard

Numb3rs

2005 · Mitch Langford

The Rain Makers

2005 · Harris

Sharkskin 6

2005 · Sam

Dead End

2003 · Frank Harrington

NCIS

2003 · Wayne Tobett

The Battle of Shaker Heights

2003 · Harrison

Jeepers Creepers 2

2003 · Jack Taggart, Sr.

Windfall

2002 · John Wescott

She Spies

2002 · Ambassador Blaine

Landspeed

2002 · Brian Sanger

Scream at the Sound of the Beep

Scream at the Sound of the Beep

2002 · Brother Jake

Postcards From The Cast

Postcards From The Cast

2001 · Self

24

2001 · Vice-President Hal Gardner

Reflections on the Phenomenon of Twin Peaks

2001 · Self

Two Can Play That Game

2001 · Bill Parker

Almost Salinas

2001 · Jack Tynan

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

2000 · Ernest Chase

Teacher's Pet

2000

Popular

1999 · Barton

The West Wing

1999 · Governor Tillman D-CA

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999 · Roger Hanley

Judging Amy

1999 · Atty. Rhodes

Pennyweight

1999 · Mr. Pennyweight

Charmed

1998 · Ludlow

V.I.P.

1998 · Judge Kreiger

Sports Night

1998 · Evans

The Garbage Picking Field Goal Kicking Philadelphia Phenomenon

1998 · Randolph Pratt

Dawson's Creek

1998 · Roger Stepavich

Evasive Action

1998 · Sheriff Wes Blaidek

Profiler

1996 · James Perrone

Savannah

1996 · Edward Burton

Powder

1995 · Dr. Aaron Stripler

JAG

1995 · Congressman Marvin Bolton

Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story

1995 · Mike Todd

Star Trek: Voyager

1995 · Arturis

The Crew

1994 · Charles Pierce

RoboCop: The Future of Law Enforcement

1994 · Leon Nash

Body Shot

1994 · Dwight Frye

The Chase

1994 · Dalton Voss

Second Chances

1993 · Judge Jim Stinson

Diagnosis: Murder

1993 · John Parkinson

The Secrets of Lake Success

1993 · Henry Fleming

Rising Sun

1993 · Senator John Morton

Walker, Texas Ranger

1993 · Garrett Carlson

Grey Knight

1993 · Col. George Thalman

RoboCop 3

1993 · Leon Nash (archive footage)

Sunstroke

1992 · Larry

Bob Roberts

1992 · Chet MacGregor

The Larry Sanders Show

1992 · Lloyd Simon

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

1992 · Leland Palmer

Write to Kill

1991 · Mark Gaston

Fire in the Dark

1991 · Richard

Runaway Heart

1990 · Archie

Beverly Hills, 90210

1990 · Daniel Hunter

Dream On

1990 · Maddox March

Twin Peaks

1990 · Leland Palmer, Leland Palmer (archive footage)

The Rift

1990 · Robbins

Twin Peaks

1989 · Leland Palmer

Race for Glory

1989 · Jack Davis

Season of Fear

1989 · Fred Drummond

The Taking of Flight 847: The Uli Derickson Story

The Taking of Flight 847: The Uli Derickson Story

1988 · Phil Maresca

Star Trek: The Next Generation

1987 · Liko

Jake and the Fatman

1987

Beauty and the Beast

1987 · Tom

RoboCop

1987 · Leon Nash

Repairs

1987 · Stan the Bartender

L.A. Law

1986 · Walter Platt

Condor

1986 · Christopher Proctor

The Colbys

1985

The Journey of Natty Gann

1985 · Sol Gann

Stingray

1985

Seduced

1985 · Bartecki

Moonlighting

1985 · , Murderer

Hunter

1984 · Alex Parker

Airwolf

1984 · Victor Resnick

Blue Thunder

1984 · J.D. Kraft

Scarecrow and Mrs. King

1983

Trauma Center

1983

The A-Team

1983 · Phillip Chadway

Remington Steele

1982 · Schwimmer

Cat People

1982 · Soap Opera Man

T. J. Hooker

1982 · Harrison Mackenzie

Swamp Thing

1982 · Dr. Alec Holland

Madame X

1981 · Bellman (uncredited)

Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders II

1980 · Dr. Simmons

Knots Landing

1979 · The Dealer

Hart to Hart

1979

Tartuffe

1978 · Damis

Lou Grant

1977

Love in the Hamptons

1976 · Myron

Charlie's Angels

1976 · Evan Wilcox

Dare the Devil

1969 · David Keller

Love of Life

1951

Nightmare City

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The Good Dark

— · Edward Penth

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