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My Take
John Savage is one of those actors who never quite got the mainstream fame his talent deserved, and that's genuinely criminal. His work in The Deer Hunter is quietly devastating — he plays Steven with this fragile, trembling dignity that holds its own even next to De Niro and Walken at their absolute peaks. And then Hair the same year, where he's this wide-eyed innocent getting swept up in the counterculture — a completely different register, but just as convincing. The Onion Field showed he could anchor a grim true-crime drama without flinching. He kept working steadily through TV — Dark Angel, Carnivàle — never phoning it in. He's the definition of a character actor who elevated every project he touched, and I wish more people name-dropped him when they talk about the great performances of the late 1970s.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- John Savage
- Name (Japanese)
- ジョン・サヴェージ
- Reading
- じょん・さゔぇーじ
- Born
- August 25, 1949 (age 76)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Ox
- Origin
- Old Bethpage, New York, United States
- Occupation
- actor / television actor / film actor / film producer / composer
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was John Savage born?
Born August 25, 1949 (age 76).
Where is John Savage from?
John Savage is from Old Bethpage, New York, United States.
What does John Savage do?
John Savage works as actor, television actor, film actor, film producer, composer.
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7. About this entry
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- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.