Ray Wise

Biography

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).

Known For

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

NCIS

The Mentalist

Criminal Minds

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Bones

Hawaii Five-0

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All Movies (126)

• NANOcell2026 · as Robert Cox
• The Napa Boys2026 · as Officer Toland
• The Wolf in the Well2024 · as Roland Carmel
• God's Not Dead: In God We Trust2024 · as Peter Kane
• The Blue Rose2024 · as Mr. Vallens
• Good Grief2024 · as Dr. Gariboldi
• Poolman2024 · as William Van Patterson
• King Knight2022 · as Merlin
• Psych 3: This Is Gus2021 · as Father Peter Westley
• Dinner Is Served2021 · as Headmaster Gustafson
• Beast Mode2020 · as Trammel Steadfast
• To Your Last Death2019 · as Cyrus DeKalb (voice)
• Unholy 'Mole2019 · as The Devil (voice)
• The Chain2019 · as Michael
• Tone-Deaf2019 · as Michael
• I Had Bad Milk in Dehradun2017 · as Self
• Little Evil2017 · as Guy On TV (uncredited)
• Shattered2017 · as Forest Burnett
• Halloweed2016 · as Judge Plimington
• Batman: The Killing Joke2016 · as Commissioner Gordon (voice)
• The Bronx Bull2016 · as Father Father Joseph
• All the Way2016 · as Senator Everett Dirksen
• God's Not Dead 22016 · as Peter Kane
• Unnatural2015 · as Victor Clobirch
• Taking Flight2015 · as Nonno (voice)
• The Breakup Girl2015 · as Bob Baker
• Night of the Living Deb2015 · as Frank Waverly
• Digging Up the Marrow2015 · as William Dekker
• The Lazarus Effect2015 · as Mr. Wallace
• Jurassic City2015 · as Warden Lewis
• Frank Pierre Presents: Pierre Resort & Casino2014 · as Frank Pierre
• Dead Still2014 · as Wenton Davies
• Guardian Angel2014 · as Attorney Kaufman
• Between Two Worlds2014 · as Self
• Land of Leopold2014 · as Deece Warren
• Suburban Gothic2014 · as Donald
• Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces2014 · as Leland Palmer
• Away From Here2014 · as Paul
• No God, No Master2014 · as A. Mitchell Palmer
• Tom Holland's Twisted Tales2014 · as Mongo the Magnificent (segment "Mongo's Magik Mirror")
• Wrong Cops2013 · as Captain Andy
• Big Ass Spider!2013 · as Major Braxton Tanner
• Out West2013 · as Phillip Alcott
• Revelation Road 2: The Sea of Glass and Fire2013 · as Frank
• Brother's Keeper2013 · as Herbert Leemaster
• Revelation Road: The Beginning of the End2013 · as Frank
• Inventing Adam2013 · as J.B.
• Nuclear Family2012 · as The Man
• Atlas Shrugged: Part II2012 · as Head of State Thompson
• FDR: American Badass!2012 · as Douglas MacArthur
• Excision2012 · as Principal Campbell
• The Butterfly Room2012 · as Nick
• Crazy Eyes2012 · as Zach's Father
• Brother White2012 · as Pastor Johnny Kingman
• The Aggression Scale2012 · as Bellavance
• Darnell Dawkins: Mouth Guitar Legend2012 · as Wade Dawkins
• Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie2012 · as Dr. Doone Struts
• The Girl with the Tramp Stamp Tattoo2011
• Rosewood Lane2011 · as Det. Briggs
• Chillerama2011 · as Dr. Weems (segment "Wadzilla")
• X-Men: First Class2011 · as Secretary of State
• Pandemic2009 · as General Matthews
• Iodine2009 · as Avery
• Stuntmen2009 · as Jack Strongbow
• Infestation2009 · as Ethan
• Love at First Hiccup2009 · as Roger
• AM12002008 · as Harry Jones
• One Missed Call2008 · as Ted Summers
• Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks2007 · as Self
• Superman: Doomsday2007 · as Perry White (voice)
• The Flock2007 · as Bobby Stiles
• The Election2007 · as John
• 7-10 Split2007 · as Buddy Kendrick
• The Substance of Things Hoped For2006 · as Dr. Lessing
• Peaceful Warrior2006 · as Doctor Hayden
• Cyxork 72006 · as Kommander 88
• Good Night, and Good Luck.2005 · as Don Hollenbeck
• Jane Doe: The Wrong Face2005 · as Fleming
• The Rain Makers2005 · as Harris
• Sharkskin 62005 · as Sam
• Dead End2003 · as Frank Harrington
• The Battle of Shaker Heights2003 · as Harrison
• Jeepers Creepers 22003 · as Jack Taggart, Sr.
• Windfall2002 · as John Wescott
• Landspeed2002 · as Brian Sanger
• Scream at the Sound of the Beep2002 · as Brother Jake
• Postcards From The Cast2001 · as Self
• Reflections on the Phenomenon of Twin Peaks2001 · as Self
• Two Can Play That Game2001 · as Bill Parker
• Almost Salinas2001 · as Jack Tynan
• Pennyweight1999 · as Mr. Pennyweight
• The Garbage Picking Field Goal Kicking Philadelphia Phenomenon1998 · as Randolph Pratt
• Evasive Action1998 · as Sheriff Wes Blaidek
• Powder1995 · as Dr. Aaron Stripler
• The Crew1994 · as Charles Pierce
• RoboCop: The Future of Law Enforcement1994 · as Leon Nash
• Body Shot1994 · as Dwight Frye
• The Chase1994 · as Dalton Voss
• Rising Sun1993 · as Senator John Morton
• Grey Knight1993 · as Col. George Thalman
• RoboCop 31993 · as Leon Nash (archive footage)
• Sunstroke1992 · as Larry
• Bob Roberts1992 · as Chet MacGregor
• Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me1992 · as Leland Palmer
• Write to Kill1991 · as Mark Gaston
• Fire in the Dark1991 · as Richard
• Runaway Heart1990 · as Archie
• The Rift1990 · as Robbins
• Twin Peaks1989 · as Leland Palmer
• Race for Glory1989 · as Jack Davis
• Season of Fear1989 · as Fred Drummond
• The Taking of Flight 847: The Uli Derickson Story1988 · as Phil Maresca
• RoboCop1987 · as Leon Nash
• Repairs1987 · as Stan the Bartender
• Condor1986 · as Christopher Proctor
• The Journey of Natty Gann1985 · as Sol Gann
• Seduced1985 · as Bartecki
• Cat People1982 · as Soap Opera Man
• Swamp Thing1982 · as Dr. Alec Holland
• Madame X1981 · as Bellman (uncredited)
• Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders II1980 · as Dr. Simmons
• Tartuffe1978 · as Damis
• Love in the Hamptons1976 · as Myron
• Dare the Devil1969 · as David Keller
• Nightmare City—
• The Good Dark— · as Edward Penth

All TV Shows (94)

• RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop2023 · as Self
• Slugfest2021 · as Jack Kirby
• Physical2021 · as Sheila's Father
• Home Economics2021 · as Frank
• The Movies That Made Us2019 · as Self (archive footage)
• All Rise2019 · as Richard Walker
• Chilling Adventures of Sabrina2018 · as Enoch
• Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life2016 · as Jack Smith
• Relationship Status2016 · as Grace's Dad
• Adam Ruins Everything2015 · as Netflix Executive
• Fresh Off the Boat2015 · as Marvin
• Marvel's Agent Carter2015 · as Hugh Jones
• Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories2014 · as The Duke
• Fargo2014 · as Paul Marrane
• Farmed and Dangerous2014 · as Buck Marshall
• Tom Holland's Twisted Tales2013 · as Mongo the Magnificent
• Newsreaders2013 · as Skip Reming
• Perception2012 · as Martin Sullivan
• Holliston2012 · as Landlord
• Wilfred2011 · as Colt St. Cloud
• Workaholics2011 · as Kyle Walsh
• Body of Proof2011 · as Michael Davis
• Mr. Sunshine2011 · as Macaulay
• Hawaii Five-02010 · as Morris Brown
• Rizzoli & Isles2010 · as Judge Eugene Allen
• The Good Guys2010 · as Buddy
• Infomercials2009 · as Frank Pierre
• Drop Dead Diva2009 · as Frank Dodd
• Castle2009 · as Bobby Fox
• Dollhouse2009 · as Howard Lipman
• The Mentalist2008 · as Dennis Victor
• 902102008 · as Dean Thomas
• Reaper2007 · as The Devil
• Chuck2007 · as Riley
• Mad Men2007 · as Ed Baxter
• Burn Notice2007 · as Mr. Pyne
• Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!2007 · as Grill Vogel
• Shark2006 · as Lloyd Holcomb
• Six Degrees2006
• Psych2006 · as Peter Westley
• Psych2006 · as Horace Leland
• Criminal Minds2005 · as John Nelson
• How I Met Your Mother2005 · as Robin Scherbatsky Sr.
• Bones2005 · as Rick Turco
• The Closer2005 · as Tom Blanchard
• Numb3rs2005 · as Mitch Langford
• NCIS2003 · as Wayne Tobett
• She Spies2002 · as Ambassador Blaine
• 242001 · as Vice-President Hal Gardner
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation2000 · as Ernest Chase
• Teacher's Pet2000
• Popular1999 · as Barton
• The West Wing1999 · as Governor Tillman D-CA
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999 · as Roger Hanley
• Judging Amy1999 · as Atty. Rhodes
• Charmed1998 · as Ludlow
• V.I.P.1998 · as Judge Kreiger
• Sports Night1998 · as Evans
• Dawson's Creek1998 · as Roger Stepavich
• Profiler1996 · as James Perrone
• Savannah1996 · as Edward Burton
• JAG1995 · as Congressman Marvin Bolton
• Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story1995 · as Mike Todd
• Star Trek: Voyager1995 · as Arturis
• Second Chances1993 · as Judge Jim Stinson
• Diagnosis: Murder1993 · as John Parkinson
• The Secrets of Lake Success1993 · as Henry Fleming
• Walker, Texas Ranger1993 · as Garrett Carlson
• The Larry Sanders Show1992 · as Lloyd Simon
• Beverly Hills, 902101990 · as Daniel Hunter
• Dream On1990 · as Maddox March
• Twin Peaks1990 · as Leland Palmer
• Twin Peaks1990 · as Leland Palmer (archive footage)
• Star Trek: The Next Generation1987 · as Liko
• Jake and the Fatman1987
• Beauty and the Beast1987 · as Tom
• L.A. Law1986 · as Walter Platt
• The Colbys1985
• Stingray1985
• Moonlighting1985
• Moonlighting1985 · as Murderer
• Hunter1984 · as Alex Parker
• Airwolf1984 · as Victor Resnick
• Blue Thunder1984 · as J.D. Kraft
• Scarecrow and Mrs. King1983
• Trauma Center1983
• The A-Team1983 · as Phillip Chadway
• Remington Steele1982 · as Schwimmer
• T. J. Hooker1982 · as Harrison Mackenzie
• Knots Landing1979 · as The Dealer
• Hart to Hart1979
• Lou Grant1977
• Charlie's Angels1976 · as Evan Wilcox
• Love of Life1951