Ray Wise

Acting · Born 1947-08-20 in Akron, Ohio, USA

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).

Filmography

• Good Night, and Good Luck. as Don Hollenbeck
• RoboCop as Leon Nash
• X-Men: First Class as Secretary of State
• Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me as Leland Palmer
• Powder as Dr. Aaron Stripler
• Peaceful Warrior as Doctor Hayden
• Bob Roberts as Chet MacGregor
• The Chase as Dalton Voss
• Guardian Angel as Attorney Kaufman
• Pandemic as General Matthews

TV

• Castle as Bobby Fox
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Ernest Chase
• Psych as Peter Westley
• Star Trek: The Next Generation as Liko
• Star Trek: Voyager as Arturis
• Bones as Rick Turco
• Twin Peaks as Leland Palmer
• 24 as Vice-President Hal Gardner
• Charmed as Ludlow
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Roger Hanley