Ray Wise

Ray Wise

Known for

Acting

Born

August 20, 1947 (age 79)

Birthplace

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).

Best known work

X-Men: First Class

X-Men: First Class

2011

RoboCop

RoboCop

1987

How I Met Your Mother

How I Met Your Mother

2005

The Mentalist

The Mentalist

2008

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999

Criminal Minds

Criminal Minds

2005

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina

2018

Bones

Bones

2005

Fargo

Fargo

2014

Twin Peaks

Twin Peaks

1990

Filmography

TBA
Nightmare City
TBA
The Good Dark
as Edward Penth
2026
SURPRISE
as Mr. Johnson
2026
NANOcell
as Robert Cox
2026
The Napa Boys
as Officer Toland
2024
The Wolf in the Well
as Roland Carmel
2024
God's Not Dead: In God We Trust
as Peter Kane
2024
The Blue Rose
as Mr. Vallens
2024
Good Grief
as Dr. Gariboldi
2024
Poolman
as William Van Patterson
2023
RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCopTV
as Self (4 episodes)
2022
King Knight
as Merlin
2021
SlugfestTV
as Jack Kirby (10 episodes)
2021
Psych 3: This Is Gus
as Father Peter Westley
2021
PhysicalTV
as Sheila's Father (1 episode)
2021
Dinner Is Served
as Headmaster Gustafson
2021
Home EconomicsTV
as Frank (1 episode)
2020
Beast Mode
as Trammel Steadfast
2019
To Your Last Death
as Cyrus DeKalb (voice)
2019
The Movies That Made UsTV
as Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
2019
All RiseTV
as Richard Walker (1 episode)
2019
Unholy 'Mole
as The Devil (voice)
2019
The Chain
as Michael
2019
Tone-Deaf
as Michael
2018
Chilling Adventures of SabrinaTV
as Enoch (1 episode)