Biography
Raymond Herbert Wise 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).
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Complete Filmography

The Wolf in the Well
2024
as Roland Carmel
Ray Wise stars in this proof-of-concept about a novelist whose daughter gets abducted by an undead wolf, prompting a Sicilian filmmaker to descend int...

God's Not Dead: In God We Trust
2024
as Peter Kane
In a time of profound political, civil, and spiritual turmoil, Reverend David Hill grapples with the crucial question: Does God still have a place in ...

The Blue Rose
2024
as Mr. Vallens
In the 1950s, two rookie detectives as set out to solve a homicide, only to find themselves in an alternate reality made up of their worst nightmares.

Poolman
2024
as William Van Patterson
Darren Barrenman, an unwavering optimist and native Angeleno, spends his days looking after the pool of the Tahitian Tiki apartment block and fighting...

King Knight
2022
as Merlin
The High Priest of a modern-day coven finds his life thrown into turmoil and ventures out on a journey of self-discovery.

Psych 3: This Is Gus
2021
as Father Peter Westley
In preparation for a shotgun wedding before the birth of Baby Guster, Shawn and Gus go rogue in an attempt to track down Selene’s estranged husband, a...

Dinner Is Served
2021
as Headmaster Gustafson
A Chinese student at an elite U.S. boarding school realizes excellence is not enough when he tries out for a leadership position no international stud...

Beast Mode
2020
as Trammel Steadfast
After accidentally killing his lead star, a has-been hollywood producer turns to an ancient herbal elixir, in the hope that it will save his career. H...

To Your Last Death
2019
as Cyrus DeKalb (voice)
In order to save her siblings, a young woman takes on her father and the powerful entity known as Gamemaster, who ensnares humans into diabolical plot...

Unholy 'Mole
2019
as The Devil (voice)
A selfish man sells the soul of his unborn child to the Devil in exchange for forcing his wife to make guacamole for him. Things go terribly wrong...

The Chain
2019
as Michael
When Mike finds out that he has he same neurological disease as his father, he decides to enter a chain of assisted suicides, which operates under one...

Tone-Deaf
2019
as Michael
A woman leaves for a quiet weekend in the country after losing her job and imploding her latest dysfunctional relationship. She rents a country house...

Neo Yokio: Pink Christmas
2018
as Old Man (voice) / Male Announcer (voice)
The holidays take a hit as Kaz juggles the Secret Santa competition, his Aunt Angelique's visit and his nemesis Arcangelo's Christmas plotting.

I Had Bad Milk in Dehradun
2017
as Self
Short documentary about the making of Twin Peaks: The Return.

Little Evil
2017
as Guy On TV (uncredited)
Gary, who has just married Samantha, the woman of his dreams, discovers that her six-year-old son may be the Antichrist.

Shattered
2017
as Forest Burnett
Shattered is a story based on true events about family betrayal, love lost, and a dark destructive secret that swirls around a high powered political ...

Halloweed
2016
as Judge Plimington
A comedic blend of murder, mystery and marijuana. Trying to escape the infamy of a serial killer father, Trent Modine and his goof-ball stepbrother Jo...

Batman: The Killing Joke
2016
as Commissioner James Gordon (voice)
As Batman hunts for the escaped Joker, the Clown Prince of Crime attacks the Gordon family to prove a diabolical point mirroring his own fall into mad...

The Bronx Bull
2016
as Father Father Joseph
A combination "before the rage" and "after the rage" of world middleweight boxing champion Jake LaMotta's tumultuous life and times.

All the Way
2016
as Senator Everett Dirksen
Lyndon B. Johnson's amazing 11-month journey from taking office after JFK's assassination, through the fight to pass the 1964 Civil Rights Act and his...

God's Not Dead 2
2016
as Peter Kane
When a high school teacher is asked a question in class about Jesus, her reasoned response lands her in deep trouble and could expel God from the publ...

Unnatural
2015
as Victor Clobirch
Global climate change prompts a scientific corporation to genetically modify Alaskan polar bears with horrific and deadly results.

Taking Flight
2015
as Nonno (voice)
Taking Flight is a short film inspired by the life and heritage of Antonio Pasin, inventor of the Radio Flyer wagon. In this fictional tribute to Pasi...

The Breakup Girl
2015
as Bob Baker
Three estranged sisters deal with the death of their father.

Night of the Living Deb
2015
as Frank Waverly
After a one night stand Deb wakes up in the middle of a zombie apocalypse.

Digging Up the Marrow
2015
as William Dekker
A documentary filmmaker turns his lens on an enigmatic conspiracy theorist who claims he's found the entrance to a vast underground city populated ent...

The Lazarus Effect
2015
as Mr. Wallace
Medical researcher Frank, his fiancee Zoe and their team have achieved the impossible: they have found a way to revive the dead. After a successful, b...

Jurassic City
2015
as Warden Lewis
When a top-secret laboratory is unexpectedly breached, thousands of rampaging raptors are unleashed on Los Angeles! A black-ops unit is mobilized to c...
Frank Pierre Presents: Pierre Resort & Casino
2014
as Frank Pierre
Renowned billionaire Frank Pierre invites you to tour his brand new Hotel and Casino.

Dead Still
2014
as Wenton Davies
Upon the death of his great grandfather, Brandon Davis - a wedding photographer - inherits an antique camera famous for taking Victorian death photogr...

Guardian Angel
2014
as Attorney Kaufman
After the tragic death of his wife, Ray, a veteran security specialist, must protect the daughter of a businessman who embezzled millions from a crime...

Between Two Worlds
2014
as Self
"Between Two Worlds" is a featurette included in the Twin Peaks: The Entire Mystery and Twin Peaks: From Z to A Blu-ray releases. It features David Ly...

Land of Leopold
2014
as Deece Warren
Leopold Rawlins is a troubled drifter suffering from a bad past and worse present. Living in & out of prison and out on the streets, Leopold winds...

Suburban Gothic
2014
as Donald
An awkward, unemployed man who can talk to the dead teams up with a rebellious bartender to find the vengeful ghost that's been terrorizing their town...

Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
2014
as Leland Palmer
Ninety minutes of deleted and alternate takes from Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, assembled by David Lynch to continue the story of the final week of ...

Away From Here
2014
as Paul
Six years after an affair with the 15-year old daughter of the priest who was his mentor, a former youth minister, now an ex-con and recovering addict...

No God, No Master
2014
as A. Mitchell Palmer
A plot to overthrow the United States government is uncovered in New York City in the summer of 1919 when William Flynn, a field agent for the Bureau ...

Tom Holland's Twisted Tales
2014
as Mongo the Magnificent (segment "Mongo's Magik Mirror")
Horror legend Tom Holland dares you to join him for nine nerve-shredding, totally Twisted Tales. Serving up a mind-bending assortment of the macabre, ...

Wrong Cops
2013
as Captain Andy
A group of bad cops look to dispose of a body that one of them accidentally shot.

Big Ass Spider!
2013
as Major Braxton Tanner
When a giant alien spider escapes from a military lab and rampages across the city of Los Angeles, it is up to one clever exterminator and his securit...

Out West
2013
as Phillip Alcott
Celebutante Prissy Alcott leaves her luxe Reno life behind for her childhood home in Colorado when she learns that her family has gone broke and is se...

Revelation Road 2: The Sea of Glass and Fire
2013
as Frank
On the day after the Biblical rapture, law and order have broken down - the highways have become a no-mans-land of bandits and looters. Josh's world h...

Brother's Keeper
2013
as Herbert Leemaster
Identical twins Andy and Pete Goodwynn have been side-by-side since the womb. But that’s about to change… As their high school graduation nears, Pete ...

Revelation Road: The Beginning of the End
2013
as Frank
Josh McManus, a traveling salesman with a cloudy past, finds himself in a dusty West Texas town at the wrong time. After a crippling series of earthqu...
Inventing Adam
2013
as J.B.
San Francisco attorney Adam is living an affluent, country-club lifestyle and is about to marry his boss's daughter. But he rethinks his situation whe...

Nuclear Family
2012
as The Man
Nuclear Family begins the story of a young couple, John and Lynn, who are trying to survive in the woods after what appears to be a nuclear holocaust....

Atlas Shrugged: Part II
2012
as Head of State Thompson
Railroad owner Dagny Taggart and steel mogul Henry Rearden search desperately for the inventor of a revolutionary motor as the U.S. government continu...

FDR: American Badass!
2012
as Douglas MacArthur
Chronicles the adventures of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, as he rides a "wheelchair of death" to stop the world from being taking over by polio-carrying...

Excision
2012
as Principal Campbell
A misunderstood teenager Pauline, struggles with her abrasive Christian mother, her chronically ill sister, her aspiration to become a surgeon, and he...

The Butterfly Room
2012
as Nick
A reclusive and butterfly-obsessed elderly lady suffering from bipolar disorder develops a disturbing relationship with a mysterious but seemingly inn...

Crazy Eyes
2012
as Zach's Father
Zack is a young, divorced father who starts to develop romantic feelings towards his friend Rebecca, whom he refers to as "Crazy Eyes". He spends a lo...

Brother White
2012
as Pastor Johnny Kingman
James White (White) is one of dozens of associate pastors at a mega church in Southern California under the tutelage of television evangelist Johnny ...

The Aggression Scale
2012
as Bellavance
When out-on-bail mob boss Bellavance discovers that $500,000 of his money is missing, he sends four hardcore hit men to send a "loud and messy" messag...

Darnell Dawkins: Mouth Guitar Legend
2012
as Wade Dawkins
This mockumentary traces the remarkable story of mouth-guitar legend Darnell Dawkins, a childhood friend of Jimi Hendrix who filled in for the legenda...

Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie
2012
as Dr. Doone Struts
Two guys get a billion dollars to make a movie, only to watch their dream run off course.

The Girl with the Tramp Stamp Tattoo
2011
A parody of David Fincher's version of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo.

Rosewood Lane
2011
as Det. Briggs
Radio talk show therapist Sonny Blake moves back to her childhood home on seemingly idyllic Rosewood Lane after her alcoholic father dies. But upon ar...

Chillerama
2011
as Dr. Weems
It's the closing night at the last drive-in theater in America and Cecil B. Kaufman has planned the ultimate marathon of lost film prints to unleash u...

X-Men: First Class
2011
as Secretary of State
Before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. B...

Pandemic
2009
as General Matthews
A slow-paced, action thriller about a virus that strikes a New Mexico county and the local veterinarian who gets caught in the middle.

Iodine
2009
as Avery
John Clem heads north to investigate the disappearance of his estranged father. Upon arriving at the family cottage, John feels a sense of home, somet...

Stuntmen
2009
as Jack Strongbow
When the industry's two biggest stuntmen are nominated for Stuntman of the Year, an over-ambitious documentarian reignites a dormant rivalry between t...

Infestation
2009
as Ethan
After being stung by a giant insect, Cooper learns that these bugs are attacking the whole city. He joins forces with the survivors, in order to find ...

Love at First Hiccup
2009
as Roger
Victor, a bumbling and gullible high school freshman, has caught a serious case of Anya-itis—an acute, incurable crush on hot senior Anya. Too bad she...

AM1200
2008
as Harry Jones
Haunted by recent events and on the run, a man finds himself the unwitting pawn of a possessed evangelical radio station and like his unfortunate pred...

One Missed Call
2008
as Ted Summers
Several people start receiving voice-mails from their future selves -- messages which include the date, time, and some of the details of their deaths.

Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks
2007
A select group of key creative forces involved in the making of Twin Peaks reveals their take on the fascinating creation and journey of the wildly po...

Superman: Doomsday
2007
as Perry White (voice)
When LexCorp accidentally unleashes a murderous creature, Superman meets his greatest challenge as a champion. Based on the "The Death of Superman" st...

The Flock
2007
as Bobby Stiles
Erroll Babbage has spent his career tracking sex offenders and his unorthodox methods are nearly as brutal as the criminals he monitors. When he links...

The Election
2007
as John
Three days before the gubernatorial election a candidate and his wife find themselves in the middle of the desert with a horrible dilemma.

7-10 Split
2007
as Buddy Kendrick
An aspiring actor whose career is in the dumps, exploits his amazing bowling skills to take the PBA by storm and becomes rich and famous, only to lose...

The Substance of Things Hoped For
2006
as Dr. Lessing
After the death of her closest two friends, young Daphne Lessing suffers a loss of faith, then a lapse in memory. Confronted with a diagnosis of schiz...

Peaceful Warrior
2006
as Doctor Hayden
A chance encounter with a stranger changes the life of a college gymnast.

Cyxork 7
2006
as Kommander 88
RAY WISE and SONYA SMITH star as washed-up action hero Kommander 88 and struggling filmmaker Angela LaSalle in this dark and twisted comedy. They're f...

Good Night, and Good Luck.
2005
as Don Hollenbeck
The story of journalist Edward R. Murrow's stand against Senator Joseph McCarthy's anti-communist witch-hunts in the early 1950s.

Jane Doe: The Wrong Face
2005
as Fleming
When it comes to crime solving, nobody does it better than Jane Doe.

The Rain Makers
2005
as Harris
A man returns to his small home town from the Vietnam War and discovers corruption, graft, a crooked Sheriff and other dirty deeds.

Sharkskin 6
2005
as Sam
The crew of a con-man organizes a slick plan to scam a famous game show host. As the body count rises so do their chances of being caught. Then the co...

Dead End
2003
as Frank Harrington
Christmas Eve. On his way to his in-laws with his family, Frank Harrington decides to try a shortcut, for the first time in 20 years. It turns out to ...

The Battle of Shaker Heights
2003
as Harrison
A quirky teen with a penchant for war reenactments, Kelly Ernswiler obsesses over military tactics with his buddy Bart. The school bully is one of Kel...

Jeepers Creepers 2
2003
as Jack Taggart, Sr.
When their bus is crippled on the side of a deserted road, a team of high school athletes discover an opponent they cannot defeat – and may not surviv...

Windfall
2002
as John Wescott
Robbers Ace and Scratch are caught in the act of robbing a casino vault and are caught after a long chase by the owner of the casino, who chooses not ...

Landspeed
2002
as Brian Sanger
Two teams are in a heated race for the money and the honor that comes with breaking the land speed world record.
Scream at the Sound of the Beep
2002
as Brother Jake
Postcards From The Cast
2001
as Self
"Postcards From The Cast" is a featurette originally released in the 2001 DVD release, Twin Peaks: The First Season. It was later re-released in the B...

Reflections on the Phenomenon of Twin Peaks
2001
as Self
"Reflections on the Phenomenon of Twin Peaks" is a featurette originally released on the 2001 DVD release of Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me. It feature...

Two Can Play That Game
2001
as Bill Parker
Corporate overachiever and all-around fly chick Shanté Smith thinks she's got the goods to keep her slickster boyfriend Keith, from straying—until he ...

Almost Salinas
2001
as Jack Tynan
Life takes a strange turn when a group of outsiders come to the small town of Cholame, the famed site of James Dean's fatal car crash. Cholame's only ...

Pennyweight
1999
as Mr. Pennyweight
Blaine Kinney, an aspiring young filmmaker, approaches an eccentric and extremely wealthy businessman, Fentworth Pennyweight III, for help in financin...

The Garbage Picking Field Goal Kicking Philadelphia Phenomenon
1998
as Randolph Pratt
A Philadelphia garbageman is discovered by the Philadelphia Eagles and signed by them to become a kicker.

Evasive Action
1998
as Sheriff Wes Blaidek
When Redwood Federal Penitentiary closes, there are going to be several hundred prisoners looking for a new home. Several of the most dangerous, all k...

Powder
1995
as Dr. Aaron Stripler
Harassed by classmates who won't accept his shocking appearance, a shy young man known as "Powder" struggles to fit in. But the cruel taunts stop when...

The Crew
1994
as Charles Pierce
Still depressed over the suicide of his mother, Bill has no idea that he's in for a wild ride when he and his wife Jennifer board the yacht owned by h...

RoboCop: The Future of Law Enforcement
1994
as Leon Nash
While tracking a ruthless killer, RoboCop and Madigan uncover a conspiracy between insane genius Dr. Cray Mallardo and ruthless OCP executive Chip Cha...

Body Shot
1994
as Dwight Frye
Paparazzi photographer Mickey Dane is obsessed with elusive pop singer Chelsea, and his attempts to capture her on film often land him in trouble.

The Chase
1994
as Dalton Voss
Jack Hammond is sentenced to life in prison, but manages to escape. To get away from the police he takes a girl as hostage and drives off in her car. ...

Rising Sun
1993
as Senator John Morton
When a prostitute is found dead in a Los Angeles skyscraper occupied by a large Japanese corporation, detectives John Connor and Web Smith are called ...

Grey Knight
1993
as Col. George Thalman
During the Civil War, Confederate soldiers accidentally free an evil voodoo entity brought back by slave traders. The entity possesses the dead bodies...

RoboCop 3
1993
as Leon Nash (archive footage)
The mega corporation Omni Consumer Products is still bent on creating their pet project, Delta City, to replace the rotting city of Detroit. Unfortuna...

Sunstroke
1992
as Larry
After a bitter divorce, Teresa embarks on a noir journey to recover custody of her daughter. Murder, blackmail, and a mysterious stranger await her at...

Bob Roberts
1992
as Chet MacGregor
Millionaire conservative Bob Roberts launches an insurgent campaign against incumbent senator Brickley Paiste, firing up crowds at his rallies by sing...

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
1992
as Leland Palmer
In the questionable town of Deer Meadow, Washington, FBI Agent Desmond inexplicably disappears while hunting for the man who murdered a teen girl. The...

Write to Kill
1991
as Mark Gaston
In this thriller, Jamie Sanford is murdered by a group of counterfeiters when he attempts to expose them in order to secure an early parole. However, ...

Fire in the Dark
1991
as Richard
A 75-year old widow with battles herself as she struggles with being a burden to those she loves. Though determined not to rely on her children, she i...
Runaway Heart
1990
as Archie
One of life's losers (Michael Tucker) kidnaps a suburban housewife (Jill Eikenberry) while on the run from hoodlums.

The Rift
1990
as Robbins
An experimental submarine with a very experienced crew, the "Siren II" is sent to find out what happened to the "Siren I" after it mysteriously disapp...

Twin Peaks
1989
as Leland Palmer
An idiosyncratic FBI agent investigates the murder of a young woman in the even more idiosyncratic town of Twin Peaks. (This standalone version of the...

Race for Glory
1989
as Jack Davis
A member of an up and coming motorcycle racing team abandons his teamates to join a rival team. He ends up playing second fiddle to the champion of th...

Season of Fear
1989
as Fred Drummond
A famous inventor marries a beautiful but much younger woman. His son becomes romantically involved with her.
The Taking of Flight 847: The Uli Derickson Story
1988
as Phil Maresca
This made-for-television film documents the takeover of the TWA airliner in flight from Athens to Rome in 1985. The focus is on the flight attendant, ...

RoboCop
1987
as Leon Nash
In a violent, near-apocalyptic Detroit, evil corporation Omni Consumer Products wins a contract from the city government to privatize the police force...

Condor
1986
as Christopher Proctor
In futuristic Los Angeles, a crime-fighting organization known as Condor goes up against the Black Widow, a female master criminal. The Black Widow st...

The Journey of Natty Gann
1985
as Sol Gann
America is in the depths of the Great Depression. Families drift apart when faraway jobs beckon. A courageous young girl confronts overwhelming odds w...

Seduced
1985
as Bartecki
Cybill Shephard stars as Vicky, a woman married to a rich old man, who has one foot in the grave. Gregory Harrison plays Mike Riordon a district attor...

Cat People
1982
as Soap Opera Man
After years of separation, Irena Gallier and her minister brother, Paul, reunite in New Orleans. When zoologists capture a wild panther, Irena is draw...

Swamp Thing
1982
as Doctor Alec Holland
Mutated by his own secret formula, Dr. Alec Holland becomes Swamp Thing; a half-human, half-plant superhero who will stop at nothing to rescue governm...

Madame X
1981
as Bellman (uncredited)
Thrown out of her home by a jealous husband, a woman sinks into degradation. Twenty years later, she is charged with killing a man bent on harming her...

Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders II
1980
as Dr. Simmons
This sequel to the highly-rated 1979 TV movie provides another fictionalized behind-the-scenes glimpse at the comely squad and the pressures put on th...

Tartuffe
1978
as Damis
Donald Moffat stars in Moliere's classic comedy about lovable scoundrel Tartuffe, who befriends the wealthy Orgon and then attempts to seduce both his...

Love in the Hamptons
1976
as Myron
Mickey Rourke stars in his first film role as a young waiter in the Hamptons, who finds love with a cocktail waitress as she struggles to support her ...
Dare the Devil
1969
as David Keller
This is the story of David Keller, young, confused and uncertain. On a trip to the beach with his fiancée, the two are attacked by a group of hoodlum...

Nightmare City
N/A
When a mysterious virus spreads from Haiti to Miami turning people into terrifying, bloodthirsty creatures, a small group of survivors tries to escape...
Good Grief
N/A
as Dr. Gariboldi
After her mother suddenly dies, a pushover painter must battle through the opinions and expectations of family, "friends," and a toxic boyfriend to pl...