Ray Wise

Ray Wise ( born August 20, 1947 in Akron, Ohio; actually Raymond Herbert Wise ) is an American actor. His most famous role is that of Leland Palmer in the U.S. television series Twin Peaks.

Career

After Wise had played in the early 1980s, various roles in less sensational cinema and television films like the Doctor Alec Holland in Wes Craven's The Swamp Thing ( Swamp Thing ) from 1982, he experienced his breakthrough in the late 1980s as actor. After he with the part of the "cool " Killers Leon Nash to be had in Paul Verhoeven's sci-fi classic RoboCop can draw attention, Wise were held in the following years numerous roles in television series. He held, with the role of Leland Palmer in David Lynch's acclaimed television series Twin Peaks, which finally established him on U.S. television as a sought-after actor, his greatest success.

In the following years he played numerous roles in television series such as Star Trek, Charmed and The West Wing. In 2006, Wise was seen before he returned to the Fernsehmetier the role of the U.S. Vice - President in the fifth season of the series 24 as Don Hollenbeck in the movie Good Night, And Good Luck. In the television series Reaper - A Terrible job he played from 2007 to 2009 the devil. In 2012, he stood next to Dana Ashbrook and Derek Mears in Steven C. Miller's action thriller The Aggression Scale and Richard Bates horror film Excision front of the camera. In 2013 it was there for the song Wishes of the pop duo Beach House for the first time to see as a performer in a music video.

Filmography (selection)

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