Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 20, 1947 (age 79)
Place of Birth
Akron, Ohio, USA
Also Known As
- Raymond Herbert Wise
- ری وایز
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 - Movies
RoboCop
as Leon Nash
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
as Leland Palmer
Jeepers Creepers 2
as Jack Taggart, Sr.
Cat People
as Soap Opera Man
One Missed Call
as Ted Summers
Powder
as Dr. Aaron Stripler
All the Way
as Senator Everett Dirksen
RoboCop 3
as Leon Nash (archive footage)
Twin Peaks
as Leland Palmer
Rising Sun
as Senator John Morton
Known For - TV Shows
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Roger Hanley
NCIS
as Wayne Tobett
Bones
as Rick Turco
The Mentalist
as Dennis Victor
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Ernest Chase
Criminal Minds
as John Nelson
24
as Vice-President Hal Gardner
Castle
as Bobby Fox
Hawaii Five-0
as Morris Brown
Fargo
as Paul Marrane