Today we will tell you who John Savage is. Films with his participation, as well as features of the biography will be presented later. This American film actor became famous for participating in the Hollywood films "Hair" and "Onion Field". He also got a role in the cult film "The Deer Hunter." Many Russian viewers learned about him thanks to the national sports blockbuster "Movement Up". In the United States, this person is known as an artist, producer, and composer. He is an active fighter against apartheid. This man interrupted his career in cinema, went to Africa to fight racial segregation, he turned into a personal adviser to Nelson Mandela.
Childhood and youth
John Savage was born in 1949, on Long Island. Parents Muriel and Floyd had nothing to do with cinema. His father was an insurance agent, during the Second World War he served as a marine on the territory of the Pacific island of Guadalcanal. Mom provided comfort, and was also engaged in the upbringing of four children.
John had a brother, as well as two younger sisters. Looking ahead, we can say that all children in this family connected life with television. Sister Gale and brother Jim became actors. Robin also proved to be a TV presenter. It's about John’s second sister.
At birth, the future actor received the surname Youngs, but later he began to use the stage name Savage, which was remembered by millions of viewers. Relatives early discovered creativity in their eldest son. The boy went to the school stage with great pleasure, he watched with bated breath for the performances in the theater to which the parents took the children.
John studied at a music school. Released at age 14, he appeared on the stage of the Broadway Theater. The young man replaced the sick actor by playing in the play “Violinist on the Roof”, he got the role of the son of the protagonist.
This work was tiny, but the magic of reincarnation so captivated the young man that he did not even consider other professions. John became a student at the American Drama Academy. There he studied acting for two years.
Creation
John Savage began playing at Broadway theaters. In 1973, when he was 24 years old, the actor went to California to be closer to the "factory of stars." Soon the career of a young man went up. John Savage began appearing in the series Cade County. After that, John played in the Western "Bad Company", the thriller "From the breed of killers" and the comedy "Stylard Blues."
Personal life and modernity
John Savage married twice. His first wife was the artist Susan Youngs. In this marriage, the daughter of Jennifer and son Lacklen appeared. The girl followed in the footsteps of her father. She is known as vocalist and actress Jennifer Youngs. The son realized himself as a ceramic artist. The marriage lasted two years. The couple broke up in 1969.
For twenty years, the actor did not create a new family. However, in the early nineties he met a South African TV star named Sandy Schulz. With her, the actor lives now. In 2017, the actor starred in the mystical series of David Lynch and Mark Frost's “Twin Peaks”. He got the role of Detective Clark. He also played “Upward Movement” in Anton Megerdichev’s retrodrama.
Filmography
John in 1978 starred in the movie "Deer Hunter." This is the second feature film directed by Michael Cimino. Its premiere took place five years after the American troops were withdrawn from Vietnam. The picture tells about the fate of young Americans who are of Slavic origin, they are called up for war.
The actor also starred in the following films: “Hair”, “Onion Field”, “Mary's Beloved”, “Salvador”, “Hotel Colonial”, “Do As Worth”, “The Godfather 3”, “Berlin - 39”, “Thin” red line ”,“ Dark Angel ”,“ Carnival ”,“ New World ”,“ Twin Peaks ”,“ Upward Movement ”.