Ray Wise

Ray Wise

Infobox actor


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birthdate = birth date and age|1947|8|29
birthplace = Akron, Ohio
spouse = Kass McClaskey (?-present?)
awards = B-Movie Award for Best Actor
2006 "Cyxork 7"

Ray Wise (born August 29 1947) is an American actor, [ [http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800084034/bio Ray Wise Biography - Yahoo! Movies ] ] known for his roles as Leland Palmer in "Twin Peaks", as Leon Nash, right-hand henchmen to villain Clarence Boddicker in the sci-fi classic "RoboCop", and most recently as the Devil in the CW television series "Reaper".

Biography

Wise was born in Akron, Ohio and attended Kent State University in Kent, Ohio. [ [http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800084034/bio Ray Wise Biography - Yahoo! Movies ] ]

In the late sixties and seventies, Wise played attorney Jamie Rollins on the soap opera, "Love of Life". He played the character of Dr. Alec Holland in the 1982 film "Swamp Thing", directed by Wes Craven and based upon the comic book series of the same name. Dr. Holland is the man who becomes the titular character after his lab is destroyed and he is left for dead. The actual Swamp Thing character was played by Dick Durock. In addition to "Twin Peaks", Wise has played several roles in science fiction. He played the harried dad in the horror film "Dead End". He made an appearance as Liko in the ' episode “Who Watches the Watchers,” and later played Arturis in the ' episode “Hope and Fear.” He also played the role of 'Taggart' in the horror flick 'Jeepers Creepers 2'. He is also known for portraying Michael Dugan, President of the United States in the computer real-time strategy games ' and its expansion '. Consequently, Ray Wise has a cult following among the science fiction community."Fact|date=May 2008

In 1995, Wise was reunited with "Twin Peaks" castmate Sherilyn Fenn in the NBC telemovie '. Wise played 1950s CBS News anchor Don Hollenbeck in the 2005 film "Good Night, and Good Luck". In recent years, Wise has appeared on a number of political-themed television series and films. He briefly appeared on "The West Wing" as California governor Gabriel “Gabe” Tillman, and played Vice President Hal Gardner on the Emmy-winning Fox series "24" in 2006. In August 2006, Wise made a guest appearance in the TV series "Bones" (Fox) as the primary suspect of the first episode of the second season (The Titan on the Tracks), and in the pilot episode of "Burn Notice". On the February 6th episode of ', Wise guest starred as the head of a company testing pesticides on little children. Wise has also guest starred in series "The Closer", season two, as a lawyer. He is currently starring as the Devil on the new TV series "Reaper". A role that he is used to playing in 2002 he starred in "Charmed" as the upper level demon Ludlow, who runs a school for the Source Of All Evil.

Wise has two children with wife Kass McClaskey: a son, Gannon (born 1985), and a daughter, Kyna aka DJ Kyna (born 1987). Wise resides in Glendale, California. [ [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0936403/ Ray Wise] at the Internet Movie Database. Retrieved on May 6 2008]

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