John Sayles

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Biography

John Thomas Sayles (born September 28, 1950) is an American independent film director, screenwriter, editor, actor, and novelist.

Known For

Malcolm X

FBI Agent

The Howling

Morgue Attendant (uncredited)

Piranha

Army Sentry (uncredited)

Poker Face

Chief Hal

In the Electric Mist

Michael Goldman

Something Wild

Motorcycle Cop

Matinee

Bob

Eight Men Out

Ring Lardner

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2024	John Sayles and Gregory Nava MOVIE	Themself
2023	Poker Face TV	Chief Hal
2021	Algren MOVIE	Self
2021	Corona Film Club MOVIE	Self
2021	Texas Red MOVIE	Governor Johnson (voice)
2020	Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi MOVIE	Self
2019	Them That Work MOVIE	Self
2016	The Umbrella MOVIE	Pastor Jim
2015	The Third Man: A Filmmaker's Influence MOVIE	Self
2014	That Guy Dick Miller MOVIE	Self
2012	The Normals MOVIE	Dr. Marx
2012	Casting By MOVIE	Self
2011	Corman's World MOVIE	Self - Filmmaker
2011	The Story of Film: An Odyssey TV	Self
2010	Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood TV	Self
2009	Great Directors MOVIE	Self
2009	In the Electric Mist MOVIE	Michael Goldman
2009	The Toe Tactic MOVIE	Cramden
2008	Obscene: A Portrait of Barney Rosset and Grove Press MOVIE	Self
2007	Alligator Author MOVIE	Self
2007	Honeydripper MOVIE	Zeke
2006	Edge of Outside MOVIE	Self
2006	Howard Zinn: Voices of a People's History of the United States MOVIE	Self
2004	Tell Them Who You Are MOVIE	Self
2003	Unleashing the Beast: Making ‘The Howling’ MOVIE	Self
2002	Sunshine State MOVIE	Man who almost got hit by a golf ball (uncredited)
2000	A Constant Forge MOVIE	Self
2000	When It Was a Game 3 MOVIE	Self (voice)
2000	Girlfight MOVIE	Science Teacher
1998	Independent Focus TV	Self
1997	Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western MOVIE	Self
1997	Scene by Scene TV	Self
1997	Gridlock'd MOVIE	Cop #1
1994	Baseball TV	Self
1994	My Life's in Turnaround MOVIE	Marginal producer
1993	Matinee MOVIE	Bob
1992	Passion Fish MOVIE	Soap Opera Doctor (uncredited)
1992	Malcolm X MOVIE	FBI Agent
1992	Straight Talk MOVIE	Guy Girardi
1991	City of Hope MOVIE	Carl
1990	Little Vegas MOVIE	Mike
1990	Shannon's Deal TV	Ronnie Nash
1989	Untamagiru MOVIE	US High Commissioner
1989	La fine della notte MOVIE	Wayne
1988	Eight Men Out MOVIE	Ring Lardner
1987	Matewan MOVIE	Hardshell Preacher
1987	Square One Television TV	Roy 'Lefty' Cobbs
1986	Unnatural Causes MOVIE	Lloyd
1986	Something Wild MOVIE	Motorcycle Cop
1985	Hard Choices MOVIE	Don
1984	The Brother from Another Planet MOVIE	Man in Black
1983	Lianna MOVIE	Jerry
1981	The Howling MOVIE	Morgue Attendant (uncredited)
1980	Return of the Secaucus Seven MOVIE	Howie
1978	Piranha MOVIE	Army Sentry (uncredited)
	An Ode to Mary Jo MOVIE	Self

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