John Sayles
Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Born
1950-09-28 (75 years old)
Place of Birth
Schenectady, New York, USA
John Sayles
Biography
John Thomas Sayles (born September 28, 1950) is an American independent film director, screenwriter, editor, actor, and novelist.
Known For
7.5
Poker Face
Chief Hal
2023
7.5
Baseball
Self
1994
5.6
Square One Television
Roy 'Lefty' Cobbs
1987
7.7
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
Self
2011
7.7
Shannon's Deal
Ronnie Nash
1990
7.6
Malcolm X
FBI Agent
1992
6.0
Piranha
Army Sentry (uncredited)
1978
6.0
Scene by Scene
Self
1997
5.4
Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood
Self
2010
4.6
Untamagiru
US High Commissioner
1989
6.6
The Howling
Morgue Attendant (uncredited)
1981
6.0
Straight Talk
Guy Girardi
1992
7.2
Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time
Self
2020
6.1
In the Electric Mist
Michael Goldman
2009
6.6
Something Wild
Motorcycle Cop
1986
7.1
Corman's World
Self - Filmmaker
2011Independent Focus
8.3
Independent Focus
Self
1998
6.9
Eight Men Out
Ring Lardner
1988
7.0
Passion Fish
Soap Opera Doctor (uncredited)
1992
6.4
Lianna
Jerry
1983
6.5
Girlfight
Science Teacher
2000
6.7
Matinee
Bob
1993
6.8
City of Hope
Carl
1991
3.8
Hard Choices
Don
1985
5.0
Little Vegas
Mike
1990
6.6
Gridlock'd
Cop #1
1997
5.9
Honeydripper
Zeke
2007
7.4
Matewan
Hardshell Preacher
1987
6.4
Sunshine State
Man who almost got hit by a golf ball (uncredited)
2002
6.9
Casting By
Self
2012
7.0
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
Self
1997
6.7
The Brother from Another Planet
Man in Black
1984
6.8
A Constant Forge
Self
2000
Howard Zinn: Voices of a People's History of the United States
Self
2006
7.0
Unleashing the Beast: Making ‘The Howling’
2003
5.8
Edge of Outside
Self
2006
6.4
Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi
Self
2020When It Was a Game 3
9.5
When It Was a Game 3
Self (voice)
2000
4.0
The Toe Tactic
Cramden
2009
4.8
My Life's in Turnaround
Marginal producer
1994