John Sayles
1950-09-28 · Schenectady, New York, USA
John Thomas Sayles (born September 28, 1950) is an American independent film director, screenwriter, editor, actor, and novelist.
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57 credits
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Poker Face
2023 · Chief Hal
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Square One Television
1987 · Roy 'Lefty' Cobbs
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Baseball
1994 · Self
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Malcolm X
1992 · FBI Agent
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The Story of Film: An Odyssey
2011 · Self
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The Howling
1981 · Morgue Attendant (uncredited)
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Scene by Scene
1997 · Self
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Piranha
1978 · Army Sentry (uncredited)
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In the Electric Mist
2009 · Michael Goldman
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Shannon's Deal
1990 · Ronnie Nash
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Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time
2020 · Self
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Straight Talk
1992 · Guy Girardi
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Gridlock'd
1997 · Cop #1
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Something Wild
1986 · Motorcycle Cop
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Matewan
1987 · Hardshell Preacher
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Eight Men Out
1988 · Ring Lardner
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Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood
2010 · Self
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Matinee
1993 · Bob
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Passion Fish
1992 · Soap Opera Doctor (uncredited)
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Girlfight
2000 · Science Teacher
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Corman's World
2011 · Self - Filmmaker
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The Brother from Another Planet
1984 · Man in Black
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Independent Focus
1998 · Self
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The Umbrella
2016 · Pastor Jim
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The Normals
2012 · Dr. Marx
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Honeydripper
2007 · Zeke
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Casting By
2012 · Self
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Sunshine State
2002 · Man who almost got hit by a golf ball (uncredited)
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City of Hope
1991 · Carl
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Untamagiru
1989 · US High Commissioner
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That Guy Dick Miller
2014 · Self
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Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
1997 · Self
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Great Directors
2009 · Self
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Edge of Outside
2006 · Self
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A Constant Forge
2000 · Self
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Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi
2020 · Self
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Lianna
1983 · Jerry
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Return of the Secaucus Seven
1980 · Howie
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Tell Them Who You Are
2004 · Self
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Texas Red
2021 · Governor Johnson (voice)
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An Ode to Mary Jo
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Unnatural Causes
1986 · Lloyd
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Corona Film Club
2021 · Self
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Little Vegas
1990 · Mike
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The Toe Tactic
2009 · Cramden
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When It Was a Game 3
2000 · Self (voice)
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Howard Zinn: Voices of a People's History of the United States
2006 · Self
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Obscene: A Portrait of Barney Rosset and Grove Press
2008 · Self
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Hard Choices
1985 · Don
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Them That Work
2019 · Self
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Algren
2021 · Self
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La fine della notte
1989 · Wayne
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The Third Man: A Filmmaker's Influence
2015 · Self
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Unleashing the Beast: Making ‘The Howling’
2003
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My Life's in Turnaround
1994 · Marginal producer
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Alligator Author
2007 · Self
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John Sayles and Gregory Nava
2024 · Themself
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