Ray Wise Reflects on His TV Career, From ‘Twin Peaks’ to ‘Fresh Off the Boat’

Ray Wise, who recently returned to The Young and the Restless as baddie Ian Ward, had plenty of show biz experience before stepping foot in Genoa City. With a career spanning 55 years and over 250 credits to his name, Wise reflects, “My goal always was to be a working, professional actor and that was it. That’s what I wanted to achieve and I was able to do that.

“I had a steady flow to my career,” he adds. “I had some high points and never really too many low points, so I’ve been pretty consistent. I always wanted to keep working, going on to the next thing. I wasn’t the kind of actor to say no if I could possibly say yes, Nos didn’t come easy to me.”