John Tench

John Tench

Known for
Acting
Born
October 7, 1965 (age 61)
Birthplace
Madison, Wisconsin, USA

Biography

John Tench (born October 7, 1965, in Madison, Wisconsin) is an American-Canadian actor, director, writer, and poet, 6′ 0″ (183 cm) tall, who grew up in Canada and began working in theatre and film in Toronto, Ottawa, and Montreal. He started his career at the legendary Factory Theatre Lab with Ken Gass, then studied and worked in New York City, London, Paris, and across Continental Europe before returning to Toronto, where he founded the influential theatre company Theatre Kathartic in 1980, touring internationally with works by Sam Shepard, Dario Fo, and Bertolt Brecht. He is a master of accents and dialects, has been nominated for numerous Best Actor awards, and currently teaches directing and scene study at the Toronto Film School and Yorkville University. His most notable film credits include a Knot Top Gang Member in Watchmen (2009, directed by Zack Snyder), Roughneck #2 in Brokeback Mountain (2005, directed by Ang Lee), a Motel Owner in Shooter (2007, directed by Antoine Fuqua), Viktor in The Colony (2013), Hondo in Angel and the Badman (2009), and a Cowboy Pimp in Dead Hooker in a Trunk (2009). On television he is best known as Alexander Graham Bell in Murdoch Mysteries (2012, 5 episodes), with additional credits in American Gods (2017), Schitt's Creek (2019), Alias Grace (2017, 4 episodes), Designated Survivor (2016), Fringe (2009), Stargate SG-1 (2007), The X-Files (1995), Friday the 13th: The Series (1989), and Ginny & Georgia (2021). In video games he voiced T-Bone Grady in Watch Dogs 2 (2016) and Dutch Roosevelt in Far Cry 5 (2018).

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Filmography

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The Bounce

The Bounce

Movie · as Casper

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The Haunting in Wicker Park poster

The Haunting in Wicker Park

Movie · as Ben

2026
Lunar Sway poster

Lunar Sway

Movie

2025
Happy Face poster

Happy Face

TV · as Ziggy · 1 ep

2024
The Camp Host poster

The Camp Host

Movie · as Frank

2024
A Bluegrass Christmas poster

A Bluegrass Christmas

Movie · as Billy Ribbons

2024
The Pradeeps of Pittsburgh poster

The Pradeeps of Pittsburgh

TV · as Greg · 3 eps

2024
One More Time poster

One More Time

TV · as The Hawk · 1 ep

2023
Bones of Crows poster

Bones of Crows

Movie · as Trueman Quinn

2023
Cascade poster

Cascade

Movie · as Grizz

2023
Bones of Crows poster

Bones of Crows

TV · as Trueman Quinn · 1 ep

2023
SisterS poster

SisterS

TV · as Lenny · 1 ep

2022
Here for Blood poster

Here for Blood

Movie · as Dusty

2021
Hero Dog: The Journey Home poster

Hero Dog: The Journey Home

Movie · as Captain Walker

2021
Die in a Gunfight poster

Die in a Gunfight

Movie · as Echo

2020
Kitty Mammas poster

Kitty Mammas

Movie · as Mark

2019
Dreams poster

Dreams

Movie · as Det. Jack Richards

2019
Hudson & Rex poster

Hudson & Rex

TV · as Kenny Constantine · 1 ep

2018
Robbery poster

Robbery

Movie · as Jim

2017
Christmas Inheritance poster

Christmas Inheritance

Movie · as Baxter

2017
Alias Grace poster

Alias Grace

TV · as Keeper #1 · 4 eps

2017
Frankie Drake Mysteries poster

Frankie Drake Mysteries

TV · as Lyle Walsh · 1 ep

2017
American Gods poster

American Gods

TV · as Viking Leader · 1 ep

2017
Imposters poster

Imposters

TV · as Nate · 1 ep

2016
Joseph and Mary poster

Joseph and Mary

Movie · as Surly Publican

2016
Standoff poster

Standoff

Movie · as Roger

2016
Degrassi: Next Class poster

Degrassi: Next Class

TV · as Keith · 1 ep

2016
Designated Survivor poster

Designated Survivor

TV · as Owner · 1 ep

2016
Private Eyes poster

Private Eyes

TV · as Colin · 1 ep

2015
88 poster

88

Movie · as Roy

2015
Let's Rap poster

Let's Rap

Movie · as Franco St. Clair

2015
Schitt's Creek poster

Schitt's Creek

TV · as Hank · 1 ep

2015
Gangland Undercover poster

Gangland Undercover

TV · as Green · 3 eps

2015
Killjoys poster

Killjoys

TV · as Mole Foreman · 1 ep

2014
Gaybasher poster

Gaybasher

Movie · as Merrick

2013
Christmas with Tucker poster

Christmas with Tucker

Movie · as Tom Turner

2013
The Colony poster

The Colony

Movie · as Viktor

2013
Against the Wild poster

Against the Wild

Movie · as Captain Walker

2013
Cracked poster

Cracked

TV · as PTSD Support Group Member · 1 ep

2013
Hard Rock Medical poster

Hard Rock Medical

TV · as Wolf · 2 eps

2012
Virtual Lies poster

Virtual Lies

Movie · as Walker

2012
Copper poster

Copper

TV · as Michael Ward · 1 ep

2011
Goodnight for Justice poster

Goodnight for Justice

Movie · as Bartender

2011
Matty Hanson and the Invisibility Ray poster

Matty Hanson and the Invisibility Ray

Movie · as Eddie Skinner

2011
Comforting Skin poster

Comforting Skin

Movie · as Tattoo Artist

2011
In the Name of the King 2: Two Worlds poster

In the Name of the King 2: Two Worlds

Movie · as Dark One Lord

2011
Repeaters poster

Repeaters

Movie · as Mr. Weeks

2011
True Justice poster

True Justice

TV · as Domion · 2 eps

2011
Endgame poster

Endgame

TV · as Kelly · 1 ep

2011
Blackstone poster

Blackstone

TV · as Ed · 2 eps

2010
Icarus poster

Icarus

Movie · as Sergei

2010
Tooth Fairy poster

Tooth Fairy

Movie · as Inmate

2010
The Stranger poster

The Stranger

Movie · as Bartender

2010
Lost Girl poster

Lost Girl

TV · as Pharmacist / Sheriff · 1 ep

2009
Dead Hooker in a Trunk poster

Dead Hooker in a Trunk

Movie · as Cowboy Pimp

2009
Watchmen poster

Watchmen

Movie · as Knot Top Gang Member

2009
Angel and the Badman poster

Angel and the Badman

Movie · as Hondo

2009
The Zero Sum poster

The Zero Sum

Movie · as Robert

2008
Blonde and Blonder poster

Blonde and Blonder

Movie · as Ed Gates

2008
Murdoch Mysteries poster

Murdoch Mysteries

TV · as Alexander Graham Bell · 5 eps

2008
Sanctuary poster

Sanctuary

TV · as Warehouse Worker Garvin · 1 ep

2008
Fringe poster

Fringe

TV · as Hickey · 1 ep

2007
Shooter poster

Shooter

Movie · as Motel Owner

2007
Love Notes poster

Love Notes

Movie · as The Manager

2007
Alien Agent poster

Alien Agent

Movie · as C.C.

2007
BloodRayne II: Deliverance poster

BloodRayne II: Deliverance

Movie · as Moffat

2006
Air Buddies poster

Air Buddies

Movie · as Biker #1

2006
Augusta, Gone poster

Augusta, Gone

Movie · as Ted

2006
The Perfect Suspect poster

The Perfect Suspect

Movie · as Curry

2006
The Secrets of Comfort House poster

The Secrets of Comfort House

Movie · as Carl

2006
The Suspect poster

The Suspect

Movie · as Doug Zwick

2006
Presumed Dead poster

Presumed Dead

Movie · as Tyson

2006
Psych poster

Psych

TV · as Tripsy · 1 ep

2006
Blade: The Series poster

Blade: The Series

TV · as Lord Verdelet (uncredited) · 1 ep

2006
This Space for Rent poster

This Space for Rent

TV · as Major Tom · 1 ep

2006
Intelligence poster

Intelligence

TV · as Winston · 7 eps

2005
Premonition poster

Premonition

Movie · as Goran

2005
Within poster

Within

Movie · as Travis

2005
Brokeback Mountain poster

Brokeback Mountain

Movie · as Roughneck #2

2005
Godiva's poster

Godiva's

TV · as Stew · 2 eps

2005
Supernatural poster

Supernatural

TV · as Ellsworth · 1 ep

2004
The Life poster

The Life

Movie · as Man

2004
The Winning Season poster

The Winning Season

Movie · as Cap Clarke

2004
The Collector poster

The Collector

TV · as Duke · 1 ep

2004
Legend of Earthsea poster

Legend of Earthsea

TV · as General Doar · 2 eps

2003
Missing poster

Missing

TV · as Mal Oswald · 1 ep

2002
Black Point poster

Black Point

Movie · as Kevin

2002
The Dead Zone poster

The Dead Zone

TV · as Mort · 1 ep

2001
The Operative poster

The Operative

Movie · as Norvid

2001
MythQuest poster

MythQuest

TV · as Eliaures · 1 ep

2001
UC: Undercover poster

UC: Undercover

TV · as Double-Down · 1 ep

2001
Strange Frequency poster

Strange Frequency

TV · as Mondo Baines · 1 ep

2000
Backroads poster

Backroads

Movie · as Guy Lachaud

2000
Code Name: Eternity poster

Code Name: Eternity

TV · as Skerrit · 1 ep

2000
Call of the Wild poster

Call of the Wild

TV · as Straker · 1 ep

2000
Andromeda poster

Andromeda

TV · as Gerentex · 3 eps

1999
Grizzly Falls poster

Grizzly Falls

Movie · as Wes

1999
Relic Hunter poster

Relic Hunter

TV · as Kane · 1 ep

1998
Welcome to Paradox poster

Welcome to Paradox

TV · as Director · 1 ep

1998
Da Vinci's Inquest poster

Da Vinci's Inquest

TV · as Leon · 5 eps

1998
The Crow: Stairway to Heaven poster

The Crow: Stairway to Heaven

TV · as T-Bird · 2 eps

1998
Cold Squad poster

Cold Squad

TV · as Mike Morrison, Andre · 2 eps

1998
First Wave poster

First Wave

TV · as Jim · 1 ep

1997
The Ticket poster

The Ticket

Movie · as Chuck

1997
Dead Man's Gun poster

Dead Man's Gun

TV · as Joe Rule · 1 ep

1997
Stargate SG-1 poster

Stargate SG-1

TV · as Lizan · 1 ep

1997
Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation poster

Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation

TV · as Monkey Thief · 2 eps

1996
The Prisoner of Zenda, Inc. poster

The Prisoner of Zenda, Inc.

Movie · as Leon

1996
Dead Ahead poster

Dead Ahead

Movie · as Anthony

1996
Johnny Shortwave

Johnny Shortwave

Movie · as The Photographer

1996
Carpool poster

Carpool

Movie · as Jerry

1996
Two poster

Two

TV · as Red Sammie · 1 ep

1996
Titanic poster

Titanic

TV · as Fireman (uncredited) · 1 ep

1996
Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal poster

Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal

TV · as Ludac · 1 ep

1996
The Sentinel poster

The Sentinel

TV · as Jack · 1 ep

1995
Cyberjack poster

Cyberjack

Movie · as Shreck

1995
Power of Attorney poster

Power of Attorney

Movie · as Carlos

1995
The Outer Limits poster

The Outer Limits

TV · as Collins, Alex, Scarred Man · 1 ep

1994
Beyond Suspicion poster

Beyond Suspicion

Movie · as Sal

1994
Deadly Vows poster

Deadly Vows

Movie · as Prisoner #1

1994
Viper poster

Viper

TV · as Harris, Al King · 1 ep

1994
Lonesome Dove: The Series poster

Lonesome Dove: The Series

TV · 1 ep

1993
Heritage Minutes: Nitro poster

Heritage Minutes: Nitro

Movie · as Cochrane

1993
The X-Files poster

The X-Files

TV · as Steve · 1 ep

1993
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues poster

Kung Fu: The Legend Continues

TV · as Dave · 1 ep

1993
Stone Protectors poster

Stone Protectors

TV · as Max (voice) · 13 eps

1992
Landslide poster

Landslide

Movie · as Dr. Susskind

1992
Secret Service poster

Secret Service

TV · as Michael Kennedy · 1 ep

1992
Highlander: The Series poster

Highlander: The Series

TV · as Reese, Max Jupe · 1 ep

1991
If Looks Could Kill poster

If Looks Could Kill

Movie · as Cell Guard

1991
Christmas on Division Street poster

Christmas on Division Street

Movie · as Grimes

1991
Dead Certain poster

Dead Certain

Movie · as MacLaughin

1991
Palace Guard poster

Palace Guard

TV · as Manfredi · 1 ep

1991
Tropical Heat poster

Tropical Heat

TV · as Ricky Menzies · 1 ep

1991
Beyond Reality poster

Beyond Reality

TV · as Stan Ortega · 1 ep

1991
Heritage Minutes poster

Heritage Minutes

TV · as Cochrane · 1 ep

1991
Street Justice poster

Street Justice

TV · as Thurman, Smith · 1 ep

1991
The Commish poster

The Commish

TV · as Video Vigilante, Artie Krause · 1 ep

1990
Home for Christmas poster

Home for Christmas

Movie · as Mugger

1990
Outcast poster

Outcast

Movie · as Henry

1989
Straight Line poster

Straight Line

Movie · as George

1988
The Understudy: Graveyard Shift II poster

The Understudy: Graveyard Shift II

Movie · as Transit

1988
T and T poster

T and T

TV · as George · 1 ep

1988
War of the Worlds poster

War of the Worlds

TV · as Worker, Gambler · 1 ep

1987
City in Panic poster

City in Panic

Movie · as Tony

1987
Virgin Paradise

Virgin Paradise

Movie · as Norbett

1987
The Darkside poster

The Darkside

Movie · as Sully

1987
Niagara Strip poster

Niagara Strip

Movie · as Larabee

1987
Friday the 13th: The Series poster

Friday the 13th: The Series

TV · as Romeo Koslow, Gunsel 1 · 1 ep

1986
Race to Midnight poster

Race to Midnight

Movie

1986
The Campbells poster

The Campbells

TV · as Clarence · 1 ep

1985
Night Heat poster

Night Heat

TV · as Wicks · 1 ep