John Tench
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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Films (78)
Lunar Sway
2026
A Bluegrass Christmas
2024 · Billy Ribbons
The Camp Host
2024 · Frank
Tras las Huellas del Peligro
2023 · Grizz
Bones of Crows
2023 · Trueman Quinn
Here for Blood
2022 · Dusty
Pasión, amor y muerte
2021 · Echo
Hero Dog: The Journey Home
2021 · Captain Walker
Kitty Mammas
2020 · Mark
Dreams
2019 · Det. Jack Richards
Robbery
2018 · Jim
Noël à Snow Falls
2017 · Baxter
Jose y Maria
2016 · Surly Publican
Men on fire
2016 · Roger
Let's Rap
2015 · Franco St. Clair
88
2015 · Roy
Gaybasher
2014 · Merrick
Une famille en péril
2013 · Captain Walker
Un chien pour Noël
2013 · Tom Turner
La colonie
2013 · Viktor
Dangereuse liaison
2012 · Walker
King Rising 2 : Les Deux Mondes
2011 · Dark One Lord
Comforting Skin
2011 · Tattoo Artist
Repeaters
2011 · Mr. Weeks
Matty Hanson and the Invisibility Ray
2011 · Eddie Skinner
La Loi de Goodnight
2011 · Bartender
The Stranger
2010 · Bartender
Icarus
2010 · Sergei
Fée malgré lui
2010 · Inmate
L'Ange et le Mal
2009 · Hondo
The Zero Sum
2009 · Robert
Dead Hooker in a Trunk
2009 · Cowboy Pimp
Watchmen : Les Gardiens
2009 · Knot Top Gang Member
Blonde and Blonder
2008 · Ed Gates
BloodRayne 2 : Deliverance
2007 · Moffat
Mélodie d'un soir
2007 · The Manager
Alien invasion
2007 · C.C.
Shooter, tireur d'élite
2007 · Motel Owner
5 toutous prêts à tout
2006 · Biker #1
La conviction de ma fille
2006 · Curry
The Secrets of Comfort House
2006 · Carl
En quête d'innocence
2006 · Doug Zwick
Portée disparue
2006 · Tyson
Augusta, Gone
2006 · Ted
Le Secret de Brokeback Mountain
2005 · Roughneck #2
Le 7ème sens
2005 · Goran
Within
2005 · Travis
The Life
2004 · Man
The Winning Season
2004 · Cap Clarke
Black Point
2002 · Kevin
Opération Danger
2001 · Norvid
Backroads
2000 · Guy Lachaud
Grizzly Falls
1999 · Wes
The Ticket
1997 · Chuck
The Prisoner of Zenda, Inc.
1996 · Leon
Carpool
1996 · Jerry
Johnny Shortwave
1996 · The Photographer
Dead Ahead
1996 · Anthony
Cyberjack
1995 · Shreck
Power of Attorney
1995 · Carlos
Deadly Vows
1994 · Prisoner #1
Beyond Suspicion
1994 · Sal
Heritage Minutes: Nitro
1993 · Cochrane
Landslide
1992 · Dr. Susskind
Christmas on Division Street
1991 · Grimes
If Looks Could Kill
1991 · Cell Guard
Dead Certain
1991 · MacLaughin
Home for Christmas
1990 · Mugger
Outcast
1990 · Henry
Straight Line
1989 · George
The Understudy: Graveyard Shift II
1988 · Transit
City in Panic
1987 · Tony
The Darkside
1987 · Sully
Virgin Paradise
1987 · Norbett
Niagara Strip
1987 · Larabee
Race to Midnight
1986
The Bounce
· Casper
The Haunting in Wicker Park
· Ben
Séries (74)
Happy Face: Asesino en Serie
2025 · Ziggy
The Pradeeps of Pittsburgh
2024 · Greg
One More Time
2024 · The Hawk
L'ombre des corbeaux
2023 · Trueman Quinn
SisterS
2023 · Lenny
Hudson et Rex
2019 · Kenny Constantine
Frankie Drake Mysteries
2017 · Lyle Walsh
Captive
2017 · Keeper #1
Dioses Americanos
2017 · Viking Leader
Imposteurs
2017 · Nate
Survivant désigné
2016 · Owner
Détectives privés
2016 · Colin
Degrassi : La nouvelle promo
2016 · Keith
Killjoys
2015 · Mole Foreman
Motard espion
2015 · Green
Bienvenue à Schitt's Creek
2015 · Hank
Hard Rock Medical
2013 · Wolf
Cracked
2013 · PTSD Support Group Member
Copper
2012 · Michael Ward
True Justice
2011 · Domion
Endgame
2011 · Kelly
Blackstone
2011 · Ed
Lost girl
2010 · Pharmacist / Sheriff
Sanctuary
2008 · Warehouse Worker Garvin
Fringe
2008 · Hickey
Les Enquêtes de Murdoch
2008 · Alexander Graham Bell
Intelligences
2006 · Winston
Psych : Enquêteur malgré lui
2006 · Tripsy
Blade : La série
2006 · Lord Verdelet (uncredited)
This Space for Rent
2006 · Major Tom
Surnaturel
2005 · Ellsworth
Godiva's
2005 · Stew
La Prophétie du sorcier
2004 · General Doar
Le Messager des ténèbres
2004 · Duke
Missing : Disparus sans laisser de trace
2003 · Mal Oswald
Dead Zone
2002 · Mort
UC: Undercover
2001 · Double-Down
Strange Frequency
2001 · Mondo Baines
MythQuest
2001 · Eliaures
Andromeda
2000 · Gerentex
Code Name: Eternity
2000 · Skerrit
Call of the Wild
2000 · Straker
Relic Hunter
1999 · Kane
Da Vinci's Inquest
1998 · Leon
The Crow: Stairway to Heaven
1998 · T-Bird
First Wave
1998 · Jim
Welcome to Paradox
1998 · Director
Cold Squad
1998 · Mike Morrison, Andre
Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation
1997 · Monkey Thief
Stargate SG-1
1997 · Lizan
Dead Man's Gun
1997 · Joe Rule
Titanic
1996 · Fireman (uncredited)
Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal
1996 · Ludac
Two
1996 · Red Sammie
The Sentinel
1996 · Jack
The Outer Limits
1995 · Collins, Alex, Scarred Man
Lonesome Dove: The Series
1994
Viper
1994 · Harris, Al King
Stone Protectors
1993 · Max (voice)
The X-Files
1993 · Steve
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
1993 · Dave
Highlander: The Series
1992 · Reese, Max Jupe
Secret Service
1992 · Michael Kennedy
Palace Guard
1991 · Manfredi
Beyond Reality
1991 · Stan Ortega
Street Justice
1991 · Thurman, Smith
The Commish
1991 · Video Vigilante, Artie Krause
Tropical Heat
1991 · Ricky Menzies
Heritage Minutes
1991 · Cochrane
War of the Worlds
1988 · Worker, Gambler
T and T
1988 · George
Friday the 13th: The Series
1987 · Gunsel 1, Romeo Koslow
The Campbells
1986 · Clarence
Night Heat
1985 · Wicks