John Tench
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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).
Known for
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Brokeback Mountain (2005)
as Roughneck #2
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Shooter (2007)
as Motel Owner
Watchmen (2009)
as Knot Top Gang Member
Air Buddies (2006)
as Biker #1
Tooth Fairy (2010)
as Inmate
Icarus (2010)
as Sergei
Alien Agent (2007)
as C.C.
The Colony (2013)
as Viktor
Love Notes (2007)
as The Manager
Virtual Lies (2012)
as Walker
Backroads (2000)
as Guy Lachaud
In the Name of the King 2: Two Worlds (2011)
as Dark One Lord
BloodRayne II: Deliverance (2007)
as Moffat
Blonde and Blonder (2008)
as Ed Gates
Die in a Gunfight (2021)
as Echo
Standoff (2016)
as Roger
A Bluegrass Christmas (2024)
as Billy Ribbons
Christmas Inheritance (2017)
as Baxter
Dead Certain (1991)
as MacLaughin
If Looks Could Kill (1991)
as Cell Guard
The Stranger (2010)
as Bartender
The Zero Sum (2009)
as Robert
Carpool (1996)
as Jerry
Hero Dog: The Journey Home (2021)
as Captain Walker
Repeaters (2011)
as Mr. Weeks
Cascade (2023)
as Grizz
Within (2005)
as Travis
88 (2015)
as Roy
Gaybasher (2014)
as Merrick
Angel and the Badman (2009)
as Hondo
Against the Wild (2013)
as Captain Walker
Home for Christmas (1990)
as Mugger
The Operative (2001)
as Norvid
The Darkside (1987)
as Sully
Joseph and Mary (2016)
as Surly Publican
Lunar Sway (2026)
Actor
Outcast (1990)
as Henry
Bones of Crows (2023)
as Trueman Quinn
The Haunting in Wicker Park (—)
as Ben
Kitty Mammas (2020)
as Mark
Cyberjack (1995)
as Shreck
Here for Blood (2022)
as Dusty
Goodnight for Justice (2011)
as Bartender
The Secrets of Comfort House (2006)
as Carl
The Suspect (2006)
as Doug Zwick
Dead Hooker in a Trunk (2009)
as Cowboy Pimp
Matty Hanson and the Invisibility Ray (2011)
as Eddie Skinner
Christmas with Tucker (2013)
as Tom Turner
Premonition (2005)
as Goran
Heritage Minutes: Nitro (1993)
as Cochrane
The Perfect Suspect (2006)
as Curry
The Understudy: Graveyard Shift II (1988)
as Transit
Black Point (2002)
as Kevin
The Winning Season (2004)
as Cap Clarke
The Prisoner of Zenda, Inc. (1996)
as Leon
Grizzly Falls (1999)
as Wes
Presumed Dead (2006)
as Tyson
Dead Ahead (1996)
as Anthony
The Life (2004)
as Man
Beyond Suspicion (1994)
as Sal
Straight Line (1989)
as George
The Camp Host (2024)
as Frank
Christmas on Division Street (1991)
as Grimes
Let's Rap (2015)
as Franco St. Clair
Comforting Skin (2011)
as Tattoo Artist
Augusta, Gone (2006)
as Ted
Power of Attorney (1995)
as Carlos
Deadly Vows (1994)
as Prisoner #1
Robbery (2018)
as Jim
City in Panic (1987)
as Tony
The Ticket (1997)
as Chuck
Landslide (1992)
as Dr. Susskind
Dreams (2019)
as Det. Jack Richards
The Bounce (—)
as Casper
Johnny Shortwave (1996)
as The Photographer
Niagara Strip (1987)
as Larabee
Race to Midnight (1986)
Actor
Virgin Paradise (1987)
as Norbett