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).
Blonde and Blonder
(Ed Gates)
Dreams
(Det. Jack Richards)
Gaybasher
(Merrick)
Heritage Minutes: Nitro
(Cochrane)
Icarus
(Sergei)
Shooter
(Motel Owner)
Dead Hooker in a Trunk
(Cowboy Pimp)
Premonition
(Goran)
City in Panic
(Tony)
Bones of Crows
(Trueman Quinn)
Air Buddies
(Biker #1)
Love Notes
(The Manager)
Here for Blood
(Dusty)
Straight Line
(George)
If Looks Could Kill
(Cell Guard)
Christmas on Division Street
(Grimes)
The Understudy: Graveyard Shift II
(Transit)
Landslide
(Dr. Susskind)
Virgin Paradise
(Norbett)
Deadly Vows
(Prisoner #1)
Beyond Suspicion
(Sal)
Cyberjack
(Shreck)
Power of Attorney
(Carlos)
Goodnight for Justice
(Bartender)
The Life
(Man)
Grizzly Falls
(Wes)
Augusta, Gone
(Ted)
Christmas with Tucker
(Tom Turner)
Joseph and Mary
(Surly Publican)
In the Name of the King 2: Two Worlds
(Dark One Lord)
Let's Rap
(Franco St. Clair)
Black Point
(Kevin)
Matty Hanson and the Invisibility Ray
(Eddie Skinner)
88
(Roy)
Comforting Skin
(Tattoo Artist)
The Perfect Suspect
(Curry)
The Bounce
(Casper)
The Secrets of Comfort House
(Carl)
The Suspect
(Doug Zwick)
Cascade
(Grizz)
Home for Christmas
(Mugger)
The Colony
(Viktor)
Outcast
(Henry)
Against the Wild
(Captain Walker)
Dead Ahead
(Anthony)
Johnny Shortwave
(The Photographer)
The Prisoner of Zenda, Inc.
(Leon)
Carpool
(Jerry)
The Operative
(Norvid)
The Darkside
(Sully)
Alien Agent
(C.C.)
The Camp Host
(Frank)
Standoff
(Roger)
Within
(Travis)
Dead Certain
(MacLaughin)
Tooth Fairy
(Inmate)
Backroads
(Guy Lachaud)
Niagara Strip
(Larabee)
Presumed Dead
(Tyson)
The Stranger
(Bartender)
Virtual Lies
(Walker)
Watchmen
(Knot Top Gang Member)
Brokeback Mountain
(Roughneck #2)
Angel and the Badman
(Hondo)
Race to Midnight
Robbery
(Jim)
Christmas Inheritance
(Baxter)
The Ticket
(Chuck)
Repeaters
(Mr. Weeks)
BloodRayne II: Deliverance
(Moffat)
Kitty Mammas
(Mark)
Hero Dog: The Journey Home
(Captain Walker)
Die in a Gunfight
(Echo)
A Bluegrass Christmas
(Billy Ribbons)
Lunar Sway
The Winning Season
(Cap Clarke)
The Haunting in Wicker Park
(Ben)
The Zero Sum
(Robert)
Schitt's Creek
(Hank)
Alias Grace
(Keeper #1)
Psych
(Tripsy)
The X-Files
(Steve)
Palace Guard
(Manfredi)
Frankie Drake Mysteries
(Lyle Walsh)
Viper
(Harris)
Viper
(Al King)
Night Heat
(Wicks)
Street Justice
(Thurman)
Street Justice
(Smith)
Titanic
(Fireman (uncredited))
The Outer Limits
(Collins)
The Crow: Stairway to Heaven
(T-Bird)
American Gods
(Viking Leader)
Friday the 13th: The Series
(Gunsel 1)
T and T
Heritage Minutes
(Cochrane)
Friday the 13th: The Series
(Romeo Koslow)
Beyond Reality
(Stan Ortega)
Welcome to Paradox
(Director)
Dead Man's Gun
(Joe Rule)
MythQuest
(Eliaures)
Missing
(Mal Oswald)
Endgame
(Kelly)
Cracked
(PTSD Support Group Member)
Tropical Heat
(Ricky Menzies)
This Space for Rent
(Major Tom)
Intelligence
(Winston)
Code Name: Eternity
(Skerrit)
Cold Squad
(Mike Morrison)
Da Vinci's Inquest
(Leon)
Call of the Wild
(Straker)
UC: Undercover
(Double-Down)
True Justice
(Domion)
Copper
(Michael Ward)
Hard Rock Medical
(Wolf)
Degrassi: Next Class
(Keith)
The Campbells
(Clarence)
Lonesome Dove: The Series
Private Eyes
(Colin)
The Commish
(Video Vigilante)
Killjoys
(Mole Foreman)
Secret Service
(Michael Kennedy)
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
(Dave)
Stone Protectors
(Max (voice))
Cold Squad
(Andre)
Designated Survivor
(Owner)
Bones of Crows
(Trueman Quinn)
The Commish
(Artie Krause)
Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal
(Ludac)
The Collector
(Duke)
Hudson & Rex
(Kenny Constantine)
Blackstone
(Ed)
T and T
(George)
Blade: The Series
(Lord Verdelet (uncredited))
Imposters
(Nate)
Two
(Red Sammie)
The Dead Zone
(Mort)
Godiva's
(Stew)
Murdoch Mysteries
(Alexander Graham Bell)
Gangland Undercover
(Green)
The Outer Limits
(Alex)
Stargate SG-1
(Lizan)
Supernatural
(Ellsworth)
Legend of Earthsea
(General Doar)
Andromeda
(Gerentex)
Sanctuary
(Warehouse Worker Garvin)
The Pradeeps of Pittsburgh
(Greg)
War of the Worlds
(Worker)
One More Time
(The Hawk)
War of the Worlds
(Gambler)
Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation
(Monkey Thief)
Highlander: The Series
(Reese)
Highlander: The Series
(Max Jupe)
Lost Girl
(Pharmacist / Sheriff)
Fringe
(Hickey)
The Outer Limits
(Scarred Man)
The Sentinel
(Jack)
First Wave
(Jim)
Relic Hunter
(Kane)
Happy Face
(Ziggy)
SisterS
(Lenny)
Strange Frequency
(Mondo Baines)