Acting
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).
Filmography
Lunar Sway
Film · 2026
Happy Face
Series · 2025
The Camp Host
Film · 2024
A Bluegrass Christmas
Film · 2024
The Pradeeps of Pittsburgh
Series · 2024
One More Time
Series · 2024
Bones of Crows
Film · 2023
Cascade
Film · 2023
Bones of Crows
Series · 2023
SisterS
Series · 2023
Here for Blood
Film · 2022
Hero Dog: The Journey Home
Film · 2021
Die in a Gunfight
Film · 2021
Kitty Mammas
Film · 2020
Dreams
Film · 2019
Hudson & Rex
Series · 2019
Robbery
Film · 2018
Christmas Inheritance
Film · 2017
Alias Grace
Series · 2017
Frankie Drake Mysteries
Series · 2017
American Gods
Series · 2017
Imposters
Series · 2017
Joseph and Mary
Film · 2016
Standoff
Film · 2016
Degrassi: Next Class
Series · 2016
Private Eyes
Series · 2016
Designated Survivor
Series · 2016
Let's Rap
Film · 2015
88
Film · 2015
Schitt's Creek
Series · 2015
Killjoys
Series · 2015
Gangland Undercover
Series · 2015
Gaybasher
Film · 2014
Christmas with Tucker
Film · 2013
The Colony
Film · 2013
Against the Wild
Film · 2013
Cracked
Series · 2013
Hard Rock Medical
Series · 2013
Virtual Lies
Film · 2012
Copper
Series · 2012
Goodnight for Justice
Film · 2011
In the Name of the King 2: Two Worlds
Film · 2011
Matty Hanson and the Invisibility Ray
Film · 2011
Comforting Skin
Film · 2011
Repeaters
Film · 2011
Endgame
Series · 2011
True Justice
Series · 2011
Blackstone
Series · 2011
Icarus
Film · 2010
Tooth Fairy
Film · 2010
The Stranger
Film · 2010
Lost Girl
Series · 2010
Dead Hooker in a Trunk
Film · 2009
Watchmen
Film · 2009
Angel and the Badman
Film · 2009
The Zero Sum
Film · 2009
Blonde and Blonder
Film · 2008
Murdoch Mysteries
Series · 2008
Sanctuary
Series · 2008
Fringe
Series · 2008
Shooter
Film · 2007
Love Notes
Film · 2007
Alien Agent
Film · 2007
BloodRayne II: Deliverance
Film · 2007
Air Buddies
Film · 2006
Augusta, Gone
Film · 2006
The Perfect Suspect
Film · 2006
The Secrets of Comfort House
Film · 2006
The Suspect
Film · 2006
Presumed Dead
Film · 2006
Psych
Series · 2006
This Space for Rent
Series · 2006
Intelligence
Series · 2006
Blade: The Series
Series · 2006
Premonition
Film · 2005
Within
Film · 2005
Brokeback Mountain
Film · 2005
Godiva's
Series · 2005
Supernatural
Series · 2005
The Life
Film · 2004
The Winning Season
Film · 2004
The Collector
Series · 2004
Legend of Earthsea
Series · 2004
Missing
Series · 2003
Black Point
Film · 2002
The Dead Zone
Series · 2002
The Operative
Film · 2001
MythQuest
Series · 2001
UC: Undercover
Series · 2001
Strange Frequency
Series · 2001
Backroads
Film · 2000
Code Name: Eternity
Series · 2000
Call of the Wild
Series · 2000
Andromeda
Series · 2000
Grizzly Falls
Film · 1999
Relic Hunter
Series · 1999
The Crow: Stairway to Heaven
Series · 1998
Welcome to Paradox
Series · 1998
Cold Squad
Series · 1998
Da Vinci's Inquest
Series · 1998
Cold Squad
Series · 1998
First Wave
Series · 1998
The Ticket
Film · 1997
Dead Man's Gun
Series · 1997
Stargate SG-1
Series · 1997
Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation
Series · 1997
Dead Ahead
Film · 1996
The Prisoner of Zenda, Inc.
Film · 1996
Carpool
Film · 1996
Titanic
Series · 1996
Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal
Series · 1996
Two
Series · 1996
The Sentinel
Series · 1996
Cyberjack
Film · 1995
Power of Attorney
Film · 1995
The Outer Limits
Series · 1995
The Outer Limits
Series · 1995
The Outer Limits
Series · 1995
Deadly Vows
Film · 1994
Beyond Suspicion
Film · 1994
Viper
Series · 1994
Viper
Series · 1994
Lonesome Dove: The Series
Series · 1994
Heritage Minutes: Nitro
Film · 1993
The X-Files
Series · 1993
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
Series · 1993
Stone Protectors
Series · 1993
Landslide
Film · 1992
Secret Service
Series · 1992
Highlander: The Series
Series · 1992
Highlander: The Series
Series · 1992
If Looks Could Kill
Film · 1991
Christmas on Division Street
Film · 1991
Dead Certain
Film · 1991
Palace Guard
Series · 1991
Street Justice
Series · 1991
Street Justice
Series · 1991
Heritage Minutes
Series · 1991
Beyond Reality
Series · 1991
Tropical Heat
Series · 1991
The Commish
Series · 1991
The Commish
Series · 1991
Home for Christmas
Film · 1990
Outcast
Film · 1990
Straight Line
Film · 1989
The Understudy: Graveyard Shift II
Film · 1988
T and T
Series · 1988
T and T
Series · 1988
War of the Worlds
Series · 1988
War of the Worlds
Series · 1988
City in Panic
Film · 1987
The Darkside
Film · 1987
Niagara Strip
Film · 1987
Friday the 13th: The Series
Series · 1987
Friday the 13th: The Series
Series · 1987
Race to Midnight
Film · 1986
The Campbells
Series · 1986
Night Heat
Series · 1985
The Haunting in Wicker Park
Film