Erik Rondell

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Erik Rondell (born July 8, 1967) (sometimes credited as "Eric Rondell", "Erick Rondell", "Erik L. Rondell") is an American actor, stuntman, and stunt co-ordinator with an almost forty year career in film and television. He is best known for his work on 24 and Nebraska and many more major series and movie franchises, plus most recently portraying the character of Johnny Horne in Twin Peaks: The Return. [1] [2]

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Career

Rondell started his career in Hollywood in 1982 or 1983, working on the film Private School , followed by several others, including: Dances with Wolves , Blade , Pearl Harbor , The Matrix Reloaded , and Captain America: The Winter Soldier . [1] [3] [4]

Rondell has also worked on TV shows like True Detective , Sleeper Cell , Heroes , Westworld, NCIS: Los Angeles , True Blood , and Gilmore Girls . [5] [2]

He has also co-ordinated stunts for TV shows, films, music videos, and commercials. [1]

As both a stuntman and actor, he is also known for his work on 24 (stunts and several acting roles), Nebraska , Hurricane Heist , Daredevil , Gangster Squad , Ant-Man and the Wasp , The Patriot, The Darkest Minds , Blue Streak , G.I. Joe: Rise of the Cobra , Waterworld , Deep Blue Sea, The Million Dollar Hotel , and many other television series and movies. [5] [3] [2]

Recently, he is now known for being one of three actors to portray the character of Johnny Horne in Twin Peaks , playing him in two episodes of the revival, Twin Peaks: The Return in 2017, replacing Robert Davenport, who played the character in the pilot, and Robert Bauer, who played him in four episodes of the original series. [6] [7] He has also recently acted in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. in 2020. [8]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1992 Kuffs Laundry Counterman
1999 Blue Streak Francois
2000 The Million Dollar Hotel Punk #2
2009Banana BreadGunman(Short)
2010 Skyline Soldier #2
2018 The Hurricane Heist Bruce

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1988 The Magical World of Disney StudentEpisode: "The Absent-Minded Professor"
1991 The Chase Television film
1992 Baywatch DannyEpisode: "Shark's Cove"
1993 Men Don't Tell MuggerTelevision film
2006 24 Agent McCulloughEpisode: "Day 5: 5:00 a.m.-6:00 a.m."
2009 Lie to Me Firefighter / Elevator Worker2 episodes
2011 The Nine Lives of Chloe King BumEpisode: "Pilot"
2015 Stitchers Van DriverEpisode: "I See You"
2017 Twin Peaks: The Return Johnny Horne 2 episodes
2019 Dead to Me Aggro ManEpisode: "Maybe I'm Crazy"
2020 Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Episode: “Adapt or Die” (Season 7, Episode 6)

Stunts / Stunt Co-ordinator

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