Geno Segers

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Geno Segers
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Born
Lonnie G. Segers Jr.

OccupationActor
Years active2004–present
Known for
Rugby league career
Playing information
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1995 United States 2
Website genosegers.com

Lonnie G. "Geno" Segers Jr. is an American actor known for his roles as Chayton Littlestone in the Cinemax original series Banshee , Dwayne in NBC's Perfect Harmony, Mason Makoola in the Disney XD television series Pair of Kings , Kincaid on MTV's Teen Wolf , and also as co-host of Fort Boyard: Ultimate Challenge for two seasons.

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Early life

Segers was an American football player, wrestler, and track athlete in high school and college. He played American football at Western Carolina University. Segers then played professional rugby league. He played in the American National Rugby League and won two caps for United States national rugby league team against Wales national rugby league team in 1995. From there, he moved to New Zealand to play for the Richmond Rovers rugby league team. [1]

Career

At the suggestion of a friend, Segers auditioned for voice ads at a New Zealand radio station. His natural bass tone earned him a lot of attention, and caught the attention of an agent that led Segers to be cast as Mufasa in the Australian production of The Lion King . He went on to star in the American and Chinese productions as well. [2]

In 2010, Segers gained a main role on Pair of Kings as Mason Makoola.

In 2015, Segers appeared in the film Bone Tomahawk , where he starred as a major antagonist called "Boar Tusk", a savage and mute member of an extremely violent cannibalistic mute clan, called the "Troglodytes".

In 2018, Segers recurred on the TV series Knight Squad as the main villain Ryker. He reprised this role in a crossover episode of Henry Danger .

Segers voices Hekarro, Leader of the Tenakth, in Horizon Forbidden West .

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNote
2015 Bone Tomahawk Boar Tusks
2017 Brawl in Cell Block 99 Roman
2018 Uncharted Live Action Fan Film Diego
Game Over, Man! Sal
2023 Journey to Bethlehem Balthazar
2024 Thelma the Unicorn Male Talent Judge, Additional voices [3]

Television

YearTitleRoleNote
2009 White Collar Aimes' BodyguardEpisode: "Flip of the Coin"
2011–2012 Fort Boyard: Ultimate Challenge HimselfSeasons 1-2
2010–2013 Pair of Kings Mason MakoolaMain Role; 52 episodes
2011 Zeke & Luther Stan the agentEpisode: "Zeke, Luther, and Kojo Strikes Gold"
2014 Teen Wolf KincaidSeason 3 Episode 17 & 20
Castle ErnestEpisode: "Last Action Hero"
2014–2015 Banshee Chayton LittlestoneMain cast, 12 episodes
2015 Longmire Clavin BlackwolfSeason 4 Ep. 10
2016 Dusk Till Dawn General TatuajeSeason 3 Ep. 8
2017 Elementary FetuSeason 6 Ep. 3
2018 Yellowstone Danny TrudeauSeason 1 Ep 3
2018–2019 Knight Squad Ryker3 episodes
2018 Stuck in the Middle The BusinessmanEpisode: "Stuck Wrestling Feelings"
Voltron: Legendary Defender Gyrgan (voice)3 episodes [3]
2019 Henry Danger RykerEpisode: "Knight & Danger"
2019–2020 Perfect Harmony DwayneMain cast, 13 episodes
2023 My Dad the Bounty Hunter Alien Bouncer, Fratty Alien Bro (voices)Episode: "Old Friends"
2025 The Thundermans: Undercover High TideEpisode: "Tide and Prejudice"

Video games

YearTitleRoleNote
2017 LawBreakers Cronos [3]
Fortnite Galactus [3]
2022 Horizon: Forbidden West Hekarro [3]

References

  1. "Pair of Kings". Disney XD . Disney. ABC Television Group. Archived from the original on July 10, 2011. Retrieved December 23, 2010.
  2. Miller, Bruce R. (September 24, 2010). "Geno Segers finds 'the voice' is his calling card | Television". Sioux City Journal . Archived from the original on January 27, 2019. Retrieved July 17, 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Geno Segers (visual voices guide)". behindthevoiceactors.com (A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information). Retrieved May 18, 2024.