John DeSantis

Not to be confused with Ron DeSantis.

John DeSantis
Born	(1973-11-13) November 13, 1973 (age 52) Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1998–present

John DeSantis, sometimes credited as John De Santis or John Desantis, (born November 13, 1973) is a Canadian character actor, best known as Lurch on the Fox Family show The New Addams Family . ^{[1] [2]} His other work includes a principal role in Disney's Touchstone Pictures film The 13th Warrior , in which he played a Viking warrior named Ragnar the Dour. ^[1] He has also appeared in television series Police Academy ^[1] and Supernatural . ^{[3] [4]}

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	The 13th Warrior	Ragnar - Dour
2001	Thirteen Ghosts	Horace "Breaker" Mahoney, The Juggernaut
2002	Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever	Bus Guard #2
2003	Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World	Padeen, Loblolly Boy	[2]
2005	The Long Weekend	Cellmate
	Barbie and the Magic of Pegasus 3-D	Ollie the Giant	Direct-to-video (voice role)
2006	Little Man	Bruno
2007	Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem	—N/a	Stunts
2008	The Auburn Hills Breakdown	Junior	Short film
2009	Ratko: The Dictator's Son	Skender
	The Hole	Monster Dad
	Stan Helsing	Frankenstein's Monster
2010	30 Days of Night: Dark Days	Gunther	Direct-to-video
2014	Mutant World	Giant Mutant
	Seventh Son	Tusk
2016	Viking	Berserk
2023	Peter Pan & Wendy	Bill Jukes

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	Police Academy: The Series	Thug	Episode: "Karate Cops"
1998–1999	The New Addams Family	Lurch	Main cast
2000	Harsh Realm	Big Tracker	Episode: "Reunion"
2001	Stargate SG-1	Jaffa #1	Episode: "Double Jeopardy"
	Voyage of the Unicorn	Cratch	TV movie [5]
	Los Luchadores	Hugo Furst	Episode: "The Mask of Diablo Azul"
	Dead Last	Evil Ghost	Episode: "Pilot"
	Dark Angel	Miller, the Mangler	Episode: "Proof of Purchase"
	Andromeda	Stalin Kuleshov	Episode: "Fear and Loathing in the Milky Way"
		Hsigo	Episode: "Last Call at the Broken Hammer"
2002	Snow Queen	Satan	TV movie
2003	Smallville	The Traveller	Episode: "Slumber"
2004	Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of Charlie's Angels	Bigfoot [a]	TV movie
	Dead Like Me	Tiny	Episode: "Ghost Story"
2005	Earthsea	Kargide Soldier #1	Miniseries
	Andromeda	Behemoth	Episode: "One More Day's Light"
	Bloodsuckers	Ble-Ka	TV movie
	Masters of Horror	Moonface	Episode: "Incident On and Off a Mountain Road"
2006	Blade: The Series	Thorne	Recurring
2007	Painkiller Jane	Henry Perkins	Episode: "Breakdown"
	Flash Gordon	Night Hunter	Episode: "Alliances"
		Strake	Episode: "Random Access"
	The Dresden Files	Demon	Episode: "Storm Front"
2008		Demon Akiahacaric	Episode: "Pilot: Storm Front"
	Supernatural	Freeman Daggett	Episode: "Ghostfacers"
	Sanctuary	—N/a	Stunt player; Episode: "Warriors"
2009	Knights of Bloodsteel	Goblin Strongarm	Miniseries
	The Gambler, the Girl and the Gunslinger	Mule	TV movie
	Eureka	Big Ed	Episode: "It's Not Easy Being Green"
	The Troop	Mr. Toofgib	1 episode
2010	Psych	Seven Foot Tall Man	Episode: "Dual Spires"
2011	Smallville	Male Phantom Zone Inhabitant	Episode: "Dominion"
		Solomon Grundy	Episode: "Prophecy"
2012	Once Upon A Time	Dove	Episode: "Skin Deep"
	Big Time Movie	Maxwell	TV movie
	Level Up	Blundergore the Giant	Episode: "You Don't Know Jack"
2013	Supernatural	The Golem	Episode: "Everybody Hates Hitler"
2013–2014	Hell on Wheels	Irish Worker	3 episodes
2014	Supernatural	Scarecrow	Uncredited; Episode: "Fan Fiction"
2014–2015	Falling Skies	Shaq	Recurring (season 4–5)
2015	Olympus	Cyclops	Episode: "The Temple of Gaia"
		Chronos	Recurring
2016	The 100	Servant / Gideon	2 episodes
	The X-Files	Band-Aid Nose Man	Episode: "Home Again"
	Supergirl	Draaga	Episode: "Survivors"
2016–2017	Mech-X4	Davage	Recurring
	Van Helsing	Gustov	Recurring (season 1)
2017		Skinner #1	Episode: "A Home"
	Supernatural	Moloch	Episode: "The Memory Remains"
	Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library	Frankenstein's Monster	TV movie
2017–2019	A Series of Unfortunate Events	Bald Man	Recurring
2018	Arrow	Grim Reaper	2 episodes
2019	Legends of Tomorrow	Ogre	2 episodes

Video games

Year	Title	Role
2016	Dead Rising 4	Evos

Notes

1. DeSantis appears in a recreation of a sequence from an unidentified episode of The Six Million Dollar Man ; two actors played the character in the series, but it's not indicated if DeSantis is depicting Andre the Giant or Ted Cassidy.

References

1. "A true rags to riches tale" Times Colonist (27 Aug, 1999) [final edition] Retrieved from ProQuest   345731314
2. "Local on Master's crew" by Glen Schaefer, The Province (2 Sept, 2003) [final edition] Retrieved from ProQuest   269353547
3. "John DeSantis". TV Guide. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
4. "'Supernatural' recap, 'Everybody Hates Hitler': Everybody Loves Golems" by Sandra Gonzalez at ew.com
5. "Female bonding: In Vancouver to shoot the romantic thriller Valentine, Denise Richards talks about her days as a 007 main squeeze/Bridges of Maddening Putty" by Lynne McNamara, The Vancouver Sun (9 Sept, 2000) [final edition] Retrieved from ProQuest   242674662

External links

• John DeSantis at IMDb