John DeSantis

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John DeSantis, sometimes credited as John De Santis or John Desantis, (born November 13, 1973) is a Canadian 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]

John DeSantis
Born (1973-11-13) November 13, 1973 (age 51)
OccupationActor
Years active1998–present
Height6 ft 11 in (2.10 m)

Filmography

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Film

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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 (voice) Direct-to-video
2006 Little Man Bruno
2007 Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem 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

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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 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

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Year Title Role
2016 Dead Rising 4 Evos

Notes

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  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

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  1. ^ a b c "A true rags to riches tale" Times Colonist (27 Aug, 1999) [final edition] Retrieved from ProQuest 345731314
  2. ^ a b "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
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