John Tench
- Acting
- October 7, 1965 · Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Biography
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).
Known for
Filmography
- Lunar Sway
- Happy Face · Ziggy
- A Bluegrass Christmas · Billy Ribbons
- The Pradeeps of Pittsburgh · Greg
- The Camp Host · Frank
- One More Time · The Hawk
- Bones of Crows · Trueman Quinn
- Cascade · Grizz
- Bones of Crows · Trueman Quinn
- SisterS · Lenny
- Here for Blood · Dusty
- Die in a Gunfight · Echo
- Hero Dog: The Journey Home · Captain Walker
- Kitty Mammas · Mark
- Dreams · Det. Jack Richards
- Hudson & Rex · Kenny Constantine
- Robbery · Jim
- Christmas Inheritance · Baxter
- Frankie Drake Mysteries · Lyle Walsh
- Alias Grace · Keeper #1
- American Gods · Viking Leader
- Imposters · Nate
- Designated Survivor · Owner
- Joseph and Mary · Surly Publican
- Private Eyes · Colin
- Standoff · Roger
- Degrassi: Next Class · Keith
- Let's Rap · Franco St. Clair
- 88 · Roy
- Killjoys · Mole Foreman
- Gangland Undercover · Green
- Schitt's Creek · Hank
- Gaybasher · Merrick
- Against the Wild · Captain Walker
- Christmas with Tucker · Tom Turner
- Hard Rock Medical · Wolf
- The Colony · Viktor
- Cracked · PTSD Support Group Member
- Copper · Michael Ward
- Virtual Lies · Walker
- In the Name of the King 2: Two Worlds · Dark One Lord
- Comforting Skin · Tattoo Artist
- True Justice · Domion
- Repeaters · Mr. Weeks
- Endgame · Kelly
- Matty Hanson and the Invisibility Ray · Eddie Skinner
- Goodnight for Justice · Bartender
- Blackstone · Ed
- Lost Girl · Pharmacist / Sheriff
- The Stranger · Bartender
- Icarus · Sergei
- Tooth Fairy · Inmate
- Angel and the Badman · Hondo
- The Zero Sum · Robert
- Dead Hooker in a Trunk · Cowboy Pimp
- Watchmen · Knot Top Gang Member
- Sanctuary · Warehouse Worker Garvin
- Fringe · Hickey
- Murdoch Mysteries · Alexander Graham Bell
- Blonde and Blonder · Ed Gates
- BloodRayne II: Deliverance · Moffat
- Love Notes · The Manager
- Alien Agent · C.C.
- Shooter · Motel Owner
- Air Buddies · Biker #1
- The Perfect Suspect · Curry
- The Secrets of Comfort House · Carl
- Intelligence · Winston
- The Suspect · Doug Zwick
- Psych · Tripsy
- Blade: The Series · Lord Verdelet (uncredited)
- Presumed Dead · Tyson
- Augusta, Gone · Ted
- This Space for Rent · Major Tom
- Brokeback Mountain · Roughneck #2
- Supernatural · Ellsworth
- Premonition · Goran
- Godiva's · Stew
- Within · Travis
- Legend of Earthsea · General Doar