:Geno Segers

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| birth_name = Lonnie G. Segers Jr.

| birth_place = Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S.

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| occupation = Actor

| years active = 2004–present

| known for = {{ubl| Pair of Kings| Fort Boyard: Ultimate Challenge| Banshee}}

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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.

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.{{cite web |url=http://www.disneyxdmedianet.com/web/showpage/showpage.aspx?program_id%3D900051%26type%3Dsegers |title=Pair of Kings |access-date=23 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710133507/http://www.disneyxdmedianet.com/web/showpage/showpage.aspx?program_id=900051&type=segers |archive-date=10 July 2011 |work=Disney XD |publisher=Disney |agency=ABC Television Group}}

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.{{cite news |url=http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/entertainment/television/article_ffb149a7-e6f8-5724-a03e-b021c868a622.html |title=Geno Segers finds 'the voice' is his calling card | Television |newspaper=Sioux City Journal |date=24 September 2010 |access-date=17 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190127153010/https://siouxcityjournal.com/entertainment/television/article_ffb149a7-e6f8-5724-a03e-b021c868a622.html |archive-date=27 January 2019 |first=Bruce R. |last=Miller}}

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

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2015

| Bone Tomahawk

| Boar Tusks

2017

| Brawl in Cell Block 99

| Roman

rowspan="2" | 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

| {{cite web |url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Geno-Segers/ |title=Geno Segers (visual voices guide) |access-date=18 May 2024 |website=behindthevoiceactors.com |type= 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}}