Jack Kesy

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Jack Kesy ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|ɛ|s|i}}){{cite web|last=Clayton|first=Benjamin|date=March 17, 2014|url=https://vimeo.com/89328321|title=Jack Kesy Ballonhead (1280 x 720)|access-date=April 1, 2021}} is an American actor. On television, he has portrayed Gabriel Bolivar on the FX horror drama The Strain (2014–2016) and Roller Husser on the TNT dark comedy Claws (2017–19). He also played Black Tom Cassidy in the Marvel Comics film Deadpool 2 (2018) and played Anung un Rama/Hellboy in the superhero horror film Hellboy: The Crooked Man (2024), being the third actor to portray the character after Ron Perlman and David Harbour.

Early life and education

Kesy studied acting in London at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama.{{cite web|url=http://juggernautthefilm.com/category/cast/|title=JuggernautTheFilm|publisher=levelFILM|accessdate=May 16, 2018|archive-date=March 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328151631/http://juggernautthefilm.com/category/cast/|url-status=dead}}

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable sortable"

!Year

!Title

!Role

!Notes

!Ref.

2009

|Emina

| Zoran

|Video short

rowspan="2" | 2011

|Yelling to the Sky

|{{TableTBA|N/A}}

|Uncredited role

8:46

| Tommy

rowspan="2" | 2012

|Morgan

| Dean Kagen

Recruiter

| Methhead Alan

2013

|Empire Gypsy

| Ivan

2014

|Grand Street

| Sal

rowspan="3" | 2015

|The Throwaways

| Connelly

Intruders

| J.P. Henson

Tomato Soup

| Ellington

rowspan="3" | 2017

|Hot Summer Nights

| 'Ponytail'

Baywatch

| Leon

Juggernaut

| Saxon Gamble

rowspan="4" | 2018

|12 Strong

| Charles Jones

Death Wish

| Tate 'The Fish' Karp

Deadpool 2

|Black Tom Cassidy

|{{Cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/deadpool-2-villain-cast-jack-kesy-black-tom-a7755586.html|title=Deadpool 2's mysterious villain has been cast|date=2017-05-25|website=The Independent|language=en|access-date=2020-04-07}}{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/10/without-remorse-navy-seal-cast-jacob-scipio-cam-gigandet-jack-kesy-and-todd-lasance-1202752666/|title=Paramount Tom Clancy Pic 'Without Remorse' Enlists Four For Michael B. Jordan's Navy SEAL Team|last=D'Alessandro|first=Anthony|date=2019-10-04|website=Deadline|language=en|access-date=2020-04-07}}

Blood Brother

| Jake Banning

rowspan="2" | 2020

| The Outpost

| Sergeant Josh Kirk

Mosquito State

| Beau Harris

rowspan="2" | 2021

| Dark Web: Cicada 3301

| Connor

Without Remorse

| Thunder

rowspan="2" | 2023

| Sheroes

| Jasper

The Killer

| Salesman

2024

| Hellboy: The Crooked Man

| Hellboy

|{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2023/03/hellboy-deadpool-2-jack-kesy-reboot-crooked-man-claws-strain-1235276984/|title=‘Deadpool 2’ Star Jack Kesy Cast As Hellboy In Reboot ‘The Crooked Man’|first=Andreas|last=Wiseman|work=Deadline Hollywood|date=March 2, 2023|access-date=March 2, 2023|url-status=live|archive-date=March 2, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230302210239/https://deadline.com/2023/03/hellboy-deadpool-2-jack-kesy-reboot-crooked-man-claws-strain-1235276984/}}

rowspan="2" | 2025

| Bang

| William Bang

| Banner

| Post-production

=Television=

class="wikitable"

!Year

!Title

!Role

!Notes

2014–2016

|The Strain

| Gabriel Bolivar / The Master{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvovermind.com/five-things-didnt-know-jack-kesy/|title=Five Things You Didn't Know About Jack Kesy|last=Hickey|first=Tim|date=2017-06-20|website=TVOvermind|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-07}}

|Main role (seasons 1–2); recurring role (season 3)

2016

|Ray Donovan

| Butch

|Episode: "Lake Hollywood"

2017–2019

|Claws

| Roller Husser

|Main role (seasons 1–3)

2018

|The Alienist

| Henry Wolff