John DeSantis

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|11|13}}

| birth_place = Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada

| occupation = Actor

| yearsactive = 1998–present

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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."A true rags to riches tale" Times Colonist (27 Aug, 1999) [final edition] Retrieved from {{ProQuest|345731314}}"Local on Master's crew" by Glen Schaefer, The Province (2 Sept, 2003) [final edition] Retrieved from {{ProQuest|269353547}} 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. He has also appeared in television series Police Academy and Supernatural.{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/john-desantis/credits/193634/|title=John DeSantis|website=TV Guide|access-date=March 27, 2019}}[https://ew.com/recap/supernatural-recap-everybody-hates-nazis "'Supernatural' recap, 'Everybody Hates Hitler': Everybody Loves Golems"] by Sandra Gonzalez at ew.com

Filmography

=Film=

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Year !Title !Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
1999 \|data-sort-value="13th Warrior, The" \| 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 \|
rowspan="2" \| 2005 \|data-sort-value="Long Weekend, The" \| 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 \| {{n/a}} \| Stunts
2008 \|data-sort-value="Auburn Hills Breakdown, The" \| The Auburn Hills Breakdown \| Junior \| Short film
rowspan="3" \| 2009 \| Ratko: The Dictator's Son \| Skender \|
data-sort-value="Hole, The" \| The Hole \| Monster Dad \|
Stan Helsing \| Frankenstein's Monster \|
2010 \| 30 Days of Night: Dark Days \| Gunther \| Direct-to-video
rowspan="2" \| 2014 \| Mutant World \| Giant Mutant \|
Seventh Son \| Tusk \|
2016 \| Viking \| Berserk \|
2023 \| Peter Pan & Wendy \| Bill Jukes \|

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Year

!Title

!Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1999

|data-sort-value="13th Warrior, The" | 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

rowspan="2" | 2005

|data-sort-value="Long Weekend, The" | 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

| {{n/a}}

| Stunts

2008

|data-sort-value="Auburn Hills Breakdown, The" | The Auburn Hills Breakdown

| Junior

| Short film

rowspan="3" | 2009

| Ratko: The Dictator's Son

| Skender

data-sort-value="Hole, The" | The Hole

| Monster Dad

Stan Helsing

| Frankenstein's Monster

2010

| 30 Days of Night: Dark Days

| Gunther

| Direct-to-video

rowspan="2" | 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 ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
1998 \| Police Academy: The Series \| Thug \| Episode: "Karate Cops"
1998–1999 \|data-sort-value="New Addams Family, The" \| The New Addams Family \| Lurch \| Main cast
2000 \| Harsh Realm \| Big Tracker \| Episode: "Reunion"
rowspan="7" \| 2001 \| Stargate SG-1 \| Jaffa #1 \| Episode: "Double Jeopardy"
Voyage of the Unicorn \| Cratch \| TV movie"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}}
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"
rowspan="2"\| 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"
rowspan="2" \| 2004 \| Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of Charlie's Angels \| Bigfoot{{efn\|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.}} \| TV movie
Dead Like Me \| Tiny \| Episode: "Ghost Story"
rowspan="4" \| 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
rowspan="4" \| 2007 \| Painkiller Jane \| Henry Perkins \| Episode: "Breakdown"
rowspan="2"\| Flash Gordon \| Night Hunter \| Episode: "Alliances"
Strake \| Episode: "Random Access"
rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Dresden Files, The" \| The Dresden Files \| Demon \| Episode: "Storm Front"
rowspan="3" \| 2008 \| Demon Akiahacaric \| Episode: "Pilot: Storm Front"
Supernatural \| Freeman Daggett \| Episode: "Ghostfacers"
Sanctuary \| {{n/a}} \| Stunt player; Episode: "Warriors"
rowspan="4" \| 2009 \| Knights of Bloodsteel \| Goblin Strongarm \| Miniseries
data-sort-value="Gambler, the Girl and the Gunslinger, The" \| The Gambler, the Girl and the Gunslinger \| Mule \| TV movie
Eureka \| Big Ed \| Episode: "It's Not Easy Being Green"
data-sort-value="Troop, The" \| The Troop \| Mr. Toofgib \| 1 episode
2010 \| Psych \| Seven Foot Tall Man \| Episode: "Dual Spires"
rowspan="2" \| 2011 \|rowspan="2"\| Smallville \| Male Phantom Zone Inhabitant \| Episode: "Dominion"
Solomon Grundy \| Episode: "Prophecy"
rowspan="3" \| 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)
rowspan="2" \| 2015 \|rowspan="2"\| Olympus \| Cyclops \| Episode: "The Temple of Gaia"
Chronos \| Recurring
rowspan="3" \| 2016 \|data-sort-value="100, The" \| The 100 \| Servant / Gideon \| 2 episodes
data-sort-value="X-Files, The" \| The X-Files \| Band-Aid Nose Man \| Episode: "Home Again"
Supergirl \| Draaga \| Episode: "Survivors"
rowspan="2" \| 2016–2017 \| Mech-X4 \| Davage \| Recurring
rowspan="2"\| Van Helsing \| Gustov \| Recurring (season 1)
rowspan="3" \| 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 \|data-sort-value="Series of Unfortunate Events, A" \| A Series of Unfortunate Events \| Bald Man \| Recurring
2018 \| Arrow \| Grim Reaper \| 2 episodes
2019 \| Legends of Tomorrow \| Ogre \| 2 episodes

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Year

!Title

!Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1998

| Police Academy: The Series

| Thug

| Episode: "Karate Cops"

1998–1999

|data-sort-value="New Addams Family, The" | The New Addams Family

| Lurch

| Main cast

2000

| Harsh Realm

| Big Tracker

| Episode: "Reunion"

rowspan="7" | 2001

| Stargate SG-1

| Jaffa #1

| Episode: "Double Jeopardy"

Voyage of the Unicorn

| Cratch

| TV movie"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}}

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"

rowspan="2"| 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"

rowspan="2" | 2004

| Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of Charlie's Angels

| Bigfoot{{efn|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.}}

| TV movie

Dead Like Me

| Tiny

| Episode: "Ghost Story"

rowspan="4" | 2005

| Earthsea

| Kargide Soldier #1

| Miniseries

Andromeda

| Behemoth

| Episode: "One More Day's Light"

Bloodsuckers