John DeSantis

Not to be confused with Ron DeSantis.
John DeSantis
Born (1973-11-13) November 13, 1973 (age 51)
Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
OccupationActor
Years active1998–present
Height6 ft 11 in (2.10 m)

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]

Filmography

Film

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

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

Year Title Role
2016 Dead Rising 4 Evos

Notes

  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

  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