John Tench
Acting
- Born:
- 1965-10-07
- Place of birth:
- 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
A Bluegrass Christmas
The Pradeeps of Pittsburgh
The Camp Host
One More Time
Bones of Crows
Cascade
Bones of Crows
SisterS
Here for Blood
Die in a Gunfight
Hero Dog: The Journey Home
Kitty Mammas
Dreams
Hudson & Rex
Robbery
Christmas Inheritance
Frankie Drake Mysteries
Alias Grace
American Gods
Imposters
Designated Survivor
Joseph and Mary
Private Eyes
Standoff
Degrassi: Next Class
Let's Rap
88
Killjoys
Gangland Undercover
Schitt's Creek
Gaybasher
Against the Wild
Christmas with Tucker
Hard Rock Medical
The Colony
Cracked
Copper
Virtual Lies
In the Name of the King 2: Two Worlds
Comforting Skin
True Justice
Repeaters
Endgame
Matty Hanson and the Invisibility Ray
Goodnight for Justice
Blackstone
Lost Girl
The Stranger
Icarus
Tooth Fairy
Angel and the Badman
The Zero Sum
Dead Hooker in a Trunk
Watchmen
Sanctuary
Fringe
Murdoch Mysteries
Blonde and Blonder
BloodRayne II: Deliverance
Love Notes
Alien Agent
Shooter
Air Buddies
The Perfect Suspect
The Secrets of Comfort House
Intelligence
The Suspect
Psych
Blade: The Series
Presumed Dead
Augusta, Gone
This Space for Rent
Brokeback Mountain
Supernatural
Premonition
Godiva's
Within
Legend of Earthsea
The Life
The Collector
The Winning Season
Missing
Black Point
The Dead Zone
UC: Undercover
Strange Frequency
MythQuest
The Operative
Andromeda
Code Name: Eternity
Call of the Wild
Backroads
Grizzly Falls
Relic Hunter
Da Vinci's Inquest
The Crow: Stairway to Heaven
First Wave
Welcome to Paradox
Cold Squad
Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation
The Ticket
Stargate SG-1
Dead Man's Gun
Titanic
Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal
Two
The Prisoner of Zenda, Inc.
Carpool
Johnny Shortwave
Dead Ahead
The Sentinel
Cyberjack
Power of Attorney
The Outer Limits
Deadly Vows
Lonesome Dove: The Series
Beyond Suspicion
Viper
Stone Protectors
The X-Files
Heritage Minutes: Nitro
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
Highlander: The Series
Secret Service
Landslide
Christmas on Division Street
Palace Guard
Beyond Reality
Street Justice
The Commish
Tropical Heat
Heritage Minutes
If Looks Could Kill
Dead Certain
Home for Christmas
Outcast
Straight Line
The Understudy: Graveyard Shift II
War of the Worlds
T and T
Friday the 13th: The Series
City in Panic
The Darkside
Virgin Paradise
Niagara Strip
Race to Midnight
The Campbells
Night Heat
The Bounce
The Haunting in Wicker Park