---
name: "John DeSantis"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-desantis"
fi1m_id: "john-desantis"
imdb_id: "nm0220883"
tmdb_id: 43299
wikidata_id: "Q505634"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "21 January 1977"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 58
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-05T13:38:07.914779+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# John DeSantis

## Identity

John DeSantis

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/john-desantis
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** john-desantis
- **IMDb ID:** nm0220883
- **TMDB ID:** 43299
- **Wikidata ID:** Q505634
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_DeSantis, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q505634, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0220883/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/43299

Actor. Born 21 January 1977 in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 21 January 1977, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
- **Active:** 2003–2014
- **Also known as:** John De Santis, Джон ДеСантис, جان دیسانتیس
- **Average Fi1m score:** 58, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 86 (1), 2010s 44 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 58 to 51 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Adventure 2, Drama 2, Action & Adventure 1, Fantasy 1, War 1, Western 1
- **Screen time:** 4 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $326m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_DeSantis, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q505634, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0220883/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/43299

## Biography

John DeSantis is a Canadian actor. He is best known for playing Lurch in the television series *The New Addams Family* (1998–1999).

His film roles include Ragnar the Dour in *The 13th Warrior* (1999), The Juggernaut in *Thir13en Ghosts* (2001), Padeen in *Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World* (2003) and Tusk in *Seventh Son* (2014). He has appeared in numerous television series, among them *Supernatural*, *Arrow*, *Supergirl* and *DC's Legends of Tomorrow*.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, rottentomatoes.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Seventh Son* (2014), Fi1m 35, as Tusk - Zanna — [page](https://film.one/film/seventh-son.md)
- *Hell on Wheels* (2011), Fi1m 52, as Irish Worker — [page](https://film.one/tv/hell-on-wheels.md)
- *Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World* (2003), Fi1m 86, as Padeen, Loblolly Boy — [page](https://film.one/film/master-and-commander-the-far-side-of-the-world.md)

## Complete filmography (44)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Peter Pan & Wendy* (2023), as Bill Jukes
- *A Series of Unfortunate Events* (2017), series, as Bald Man
- *Viking* (2016), as Berserk
- *Dead Rising: Endgame* (2016), Stunts
- *DC's Legends of Tomorrow* (2016), series, as Ogre
- *Supergirl* (2015), series, as Draaga
- *Seventh Son* (2014), as Tusk - Zanna — Fi1m 35, [page](https://film.one/film/seventh-son.md)
- *Mutant World* (2014), as The Giant
- *Spooksville* (2013), series, as Creature
- *Arrow* (2012), series, as Reaper Tattoo
- *Level Up* (2012), series, as Blundergore
- *Hell on Wheels* (2011), series, as Irish Worker — Fi1m 52, [page](https://film.one/tv/hell-on-wheels.md)
- *Once Upon a Time* (2011), series, as The Dove — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/tv/once-upon-a-time.md)
- *30 Days of Night: Dark Days* (2010), as Gunther
- *Stan Helsing* (2009), as Frankenstein's Monster
- *The Hole* (2009), as Monster Dad
- *The Gambler, The Girl and The Gunslinger* (2009), as Mule
- *Ratko: The Dictator's Son* (2009), as Skender
- *The Auburn Hills Breakdown* (2008), as Junior
- *Aliens vs Predator: Requiem* (2007), Stunts
- *Flash Gordon* (2007), series, as Night Hunter, Strake
- *Little Man* (2006), as Bruno
- *Eureka* (2006), series, as Big Ed
- *Psych* (2006), series, as Seven Foot Tall Man
- *Masters of Horror* (2005), series, as Moonface
- *Incident On and Off a Mountain Road* (2005), as Moonface
- *Barbie and the Magic of Pegasus* (2005), as Ollie The Giant (voice)
- *Supernatural* (2005), series, as The Golem, Moloch, Freeman Daggett — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/supernatural.md)
- *The Long Weekend* (2005), as Cellmate
- *Bloodsuckers* (2005), as Ble-Ka
- *Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of Charlie's Angels* (2004), as Bigfoot
- *Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World* (2003), as Padeen, Loblolly Boy — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/master-and-commander-the-far-side-of-the-world.md)
- *Snow Queen* (2002), as Satan
- *Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever* (2002), as Bus Guard #2
- *Thir13en Ghosts* (2001), as The Juggernaut
- *Smallville* (2001), series, as Traveler, Male Zoner, Solomon Grundy — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/smallville.md)
- *Voyage of the Unicorn* (2001), as Cratch
- *Voyage of the Unicorn* (2001), series, as Cratch
- *Dark Angel* (2000), series, as The Mangler (Miller)
- *Andromeda* (2000), series, as Stalin Kuleshov, Hsigo, Behemoth
- *The 13th Warrior* (1999), as Ragnar (Dour)
- *The New Addams Family* (1998), series, as Lurch
- *Stargate SG-1* (1997), series, as Jaffa
- *The X-Files* (1993), series, as Band-Aid Nose Man — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-x-files.md)

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