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John Terlesky

Directing Born May 30, 1961 Cincinnati, Ohio, USA 24 credits

Biography

John Todd Terlesky (born May 30, 1961) is an American actor, film director, television director and screenwriter. As an actor, he is known for playing Deathstalker in the 1987 film Deathstalker II, and Mike in Chopping Mall (1986).

Terlesky was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on May 30, 1961. Since the mid-1980s, Terlesky has acted in a number of films and television series. His first notable television role was in the NBC drama Legmen. His other television credits include The Facts of Life, V, Our House, Empty Nest, Walker, Texas Ranger, a recurring role on Guns of Paradise and co-starring in the sitcom The Last Frontier.

Some of Terlesky's film acting credits include Secret Admirer (1985), The Naked Cage (1986), Chopping Mall (1986), Valet Girls (1987), The Allnighter (1987), Deathstalker II (1987), Appointment with Death (1988), Damned River (1989) and Crazy People (1990).

In 1998, Terlesky made his directorial debut with the film The Pandora Project, co-directing with Jim Wynorski. He directed a number of other independent, direct-to-video and television films before getting involved in episodic television. Since 2006, he has directed episodes of Boston Legal, Grey's Anatomy, Ugly Betty, Drop Dead Diva, Human Target, Army Wives, Body of Proof, Gossip Girl, Castle, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., How To Get Away With Murder, and The Blacklist (TV series).

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Known for

Film

Hitman

as Larry Van Owen

Murder, She Wrote

as Vince DeNisco

The Facts of Life

1979
Film

Atonement

as Tim

Sirens

as Dan Kelly
Film

Get Rich or Die Tryin'

as Dakota

Full filmography

  • CSI: Miami (2002) as Larry Van Owen
  • Murder, She Wrote (1984) as Vince DeNisco
  • The Facts of Life (1979)
  • Faerie Tale Theatre (1982) as Flower Court
  • All-American Girl (1994) as Tim
  • Chopping Mall (1986) as Mike Brennan
  • Sirens (1993) as Dan Kelly
  • When He's Not a Stranger (1989) as Ron Cooper
  • Paradise (1988) as Dakota
  • Secret Admirer (1985) as Rick
  • Grapevine (1992) as Greg
  • Appointment with Death (1988) as Raymond Boynton
  • The Allnighter (1987) as C.J.
  • Deathstalker II: Duel of the Titans (1987) as Deathstalker
  • Crazy People (1990) as Adam Burgess
  • The Last Frontier (1996)
  • Valet Girls (1987) as Archie Lee Samples
  • High Mountain Rangers (1988)
  • Bar Girls (1990) as Gabe Shriver
  • The Naked Cage (1986) as Willy
  • Vampirella (1996) as Astronaut #2
  • Storm Trooper (1998) as Shotgun
  • Hard Bounty (1995) as Carver
  • Cerberus (2005) as Willis