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John Ralston

Born: 9th Oct 1964 Miramichi, New Brunswick, Canada
Dept: Acting
John Ralston (born October 9th, 1964) is a Canadian actor. He is most known for his roles are George Venturi on Life with Derek and Mr. Avenir on Strange Days at Blake Holsey High.
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 79
Film: 48 (61%)
Television: 31 (39%)
Remaining genres not in graph: Science Fiction, History, Documentary, Soap, Western, Animation, Kids, Music, War, Adventure

Filmography

Counselling Comedy, Romance
(No release date supplied. Possibly still in production.)
A desperately misguided couple kidnaps their marriage counsellor in a last-ditch effort to save their marriage. ... view
Character:
Clark
May 2025 (first aired)
Closeted former football player and homecoming king Benny becomes fast friends with Carmen, a high school outsider on a mission to fit in at all costs ... view
Character:
Professor Cleary (2 ep.)
Feb 2024 (first aired)
An elite squad of detectives investigate high-profile crime and corruption in metro Toronto. ... view
Character:
Christopher Parsons (1 ep.)
Motherland Drama, History
Original title: سرزمین مادری
2023
During 1979 at the height of the Iran Hostage crisis, Babak goes on a trip to meet his fiancé’s parents and ends up confronting the realities of wh ... view
Character:
Werner
Life with Luca Comedy, Family
2023
When their parents build a new house, Derek and Casey pay a visit to the homestead and reunite for the first time in a long time. This time, however, ... view
Character:
George Venturi
Infinity Pool Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller
2023
While staying at an isolated island resort, James and Em are enjoying a perfect vacation of pristine beaches, exceptional staff, and soaking up the su ... view
Character:
Dr. Modan
The Expanse: One Ship Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Dec 2021 (first aired)
An anthology of short webisodes of The Expanse, all relating to the Doctrine of One Ship - that there is only one ship, and it has countless parts as ... view
Character:
MCRN Admiral (1 ep.)
Joe Pickett Drama, Western
Dec 2021 (first aired)
A game warden and his family navigate the changing political and socio-economic climate in a small rural town in Wyoming on the verge of economic coll ... view
Character:
Derek Longbrake (6 ep.)
Die in a Gunfight Action, Comedy, Romance
2021
Mary and Ben are the star-crossed black sheep of two powerful families engaged in a centuries-long feud. When the pair reignite a romance after many y ... view
Character:
William Rathcart
Crisis Thriller, Crime, Drama
2021
Three stories about the world of opioids collide: a drug trafficker arranges a multi-cartel Fentanyl smuggling operation between Canada and the U.S., ... view
Character:
FDA Chairman
Ginny & Georgia Comedy, Drama
Feb 2021 (first aired)
Free-spirited Georgia and her two kids, Ginny and Austin, move north in search of a fresh start but find that the road to new beginnings can be bumpy. ... view
Character:
Whit Randolph (2 ep.)
Two for the Win Romance, TV Movie
2021
A world champion ski racer and local ski instructor find romance on the slopes as he returns home and prepares for the biggest race of his life. ... view
Character:
Tom O'Neill
2020
While young and in her prime, Nadia decides to retire from pro swimming after the Olympic Games; to escape a rigid life of sacrifice. After her very l ... view
Character:
Greg Dale
Tainted Thriller, Drama, Crime
2020
An ex-con with ties to the Russian mob and Aryan brotherhood yearns to escape his past life of violence but ultimately decides to undertake one last a ... view
Character:
Gregor
Transplant Drama
Feb 2020 (first aired)
Dr. Bashir Hamed, a Syrian doctor with battle-tested skills in emergency medicine, makes the difficult decision to flee his country and build a new li ... view
Character:
Mr. Chandler (1 ep.)
Jan 2020 (first aired)
After an unusual event, Zoey Clarke, a whip-smart computer coder forging her way in San Francisco, suddenly starts to hear the innermost wants, though ... view
Character:
Paul (2 ep.)
Original title: Que votre empire s'étende
2019
Salomé is received at an older man’s penthouse suite in a luxury hotel. They seem to be playing a strange domination game. But is it a game, really ... view
Character:
MacGregor
Ready or Not Horror, Comedy
2019
A young bride's wedding night turns into her worst nightmare when her ridiculously rich in-laws force her to play a gruesome game of hide-and-seek. ... view
Character:
Stevens
Radio Silence Thriller, TV Movie
2019
Relationship Therapist, Dr. Jill Peterman, had the highest-rated call-in radio show when her world was pulled out from under her following the on-air ... view
Character:
Stuart Wells
Stockholm Crime, Comedy
2019
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Character:
Detective Jakobsson
Red Wine Drama
2019
A vengeful man intends to poison his former colleague's glass of wine at a fundraising event, but his plot is compromised when he realizes there has b ... view
Character:
Reuben
On the Basis of Sex Drama, History
2018
Young lawyer Ruth Bader Ginsburg teams with her husband Marty to bring a groundbreaking case before the U.S. Court of Appeals and overturn a century o ... view
Character:
Tom Miller
Our House Horror
2018
Ethan is suffering enormous guilt after his parents are killed in a car accident. He quits a promising future at MIT and work on a revolutionary exper ... view
Character:
Richard
2018
When a substance abuse counsellor gets arrested for a DUI and returns to her hometown of Niagara Falls, she learns that her estranged father is dying ... view
Character:
Walter "Walt" Jackson
2017
A college class project on creation and destruction of modern myth, turns terrifying when a trio of young people come to realize the urban legends sur ... view
Character:
John Buckhout
Frankie Drake Mysteries Drama, Crime, Mystery
Nov 2017 (first aired)
Toronto’s only female private detective in the 1920s takes on the cases the police don’t want or can’t handle. From airplanes and booze running ... view
Character:
Donald Adams (1 ep.)
2016
A high school student is convinced the world is going to end in two weeks. She quickly readies herself by learning survival skills while trying to go ... view
Character:
Burt
Two Lovers and a Bear Drama, Romance
2016
Set in a small town near the North Pole where roads lead to nowhere, the story follows Roman and Lucy, two burning souls who come together to make a l ... view
Character:
Lucy's Father
Private Eyes Crime, Drama, Comedy
May 2016 (first aired)
Ex-pro hockey player Matt Shade irrevocably changes his life when he teams up with fierce P.I. Angie Everett to form an unlikely investigative powerho ... view
Character:
Joel Coleman (1 ep.)
The Stepchild Thriller, Drama, TV Movie
2016
Ashley suspects her father's partner was behind a brutal home invasion. ... view
Character:
Bill
Degrassi: Don't Look Back TV Movie, Drama
2015
Zoe and Tristan go into summer school. Maya gets a job babysitting. A girl goes missing leaving suspicion everywhere. ... view
Character:
Mr. Miles Hollingsworth II
2015
In China to donate his kidney to his dying niece, former black-ops agent Deacon awakes the day before the operation to find he is the latest victim of ... view
Character:
George
Ascension Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama
Dec 2014 (first aired)
In 1963, the U.S. government launched a covert space mission sending hundreds of men, women and children on a century-long voyage aboard the starship ... view
Character:
Robert Bryce (3 ep.)
Client Seduction Crime, Thriller, TV Movie
2014
A high-profile defense attorney determined to change her image takes on a pro bono case, which soon threatens both her and her family. ... view
Character:
Detective Mike
The Calling Thriller
2014
Detective Hazel Micallef hasn't had much to worry about in the sleepy town of Port Dundas until a string of gruesome murders in the surrounding countr ... view
Character:
Andrew Pederson
Bitten Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Jan 2014 (first aired)
Elena Micheals thought she left the world of supernatural behind when she left Stonehaven behind 'for good this time' she thought. Until the night she ... view
Character:
Sasha Antonov (10 ep.)
Played Action & Adventure, Crime, Drama
Oct 2013 (first aired)
The Covert Investigations Unit (CIU) risks going undercover to infiltrate and bring down criminal organizations. In this new style of short-term, high ... view
Character:
Thomas Novak (1 ep.)
The Informant Thriller, Crime
Original title: Gibraltar
2013
A story centered on a man who works as an informant for the French border patrol. ... view
Character:
John Wexford
Good God Comedy
Apr 2012 (first aired)
Good God is a Canadian television comedy-drama series which premiered in April 2012 on HBO Canada. The show follows the life of character George Findl ... view
Character:
Danny McClure (10 ep.)
Raw Opium Documentary
2011
The raw material for heroin, opium is a substance with tremendous power to both ease pain and destroy lives as it fuels a vast illegal trade larger th ... view
Character:
Self - Narrator
Nikita Drama, Action & Adventure
Sep 2010 (first aired)
Nikita will stop at nothing to expose and destroy Division, the secret U.S. agency who trained her as a spy and assassin. ... view
Character:
Dr. Joseph Mars (1 ep.)
Haven Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery
Jul 2010 (first aired)
FBI agent Audrey Parker arrives in the small town of Haven, Maine to solve a murder and soon discovers the town's many secrets—which also hold the k ... view
Character:
Walter (2 ep.)
Vacation with Derek TV Movie, Comedy, Family, Drama
2010
Derek and Casey are back and continue their hilarious sibling rivalry during a family vacation to visit their grandmother at her beautiful lake front ... view
Character:
George Venturi
The Cult TV Movie
2010
Character:
William Rivers
The Cult Drama
Jun 2010 (first aired)
When a father discovers that his missing daughter has been indoctrinated into a cult, he goes underground and enters the cult to save her. ... view
Character:
William Rivers (1 ep.)
May 2010 (first aired)
Living in Your Car is a Canadian television comedy-drama series that debuted on May 7, 2010 on HBO Canada. The series stars John Ralston as Steve Ung ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (23 ep.)
The Listener Action & Adventure, Crime, Drama
Jun 2009 (first aired)
Toby Logan is a highly skilled paramedic with a secret – he can read minds. Toby never really knew his parents and grew up in foster care, this coup ... view
Character:
Mitch Deerfoot (1 ep.)
2008
South of the Moon is the story of a young boy and his uncle, one dealing with the complexity and confusion of adolescence, the other with the pain and ... view
Character:
Matt Hawkins
A Near Death Experience TV Movie, Mystery, Drama, Horror
2008
Ellie is shocked to discover that, after suffering a near-death experience, she can now hear voices from beyond. She soon realizes that it is a gift ... view
Character:
Dr. William Shaw
Flash Gordon Action & Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Aug 2007 (first aired)
Flash Gordon is an American science fiction television series that debuted on Sci Fi in the United States on August 10, 2007 and continued airing new ... view
Character:
Ming the Merciless (21 ep.)
Kaw Horror, Thriller, Science Fiction, Action
2007
On the last working day of Sheriff Wayne, his small town is attacked by blood thirsty ravens that eat human flesh. Meanwhile his wife Cynthia visits a ... view
Character:
Oskar
Friends and Heroes Family, Animation, Action & Adventure, Kids
Mar 2007 (first aired)
Friends and Heroes is a Christian children's program that airs on TBN, Smile of a Child TV, and was also shown on BBC TV. The show is both traditional ... view
Character:
Lucius (26 ep.)
Demons from Her Past TV Movie, Crime, Drama, Mystery
2007
A woman returns to her hometown searching for retribution after serving time for a crime she didn’t commit. ... view
Character:
Quentin Baxter
Angela's Eyes Drama, Action & Adventure
Jul 2006 (first aired)
FBI agent Angela Clinton has the exceptional gift of knowing when someone is lying. She discovered this skill at age 14, when she learned her "average ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Earthstorm TV Movie, Action, Science Fiction, Thriller
2006
A massive asteroid impact on the moon begins causing storms on earth due to the sudden changes in ocean tides. But when further examination is conduct ... view
Character:
Dr. Garth Bender
Strange Days: Conclusions Science Fiction, Family, Mystery
2006
Josie finds herself seemingly trapped within an alternate dimension which she inadvertently created by taking Victor's power source, the floating chi ... view
Character:
Jack Avenir
Life with Derek Family, Comedy
Sep 2005 (first aired)
Life with Derek is a Canadian television sitcom that aired on Family and VRAK.TV in Canada and on Disney Channel in the United States. The series prem ... view
Character:
George Venturi (70 ep.)
Irish Eyes Action, Drama, Crime
2004
"Irish Eyes" explores the relationship between two Irish-American brothers in Boston born to immigrant parents and raised in a rough, working class Ir ... view
Character:
Paul Keaton
Brave New Girl Drama, Music, Family
2004
Holly has everything it takes to be a star; the voice, the dream and the dedication, but she lacks the means to break away from her humble Texas upbri ... view
Character:
Jason Sloan
This Is Wonderland Drama, Comedy
Jan 2004 (first aired)
Alice De Raey is a newly minted attorney who joins the chaotic world of criminal justice in Toronto. She's exposed to the seamier side of life, the ba ... view
Character:
Len Taft (1 ep.)
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
The Cradle Will Fall Thriller, TV Movie
2004
The suicide of a pregnant woman begins to look like murder and a county prosecutor is called in to investigate. ... view
Character:
Richard Carroll
2003
After a paedophile approaches her daughter in an on-line chat room, a homemaker (Annie Potts) poses as a lonely teenager to help expose sexual predato ... view
Character:
Steve 42
Strange Days at Blake Holsey High Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Comedy
Oct 2002 (first aired)
Black Hole High is a Canadian science fiction television program which first aired in North America in October 2002 on NBC and Discovery Kids. It is s ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Power and Beauty Drama, TV Movie
2002
A woman claims she had an affair with John F. Kennedy. ... view
Character:
Frank Sinatra
Her Best Friend's Husband Drama, TV Movie
2002
Would you betray your best friend for your own happiness? This is the moral dilemma one woman faces after she is called upon to help save her best fri ... view
Character:
Elliott
Degrassi Drama, Soap
Oct 2001 (first aired)
The life of a group of adolescents going through the trials and tribulations of teendom at Degrassi Community School. ... view
Character:
Mr. Miles Hollingsworth II (2 ep.)
Mutant X Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure, Mystery
Oct 2001 (first aired)
Mutant X is a science fiction television series that debuted on October 6, 2001. The show was created by Avi Arad, and it centers around Mutant X, a t ... view
Character:
Carl (1 ep.)
Khaled Drama
2001
An immigrant boy faces difficulty growing up in Toronto's apartment slums. ... view
Character:
Mr. Borquin
Exit Wounds Action, Crime, Thriller
2001
Maverick cop Orin Boyd always brings down the domestic terrorists he tracks, but he ruffles feathers with his unorthodox techniques -- and soon finds ... view
Character:
Mulcahy's Date
Sanctuary Romance, Thriller, Drama, TV Movie
2001
A famous photographer, Jo Ellen Hathaway, has been being stalked for quite some time. She returns to the island she grew up on in an effort to get awa ... view
Character:
David Delaney
Blue Murder Crime, Drama, Action & Adventure
Jan 2001 (first aired)
Blue Murder is a Canadian crime drama television series, featuring stories that reflected the turbulence of urban life and the crimes that make headli ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Turn It Up Action, Crime, Drama
2000
Trying to bootstrap his way out of Brooklyn's mean streets is Diamond, a rap musician. With his long-time pal Gage acting as his manager, he's trying ... view
Character:
Mr. White
The Deadly Look of Love Drama, Romance, Thriller, TV Movie
2000
Janet Flanders is a small-town, unsophisticated young woman who is seduced by the fantasy of romantic love; she believes that someday her prince will ... view
Character:
D.A. Barry Fenley
The City Drama, Soap
Mar 1999 (first aired)
Lawyer Katherine Strachan Berg, married to real estate tycoon Jack Berg, gets one heck of a shock when her former lover (now a priest), Shane Devlin, ... view
Character:
Jack Berg (32 ep.)
Sam's Army Documentary, War
1999
Canada was led to war by a bigoted, ignorant, self-obsessed Minister of Militia, who may well have been clinically insane, but the importance of Canad ... view
Character:
Highlander: The Raven Drama, Action & Adventure
Sep 1998 (first aired)
Highlander: The Raven was a short-lived spin-off from the television series Highlander, continuing the saga of a female Immortal. The series followed ... view
Character:
Riley Del Deegan (1 ep.)
Ice Action, Adventure, TV Movie
1998
After the whole North of the Equator freezes below zero, a group of people in Los Angeles risk their lives while trying to "escape" from the city's ho ... view
Character:
Airport Gunman
Earth: Final Conflict Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama, Action & Adventure, Mystery
Oct 1997 (first aired)
Years ago, the Taelons came to Earth, offering friendship and technology to humanity. But there are those who believe the Taelons have more sinister m ... view
Character:
Dr. Raymond Fuchs / Stephen (1 ep.)
Sep 1996 (first aired)
Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal is a Canadian science fiction television series that surrounds a scientific team that deals with all manner o ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)