# John Ralston (actor)

John Ralston (born October 9, 1964) is a Canadian actor.

## Career

Ralston's most notable roles are George Venturi on Life with Derek, and his role as Mr. Avenir on Strange Days at Blake Holsey High. He was also the lead on the 2010–12 HBO Canada series Living in Your Car.
Earlier in his career, Ralston was seen on the Toronto stage in a production of George F. Walker's Risk Everything in 1998.
In 2006 and 2007, he was featured in Toyota Tundra truck commercials airing in Canada, and starred as Ming the Merciless in the 2007 Sci-Fi Channel original series Flash Gordon. In 2008 he was in the Lifetime movie A Near Death Experience.
In July 2013, Ralston appeared on Degrassi in its 13th season as Miles Hollingsworth II, a role he continued through its 14th and final season. Ralston reprised this role in the follow-up series, Degrassi: Next Class. In 2015, he co-starred as Jean-Claude Van Damme's estranged brother in the film, Pound of Flesh.

## Personal life

Ralston was born in Miramichi, New Brunswick. He grew up in Fredericton and St. Andrews, New Brunswick. He received a Bachelor of Education degree (Literature and Anthropology) from The University of New Brunswick. He became interested in acting while studying for a diploma in jazz studies at St. Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia.
Ralston lives in Toronto, Canada. He has a son named Stuart, who is best known as the original voice of Rocky from the TV series PAW Patrol and as the second voice of O the Owl on Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2000 | Turn It Up | Mr. White | |
| 2001 | Khaled | Mr. Borquin | |
| 2004 | Vendetta: No Conscience, No Mercy | Paul Keaton | |
| 2007 | Kaw | Oskar | |
| 2008 | South of the Moon | Matt Hawkins | |
| 2010 | One Night | Jack | Short |
| 2011 | Counselling | Clark | Short |
| 2013 | The Last Round | Sammy | Short |
| 2013 | The Informant | John Wexford | |
| 2014 | The Calling | Andrew Pederson | |
| 2014 | Billy the Kid | Edward McCarthy | Short |
| 2015 | Pound of Flesh | George Lyle | |
| 2016 | An American Dream: The Education of William Bowman | Coach Reynolds | |
| 2016 | Dog Days of Summer | Jack Darling | Short |
| 2016 | Sadie's Last Days on Earth | Burt | |
| 2017 | Buckout Road | John Buckhout | |
| 2017 | Mary Goes Round | Walt | |
| 2018 | Stockholm | Detective Jackobsson | |
| 2018 | On the Basis of Sex | Tom Miller | |
| 2019 | Ready or Not | Stevens | |
| 2020 | Our House | Richard | |
| 2023 | Infinity Pool | Dr. Bob Modan | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1997 | Psi Factor | Corbin Dean | "The Undead/The Stalker" |
| 1998 | La Femme Nikita | Sullivan Bates | "Soul Sacrifice" |
| 1998 | Highlander: The Raven | Riley Del Deegan | "Birthright" |
| 1999 | Vanished Without a Trace | Neil Farley | TV film |
| 1999 | Mythic Warriors | Paris (voice) | "Ulysses and the Trojan Horse" |
| 1999–2000 | The City | Jack Berg | Main role |
| 2000 | The Deadly Look of Love | District Atty. Barry Fenley | TV film |
| 2000 | Earth: Final Conflict | Dr. Raymond Fuchs / Stephen | "First Breath" |
| 2001 | Sanctuary | David Delaney | Television film |
| 2001 | Doc | Rick | "Love or Money" |
| 2002 | Queer as Folk | Rev. Tom Butterfield | "Accentuate the Positive" |
| 2002 | Her Best Friend's Husband | Elliott | TV film |
| 2002 | Jeremiah | Dr. Sean Alexander | "Firewall" |
| 2002 | Power and Beauty | Frank Sinatra | TV film |
| 2002 | Adventure Inc. | Prof. Halpern | "Beyond the Missing Link" |
| 2002 | No Night Is Too Long | Kit Winwood | TV film |
| 2002 | Chasing Cain: Face | Pessoa | TV film |
| 2003 | Another Country | Lloyd Chandler | TV film |
| 2003 | Blue Murder | Phil Green | "Boy Band" |
| 2003 | Defending Our Kids: The Julie Posey Story | Steve 42 | TV film |
| 2003 | Jinnah: On Crime - White Knight, Black Widow | Neil Thompson | TV film |
| 2003 | Mutant X | Carl | "The Hand of God" |
| 2004 | The Eleventh Hour | Nathan Halpern | "Swimmers" |
| 2004 | The Cradle Will Fall | Dr. Richard Carroll | TV film |
| 2004 | Wild Card | Dr. Kadar | "Premonition Mission" |
| 2004 | The Jane Show | Cary | "Pilot" |
| 2005–06 | Strange Days at Blake Holsey High | Jack Avenir | Recurring role |
| 2005–06 | This Is Wonderland | Len Taft | "3.2", "3.12" |
| 2005–09 | Life with Derek | George Venturi | Main role |
| 2006 | The Velvet Devil | Jake | TV film |
| 2006 | Instant Star | Don | Recurring role |
| 2006 | Earthstorm | Dr. Garth Pender | TV film |
| 2006 | Angela's Eyes | Ed Mulhall | "Undercover Eyes" |
| 2007 | Demons from Her Past | Quentin Baxter | TV film |
| 2007–08 | Friends and Heroes | Lucius / Various (voice) | Recurring role |
| 2007–08 | Flash Gordon | Ming the Merciless | Main role |
| 2008 | A Near Death Experience | Dr. William Shaw | TV film |
| 2010 | Vacation with Derek | George Venturi | TV film |
| 2010 | The Cult | William Rivers | TV film |
| 2010–12 | Living in Your Car | Steve Unger | Main role |
| 2011 | Nikita | Dr. Joseph Mars | "Falling Ash" |
| 2012 | Good God | Danny McClure | Main role |
| 2012 | The Listener | Mitch Deerfoot | "She Sells Sanctuary" |
| 2012 | Flashpoint | Senator Mark Drury | "A World of Their Own" |
| 2012–13 | Bomb Girls | Pastor Vernon Rowley | Recurring role |
| 2013 | Played | Thomas Novak | "Secrets" |
| 2013–15 | Degrassi: The Next Generation | Miles Hollingsworth II | 18 episodes |
| 2014 | Not With My Daughter | Detective Mike | TV film |
| 2014 | Ascension | Robert Bryce | TV miniseries |
| 2015 | The Lizzie Borden Chronicles | Ezekiel Danforth | Recurring role |
| 2015 | Degrassi: Don't Look Back | Mr. Miles Hollingsworth II | TV film |
| 2015 | Haven | Walter | "Wild Card", "Perditus" |
| 2016-17 | Degrassi: Next Class | Mr. Miles Hollingsworth II | 4 episodes |
| 2016 | The Stepchild | Bill | TV film |
| 2016 | Bitten | Sasha Antonov | Recurring role |
| 2017 | Reign | Lord Ruthven | "The Shakedown", "Coup de Grace", "A Bride. A Box. A Body." |
| 2023 | Life with Luca | George Venturi | TV film |
| 2023 | Virgin River | Roland | Recurring Role |