Background
When Mesure was five, his family moved to Australia and he grew up in Sydney.
When Mesure was five, his family moved to Australia and he grew up in Sydney.
Mesure attended Newington College (1982–1987) and graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art, Australia, with a degree in Performing Arts (Acting) in 1995.
In 1995, he moved to New Zealand where he soon picked up a few acting roles. Mesure has acted, directed, designed, and written upwards of thirty productions for the Sydney University Drama Society while studying law. Mesure appeared as a supporting character in Season 1 of the American television series V, and was promoted to a regular series cast member for Season 2.
Mesure is known internationally for his role as Kyle Hobbes in the 2009 re-imagining of V and the archangel Michael in the television series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and Xena: Warrior Princess.
He has played guest roles on hit shows such as Lost, Without a Trace, Bones and Stacked. Mesure has also had a recurring role as the reporter Juris Doctor Pollack on Crossing Jordan.
He has previously played movie roles in Boogeyman with Barry Watson, Emily Deschanel and Lucy Lawless, Mee Shee: The Water Giant with Bruce Greenwood, Rena Owen and Joel Tobeck, and Superfire with Doctorate. B. Sweeney, Chad Donella and Diane Farr. In 2009, he played Detective-Sergeant Zane Gerard in the New Zealand drama Outrageous Fortune.
In 2010, he played Alec Ross, the lead character in New Zealand"s new drama series, This Is Not My Life.
Mesure joined the final season cast of Desperate Housewives as Ben Faulkner, a ruthless self-made contractor who shares a connection with Renee Perry (Vanessa Williams). He made a guest appearance on a 2013 episode of Burn Notice, playing the head of a criminal hacking syndicate. On 30 March 2014, he played Edwin MacKaye in the episode called "Violets" on The Mentalist.
From 2014-2015 he guest-starred in four episodes of Once Upon a Time, as the pirate Blackbeard.