This role was originally portrayed by American actor, Ted Cassidy. His other work includes a principal role in Disney"s Touchstone Pictures film The 13th Warrior, in which he played a Viking warrior named Ragnar the Dour. He has also appeared in the television series Police Academy.
DeSantis is 206 cm (6" 9") tall.
Prior to his acting career, he served for two years in the Canadian Army. He has been recognised as one of the tallest Canadian actors.
Filmography The New Addams Family (1998) TV Series as Lurch Reunion (2000) TV Episode as Big Tracker Stargate SG-1 (2001) TV Episode as Jaffa Voyage of the Unicorn (2001) (TV) as Cratch Dead Last as Evil Ghost (1 episode, 2001) Dark Angel as (1 episode, 2001) Miller, the Mangler Thirteen Ghosts (2001) (as John De Santis) as Horace "Breaker" Mahoney, The Juggernaut Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever (2002) (as John De Santis) also Bus Guard #2 Snow Queen (TV) (as John De Santis) as Satan Slumber (2003) TV Episode as The Traveller Smallville (1 episode 2003) as The Traveller Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) as Padeen, Loblolly Boy Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of Charlie's Angels (2004) (TV) as Bigfoot Ghost Story (2004) TV Episode as Tiny Dead Like Me (1 episode, 2004) as Tiny Earthsea (2004) (TV) (as John De Santis) as Kargide Soldier #1 Bloodsuckers (2005) (TV) as Ble-Ka The Long Weekend (2005) as Cellmate Barbie and the Magic of Pegasus 3-D (2005) (V) (voice) as Ollie the Giant Masters of Horror (episode: "Incident On and Off a Mountain Road", 2005) as Moonface Little Man (2006/I) (as John De Santis) as Bruno Blade: The Series as Thorne (6 episodes, 2006) The Dresden Files as Demon (1 episode, 2007) Painkiller Jane as Henry Perkins (1 episode, 2007) Supernatural (2008) (TV) as Freeman Daggett ("Ghostfacers", Season 3 Episode 13), as The Golem ("Everybody Hates Hitler", Season 8 Episode 13), and as Scarecrow ("Fan Fiction", Season 10 Episode 5) Ratko: The Dictator's Son (2009) as Skender Stan Helsing (2009) as Frankenstein's Monster The Hole (2009) as Monster Dad Eureka (1 episode, 2009) as Big Ed Psych (1 episode, 2010) as 7-foot tall man Smallville (1 episode, 2011) as Solomon Grundy Big Time Movie (2012) as Maxwell Once Upon A Time (2012) as Dove ("Skin Deep", Season 1 Episode 12) Seventh Son (2014) as Tusk Falling Skies (2014–2015) as Shaq Viking as Berserk.
