Career
These skills helped him secure his first film role in The Born Losers directed by Tom Laughlin. With his shaven head, size and threatening-looking appearance, Tessier went on to play a series of villainous roles on both television and in film. He later formed a stunt troupe called Stunts Unlimited with director Hal Needham.
He also played a bare knuckle fighter in the Charles Bronson film Hard Times.
Tessier died of cancer in 1990.