Background
Durand was born in Thunder Bay, Ontario, the son of Reina (née Perreault) and Serge Durand.
Durand was born in Thunder Bay, Ontario, the son of Reina (née Perreault) and Serge Durand.
He graduated from Saint Ignatius High School in Thunder Bay.
Durand is best known for portraying Joshua in Dark Angel, Martin Keamy in Lost, Fred J. Dukes / The Blob in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Gabriel in Legion, Little John in Robin Hood, Jeeves Tremor in Smokin" Aces and Vasiliy Fet in The Strain. He received a 2012 Best Supporting Actor Genie nomination for his portrayal of Lenny Jackson in Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster. He is of French Canadian descent.
Durand is a character actor and has played series regulars on shows such as James Cameron"s Dark Angel as Joshua, Agent Jay Swopes in the American remake of Touching Evil, as well as guest roles on Computer Society of India, Computer Society of India: Miami, Emergency, Without a Trace, Dead Like Maine and others
He also recurred on the television show Stargate SG-1 as "Lord Zipacna" (based on the Mayan mythological figure Zipacna) and on Lost during seasons 4 and 6, in which he played as the antagonist Martin Keamy for 12 episodes. Durand"s first big movie break came when he was cast in Mystery, Alaska.
His film credits include the role of Booth in Walking Tall, sidekick Red in Wild Hogs, the psychotic neo-nazi Jeeves Tremor in Smokin" Aces, the title role in Otis East., Gabriel in Legion, Little John in Robin Hood, and the hired thug Tucker in the 2007 remake of 3:10 to Yuma with Russell Crowe and Christian Bale. Recent film successes include, I Am Number Four in which he played The Commander and the role of Ricky opposite Hugh Jackman in Real Steel.
In 2012, he co-starred in Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster and David Cronenberg"s Cosmopolis, the latter film opposite Robert Pattinson, Paul Giamatti, and Samantha Morton.
He will appear in The Truth with Andy García and Forest Whitaker, and took on video game character Barry Burton in the 5th installment of the Resident Evil movie franchise, Resident Evil: Retribution. Durand"s combined box office numbers total over 2.5 billion dollars worldwide. In 2013, he appeared in the film The Mortal Instruments.
He co-starred in Darren Aronofsky"s Noah and Atom Egoyan"s two newest films, Devil"s Knot and The Captive.
In 2014, he starred as Vasiliy Fet in Guillermo del Toro"s Forex television series The Strain. In 2015, he stars as Harbard the Wanderer in History Channel"s original series Vikings.