Kevin Durand Biography

Kevin Serge Durand (born January 14, 1974) is a Canadian actor, known for his roles as Joshua in Dark Angel, Martin Keamy in Lost, Fred J. Dukes/The Blob in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Gabriel in Legion, and Little John in Robin Hood. Durand recently received a Best Supporting Actor Genie nomination for his portrayal of Lenny Jackson in Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster.

Life and career

Durand was born in Thunder Bay, Ontario, the son of Reina (née Perreault) and Serge Durand. He is of French Canadian descent. Durand graduated from St. Ignatius High School in Thunder Bay. Durand is well known as a versatile 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 CSI, CSI: Miami, ER, Without a Trace, Dead Like Me and others. He also recurred on the television show Stargate SG-1 as "Lord Zipacna" and on Lost during its fourth and sixth seasons, 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 E., 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 Forrest 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 will co-star in Darren Aronofsky's Noah, Atom Egoyan's two newest film's "Queen of the Night" and "The Devil's Knot.

Durand has co-starred with Russell Crowe in three films: Mystery, Alaska (1999), 3:10 to Yuma (2007), Robin Hood (2010) and will also star in the up and coming movie Noah (2014).

Durand married long-time girlfriend Sandra Cho on October 1, 2010.

Filmography

Film

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1999	Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me	Bazooka Marksman Joe
1999	Mystery, Alaska	'Tree' Lane
2002	K-9: P.I.	Agent Verner
2004	'	Carlos
2004	Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed	Black Knight Ghost
2004	Walking Tall	Booth
2006	Big Momma's House 2	Oshima
2007	Smokin' Aces	Jeeves Tremor
2007	Wild Hogs	Red
2007	Throwing Stars	Reed
2007	3:10 to Yuma	Tucker
2007	Stars	Carl
2008	Greener Mountains	Three-toe
2008	'	Walter
2008	Winged Creatures	Bagman
2009	X-Men Origins: Wolverine	Frederick J. Dukes / The Blob
2009	Otis E.	Otis
2010	Legion	Gabriel
2010	Robin Hood	Little John
2011	I Am Number Four	Mogadorian Commander
2011	Real Steel	Ricky
2012	Cosmopolis	Torval
2012	Resident Evil: Retribution	Barry Burton
2012	A Dark Truth	Tor
2013	Devil's Knot	John Mark Byers	Post-production
2013	Dark Was the Night	Sheriff Paul Shields	Post-production
2013	Fruitvale Station	Officer Caruso
2013	The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones	Emil Pangborn
2014	Noah	Og	Post-production
2014	Queen of the Night		Post-production

Television

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1997	Exhibit A: Secrets of Forensic Science	Jophn Greet	1 episode
1999	Beggars and Choosers	Cliff
1999	Hard Time: Hostage Hotel	Kenny, Flynn's henchman	TV film
2000	'	Alan	1 episode
2000	ER	Mr. Mooney	1 episode
2000	Stargate SG-1	Lord Zipacna	3 episodes
2001	Dark Angel	Joshua	14 episodes
2002	Taken	Homeless Bloke on Train	TV film
2003	Dead Like Me	Chuck	1 episode
2003	Tarzan	Gregory Creal/Trevor Whedon	1 episode
2003	Mob Princess	Cluadio	TV film
2004	'	Earl	TV film
2004	Touching Evil	Agent Jay Swoopes	12 episodes
2005	'	The Devil/Bus Driver	1 episode
2005	Andromeda	Elysian	2 episodes
2005	Threshold	Crewman Sonntag	2 episodes
2005	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Connor Daly	1 episode
2006	Kyle XY	Police Officer at Party	1 episode
2006	'	Cabot	1 episode
2006	12 Hours to Live	John Carl Lowman	TV film
2006	Without a Trace	Travis Holt	1 episode
2007	CSI: Miami	Mike Newberry	1 episode
2007	Shark	Rick Carris	1 episode
2008	Lost	Martin Keamy	12 episodes
2010	American Dad	Uncredited	1 episode
2012	Republic of Doyle	Donnie Squires
2013	The Strain	Vasily Fet	pilot