John Terlesky

Directing · Acting · Writing

Born May 30, 1961, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

John Todd Terlesky (born May 30, 1961) is an American actor, film director, television director and screenwriter. As an actor, he is known for playing Deathstalker in the 1987 film Deathstalker II, and Mike in Chopping Mall (1986). Terlesky was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on May 30, 1961. Since the mid-1980s, Terlesky has acted in a number of films and television series. His first notable television role was in the NBC drama Legmen. His other television credits include The Facts of Life, V, Our House, Empty Nest, Walker, Texas Ranger, a recurring role on Guns of Paradise and co-starring in the sitcom The Last Frontier. Some of Terlesky's film acting credits include Secret Admirer (1985), The Naked Cage (1986), Chopping Mall (1986), Valet Girls (1987), The Allnighter (1987), Deathstalker II (1987), Appointment with Death (1988), Damned River (1989) and Crazy People (1990). In 1998, Terlesky made his directorial debut with the film The Pandora Project, co-directing with Jim Wynorski. He directed a number of other independent, direct-to-video and television films before getting involved in episodic television. Since 2006, he has directed episodes of Boston Legal, Grey's Anatomy, Ugly Betty, Drop Dead Diva, Human Target, Army Wives, Body of Proof, Gossip Girl, Castle, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., How To Get Away With Murder, and The Blacklist (TV series).

Filmography

• NCIS: Origins — Director
• The Irrational — Director
• Quantum Leap — Director
• The Equalizer — Director
• Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist — Director, Executive Producer
• Grand Hotel — Director
• Gone — Director
• Take Two — Director
• The Rookie — Director
• S.W.A.T. — Director
• The Blacklist: Redemption — Director, Co-Executive Producer
• The Catch — Director
• Timeless — Director
• Finding Carter — Director
• How to Get Away with Murder — Director
• Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. — Director
• The Blacklist — Director
• Against the Wall — Director
• Body of Proof — Director
• Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior — Director
• Revenge — Director
• Human Target — Director
• The Glades — Director
• Castle — Director
• Drop Dead Diva — Director
• Eastwick — Director
• 2008Trial by Fire — Director
• 2008Warbirds — Story, Co-Producer
• Army Wives — Director
• 2007By Appointment Only — Director
• 2007Fire Serpent — Director
• Gossip Girl — Director
• 2006Not My Life — Director
• Ugly Betty — Director
• 2005Cerberus — Willis, Writer, Director
• Criminal Minds — Director
• Grey's Anatomy — Director
• Boston Legal — Director
• 2003Written In Blood — Guard #2, Director
• CSI: Miami — Larry Van Owen
• 2002Malevolent — Director
• 2001Guardian — Director, Writer
• 2000Chain of Command — Director
• 1999Judgment Day — Director
• 1999Supreme Sanction — Director, Screenplay
• 1998Storm Trooper — Shotgun
• 1998The Pandora Project — Director, Screenplay, Story, Producer
• The Last Frontier
• 1996Vampirella — Astronaut #2
• 1996Voice from the Grave — Bill Perkins
• 1995Hard Bounty — Carver
• All-American Girl — Tim
• 1993Little Miss Millions — Randolph Palmer (uncredited)
• Sirens — Dan Kelly
• 1992Battling for Baby — Phillip
• Grapevine — Greg
• 1992Munchie — Dream Award Presenter (uncredited)
• 1990Bar Girls — Gabe Shriver
• 1990Crazy People — Adam Burgess
• 1989Damned River — Carl
• 1989Nashville Beat — Stick
• 1989When He's Not a Stranger — Ron Cooper
• 1988Appointment with Death — Raymond Boynton
• High Mountain Rangers
• 1988Longarm — Deputy US Marshal Custis Long
• Paradise — Dakota
• 1987Deathstalker II: Duel of the Titans — Deathstalker
• 1987The Allnighter — C.J.
• 1987Valet Girls — Archie Lee Samples
• 1986Chopping Mall — Mike Brennan
• 1986The Naked Cage — Willy
• 1985Consenting Adult — Pete Roberts
• 1985Secret Admirer — Rick
• Murder, She Wrote — Vince DeNisco
• 1984Thumbelina — Flower Court
• Faerie Tale Theatre — Flower Court
• The Facts of Life