Early life

Durand was born in Thunder Bay, Ontario, the son of Reina (née Perreault) and Serge Durand. He is of French Canadian descent. He graduated from St. Ignatius High School in Thunder Bay.

Career

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 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" (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 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 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 FX TV series The Strain. In 2015, he stars as Harbard the Wanderer in History Channel's original series Vikings.

Personal life

Durand married long-time girlfriend Sandra Cho on October 1, 2010. The couple welcomed a baby girl on August 30 2015 named Amélie Moon Durand.

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	Butterfly Effect, TheThe Butterfly Effect	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	Echo, TheThe Echo	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	Citizen Gangster	Lenny Jackson
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
2013	Fruitvale Station	Officer Caruso
2013	The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones	Emil Pangborn
2014	"Monster Hunter"	Paul Shields
2014	Winter's Tale	Cesar Tan
2014	Noah	Rameel
2014	The Captive	Mika
2014	Garm Wars: The Last Druid	Skellig
2015	Dark Was the Night	Sheriff Paul Shields
2016	Mean Dreams		Post-production
2018	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III	Hun	In development

Television

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1997	Exhibit A: Secrets of Forensic Science	John Greer	1 episode
1999	Beggars and Choosers	Cliff
1999	Hard Time: Hostage Hotel	Kenny, Flynn's henchman	TV film
2000	Outer Limits, TheThe Outer Limits	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	Claudio	TV film
2004	Goodbye Girl, TheThe Goodbye Girl	Earl	TV film
2004	Touching Evil	Agent Jay Swopes	12 episodes
2005	Collector, TheThe Collector	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	Dead Zone, TheThe Dead Zone	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
2014-present	The Strain	Vasiliy Fet	Main cast
2015-2016	Vikings	The Wanderer/Harbard	5 episodes

[ Source: Wikipedia ]