John Terlesky

Known for DirectingBorn 1961-05-30 (age 65)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).Read more

Movies & web series

Nashville Beat

The Rookie

Criminal Minds

Gossip Girl

Grey's Anatomy

S.W.A.T.

Castle

The Last Frontier

How to Get Away with Murder

All-American Girl

Boston Legal

Faerie Tale Theatre

Bar Girls

High Mountain Rangers

NCIS: Origins

Drop Dead Diva

The Blacklist

CSI: Miami

Revenge

Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Army Wives

The Equalizer

Timeless

Murder, She Wrote

Gone

Grand Hotel

Human Target

Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior

Grapevine

Body of Proof

Quantum Leap

Take Two

The Glades

Sirens

The Facts of Life

The Irrational

The Blacklist: Redemption

The Catch

Finding Carter

Against the Wall

Secret Admirer

Ugly Betty

Written In Blood

Voice from the Grave

Eastwick

Appointment with Death

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