Kevin Durand

Kevin Serge Durand was born in Thunder Bay, Ontario, on January 14, 1974, the son of Reina (née Perreault) and Serge Durand.[1] He is of French-Canadian descent.[2]

Durand's first break came when he was cast in Mystery, Alaska.[3] He often portrays characters on both sides of law enforcement, such as 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.[3]

Durand appeared opposite Hugh Jackman in X-Men Origins: Wolverine as Blob[4] and in Real Steel.[5] In 2012, he co-starred in Citizen Gangster and David Cronenberg's Cosmopolis, and as video game character Barry Burton in the fifth installment of the Resident Evil movie franchise, Resident Evil: Retribution.[6] In 2013, he appeared in the film The Mortal Instruments.[7] He co-starred in Darren Aronofsky's Noah and two mid-2010s Atom Egoyan films, Devil's Knot and The Captive.

Durand has played series regulars on shows such as Joshua in Dark Angel, Vasiliy Fet in The Strain,[8] Harbard the Wanderer in Vikings,[9] 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 (Zippy) Zipacna and on Lost as Martin Keamy.[3]

Durand married his longtime girlfriend Sandra Cho on October 1, 2010. They have two daughters.[10]

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