Johnny Terris

Who is Johnny Terris?

Johnny Terris is a Dutch-Canadian actor, filmmaker, writer, producer, dancer, model, artist, photographer and visual video editor. Born in Toronto and raised in Pictou County, Nova Scotia, he started out doing guerrilla style short films in the late 1980s/early 1990s and is known in independent film circles for being able to play a wide assortment of characters and the ability to change his appearance drastically.

He started doing films out of boredom of living in a small town and completed his first film in 1987 at the age of 14 on a $40 budget and shot with a VHS camcorder in his parents home with his best friend. After leaving home in Pictou County two years later for Halifax, his early films usually delved into comedic-style violence and complete annihilation of filmatic structure and formula.

His next three pieces of work; a trio of short comedies, were passed around through various colleges and parties and started to pick up a small following in the early 1990s with the younger punk and indie crowds in the city.

In early 2000, he moved to Hollywood, California where he turned down an offer to double for actor Johnny Depp, although is compared more to in appearance to lesser known actor Skeet Ulrich.