John Tench was born in Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.A. and grew up in Canada, where he began working in theater and film in Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal. He began his career on stage in Toronto with Ken Gass at the Factory Theatre Lab in the 70’s and quickly moved on to study and work in New York City, London, England, Paris, France and then throughout Continental Europe, before returning to Canada. He founded the influential Theatre Company Theatre Kathartic in 1980, performing and touring shows internationally, including works by Sam Shepard, Dario Fo and Bertoldt Brecht.

John moved on to Vancouver, B.C. and from there down to Hollywood and Los Angeles in the early 90’s. Along with his many film and television appearances he’s worked with such great directors as Ang Lee, Antoine Fuqua, Zac Snyder, Arthur Hiller and many others.