John Ralston (actor)


John Ralston is a Canadian actor.

Career

Ralston's most notable roles are George Venturi on Life with Derek, and his role as Mr. Avenir on Strange Days at Blake Holsey High. He was also the lead on the 2010–12 HBO Canada series Living in Your Car.
Earlier in his career, Ralston was seen on the Toronto stage in a production of George F. Walker's Risk Everything in 1998.
In 2006 and 2007, he was featured in Toyota Tundra truck commercials airing in Canada, and starred as Ming the Merciless in the 2007 Sci-Fi Channel original series Flash Gordon. In 2008 he was in the Lifetime movie A Near Death Experience.
In July 2013, Ralston appeared on ' in its 13th season as Miles Hollingsworth II, a role he continued through its 14th and final season. Ralston reprised this role in the follow-up series, '. In 2015, he co-starred as Jean-Claude Van Damme's estranged brother in the film, Pound of Flesh.

Personal life

Ralston was born in Miramichi, New Brunswick. He grew up in Fredericton and St. Andrews, New Brunswick. He received a Bachelor of Education degree from The University of New Brunswick. He became interested in acting while studying for a diploma in jazz studies at St. Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia.
Ralston lives in Toronto, Canada. He has a son named Stuart who voices Rocky in Seasons 1 and 2 of the TV series PAW Patrol.

Filmography

Film

Television