Johnny Messner
Often bearing the uniform beard stubble of the classic anti-hero, Johnny Messner is one of the few new millennium actors picking up the mantle of the macho action stars of yesteryear. After debuting on soap operas, he began landing supporting and recurring roles in several mainstream projects of various genres, including the bawdy, female-centric romantic comedy "The Sweetest Thing" and the taut jungle-rescue adventure "Tears of the Sun" (2003). Emerging as a natural portrayer of dangerous masculinity, he garnered his first lead role as the courageous hero of the action-packed creature feature "Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid" and delivered a memorable turn as an unhinged mob goon in the unbelievably frenzied pulp thriller "Running Scared." Ever since, he's released a number of self-starring vehicles--including the animalistic prison brawler "Ring of Death"--to the TV-movie and direct-to-video markets, where there is a huge demand for brutal action sagas. Unlike many hardcore genre stars, Messner also has a knack for outright comedy and has delivered standout performances in such violence-free films as the freewheeling show business satire "Remarkable Power" and the amusing ode to booze "Bottoms Up."
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Johnny Messner
Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet |
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Call Her King | Unknown (Character) | - | 2023 |
71% |
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Detective Knight: Redemption | Executive Producer | - | 2022 |
14% |
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Paradise City | Executive Producer | - | 2022 |
50% |
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Detective Knight: Rogue | Executive Producer | - | 2022 |
25% |
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White Elephant | Executive Producer | - | 2022 |
No Score Yet |
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A Day to Die | Schipp (Character) | - | 2022 |
26% |
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Gasoline Alley | Executive Producer | - | 2022 |
8% |
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American Siege | Silas (Character) | - | 2021 |
No Score Yet |
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Deadlock |
Unknown (Character), Producer |
- | 2021 |
67% |
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Overrun | Detective Blake Finning (Character) | - | 2021 |
6% |
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Cosmic Sin | Coco (Character) | - | 2021 |
19% |
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Breach | Blue (Character) | - | 2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Christmas High Note | Michael (Character) | - | 2020 |
No Score Yet |
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Beyond the Law | Frank Wilson (Character) | - | 2019 |
No Score Yet |
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Alone We Fight | Captain Hank Kedry (Character) | - | 2018 |
No Score Yet |
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Silencer | Frank (Character) | - | 2018 |
No Score Yet |
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The Girl Who Invented Kissing | Freddy (Character) | - | 2017 |
No Score Yet |
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American Violence | Paul (Character) | - | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Decommissioned | John Niles (Character) | - | 2016 |
No Score Yet |
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The Perfect Weapon | Condor (Character) | - | 2016 |
No Score Yet |
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Weaponized | Detective Walker (Character) | - | 2016 |
No Score Yet |
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Checkmate | Joey (Character) | - | 2015 |
25% |
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Condemned | Gault (Character) | - | 2015 |
No Score Yet |
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4Got10 | Brian Barns (Character) | - | 2015 |
5% |
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The Outsider | Ricky (Character) | - | 2014 |
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Kill 'em All | Gabriel (Character) | - | 2012 |
No Score Yet |
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She Wants Me | John (Character) | - | 2012 |
No Score Yet |
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Arena | Kaden (Character) | - | 2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Corrado | Corrado (Character) | - | 2010 |
No Score Yet |
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Meet My Mom | Sgt. Vince Carerra (Character) | - | 2010 |
No Score Yet |
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Wrong Turn at Tahoe | Mickey (Character) | - | 2009 |
No Score Yet |
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Ring of Death | Burke Wyatt (Character) | - | 2008 |
No Score Yet |
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The Poker Club | Bill (Character) | - | 2008 |
63% |
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The Art of Travel | Christopher Loren (Character) | - | 2008 |
No Score Yet |
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Loaded | Javon (Character) | - | 2008 |
No Score Yet |
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Believers | David Vaughn (Character) | - | 2007 |
41% |
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Running Scared | Tommy "Tombs" Perello (Character) | $6.9M | 2006 |
35% |
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Hostage | Mr. Jones (Character) | $34.6M | 2005 |
26% |
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Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid | Bill Johnson (Character) | $31.5M | 2004 |
4% |
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The Whole Ten Yards | Zevo (Character) | $16.3M | 2004 |
30% |
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Finding Home | Nick (Character) | - | 2003 |
34% |
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Tears of the Sun | Kelly Lake (Character) | $43.4M | 2003 |
No Score Yet |
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Operation Delta Force 4: Deep Fault | Vickers (Character) | - | 1999 |
TV
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No Score Yet | 83% | Criminal Minds | Jeremy Grant (Guest Star) | 2018 |
100% | 86% | Jane The Virgin | Chuck (Guest Star) | 2017 |
No Score Yet | 81% | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2000 2011 |
38% | No Score Yet | Dark Blue | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2010 |
50% | No Score Yet | The Gates | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2010 |
No Score Yet | 95% | Cold Case | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2010 |
No Score Yet | 65% | CSI: Miami | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2009 |
5% | No Score Yet | Knight Rider | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2008 |
78% | 83% | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Lowell Harris (Guest Star) | 2008 |
0% | No Score Yet | Killer Instinct | Det. Jack Hale (Character) | 2005 2007 |
88% | 95% | Burn Notice | Glenn Harrick (Guest Star) | 2007 |
68% | 72% | The O.C. | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2005 |
25% | No Score Yet | Tarzan |
Unknown (Character), Unknown (Guest Star) |
2003 |
78% | 93% | Friends | Kash Ford (Guest Star) | 2001 |
87% | 88% | Angel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Danny | Unknown (Guest Star) |