C. Ernst Harth

Cary Ernst Harth (born February 2, 1970) is a Canadian character actor.

Life and career Harth was born in Galt, Ontario, Canada. He got his first role of acting as a kindergartner when the drama club cast the school's largest child to play Santa in their Christmas pageant. Involved in community theatre and improvisational comedy during high school, it wasn't until he relocated to Vancouver in 1989 that he seriously pursued acting full-time. Prior to landing his first professional gig in a TV commercial for a food chain, Harth toured the semi-pro wrestling circuit in Canada's small towns and provinces as The Bible Thumper, adorned in black robes with a cross shaved on his head.

He made his professional acting debut in Green Dolphin Beat, a Spelling telefilm for Fox. He has since guest-starred in the black and white episode of The X-Files, been Saved on TNT, co-starred with Carmen Electra as her bodyguard, Eightball, in MTV's Monster Island, wrestled Beau Bridges in Hallmark's Voyage of the Unicorn and appeared in other television series such as Millennium, Harsh Realm, The Dead Zone and The Outer Limits.

On the big screen, Harth's credits include portraying Lowell Lee Andrews in the multi-awarded Capote (with Philip Seymour Hoffman), racing through downtown Vancouver with Ice Cube in Are We There Yet?, chasing Scooby and Shaggy as Miner 49er in Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed, Thir13en Ghosts, Say It Isn't So, Dreamcatcher, Camouflage, Dudley Do-Right, Excess Baggage, Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball and Dead Rising: Watchtower.

Filmography Year Title Role Notes1993 Strangeview Trucker short film The Scarecrow and the Rainbow Kid Neo-Nazi Trucker short film 1994 Alien IV? Ponech short film Green Dolphin Beat Giant TV movie 1994–1997 The Froome Room Mr. Alistair Q. Fink TV series also co-writer 1996 Crash Ted the Doorman also known as Breach of Trust in the USA 1997 Excess Baggage Trucker 1998 Saving Grace Horst Himmelferger also co-producer Henry's Café Large Man short film Catch Me If You Can Luther TV movie also known as Deadly Game Zacharia Farted Wayne Newton 1999 Dudley Do-Right Shane Noroc Ed Little Boy Blues Casino Guard 2000 2ge+her Sea-Doo Dude TV movie Blacktop Club Manager 2001 Ignition Repairman The Barber Buffalo Sedwick Voyage of the Unicorn Olaf the Ogre TV mini-series Camouflage Tiny the Bearded Guy Valentine Doorman Say It Isn't So Mr. Campisi Dark Water Streeter also co-producer production manager Thir13en Ghosts The Great Child 2002 Stark Raving Mad Dirk 2003 Tommy Chong's Best Buds Bedroom Ghost Dreamcatcher Barry Neiman National Lampoon's Barely Legal Magazine Man The Delicate Art of Parking Bernie Air Bud: Spikes Back Phil Tilt John short film also consulting producer Art History Nathaniel Ipswitch short film 2004 Monster Island Eightball TV movie Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed Miner 49er 2005 Are We There Yet? Ernst The Long Weekend Gang Member The Muppets' Wizard of Oz Earl TV movie Capote Lowell Lee Andrews 2006 Totally Awesome Richie TV movie The Entrance Ronald Cooper Love and Other Dilemmas Little Pigeon 2007 Trick 'r Treat Giant Baby2009 Zombie Punch Henry Morris Space Buddies Guard Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins Otis 2010 Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball Baby Boy Tremor The Search for Santa Paws Adventurer Guide The A-Team Crematorium Attendant Battle of the Bulbs Walter Duncan TV movie 2011 Once Upon a Time Abraham/Ogre/Burly Man recurring role 2012 A Christmas Story 2 Heating Guy 2014 Scammerhead Bruno Tornst 2015 Dead Rising: Watchtower Bonzo Zombie Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods Obelix US English dub 2017 Haters Back Off Taco Ta-Go Manager TV series 2018 Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion Obelix English dub