Johnny Messner

Johnny Messner (born April 11, 1970) is an American actor and producer best known for his performance as Bill Johnson in the 2004 film Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid.

Biography Messner was born on April 11, 1970, in Syracuse, New York. He is of German, Italian and Spanish descent. He lived in Europe for 13 years while his father served in the United States Air Force, mainly in Germany and England. During this time, he developed a love for sports while playing on teams at military bases. He has one brother and one sister. He briefly attended San Diego State University to major in sports broadcasting but eventually decided to drop out. Soon after that he went back to New York where he pursued an acting career. He has several tattoos; one depicts Italian actress Monica Bellucci, and another is of his father. In December 2004, the horror-themed website CampBlood named him the 2004's sexiest man in horror.

Known as an action hero, he starred in numerous genre films including Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (2004), Tears of the Sun (2003), Running Scared (2006), Arena (2011), Kill 'em All (2012), The Good, the Bad, and the Dead (2015), Silencer (2018), and Beyond the Law (2019). He portrayed the main protagonist, an ex-police officer Burke Wyatt, in the 2008 action film Ring of Death, created for Spike TV. A torture sequence, shot for the film, required Messner to be waterboarded.

Messner's ex-partner is Kathryn Morris, whom he met while shooting Cold Case. They have twin sons. Messner is currently married to Avril Grace.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2000 Dancing in September Officer Jenkins 2001 Operation Delta Force 4: Deep Fault Vickers 2002 The Sweetest Thing Todd 2003 Tears of the Sun Johnny Kelly "JKL" Lake 2003 Finding Home Nick 2004 Spartan Grace 2004 The Whole Ten Yards Zevo 2004 Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid Bill Johnson 2004 Our Time is Up Playboy 2005 Hostage Mr. Jones 2006 One Last Thing... Jason O'Malley 2006 Running Scared Tommy "Tombs" Perello 2006 Bottoms Up Tony 2007 Believers David Vaughn 2008 The Art of Travel Christopher Loren 2008 Remarkable Power Doug Wade 2008 Loaded Javon 2008 Ring of Death Burke Wyatt 2008 The Poker Club Bill 2009 Wrong Turn at Tahoe Mickey 2010 Corrado Corrado 2011 Arena Kaden 2011 Caught on Tape Tito 2012 She Wants Me John 2012 Kill 'em All Gabriel 2013 Officer Down McAlister 2013 The Outsider Ricky 2014 The Equalizer P&E Worker 2015 Condemned Gault 2015 Checkmate Joey 2015 The Good, the Bad and the Dead Brian Barns 2016 The Perfect Weapon Condor 2016 Decommissioned John Niles 2017 American Violence Paul 2018 Silencer Frank 2018 Alone We Fight Captain Hank Kedry 2019 Beyond the Law Frank Wilson 2020 Final Kill Pauly 2020 Breach Blue 2021 Cosmic Sin Coco 2021 Overrun Detective Blake Finning 2021 Deadlock Cranbrook Also producer 2022 American Siege Silas 2022 A Day to Die Schipp 2022 Detective Knight: Rogue Brigga Also Executive Producer 2023 Detective Knight: Redemption Executive Producer only 2023 Detective Knight: Independence Executive Producer only2023Call Her KingJohn Stryker

Television

Year Title Role Notes 1998 Guiding Light Rob Layne 22 episodes 1999 Rude Awakening Cute Podiatrist Episode: "One Birthday at a Time" 1999 Angel Kevin Episode: "Lonely Heart" 2000 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Ted Sallanger Episode: "Cool Change" 2001 Danny Cash Episode: "Forget About Your Boss" 2001 Son of the Beach Handsome Guy Episode: "Area 69" 2001 Friends Kash Episode: "The One With Rachel's Date" 2001 Men, Women & Dogs Jim Episode: "Let Sleeping Dogs Lie" 2003 Tarzan Detective Michael Foster 3 episodes 2005 The O.C. Lance Baldwin 5 episodes 2005 Miami Ink Himself 2005–06 Killer Instinct Detective Jack Hale 13 episodes 2007 Burn Notice Harrick Episode: "Loose Ends, Part 2" 2008 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Captain Lowell Harris Episode "Undercover" 2008 Knight Rider Sean Episode: "Journey to the End of the Knight" 2009 CSI: Miami Ken Vogel Episode: "Sink or Swim" 2010 Chuck Rafe Gruber Episode: "Chuck Versus the Fake Name" 2010 Cold Case FBI Agent Ryan Cavanaugh 3 episodes 2010 The Gates Mark Woodbury Episode: "Pilot" 2010 Dark Blue Danny 2 episodes 2010 G.I. Joe: Renegades Flint (voice) 11 episodes 2010 A Soldier's Love Story (originally titled: Meet My Mom) Sgt. Vince Carrera Hallmark Movie 2011 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Frank Cafferty Episode: "CSI Down" 2017 Jane the Virgin Chuck Chesser 10 episodes 2018 Criminal Minds Jeremy Grant Episode: "Luke" 2020 Primitive Dr. Mamedyarov Episode: "Blind Sighted" 2020The Christmas High NoteMichaelLifetime Movie

Awards and nominations Year Event Award/category Work Result Ref. 2004 The Skully Awards Horror Hottie of the Year Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid ) G.I. Joe: Renegades