Known For
Directing
Born
May 30, 1961
Place of Birth
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Credits
77 titles
John Terlesky
Biography
John Todd Terlesky (born May 30, 1961) is an American actor, film director, television director and screenwriter. As an actor, he is known for playing Deathstalker in the 1987 film Deathstalker II, and Mike in Chopping Mall (1986). Terlesky was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on May 30, 1961. Since the mid-1980s, Terlesky has acted in a number of films and television series. His first notable television role was in the NBC drama Legmen. His other television credits include The Facts of Life, V, Our House, Empty Nest, Walker, Texas Ranger, a recurring role on Guns of Paradise and co-starring in the sitcom The Last Frontier. Some of Terlesky's film acting credits include Secret Admirer (1985), The Naked Cage (1986), Chopping Mall (1986), Valet Girls (1987), The Allnighter (1987), Deathstalker II (1987), Appointment with Death (1988), Damned River (1989) and Crazy People (1990). In 1998, Terlesky made his directorial debut with the film The Pandora Project, co-directing with Jim Wynorski. He directed a number of other independent, direct-to-video and television films before getting involved in episodic television. Since 2006, he has directed episodes of Boston Legal, Grey's Anatomy, Ugly Betty, Drop Dead Diva, Human Target, Army Wives, Body of Proof, Gossip Girl, Castle, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., How To Get Away With Murder, and The Blacklist (TV series).
Known For
Filmography
NCIS: Origins
Director
The Irrational
Director
Quantum Leap
Director
The Equalizer
Director
Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist
Director
Grand Hotel
Director
The Rookie
Director
Take Two
Director
Gone
Director
S.W.A.T.
Director
The Blacklist: Redemption
Director
Timeless
Director
The Catch
Director
How to Get Away with Murder
Director
Finding Carter
Director
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Director
The Blacklist
Director
Revenge
Director
Against the Wall
Director
Body of Proof
Director
Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior
Director
The Glades
Director
Human Target
Director
Eastwick
Director
Drop Dead Diva
Director
Castle
Director
Trial by Fire
Director
Warbirds
Story
Gossip Girl
Director
Army Wives
Director
By Appointment Only
Director
Fire Serpent
Director
Ugly Betty
Director
Not My Life
Director
Cerberus
Willis
Criminal Minds
Director
Grey's Anatomy
Director
Boston Legal
Director
Written In Blood
Guard #2
CSI: Miami
Larry Van Owen
Malevolent
Director
Guardian
Director
Chain of Command
Director
Judgment Day
Director
Supreme Sanction
Screenplay
Storm Trooper
Shotgun
The Pandora Project
Director
Vampirella
Astronaut #2
The Last Frontier
Voice from the Grave
Bill Perkins