John Ralston is a Canadian actor.

Most notable are Ralston's roles as Derek, Edwin, and Marti's father, George Venturi, on Life with Derek and as Mr. Avenir on Strange Days at Blake Holsey High. Although John Ralston was born in Chatham, Ontario, he grew up in Fredericton and St. Andrews-By-The-Sea, New Brunswick. He became interested in acting while going after a diploma in jazz studies at St. Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia. He lived in St. Stephen, New Brunswick.

In 2006 and 2007, he was featured in Toyota Tundra truck commercials airing in Canada.

He has been cast as Ming in the SCI FI Channel original series Flash Gordon.

Television

• Flash Gordon (2007) – Ming
• KAW (2007) – Oskar
• Demons from Her Past (2006) – Quentin
• Life with Derek (2005 – present) – George Venturi
• The Path to 9/11 (2006) – Flight SchoolTeacher
• Earthstorm (2006) – N/A
• The Velvet Devil (2006) – Jake
• Earthstorm (2006) – Garth
• Irish Eyes (2004) – Paul Keaton
• Brave New Girl (2004) – N/A
• The Cradle Will Fall (2004) – Dr. Richard Carroll
• Jinnah - On Crime: White Knight, Black Widow (2003) - Neil Thompson
• Crust (2003) – Father/Narrator
• Angela's Eyes (2006) – Ed Mulhall
• Defending Our Kids: The Julie Posey Story (2003) – Steve 42
• Hurt (2003) – Stevie's Dad
• Another Country (2003) – Lloyd Chandler

Guest Roles

• Angela's Eyes (2006) – Ed Mulhall
• Instant Star (2006) – Don
• Strange Days at Blake Holsey High (2005 – 2006) – Jack Avenir aka Andreas Avenir
• This Is Wonderland (2005) –- Len Taft
• The Jane Show (2004) – Cary
• Wild Card (2005) – Dr. Kadar
• The Eleventh Hour (2005) – Nathan Halpern
• Mutant X (2005) – Carl
• Blue Murder (2003) – Phil Green

External links

• John Ralston at IMDb
• John Ralston at SCIFIpedia