![]() ![]() After a role as an attorney in the two-part murder-mystery miniseries, "Conspiracy of Silence" (1991), he joined the ubiquitous Brian Dennehy and the manic Margot Kidder for "To Catch a Killer" (CTV, 1992), a crime drama that followed real-life police detective Joe Kozenczak (Michael Riley) in his investigation of serial killer John Wayne Gacy (Dennehy). Throughout the 1990s, Boylan amassed an impressive body of work in both America and abroad. Following a turn as a police sergeant in the French-Canadian miniseries "Les tisserands du pouvoir" (1988), he was barely noticed as Frank, the physical education teacher in the oft-forgotten Robert De Niro drama, "Jacknife" (1989). Boylan joined forces with several prominent Hollywood performers, including Hal Holbrook, Trevor Howard and Ned Betty for "The Unholy" (1988), a suspense thriller about a priest assigned to a new parish where his predecessors have met with violent deaths. He had a small part in the dogmatic religious drama, "The Prodigal" (1983), and managed to secure a higher profile as a double agent in the low-key spy thriller, "Keeping Track" (1985). ![]() As he entered the next decade, Boylan continued to work steadily, though he had difficulty trying to land more prominent roles. ![]() After appearing in the Italian-made drama, "Angela" (1978), starring Sophia Loren, and the social drama, "One Man" (1979), he had small roles in "The Spirit of Adventure: Night Flight" (1979) and the French-Canadian "À nous deux" (1979). Originally from Canada, Boylan began his career appearing in campy B-movies and cult classics, including "King Solomon's Mines" (1977) and Cronenberg's "Rabid" (1977). But it was his unrecognizable turn as the bug-eyed Sleestak that helped propel the talented Canadian into a bigger, brighter spotlight. He finally made inroads with a popular supporting role as a racist cop in the stoner comedy, "Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle" (2004), which introduced Boylan to a wider audience. Despite his late prominence in the United States, Boylan was a steady, but unfamiliar presence on American television, appearing in a series of small screen movies and television series throughout the 1990s and 2000s. For over three decades, he was a near-constant presence in Canadian films and television shows, including several prominent cult classics like David Cronenberg's classic sex-horror epic "Rabid" (1977). Prior to emerging onto the Hollywood scene as the reptilian leader of the Sleestaks in "Land of the Lost" (2009), character actor John Boylan had established himself as a well-known and respected performer in his native Canada. ![]()
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