Aleks Paunovic

Aleks Paunovic (born June 29, 1969^[2]) is a Canadian actor. Some of his many roles include prospector Jim McAllister on drama TV series Arctic Air (2012–2014),^[3] Julius on fantasy horror drama series Van Helsing (2016–2021),^[4] imposing warrior Wygar Oak on the second season of Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (2017)^[5] and Bojan "Boki" Boscovic on dystopian thriller series Snowpiercer (2020–2024).^[6]

Aleks Paunovic
Paunovic in 2018
Born	(1969-06-29) June 29, 1969 (age 56) Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1994–present
Height	6 ft 5 in (196 cm)[1]

Biography

Paunovic is from Winnipeg, Manitoba, and "three generations of fighters" are in his family.^[7][1] His father is of Serbian descent, and his mother is of Croatian ancestry.^[8][9] His grandfather, father and uncle were all champion boxers in Yugoslavia, and he was a champion boxer^[10] until a shoulder injury ended his career.^[11][1] Paunovic was in a rock band before he got an acting job at his first audition.^[11][12] He supports the Red Cross/Impact Anti-Bullying Campaign, as he had been bullied as a child.^[11][7]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2002	Wishmaster: The Prophecy Fulfilled	Brick	Direct-to-video
	I Spy	Bob		[1]
2004	Seven Times Lucky	Sacco
2007	Taming Tammy	Sy
2008	Heart of a Dragon	Tim
2009	Personal Effects	Tom
	Driven to Kill	Tony Links	Direct-to-video
2010	Transparency	Linder
	Blood: A Butcher's Tale	Tony Links	Direct-to-video
	Guido Superstar: The Rise of Guido	Hubs Cappa
2011	In the Name of the King 2: Two Worlds	Allard	Direct-to-video
2012	Charlie	Earnest
2013	The Marine 3: Homefront	Gabriel	Direct-to-video
2014	Feed the Gods	Pete		[1]
	What an Idiot	Caleb
2015	Badge of Honor	Samuel		[1]
	Dead Rising: Watchtower	Logan	Película en streaming	[13]
	Vendetta	Griffin Abbott		[14]
	Blackway	Skell
	Numb	Lee		[15][16]
2016	Kindergarten Cop 2	Zogu	Direct-to-video
2017	A Very Sordid Wedding	Hardy
	War for the Planet of the Apes	Winter		[17][18]
2018	Siberia	Yefrem		[19]
	Freaks	Robert Kraigen
2019	Cold Pursuit	Det. Osgard
	Puppet Killer	Jamie
	Volition	Terry		[20]
2020	Chained	Jim		[21]
2021	Zero Contact	Trevor Williams		[22]
2023	The Silent Service	Logan Steiger	Japanese film	[23]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1994	Heads	Roderick	Película para televisión	[1]
2002	Jeremiah	Stomp	Episode: "Red Kiss"
	Stargate SG-1	Shaq'rel	Episode: "Redemption: Parts 1 & 2"
	Christmas Rush	Petrovich	Película para televisión
	John Doe	Pavel Kovarik	Episode: "Manifest Destiny"
2003	The Crooked E: The Unshredded Truth About Enron	Lazarri	Película para televisión
	Andromeda	Agio	Episode: "Vault of the Heavens"
	Picking Up & Dropping Off	Joey	Película para televisión
2004	Mutant X	Nick	Episode: "Divided Loyalties"
	Cold Squad	Cal Blannon	Episode: "Cock of the Walk"
2005	The Dead Zone	Matthew Meter	Episode: "The Last Goodbye"
	Chasing Christmas	Vincent	Película para televisión
	Painkiller Jane	Sgt. Frizelle	Película para televisión
2005–2007	Battlestar Galactica	Marine Sgt. Omar Fischer	Recurring role	[1]
2006	Whistler	Vic Mostov	Episode: "The Looks of Love"
	Supernatural	Sean's Friend	Episode: "Crossroad Blues"	[24]
	Kraken: Tentacles of the Deep	Ike	Película para televisión
	Psych	Security Guard	Episode: "Spellingg Bee"
2007	Maneater	Sgt. Winshiser	Película para televisión
	Bionic Woman	Curtis	Episode: "Sisterhood"
	Stargate Atlantis	Rakai	Episode: "Reunion"
2008	Smallville	Orderly	Episode: "Labyrinth"
2009	Fireball	Draven	Película para televisión
	Sanctuary	The Duke	Episode: "Penance"	[1]
2010	Supernatural	Skinwalker (Pack Leader's Second in Command)	Episode: "All Dogs Go To Heaven"
	Human Target	Alexei Volkov	Episode: "Embassy Row"
	Riverworld	Bernardo	Película para televisión
	Caprica	William Adama Sr.	Episode: "The Dirteaters"
	Gotta Grudge?	Big Al	Television para series
2011	InSecurity	Victor	Episode: "Keeping Up with the Laslovs"
	Smallville	OrderlyThug #1	2 episodes
2012	The Christmas Consultant	Boris Tartakov	Película para televisión
2012–2014	Arctic Air	Jim McAllister	Recurring role	[1]
2013	Republic of Doyle	Angus Farris	Episode: "The Common Wealth"
	Eve of Destruction	Ruslan	Miniseries para televisión
	Chupacabra vs. the Alamo	Agent Perez	Película para televisión
	Once Upon a Time	Berkley	Episode: "The Evil Queen"
	Hell on Wheels	Anton Hersch	Episode: "Cholera"
	Psych	Serbian #1	Episode: "Lassie Jerky"
	Christmas Bounty	Manucci	Película para televisión
2014	Parked	Hector	Episode: "Pilot (DADS)"
	Far from Home	Dale Cottonwood	Película para televisión
	Zapped	Ted	Película para televisión	[1]
	Psych	Bartender	Episode: "Cog Blocked"
2014–2015	The 100	Gustus	Recurring role
2015	iZombie	Julien DuPont	Recurring role; 8 episodes	[25]
	Ghost Unit	Jadranko	Episode #1.1
	Continuum	Rollins	Recurring role
	Dashing Through the Snow	Blade	Película para televisión
2016	Supernatural	Gunner Lawless	Episode: "Beyond the Mat"
	Motive	Sgt. Fred Blunt	2 episodes
2016–2021	Van Helsing	Julius	Main role
2017	Zoo	Dallas	2 episodes	[26]
	Hard Days, Wet Nights	Woodrow	Televisión para series
	Hell's Kitchen	Himself	Guest diner; Reality series Episode: "Catch of the Day"
	Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency	Wygar Oak	Recurring role; 6 episodes
2018	Arrow	C.O. Felton	2 episodes
2020–2024	Snowpiercer	Bojan "Boki" Boscovic	Recurring role
2021	Hawkeye	Ivan Banionis	Recurring role; 4 episodes
2024	The Silent Service	Logan Steiger	6 episodes	[27]

In 2025, Reacher series 3, episode 8, he played the character of Taktorov (Russian Mobster)

Web

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2011	Mortal Kombat: Legacy	Shao Kahn	Episode: "Kitana & Mileena: Parts 1 & 2"	[1]

Awards and nominations

For his role of Julius in Van Helsing, Paunovic has been nominated three times for Leo Awards: in 2018 - Best Lead Performance by a Male: Dramatic Series,^[28] in 2019 - Best Supporting Performance by a Male: Dramatic Series,^[29] and in 2022 - Best Lead Performance by a Male: Dramatic Series.^[30][31]