| Rob Archer | |
| Birth Date: | 9 August 1975 |
| Birth Place: | Canada |
| Occupation: | Actor, Stuntman |
| Yearsactive: | 2001-present |
Rob Archer (born August 9, 1975) is a Canadian actor and stuntman known for his roles as Bruce in Lost Girl, Krampus in A Christmas Horror Story and Knox in Ant-Man and the Wasp.
Rob Archer grew up as an '80s kid, admiring the big-name slashers such as Jason Voorhees, Freddy Krueger and Michael Myers.[1] However, at the age of twenty he opted to become a bodybuilder while all of his friends went off to college. His trainer's wife was a talent agent and insisted that he try out for acting. Archer recalled his first audition, "... it was a train-wreck. It was the most horrible thing I’d ever done. I remember afterwards getting into my car and I had tears streaming down my face, I was so embarrassed." After waiting a couple of months, Archer tried again and got bit parts in commercials. It was not until he got a role in Exit Wounds that he decided to take acting seriously. This was followed by years in films such as Bulletproof Monk, Red, Kick-Ass 2, RoboCop and Pixels as well as television shows such as Lost Girl, Mutant X, Alphas, , Defiance, Beauty & the Beast and Warehouse 13.[2]
Archer began gaining significant exposure for his role as the Krampus in the anthology horror film A Christmas Horror Story. He accepted the role as he felt the Krampus was an iconic creature and wanted to portray an icon on film. He described his portrayal as combining a "Marvel character with an animalistic nature".[3] Three years later, Archer would join the cast of Ant-Man and the Wasp which is part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.[4]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Exit Wounds | Extra | Uncredited | ||
| 2003 | Bulletproof Monk | Buzz | |||
| 2010 | Repo Men | No Neck | Uncredited; Stunt actor | ||
| 2010 | Red | Muscleman | Uncredited; Stunt Actor | ||
| 2012 | data-sort-value="Samaritan, The" | The Samaritan | Vernon Hicks | ||
| 2013 | Kick-Ass 2 | Convict #2 | |||
| 2014 | RoboCop | Stunt performer | |||
| 2015 | Pixels | Seal | |||
| 2015 | data-sort-value="Christmas Horror Story, A" | A Christmas Horror Story | Krampus | ||
| 2017 | Undercover Grandpa | Rocky | |||
| 2017 | data-sort-value="Circuit, The" | The Circuit | |||
| 2017 | Darken | Bard | |||
| 2017 | Trench 11 | Infected German Soldier | |||
| 2018 | Incident in a Ghost Land | Fat Man | |||
| 2018 | Ant-Man and the Wasp | Knox | |||
| 2018 | 22 Chaser | Musclehead | |||
| 2018 | data-sort-value="Wakefield Project, A" | A Wakefield Project | Nathan Cross | ||
| 2022 | data-sort-value="Man from Toronto, The" | The Man from Toronto | Oscar |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Mutant X | Rucker | Episode: "Lest He Become" | |
| 2004 | Sniper | Episode: "No Exit" | ||
| 2010 | Lost Girl | Large Man | Episode: "It's a Fae, Fae, Fae, Fae World" | |
| 2011-2012 | Warehouse 13 | Stunt performer; 3 episodes | ||
| 2012 | Alphas | Huge Muscular Man | Episode: "Alpha Dogs" | |
| 2012 | Giant Man | Uncredited; Episode: "The General's Daughter" | ||
| 2012 | Flashpoint | Jim the Biker | Uncredited; Episode: "Below the Surface" | |
| 2012 | Nikita | Stunt performer; Episode: "Consequences" | ||
| 2012 | The Brain | Episode: "Punchout" | ||
| 2013-2015 | Defiance | BioMan (Ulysses, Churchill, Benedict) | Recurring | |
| 2013-2015 | Lost Girl | Bruce | Recurring | |
| 2014 | Beauty & the Beast | Chauffeur | Uncredited; Episode: "Recipe for Disaster" | |
| 2014 | Warehouse 13 | Death Knight | Uncredited; Episode: "A Faire to Remember" | |
| 2014 | Reign | Stunt performer; Episode: "Liege Lord" | ||
| 2016 | Slasher | Prsioner | 2 episodes | |
| 2016 | Incorporated | Sayeed | Episode: "Downsizing" | |
| 2017 | Shadowhunters | Stunt performer; 2 episodes | ||
| 2017 | Taken | Trucker | Episode: "Solo" | |
| 2017 | Baroness von Sketch Show | Wade | Episode: "It's a Garment of Liberty" |