Early work Tait said in an interview that he was cast as a teen basketball player in
television commercials because of his high school basketball experience. His first character role came during high school when he was hired to perform as "
Frankenstein" in the live
stage shows at
Universal Studios Hollywood. He was one of three individuals to play the role of a "Zorgon" in
Jon Favreau's
Zathura: A Space Adventure. He played the role of "Abominog" in
The Knights of Badassdom and a "Frost Giant" in
Thor. He appeared as "Head Sleestak" in
Land of the Lost. Makeup artist
Barney Burman who, along with
Mindy Hall and
Joel Harlow, won the 2009
Academy Award for best makeup for their work in
Star Trek noted that the work Burman did on Tait's character, Long Face Bar Alien, was especially complex. In 2009, Tait was a member of the stunt
ensemble for the 2008 film
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull that was nominated for a
Screen Actors Guild Award in the category of "
Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture". In 2013, he was interviewed for a documentary film
Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th. In 2014, Tait played Verlox in the
ABC series
The Quest. In 2015-2016, Tait played The Pathologist in the
MTV series
Teen Wolf. In 2017, Tait played Skull Zerstörer on the
NBC series
Grimm. In 2018, Tait played Charon IV in
Unfriended: Dark Web. In 2019, Tait played the fairy
Gruagach in the
Hellboy reboot. In the same year, he also played the Werewolf in
Annabelle Comes Home. In 2019-2022, Tait played Malivore on the CW series
Legacies. In 2021, Tait directed the feature film
Angel Baby. In the same year, Tait was the Michael Myers Stunt Double in
Halloween Kills. He also plays the
Sasquatch in the famous "
Jack Link's" Beef Jerky commercials from 2015-2025.
Starring/Supporting notable roles •
The Quest (TV Series) - Verlox 2014 •
Teen Wolf (TV Series) - The Pathologist 2015-2016 •
Havenhurst (Movie) - Jed 2016 •
Grimm (TV Series) - Skull Zerstörer 2017 •
Unfriended: Dark Web (Movie) - Charon IV 2018 •
Hellboy (Movie) - Gruagach 2019 •
Annabelle Comes Home (Movie) - Werewolf 2019 •
Star Trek Picard (TV series) - Tellarite 2020 •
The Girl In The Woods (TV Series) - The Brute 2021 •
Legacies (TV Series) - Malivore 2019-2022 •
Halloween Kills (Movie) - The Shape Stunt Double 2021
Independent film work Tait was
executive producer, along with Isabel Cueva, of
"In The Name of Freedom", a 16-minute
short film that appeared at the 14th Annual
LA Shorts Fest in 2010. It was an Official Selection of the
New York International Latino Film Festival, won in the category of "Best Drama Short" at the 2010 Los Angeles Women's International Film Festival, and won the "Best Fiction Short" category at the 2010
CINE Film and Video Competition. He both produced and starred alongside
Sally Kirkland and
Tony Todd in the
independent film ''One by One: Death's Door
which, as re-titled Jack The Reaper'', was picked up for
distribution by American World Pictures. Tait also starred in the 2008 independent film,
The Season, which was screened at the 2011 New York International Independent Film and Video Festival. The film was also screened at the 2008
Melbourne Underground Film Festival,
Screamfest Horror Film Festival, ShockerFest International Film Festival and
Shriekfest, among others. In 2015, he starred in the
Fetish horror film,
"The Fiancée." and in the supernatural thriller,
"Good Family Times." Starring/Supporting notable roles •
Journey To The Forbidden Valley (Movie) - The Yeren 2017 •
Wild Boar (Movie) - The Hunter 2019 •
Attack Of The Unknown (Movie) - Maddox 2020 •
Malibu Horror Story (Movie) - 2021 == References ==