Kevin Serge Durand was born in Thunder Bay, Ontario, on January 14, 1974, the son of Reina (née Perreault) and Serge Durand. He is of French-Canadian descent.

Durand’s first break came when he was cast in Mystery, Alaska. He often portrays characters on both the good and bad sides of law enforcement, such as Booth in Walking Tall, sidekick Red in Wild Hogs, the psychotic neo-nazi Jeeves Tremor in Smokin’ Aces, the title role in Otis E., Gabriel in Legion, Little John in Robin Hood, and the hired thug Tucker in the 2007 remake of 3:10 to Yuma.

Durand married his long-time girlfriend Sandra Cho on October 1, 2010. Their daughter, Amélie Moon, was born on August 30, 2015.

Durand appeared in X-Men Origins: Wolverine as Blob and in Real Steel, both opposite Hugh Jackman. In 2012, he co-starred in Citizen Gangster and David Cronenberg’s Cosmopolis. He took on video game character Barry Burton in the fifth installment of the Resident Evil movie franchise, Resident Evil: Retribution. In 2013, he appeared in the film The Mortal Instruments. He co-starred in Darren Aronofsky’s Noah and two mid-2010s Atom Egoyan films, Devil’s Knot and The Captive.