Jack Kesy to play Deadpool 2 villain, possibly Black Tom According to Deadline, 20th Century Fox has hired actor Jack Kesy (The Strain, Baywatch) to play a major Deadpool 2 villain in the upcoming sequel. The unofficial word is that Kesy is portraying the Irish mutant Black Tom Cassidy, who first appeared in the Chris Claremont-penned “Uncanny X-Men” #101 in 1976.