Christopher Heyerdahl
male
Born on September 18, 1963 (61 years old)
From British Columbia, Canada
Known for Acting
Biography
Christopher Heyerdahl (born September 18, 1963) is a Canadian actor who portrayed Alastair in Supernatural, the Wraith Todd in Stargate Atlantis, Sam in Van Helsing, "Swede" in Hell on Wheels, and Marcus in The Twilight Saga. Heyerdahl was born in British Columbia, and is of Norwegian and Scottish descent. His father emigrated from Norway to Canada in the 1950s. Thor Heyerdahl was his father's cousin. Heyerdahl also speaks Norwegian and studied at the University of Oslo. Heyerdahl is primarily known for his recurring role as the enigmatic and sinister "Swede" in AMC's Hell on Wheels. This post-American Civil War drama debuted as the second highest rated original series in AMC history. He is also known for his role as Leonid in the Are You Afraid of the Dark? episode "The Thirteenth Floor" and as Nosferatu in the episode "Midnight Madness". He played the characters Halling and Wraith commander Todd in Stargate Atlantis, and Pallan in the Stargate SG-1 episode "Revisions".He played H. P. Lovecraft in the film Out of Mind: The Stories of H. P. Lovecraft (1998) and a punk, new at drug dealing, in Cadavres (2009). He played the part of the demon Alastair in three episodes of Supernatural. He also played the part of Zor-El in the television series Smallville, as well as playing John Druitt and Bigfoot in the series Sanctuary. He played the part of Dieter Braun on True Blood during the show's 5th season. His most notable film role was in the feature film New Moon, an adaptation of Stephenie Meyer's second book in her Twilight Saga. In this film, he played a vampire, Marcus, who is part of a powerful Italian family called the Volturi. He reprised that role in both parts of Breaking Dawn, the two-part adaptation of the fourth book in the Twilight Saga. He has also performed on stage and was a member of the Young Company at the Stratford Festival in 1989 and 1990.
Cast Credits
- 2023
- 2022
- 2016
- 2015
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Catwoman
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Rocker
2004
The Last Tunnel
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Smiley
2004
Blade: Trinity
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Caulder
2004
The Chronicles of Riddick
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Helion Politico
2004
Stargate Atlantis
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Todd the Wraith
2004
Stargate Atlantis
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Halling
2004
The Collector
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Jan van der Heyden
2004
Life As We Know It
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Mr. Mitchell
2004
Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital
as
Reverend Jimmy Criss
2004
Stargate Atlantis
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Todd
2004
- 2002
- 2001
- 2000
- 1999
- 1998
- 1997
Coyote Run
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Judd Lush
1997
Affliction
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Frankie Lacoy
1997
The Education of Little Tree
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Pine Billy
1997
The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon
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Fellow Gambler #2
1997
Twists of Terror
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Darien
1997
Habitat
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Eric Thornton
1997
Bleeders
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Narrator (voice)
1997
The Peacekeeper
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Hettinger
1997
La Femme Nikita
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Colin Starnes
1997
Lassie
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Alfred Kraus
1997
The Hunger
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Arthur
1997
Stargate SG-1
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Pallan
1997
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- 1994
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