Christopher Heyerdahl
Acting
- Born:
- 1963-09-18
- Place of birth:
- British Columbia, Canada
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.
Known For
Filmography
The Vampire Lestat
The Borderline
The Train
Queen of Bones
Catharsis
The Fast Runner
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
The Boy in the Woods
Corner Office
The Last of Us
Viking
Dark Winds
Under the Banner of Heaven
Billy the Kid
Peacemaker
Chapelwaite
Them
Psych 2: Lassie Come Home
50 States of Fright
Messiah
Togo
Adopt a Highway
The InBetween
Stockholm
Deadly Class
Project Blue Book
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
The Guardian Angel
Damnation
Star Trek: Discovery
Tin Star
Midnight, Texas
Pure
Travelers
Van Helsing
MacGyver
Honeyglue
Pee-wee's Big Holiday
Cooper Barrett's Guide to Surviving Life
The Player
Minority Report
Dig
Eadweard
12 Monkeys
The Librarians
Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce
Gotham
Scorpion
The Calling
Rush
Three Days in Havana
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
Beauty and the Beast
Arrow
Bullet in the Face
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1
Hell on Wheels
Falling Skies
The Haunting Hour: Fear Never Knocks
Let Your Fingers Do the Talking
R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour
Nikita
Caprica
Human Target
Mirador
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Stargate Atlantis: Fans' Choice
Castle
Cadavres
Sanctuary
True Blood
Murdoch Mysteries
Les Sœurs Elliot
The Invisible
The Black Cat
Killer Wave
Le 7e Round
Psych
Whistler
Saved
Masters of Horror
Kamataki
Supernatural
Into the West
The Outlander
Blade: Trinity
Life As We Know It
Catwoman
Stargate Atlantis
The Chronicles of Riddick
The Collector
The Last Tunnel
Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital
The Tumultuous Adventures of Jack Carter
Smallville: Chloe Chronicles
Napoleon
John Doe
Just Cause
The Dead Zone
India: Kingdom of the Tiger
Jeremiah
Matthew Blackheart: Monster Smasher
Aftermath
Smallville
Pig's Law
The Killing Yard
Varian's War
Nowhere in Sight
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Andromeda
Nuremberg
Believe
The Witness
Press Run
2 Brothers
Requiem for Murder
Babel
The Ghosts of Dickens' Past
Affliction
Out of Mind: The Stories of H.P. Lovecraft
The Education of Little Tree
The Peacekeeper
Bleeders
Stargate SG-1
The Hunger
Twists of Terror
The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon
Coyote Run
Habitat
Lassie
La Femme Nikita
Silent Trigger
Rowing Through
The Maharaja's Daughter
Obstruction of Justice
Highlander III: The Sorcerer
Warriors
Are You Afraid of the Dark?
21 Jump Street