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Christopher Heyerdahl

Acting 62 years old British Columbia, Canada ★ 1.8
Born: September 18, 1963

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.

External Links

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Known For

Supernatural
Supernatural Alastair 2005
Smallville
Smallville Zor-El 2001
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters Puckett 2023
The Last of Us
The Last of Us Dr. Schoenheist - Scientist #1 2023
Gotham
Gotham Jack Gruber 2014

Filmography

Acting Credits (142)

The Borderline
The Borderline Charlie 2026
The Train
The Train Jack 2025
Queen of Bones
Queen of Bones Fredrik P Jensen 2025
Catharsis
Catharsis Stepfather 2025
The Fast Runner
The Fast Runner Shimon 2024
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters Puckett 2023
The Boy in the Woods
The Boy in the Woods Police Chief Bagan 2023
Corner Office
Corner Office Andrew 2023
The Last of Us
The Last of Us Dr. Schoenheist - Scientist #1 2023
Viking
Viking Roy Walker 2022
Dark Winds
Dark Winds Dr. Reynolds 2022
Under the Banner of Heaven
Under the Banner of Heaven Ammon Lafferty 2022
Billy the Kid
Billy the Kid McDaniels 2022
Peacemaker
Peacemaker Captain Caspar Locke 2022
Chapelwaite
Chapelwaite Jakub 2021
Them
Them The Black Hat Man 2021
Psych 2: Lassie Come Home
Psych 2: Lassie Come Home Ova Asblorn 2020
50 States of Fright
50 States of Fright Old Man 2020
Messiah
Messiah Oscar Wallace 2020
Togo
Togo George Maynard 2019
Adopt a Highway
Adopt a Highway Jim 2019
The InBetween
The InBetween 2019
Stockholm
Stockholm Chief Mattsson 2019
Deadly Class
Deadly Class Master Zane 2019
Project Blue Book
Project Blue Book Edmund 2019
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
Sicario: Day of the Soldado Headmaster Deats 2018
Damnation
Damnation Don Berryman 2017
Star Trek: Discovery
Star Trek: Discovery Wen 2017
Tin Star
Tin Star Louis Gagnon 2017
Midnight, Texas
Midnight, Texas Hightower 2017
Pure
Pure Augustus Nickel 2017
Travelers
Travelers Andrew Graham 2016
Van Helsing
Van Helsing Sam 2016
MacGyver
MacGyver David Arthur Faraday 2016
Honeyglue
Honeyglue Dennis 2016
Pee-wee's Big Holiday
Pee-wee's Big Holiday Ezekiel 2016
Cooper Barrett's Guide to Surviving Life
Cooper Barrett's Guide to Surviving Life Arvid 2016
The Player
The Player Ivan Mislav 2015
Minority Report
Minority Report Dr. Lionel Gray 2015
Dig
Dig Olaf 2015
Eadweard
Eadweard Pepper 2015
12 Monkeys
12 Monkeys The Keeper 2015
The Librarians
The Librarians Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin 2014
Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce
Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce Shaman Derek 2014
Gotham
Gotham Jack Gruber 2014
Scorpion
Scorpion President Korsovich 2014
The Calling
The Calling Simon 2014
Rush
Rush Martin Arisson 2014
Three Days in Havana
Three Days in Havana Anders 2014
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 Marcus 2012
Beauty and the Beast
Beauty and the Beast Dr. Nicholas Markus 2012
Arrow
Arrow Damian Darhk's Assistant 2012
Vegas
Vegas Cal Sprouse 2012
Bullet in the Face
Bullet in the Face Lustig Balder 2012
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 Marcus 2011
Hell on Wheels
Hell on Wheels The Swede 2011
Falling Skies
Falling Skies Duane Pickett 2011
Let Your Fingers Do the Talking
Let Your Fingers Do the Talking Alby (voice) 2011
R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour
R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour Collector 2010
Nikita
Nikita Matthew Collins 2010
Caprica
Caprica Kevin Reikle 2010
Caprica
Caprica Kevin Riekel 2010
Human Target
Human Target Connor Dunham 2010
Mirador
Mirador Grenier 2010
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
The Twilight Saga: New Moon Marcus 2009
Stargate Atlantis: Fans' Choice
Stargate Atlantis: Fans' Choice Halling/ Todd 2009
Castle
Castle Jacque Henri 2009
Cadavres
Cadavres Paolo 2009
Sanctuary
Sanctuary John Druitt / Bigfoot 2008
True Blood
True Blood Dieter Braun 2008
Murdoch Mysteries
Murdoch Mysteries Jebediah Friessen 2008
Les Sœurs Elliot
Les Sœurs Elliot Alcidez Barling 2007
The Invisible
The Invisible Dr. Woland 2007
The Black Cat
The Black Cat Rufus Griswold 2007
Killer Wave
Killer Wave Stanley Schiff 2007
Le 7e Round
Le 7e Round Arthur Kennedy 2006
Psych
Psych Long Hair 2006
Whistler
Whistler Justin Talbert 2006
Saved
Saved John the Baptist 2006
Masters of Horror
Masters of Horror Rufus Griswold 2005
Kamataki
Kamataki Scott 2005
Supernatural
Supernatural Alastair 2005
Into the West
Into the West James “Jim” Ebbets 2005
The Outlander
The Outlander Mike l'Irlandais 2005
Blade: Trinity
Blade: Trinity Caulder 2004
Life As We Know It
Life As We Know It Mr. Mitchell 2004
Catwoman
Catwoman Rocker 2004
Stargate Atlantis
Stargate Atlantis Todd the Wraith 2004
Stargate Atlantis
Stargate Atlantis Halling 2004
Stargate Atlantis
Stargate Atlantis Todd 2004
The Chronicles of Riddick
The Chronicles of Riddick Helion Politico 2004
The Collector
The Collector Jan van der Heyden 2004
The Last Tunnel
The Last Tunnel Smiley 2004
Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital
Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital Reverend Jimmy Criss 2004
The Tumultuous Adventures of Jack Carter
The Tumultuous Adventures of Jack Carter Lennie 2003
Smallville: Chloe Chronicles
Smallville: Chloe Chronicles Dr. Arthur Walsh 2003
Napoleon
Napoleon Geoffroy St-Hilaire 2002
John Doe
John Doe Dr. Hillerman 2002
Just Cause
Just Cause Dr. Tolkien 2002
The Dead Zone
The Dead Zone Zed 2002
India: Kingdom of the Tiger
India: Kingdom of the Tiger Jim Corbett 2002
Jeremiah
Jeremiah Paul Wiel 2002
Matthew Blackheart: Monster Smasher
Matthew Blackheart: Monster Smasher Dr. Jacob Mortas 2002
Aftermath
Aftermath Evan Harper 2002
Smallville
Smallville Zor-El 2001
Pig's Law
Pig's Law Jodorowsky (Junkie) 2001
The Killing Yard
The Killing Yard D.A. 2001
Varian's War
Varian's War Marius Franken 2001
Nowhere in Sight
Nowhere in Sight Lewis Gills 2001
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Marc Ratelle 2000
Andromeda
Andromeda Gaiton 2000
Nuremberg
Nuremberg Ernst Kaltenbrunner 2000
Believe
Believe Thad Stiles 2000
The Witness
The Witness Bobby Fish 2000
Press Run
Press Run Mickey Collins 2000
2 Brothers
2 Brothers Bobby Vieira 1999
Requiem for Murder
Requiem for Murder Detective Lou Heinz 1999
Babel
Babel Preficator (as Chris Heyerdahl) 1999
The Ghosts of Dickens' Past
The Ghosts of Dickens' Past Charles Dickens 1998
Affliction
Affliction Frankie Lacoy 1998
Out of Mind: The Stories of H.P. Lovecraft
Out of Mind: The Stories of H.P. Lovecraft H.P. Lovecraft 1998
The Education of Little Tree
The Education of Little Tree Pine Billy 1997
The Peacekeeper
The Peacekeeper Hettinger 1997
Bleeders
Bleeders Narrator (voice) 1997
Stargate SG-1
Stargate SG-1 Pallan 1997
The Hunger
The Hunger Arthur 1997
Twists of Terror
Twists of Terror Darien 1997
The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon
The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon Fellow Gambler #2 1997
Coyote Run
Coyote Run Judd Lush 1997
Habitat
Habitat Eric Thornton 1997
Lassie
Lassie Alfred Kraus 1997
La Femme Nikita
La Femme Nikita Colin Starnes 1997
Silent Trigger
Silent Trigger O'Hara 1996
Rowing Through
Rowing Through Paul Enquist 1996
The Maharaja's Daughter
The Maharaja's Daughter Walt (as Chris Heyerdahl) 1995
Obstruction of Justice
Obstruction of Justice Thief #2 1994
Highlander III: The Sorcerer
Highlander III: The Sorcerer Ponytail 1994
Warriors
Warriors Milo 1994
Are You Afraid of the Dark?
Are You Afraid of the Dark? Nosferatu (as Chris Heyerdahl) 1992
Are You Afraid of the Dark?
Are You Afraid of the Dark? Leonid 1992
21 Jump Street
21 Jump Street Jake 1987
The Guardian Angel
The Guardian Angel Sergeant Braun

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