Christopher Heyerdahl
Acting
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
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tvThe Vampire Lestat
2026
Marius de Romanus
tvThe Borderline
2026
Charlie
movieQueen of Bones
2025
Fredrik P Jensen
movieCatharsis
2025
Stepfather
movieThe Fast Runner
2024
Shimon
movieThe Boy in the Woods
2023
Police Chief Bagan
movieCorner Office
2023
Andrew
tvThe Last of Us
2023
Dr. Schoenheist - Scientist #1
movieViking
2022
Roy Walker
tvDark Winds
2022
Dr. Reynolds
tvUnder the Banner of Heaven
2022
Ammon Lafferty
tvBilly the Kid
2022
McDaniels
tvPeacemaker
2022
Captain Caspar Locke
tvChapelwaite
2021
Jakub
tvThem
2021
The Black Hat Man
moviePsych 2: Lassie Come Home
2020
Ova Asblorn
tv50 States of Fright
2020
Old Man
tvMessiah
2020
Oscar Wallace
movieTogo
2019
George Maynard
movieStockholm
2019
Chief Mattsson
tvDeadly Class
2019
Master Zane
tvProject Blue Book
2019
Edmund
movieSicario: Day of the Soldado
2018
Headmaster Deats
tvDamnation
2017
Don Berryman
tvTin Star
2017
Louis Gagnon
tvMidnight, Texas
2017
Hightower
tvPure
2017
Augustus Nickel
tvTravelers
2016
Andrew Graham
tvMacGyver
2016
David Arthur Faraday
movieHoneyglue
2016
Dennis
tvThe Player
2015
Ivan Mislav
tvMinority Report
2015
Dr. Lionel Gray
tvDig
2015
Olaf
movieEadweard
2015
Pepper
tv12 Monkeys
2015
The Keeper
tvThe Librarians
2014
Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin
tvGirlfriends' Guide to Divorce
2014
Shaman Derek
tvGotham
2014
Jack Gruber
tvScorpion
2014
President Korsovich
movieThe Calling
2014
Simon
tvRush
2014
Martin Arisson
tvBeauty and the Beast
2012
Dr. Nicholas Markus
tvArrow
2012
Damian Darhk's Assistant
tvBullet in the Face
2012
Lustig Balder
tvHell on Wheels
2011
The Swede
tvFalling Skies
2011
Duane Pickett
tvNikita
2010
Matthew Collins
tvCaprica
2010
Kevin Reikle / Kevin Riekel
tvHuman Target
2010
Connor Dunham
tvMirador
2010
Grenier
movieStargate Atlantis: Fans' Choice
2009
Halling/ Todd
tvCastle
2009
Jacque Henri
movieCadavres
2009
Paolo
tvSanctuary
2008
John Druitt / Bigfoot
tvTrue Blood
2008
Dieter Braun
tvMurdoch Mysteries
2008
Jebediah Friessen
tvLes Sœurs Elliot
2007
Alcidez Barling
movieThe Invisible
2007
Dr. Woland
movieThe Black Cat
2007
Rufus Griswold
tvKiller Wave
2007
Stanley Schiff
tvLe 7e Round
2006
Arthur Kennedy
tvPsych
2006
Long Hair
tvWhistler
2006
Justin Talbert
tvSaved
2006
John the Baptist
tvMasters of Horror
2005
Rufus Griswold
movieKamataki
2005
Scott
tvSupernatural
2005
Alastair
tvInto the West
2005
James “Jim” Ebbets
movieThe Outlander
2005
Mike l'Irlandais
movieBlade: Trinity
2004
Caulder
tvLife As We Know It
2004
Mr. Mitchell
movieCatwoman
2004
Rocker
tvStargate Atlantis
2004
Todd the Wraith / Halling / Todd
movieThe Chronicles of Riddick
2004
Helion Politico
tvThe Collector
2004
Jan van der Heyden
movieThe Last Tunnel
2004
Smiley
tvStephen King's Kingdom Hospital
2004
Reverend Jimmy Criss
tvSmallville: Chloe Chronicles
2003
Dr. Arthur Walsh
tvNapoleon
2002
Geoffroy St-Hilaire
tvJohn Doe
2002
Dr. Hillerman
tvJust Cause
2002
Dr. Tolkien
movieIndia: Kingdom of the Tiger
2002
Jim Corbett
tvJeremiah
2002
Paul Wiel
movieMatthew Blackheart: Monster Smasher
2002
Dr. Jacob Mortas
movieAftermath
2002
Evan Harper
tvSmallville
2001
Zor-El
moviePig's Law
2001
Jodorowsky (Junkie)
movieVarian's War
2001
Marius Franken
movieNowhere in Sight
2001
Lewis Gills
tvCSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
Marc Ratelle
tvAndromeda
2000
Gaiton
tvNuremberg
2000
Ernst Kaltenbrunner
movieBelieve
2000
Thad Stiles
movieThe Witness
2000
Bobby Fish
moviePress Run
2000
Mickey Collins
tv2 Brothers
1999
Bobby Vieira
movieRequiem for Murder
1999
Detective Lou Heinz
movieBabel
1999
Preficator (as Chris Heyerdahl)
movieThe Ghosts of Dickens' Past
1998
Charles Dickens
movieAffliction
1998
Frankie Lacoy
movieOut of Mind: The Stories of H.P. Lovecraft
1998
H.P. Lovecraft
movieThe Education of Little Tree
1997
Pine Billy
movieThe Peacekeeper
1997
Hettinger
movieBleeders
1997
Narrator (voice)
tvStargate SG-1
1997
Pallan
tvThe Hunger
1997
Arthur
movieThe Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon
1997
Fellow Gambler #2
movieCoyote Run
1997
Judd Lush
movieHabitat
1997
Eric Thornton
tvLassie
1997
Alfred Kraus
tvLa Femme Nikita
1997
Colin Starnes
movieSilent Trigger
1996
O'Hara
movieRowing Through
1996
Paul Enquist
tvThe Maharaja's Daughter
1995
Walt (as Chris Heyerdahl)
movieObstruction of Justice
1994
Thief #2
tvAre You Afraid of the Dark?
1992
Nosferatu (as Chris Heyerdahl) / Leonid
The Guardian Angel
Sergeant Braun