1963-09-18 ( 61 years old ) in British Columbia, Canada
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.
Movies
Queen of Bones
2025-04-10
The Fast Runner
2024-11-04
The Boy in the Woods
2023-09-19
Corner Office
2023-08-04
Viking
2022-09-25
Psych 2: Lassie Come Home
2020-07-15
Togo
2019-12-20
Adopt a Highway
2019-11-01
Stockholm
2019-04-12
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
2018-06-27
Honeyglue
2016-06-03
Pee-wee's Big Holiday
2016-03-15
Eadweard
2015-02-28
The Calling
2014-08-05
Three Days in Havana
2014-03-28
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
2012-11-13
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1
2011-11-16
Let Your Fingers Do the Talking
2011-01-01
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
2009-11-18
Stargate Atlantis: Fans' Choice
2009-08-04
Cadavres
2009-02-20
The Invisible
2007-04-27
The Black Cat
2007-01-19
Kamataki
2005-10-01
The Outlander
2005-04-22
Blade: Trinity
2004-12-08
Catwoman
2004-07-22
The Chronicles of Riddick
2004-06-11
The Last Tunnel
2004-03-12
India: Kingdom of the Tiger
2002-06-14
Matthew Blackheart: Monster Smasher
2002-02-19
Aftermath
2002-02-03
Pig's Law
2001-10-05
The Killing Yard
2001-09-23
Varian's War
2001-06-14
Nowhere in Sight
2001-01-01
Believe
2000-03-22
The Witness
2000-02-08
Press Run
2000-01-23
Requiem for Murder
1999-04-03
Babel
1999-01-01
The Ghosts of Dickens' Past
1998-06-15
Affliction
1998-02-12
Out of Mind: The Stories of H.P. Lovecraft
1998-01-01
The Education of Little Tree
1997-12-25
The Peacekeeper
1997-08-22
Bleeders
1997-07-31
Twists of Terror
1997-07-02
The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon
1997-06-22
Coyote Run
1997-06-17
Habitat
1997-05-06
Silent Trigger
1996-06-26
Rowing Through
1996-01-01
Warriors
1995-07-06
Obstruction of Justice
1994-11-30
Highlander III: The Sorcerer
1994-11-29
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