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Christopher Heyerdahl

Christopher Heyerdahl

Acting September 18, 1963 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

Silent Trigger
5.2
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O'Hara
Silent Trigger
1996
Aftermath
6.0
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Evan Harper
Aftermath
2002
Matthew Blackheart: Monster Smasher
6.5
Dr. Jacob Mortas
Matthew Blackheart: Monster Smasher
2002

TV Shows

Smallville
8.2
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Zor-El
Smallville
2001
Scorpion
8.2
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President Korsovich
Scorpion
2014
The Last of Us
8.4
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Dr. Schoenheist - Scientist #1
The Last of Us
2023
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
7.8
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Puckett
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
2023
MacGyver
7.3
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David Arthur Faraday
MacGyver
2016
Van Helsing
7.0
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Sam
Van Helsing
2016
Nikita
7.3
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Matthew Collins
Nikita
2010
Human Target
7.2
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Connor Dunham
Human Target
2010
Messiah
7.2
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Oscar Wallace
Messiah
2020
50 States of Fright
7.2
Old Man
50 States of Fright
2020

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