Christopher Heyerdahl
Known for Acting · 138 credits
- Born
- 1963-09-18 (age 62)
- Place of birth
- British Columbia, Canada
- Also known as
- Chris Heyerdahl · 克里斯多佛・海爾達
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.
Known For
TV Shows (79)
Supernatural
2005
as Alastair
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
as Marc Ratelle
Smallville
2001
as Zor-El
Stargate SG-1
1997
as Pallan
Arrow
2012
as Damian Darhk's Assistant
Castle
2009
as Jacque Henri
Psych
2006
as Long Hair
Murdoch Mysteries
2008
as Jebediah Friessen
Star Trek: Discovery
2017
as Wen
Stargate Atlantis
2004
as Todd the Wraith / Halling
Gotham
2014
as Jack Gruber
The Last of Us
2023
as Dr. Schoenheist - Scientist #1
Dark Winds
2022
as Dr. Reynolds
True Blood
2008
as Dieter Braun
MacGyver
2016
as David Arthur Faraday
Scorpion
2014
as President Korsovich
Peacemaker
2022
as Captain Caspar Locke
21 Jump Street
1987
as Jake
The Vampire Lestat
2026
as Marius de Romanus
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
2023
as Puckett
Andromeda
2000
as Gaiton
Falling Skies
2011
as Duane Pickett
Beauty and the Beast
2012
as Dr. Nicholas Markus
Van Helsing
2016
as Sam
La Femme Nikita
1997
as Colin Starnes
The Dead Zone
2002
as Zed
Travelers
2016
as Andrew Graham
Sanctuary
2008
as John Druitt / Bigfoot
12 Monkeys
2015
as The Keeper
Hell on Wheels
2011
as The Swede
Nikita
2010
as Matthew Collins
R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour
2010
as Collector
Are You Afraid of the Dark?
1992
as Nosferatu (as Chris Heyerdahl) / Leonid
The Librarians
2014
as Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin
Human Target
2010
as Connor Dunham
Masters of Horror
2005
as Rufus Griswold
Billy the Kid
2022
as McDaniels
The Hunger
1997
as Arthur
Them
2021
as The Black Hat Man
Midnight, Texas
2017
as Hightower
Tin Star
2017
as Louis Gagnon
Project Blue Book
2019
as Edmund
John Doe
2002
as Dr. Hillerman
Caprica
2010
as Kevin Reikle / Kevin Riekel
The Borderline
2026
as Charlie
Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce
2014
as Shaman Derek
Minority Report
2015
as Dr. Lionel Gray
The Collector
2004
as Jan van der Heyden
Napoleon
2002
as Geoffroy St-Hilaire
Under the Banner of Heaven
2022
as Ammon Lafferty
Into the West
2005
as James “Jim” Ebbets
Jeremiah
2002
as Paul Wiel
Deadly Class
2019
as Master Zane
The Player
2015
as Ivan Mislav
Chapelwaite
2021
as Jakub
50 States of Fright
2020
as Old Man
Messiah
2020
as Oscar Wallace
Cooper Barrett's Guide to Surviving Life
2016
as Arvid
Lassie
1997
as Alfred Kraus
Just Cause
2002
as Dr. Tolkien
Movies (59)
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1
2011
as Marcus
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
2012
as Marcus
Catwoman
2004
as Rocker
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
2009
as Marcus
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
2018
as Headmaster Deats
Blade: Trinity
2004
as Caulder
Togo
2019
as George Maynard
Corner Office
2023
as Andrew
The Chronicles of Riddick
2004
as Helion Politico
Highlander III: The Sorcerer
1994
as Ponytail
Stockholm
2019
as Chief Mattsson
Viking
2022
as Roy Walker
The Invisible
2007
as Dr. Woland
Psych 2: Lassie Come Home
2020
as Ova Asblorn
Adopt a Highway
2019
as Jim
Catharsis
2025
as Stepfather
Affliction
1998
as Frankie Lacoy
Pee-wee's Big Holiday
2016
as Ezekiel
The Guardian Angel
as Sergeant Braun
The Calling
2014
as Simon
Kamataki
2005
as Scott
Bleeders
1997
as Narrator (voice)
Three Days in Havana
2014
as Anders
The Boy in the Woods
2023
as Police Chief Bagan
Press Run
2000
as Mickey Collins
Queen of Bones
2025
as Fredrik P Jensen
Varian's War
2001
as Marius Franken
Silent Trigger
1996
as O'Hara
The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon
1997
as Fellow Gambler #2
Twists of Terror
1997
as Darien
The Peacekeeper
1997
as Hettinger
Habitat
1997
as Eric Thornton
The Education of Little Tree
1997
as Pine Billy
Requiem for Murder
1999
as Detective Lou Heinz
The Fast Runner
2024
as Shimon
The Black Cat
2007
as Rufus Griswold
The Last Tunnel
2004
as Smiley
Believe
2000
as Thad Stiles
Eadweard
2015
as Pepper
Rowing Through
1996
as Paul Enquist
Matthew Blackheart: Monster Smasher
2002
as Dr. Jacob Mortas
Nowhere in Sight
2001
as Lewis Gills
Stargate Atlantis: Fans' Choice
2009
as Halling/ Todd
The Killing Yard
2001
as D.A.
Aftermath
2002
as Evan Harper
The Outlander
2005
as Mike l'Irlandais
Pig's Law
2001
as Jodorowsky (Junkie)
Honeyglue
2016
as Dennis
The Train
2025
as Jack
The Witness
2000
as Bobby Fish
Obstruction of Justice
1994
as Thief #2
Warriors
1994
as Milo
Cadavres
2009
as Paolo
Coyote Run
1997
as Judd Lush
Babel
1999
as Preficator (as Chris Heyerdahl)
India: Kingdom of the Tiger
2002
as Jim Corbett
Out of Mind: The Stories of H.P. Lovecraft
1998
as H.P. Lovecraft
The Ghosts of Dickens' Past
1998
as Charles Dickens
Let Your Fingers Do the Talking
2011
as Alby (voice)
About Christopher Heyerdahl
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… With 138 credits spanning from 1987 to 2026, Christopher Heyerdahl has appeared in 59 films and 79 TV shows.
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- The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 (2011) — as Marcus
- The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 (2012) — as Marcus
- Catwoman (2004) — as Rocker
- The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009) — as Marcus
- Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018) — as Headmaster Deats
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