Christopher Heyerdahl
Acting
Born: September 18, 1963 (age 63) · British Columbia, Canada
Highest Rated
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.
Known for
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
2009
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
2012
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1
2011
Supernatural
2005
The Last of Us
2023
Arrow
2012
The Chronicles of Riddick
2004
Smallville
2001
Blade: Trinity
2004
Scorpion
2014
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
2018
Gotham
2014
Photos (2)
Movies (57)
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Marcus
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1
Marcus
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
Marcus
Blade: Trinity
Caulder
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
Headmaster Deats
Catwoman
Rocker
The Chronicles of Riddick
Helion Politico
Togo
George Maynard
Highlander III: The Sorcerer
Ponytail
Adopt a Highway
Jim
The Invisible
Dr. Woland
Psych 2: Lassie Come Home
Ova Asblorn
Stockholm
Chief Mattsson
Pee-wee's Big Holiday
Ezekiel
Corner Office
Andrew
The Calling
Simon
Silent Trigger
O'Hara
Affliction
Frankie Lacoy
The Boy in the Woods
Police Chief Bagan
Three Days in Havana
Anders
The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon
Fellow Gambler #2
Queen of Bones
Fredrik P Jensen
Bleeders
Narrator (voice)
The Education of Little Tree
Pine Billy
Stargate Atlantis: Fans' Choice
Halling/ Todd
Matthew Blackheart: Monster Smasher
Dr. Jacob Mortas
Viking
Roy Walker
The Peacekeeper
Hettinger
Press Run
Mickey Collins
Pig's Law
Jodorowsky (Junkie)
Varian's War
Marius Franken
The Killing Yard
D.A.
Habitat
Eric Thornton
The Outlander
Mike l'Irlandais
Rowing Through
Paul Enquist
Kamataki
Scott
The Black Cat
Rufus Griswold
Requiem for Murder
Detective Lou Heinz
Believe
Thad Stiles
Eadweard
Pepper
Out of Mind: The Stories of H.P. Lovecraft
H.P. Lovecraft
Cadavres
Paolo
Coyote Run
Judd Lush
Twists of Terror
Darien
India: Kingdom of the Tiger
Jim Corbett
The Fast Runner
Shimon
The Last Tunnel
Smiley
Nowhere in Sight
Lewis Gills
Babel
Preficator (as Chris Heyerdahl)
Warriors
Milo
Catharsis
Stepfather
Honeyglue
Dennis
The Ghosts of Dickens' Past
Charles Dickens
Obstruction of Justice
Thief #2
The Train
Jack
Aftermath
Evan Harper
The Witness
Bobby Fish
TV Shows (82)
Supernatural
Alastair · 3 eps
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Marc Ratelle · 1 eps
Castle
Jacque Henri · 1 eps
Smallville
Zor-El · 2 eps
Arrow
Damian Darhk's Assistant · 1 eps
Stargate SG-1
Pallan · 1 eps
Psych
Long Hair · 1 eps
Scorpion
President Korsovich · 1 eps
Star Trek: Discovery
Wen · 1 eps
Gotham
Jack Gruber · 2 eps
Stargate Atlantis
Todd the Wraith · 8 eps
Stargate Atlantis
Halling · 6 eps
Stargate Atlantis
Todd · 8 eps
True Blood
Dieter Braun · 6 eps
Murdoch Mysteries
Jebediah Friessen · 1 eps
MacGyver
David Arthur Faraday · 1 eps
21 Jump Street
Jake · 1 eps
The Last of Us
Dr. Schoenheist - Scientist #1 · 1 eps
Peacemaker
Captain Caspar Locke · 4 eps
The Dead Zone
Zed · 1 eps
Falling Skies
Duane Pickett · 1 eps
Andromeda
Gaiton · 1 eps
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
Puckett · 5 eps
Nikita
Matthew Collins · 1 eps
Are You Afraid of the Dark?
Leonid · 1 eps
Are You Afraid of the Dark?
Nosferatu · 1 eps
Dark Winds
Dr. Reynolds · 3 eps
12 Monkeys
The Keeper · 1 eps
La Femme Nikita
Colin Starnes · 1 eps
Hell on Wheels
The Swede · 57 eps
Sanctuary
John Druitt / Bigfoot · 59 eps
R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour
Collector · 1 eps
Van Helsing
Sam · 27 eps
The Librarians
Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin · 1 eps
Travelers
Andrew Graham · 1 eps
Masters of Horror
Rufus Griswold · 1 eps
Beauty and the Beast
Dr. Nicholas Markus · 1 eps
Human Target
Connor Dunham · 1 eps
The Hunger
Arthur · 1 eps
Them
The Black Hat Man · 7 eps
Caprica
Kevin Reikle · 3 eps
Caprica
Kevin Riekel · 1 eps
Project Blue Book
Edmund · 1 eps
Midnight, Texas
Hightower · 1 eps
Billy the Kid
McDaniels · 1 eps
Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce
Shaman Derek · 1 eps
Minority Report
Dr. Lionel Gray · 3 eps
John Doe
Dr. Hillerman · 2 eps
The Collector
Jan van der Heyden · 1 eps
Tin Star
Louis Gagnon · 10 eps
Under the Banner of Heaven
Ammon Lafferty · 2 eps
Deadly Class
Master Zane · 2 eps
The Vampire Lestat
Marius de Romanus · 3 eps
Into the West
James “Jim” Ebbets · 1 eps
50 States of Fright
Old Man · 2 eps
Cooper Barrett's Guide to Surviving Life
Arvid · 1 eps
Messiah
Oscar Wallace · 1 eps
Life As We Know It
Mr. Mitchell · 1 eps
Whistler
Justin Talbert · 1 eps
Jeremiah
Paul Wiel · 1 eps
Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital
Reverend Jimmy Criss · 3 eps
The Player
Ivan Mislav · 1 eps
Chapelwaite
Jakub · 5 eps
Napoleon
Geoffroy St-Hilaire · 4 eps
Nuremberg
Ernst Kaltenbrunner · 1 eps
Lassie
Alfred Kraus · 1 eps
The InBetween
1 eps
Damnation
Don Berryman · 10 eps
Dig
Olaf · 2 eps
Just Cause
Dr. Tolkien · 1 eps
Rush
Martin Arisson · 1 eps
Pure
Augustus Nickel · 6 eps
Mirador
Grenier · 3 eps
Killer Wave
Stanley Schiff · 2 eps
Saved
John the Baptist · 1 eps
The Borderline
Charlie · 6 eps
Bullet in the Face
Lustig Balder · 1 eps
The Maharaja's Daughter
Walt (as Chris Heyerdahl) · 3 eps
Smallville: Chloe Chronicles
Dr. Arthur Walsh · 1 eps
2 Brothers
Bobby Vieira · 13 eps
Les Sœurs Elliot
Alcidez Barling · 10 eps
Le 7e Round
Arthur Kennedy · 11 eps