Christopher Heyerdahl
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1963-09-18 (61 years old)
Place of Birth
British Columbia, Canada
Christopher Heyerdahl
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
Acting
The Guardian Angel
as Sergeant Braun
(2025)
Catharsis
as Stepfather
(2024)
The Fast Runner
as Shimon
(2023)
The Boy in the Woods
as Police Chief Bagan
(2023)
Corner Office
as Andrew
(2023)
Queen of Bones
as Fredrik P Jensen
(2022)
Viking
as Roy Walker
(2020)
(2019)
Togo
as George Maynard
(2019)
Adopt a Highway
as Jim
(2019)
Stockholm
as Chief Mattsson
(2018)
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
as Headmaster Deats
(2016)
Pee-wee's Big Holiday
as Ezekiel
(2016)
Honeyglue
as Dennis
(2015)
Eadweard
as Pepper
(2014)
Three Days in Havana
as Anders
(2014)
The Calling
as Simon
(2012)
(2011)
(2011)
Let Your Fingers Do the Talking
as Alby (voice)
(2009)
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
as Marcus
(2009)
Stargate Atlantis: Fans' Choice
as Halling/ Todd
(2009)
Cadavres
as Paolo
(2007)
The Invisible
as Dr. Woland
(2007)
The Black Cat
as Rufus Griswold
(2005)
The Outlander
as Mike l'Irlandais
(2005)
Kamataki
as Scott
(2004)
Blade: Trinity
as Caulder
(2004)
Catwoman
as Rocker
(2004)
The Chronicles of Riddick
as Helion Politico
(2004)
The Last Tunnel
as Smiley
(2002)
Aftermath
as Evan Harper
(2002)
Matthew Blackheart: Monster Smasher
as Dr. Jacob Mortas
(2002)
India: Kingdom of the Tiger
as Jim Corbett
(2001)
Varian's War
as Marius Franken
(2001)
Pig's Law
as Jodorowsky (Junkie)
(2001)
The Killing Yard
as D.A.
(2001)
Nowhere in Sight
as Lewis Gills
(2000)
Believe
as Thad Stiles
(2000)
The Witness
as Bobby Fish
(2000)
Press Run
as Mickey Collins
(1999)
Babel
as Preficator (as Chris Heyerdahl)
(1999)
Requiem for Murder
as Detective Lou Heinz
(1998)
The Ghosts of Dickens' Past
as Charles Dickens
(1998)
Out of Mind: The Stories of H.P. Lovecraft
as H.P. Lovecraft
(1997)
Affliction
as Frankie Lacoy
(1997)
Bleeders
as Narrator (voice)
(1997)
The Education of Little Tree
as Pine Billy
(1997)
The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon
as Fellow Gambler #2
(1997)
The Peacekeeper
as Hettinger
(1997)
Habitat
as Eric Thornton
(1997)
Twists of Terror
as Darien
(1997)
Coyote Run
as Judd Lush
(1996)
Silent Trigger
as O'Hara
(1996)
Rowing Through
as Paul Enquist
(1994)
Highlander III: The Sorcerer
as Ponytail
(1994)
Warriors
as Milo
(1994)
Obstruction of Justice
as Thief #2