Acting · British Columbia, Canada · Born September 18, 1963
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.
TVThe Vampire Lestat
2026
as Marius de Romanus
TVThe Borderline
2026
as Charlie
MovieThe Train
2025
as Jack
MovieQueen of Bones
2025
as Fredrik P Jensen
MovieCatharsis
2025
as Stepfather
MovieThe Fast Runner
2024
as Shimon
TVMonarch: Legacy of Monsters
2023
as Puckett
MovieThe Boy in the Woods
2023
as Police Chief Bagan
MovieCorner Office
2023
as Andrew
TVThe Last of Us
2023
as Dr. Schoenheist - Scientist #1
MovieViking
2022
as Roy Walker
TVDark Winds
2022
as Dr. Reynolds
TVUnder the Banner of Heaven
2022
as Ammon Lafferty
TVBilly the Kid
2022
as McDaniels
TVPeacemaker
2022
as Captain Caspar Locke
TVChapelwaite
2021
as Jakub
TVThem
2021
as The Black Hat Man
MoviePsych 2: Lassie Come Home
2020
as Ova Asblorn
TV50 States of Fright
2020
as Old Man
TVMessiah
2020
as Oscar Wallace
MovieTogo
2019
as George Maynard
MovieAdopt a Highway
2019
as Jim
TVThe InBetween
2019
MovieStockholm
2019
as Chief Mattsson
TVDeadly Class
2019
as Master Zane
TVProject Blue Book
2019
as Edmund
MovieSicario: Day of the Soldado
2018
as Headmaster Deats
TVDamnation
2017
as Don Berryman
TVStar Trek: Discovery
2017
as Wen
TVTin Star
2017
as Louis Gagnon
TVMidnight, Texas
2017
as Hightower
TVPure
2017
as Augustus Nickel
TVTravelers
2016
as Andrew Graham
TVVan Helsing
2016
as Sam
TVMacGyver
2016
as David Arthur Faraday
MovieHoneyglue
2016
as Dennis
MoviePee-wee's Big Holiday
2016
as Ezekiel
TVCooper Barrett's Guide to Surviving Life
2016
as Arvid
TVThe Player
2015
as Ivan Mislav
TVMinority Report
2015
as Dr. Lionel Gray
TVDig
2015
as Olaf
MovieEadweard
2015
as Pepper
TV12 Monkeys
2015
as The Keeper
TVThe Librarians
2014
as Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin
TVGirlfriends' Guide to Divorce
2014
as Shaman Derek
TVGotham
2014
as Jack Gruber
TVScorpion
2014
as President Korsovich
MovieThe Calling
2014
as Simon
TVRush
2014
as Martin Arisson
MovieThree Days in Havana
2014
as Anders
MovieThe Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
2012
as Marcus
TVBeauty and the Beast
2012
as Dr. Nicholas Markus
TVArrow
2012
as Damian Darhk's Assistant
TVBullet in the Face
2012
as Lustig Balder
MovieThe Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1
2011
as Marcus
TVHell on Wheels
2011
as The Swede
TVFalling Skies
2011
as Duane Pickett
Let Your Fingers Do the Talking
2011
as Alby (voice)
TVR. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour
2010
as Collector
TVNikita
2010
as Matthew Collins
TVCaprica
2010
as Kevin Reikle
TVHuman Target
2010
as Connor Dunham
TVMirador
2010
as Grenier
MovieThe Twilight Saga: New Moon
2009
as Marcus
MovieStargate Atlantis: Fans' Choice
2009
as Halling/ Todd
TVCastle
2009
as Jacque Henri
MovieCadavres
2009
as Paolo
TVSanctuary
2008
as John Druitt / Bigfoot
TVTrue Blood
2008
as Dieter Braun
TVMurdoch Mysteries
2008
as Jebediah Friessen
TVLes Sœurs Elliot
2007
as Alcidez Barling
MovieThe Invisible
2007
as Dr. Woland
MovieThe Black Cat
2007
as Rufus Griswold
TVKiller Wave
2007
as Stanley Schiff
TVLe 7e Round
2006
as Arthur Kennedy
TVPsych
2006
as Long Hair
TVWhistler
2006
as Justin Talbert
TVSaved
2006
as John the Baptist
TVMasters of Horror
2005
as Rufus Griswold
MovieKamataki
2005
as Scott
TVSupernatural
2005
as Alastair
TVInto the West
2005
as James “Jim” Ebbets
MovieThe Outlander
2005
as Mike l'Irlandais
MovieBlade: Trinity
2004
as Caulder
TVLife As We Know It
2004
as Mr. Mitchell
MovieCatwoman
2004
as Rocker
TVStargate Atlantis
2004
as Todd the Wraith
MovieThe Chronicles of Riddick
2004
as Helion Politico
TVThe Collector
2004
as Jan van der Heyden
MovieThe Last Tunnel
2004
as Smiley
TVStephen King's Kingdom Hospital
2004
as Reverend Jimmy Criss
The Tumultuous Adventures of Jack Carter
2003
as Lennie
TVSmallville: Chloe Chronicles
2003
as Dr. Arthur Walsh
TVNapoleon
2002
as Geoffroy St-Hilaire
TVJohn Doe
2002
as Dr. Hillerman
TVJust Cause
2002
as Dr. Tolkien
TVThe Dead Zone
2002
as Zed
MovieIndia: Kingdom of the Tiger
2002
as Jim Corbett
TVJeremiah
2002
as Paul Wiel
MovieMatthew Blackheart: Monster Smasher
2002
as Dr. Jacob Mortas
MovieAftermath
2002
as Evan Harper
TVSmallville
2001
as Zor-El
MoviePig's Law
2001
as Jodorowsky (Junkie)
MovieThe Killing Yard
2001
as D.A.
MovieVarian's War
2001
as Marius Franken
MovieNowhere in Sight
2001
as Lewis Gills
TVCSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
as Marc Ratelle
TVAndromeda
2000
as Gaiton
TVNuremberg
2000
as Ernst Kaltenbrunner
MovieBelieve
2000
as Thad Stiles
MovieThe Witness
2000
as Bobby Fish
MoviePress Run
2000
as Mickey Collins
TV2 Brothers
1999
as Bobby Vieira
MovieRequiem for Murder
1999
as Detective Lou Heinz
MovieBabel
1999
as Preficator (as Chris Heyerdahl)
MovieThe Ghosts of Dickens' Past
1998
as Charles Dickens
MovieAffliction
1998
as Frankie Lacoy
MovieOut of Mind: The Stories of H.P. Lovecraft
1998
as H.P. Lovecraft
MovieThe Education of Little Tree
1997
as Pine Billy
MovieThe Peacekeeper
1997
as Hettinger
MovieBleeders
1997
as Narrator (voice)
TVStargate SG-1
1997
as Pallan
TVThe Hunger
1997
as Arthur
MovieTwists of Terror
1997
as Darien
MovieThe Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon
1997
as Fellow Gambler #2
MovieCoyote Run
1997
as Judd Lush
MovieHabitat
1997
as Eric Thornton
TVLassie
1997
as Alfred Kraus
TVLa Femme Nikita
1997
as Colin Starnes
MovieSilent Trigger
1996
as O'Hara
MovieRowing Through
1996
as Paul Enquist
TVThe Maharaja's Daughter
1995
as Walt (as Chris Heyerdahl)
MovieObstruction of Justice
1994
as Thief #2
MovieHighlander III: The Sorcerer
1994
as Ponytail
MovieWarriors
1994
as Milo
TVAre You Afraid of the Dark?
1992
as Leonid
TV21 Jump Street
1987
as Jake
The Guardian Angel
as Sergeant Braun
