Acting
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 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.
Filmography
The Borderline
Series · 2026
The Vampire Lestat
Series · 2026
Queen of Bones
Film · 2025
The Train
Film · 2025
Catharsis
Film · 2025
The Fast Runner
Film · 2024
The Boy in the Woods
Film · 2023
Corner Office
Film · 2023
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
Series · 2023
The Last of Us
Series · 2023
Viking
Film · 2022
Under the Banner of Heaven
Series · 2022
Peacemaker
Series · 2022
Dark Winds
Series · 2022
Billy the Kid
Series · 2022
Chapelwaite
Series · 2021
Them
Series · 2021
Psych 2: Lassie Come Home
Film · 2020
50 States of Fright
Series · 2020
Messiah
Series · 2020
Stockholm
Film · 2019
Adopt a Highway
Film · 2019
Togo
Film · 2019
Project Blue Book
Series · 2019
The InBetween
Series · 2019
Deadly Class
Series · 2019
The Guardian Angel
Film · 2018
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
Film · 2018
Pure
Series · 2017
Tin Star
Series · 2017
Damnation
Series · 2017
Midnight, Texas
Series · 2017
Star Trek: Discovery
Series · 2017
Honeyglue
Film · 2016
Pee-wee's Big Holiday
Film · 2016
Van Helsing
Series · 2016
Cooper Barrett's Guide to Surviving Life
Series · 2016
MacGyver
Series · 2016
Travelers
Series · 2016
Eadweard
Film · 2015
Minority Report
Series · 2015
The Player
Series · 2015
Dig
Series · 2015
12 Monkeys
Series · 2015
Three Days in Havana
Film · 2014
The Calling
Film · 2014
Gotham
Series · 2014
Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce
Series · 2014
Rush
Series · 2014
Scorpion
Series · 2014
The Librarians
Series · 2014
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
Film · 2012
Arrow
Series · 2012
Bullet in the Face
Series · 2012
Beauty and the Beast
Series · 2012
Let Your Fingers Do the Talking
Film · 2011
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1
Film · 2011
Hell on Wheels
Series · 2011
Falling Skies
Series · 2011
Nikita
Series · 2010
Mirador
Series · 2010
Human Target
Series · 2010
R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour
Series · 2010
Caprica
Series · 2010
Caprica
Series · 2010
Cadavres
Film · 2009
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Film · 2009
Stargate Atlantis: Fans' Choice
Film · 2009
Castle
Series · 2009
Sanctuary
Series · 2008
True Blood
Series · 2008
Murdoch Mysteries
Series · 2008
The Invisible
Film · 2007
The Black Cat
Film · 2007
Les Sœurs Elliot
Series · 2007
Killer Wave
Series · 2007
Whistler
Series · 2006
Saved
Series · 2006
Le 7e Round
Series · 2006
Psych
Series · 2006
Kamataki
Film · 2005
The Outlander
Film · 2005
Masters of Horror
Series · 2005
Into the West
Series · 2005
Supernatural
Series · 2005
Catwoman
Film · 2004
The Last Tunnel
Film · 2004
Blade: Trinity
Film · 2004
The Chronicles of Riddick
Film · 2004
Stargate Atlantis
Series · 2004
Stargate Atlantis
Series · 2004
The Collector
Series · 2004
Life As We Know It
Series · 2004
Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital
Series · 2004
Stargate Atlantis
Series · 2004
Smallville: Chloe Chronicles
Series · 2003
The Tumultuous Adventures of Jack Carter
Series · 2003
India: Kingdom of the Tiger
Film · 2002
Matthew Blackheart: Monster Smasher
Film · 2002
Aftermath
Film · 2002
The Dead Zone
Series · 2002
Just Cause
Series · 2002
John Doe
Series · 2002
Jeremiah
Series · 2002
Napoleon
Series · 2002
Varian's War
Film · 2001
Nowhere in Sight
Film · 2001
Pig's Law
Film · 2001
The Killing Yard
Film · 2001
Smallville
Series · 2001
Believe
Film · 2000
The Witness
Film · 2000
Press Run
Film · 2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Series · 2000
Andromeda
Series · 2000
Nuremberg
Series · 2000
Babel
Film · 1999
Requiem for Murder
Film · 1999
2 Brothers
Series · 1999
Out of Mind: The Stories of H.P. Lovecraft
Film · 1998
Affliction
Film · 1998
The Ghosts of Dickens' Past
Film · 1998
Coyote Run
Film · 1997
The Education of Little Tree
Film · 1997
The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon
Film · 1997
Twists of Terror
Film · 1997
Habitat
Film · 1997
Bleeders
Film · 1997
The Peacekeeper
Film · 1997
La Femme Nikita
Series · 1997
Lassie
Series · 1997
The Hunger
Series · 1997
Stargate SG-1
Series · 1997
Rowing Through
Film · 1996
Silent Trigger
Film · 1996
The Maharaja's Daughter
Series · 1995
Warriors
Film · 1994
Obstruction of Justice
Film · 1994
Highlander III: The Sorcerer
Film · 1994
Are You Afraid of the Dark?
Series · 1992
Are You Afraid of the Dark?
Series · 1992
21 Jump Street
Series · 1987