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