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