Christopher Heyerdahl
Acting
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.
TV Shows(79)
The Borderline
Charlie
2026
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
Puckett
2023
The Last of Us
Dr. Schoenheist - Scientist #1
2023
Dark Winds
Dr. Reynolds
2022
Under the Banner of Heaven
Ammon Lafferty
2022
Billy the Kid
McDaniels
2022
Peacemaker
Captain Caspar Locke
2022
Chapelwaite
Jakub
2021
Them
The Black Hat Man
2021
50 States of Fright
Old Man
2020
Messiah
Oscar Wallace
2020
The InBetween
2019
Deadly Class
Master Zane
2019
Project Blue Book
Edmund
2019
Damnation
Don Berryman
2017
Star Trek: Discovery
Wen
2017
Tin Star
Louis Gagnon
2017
Midnight, Texas
Hightower
2017
Pure
Augustus Nickel
2017
Travelers
Andrew Graham
2016
Van Helsing
Sam
2016
MacGyver
David Arthur Faraday
2016
Cooper Barrett's Guide to Surviving Life
Arvid
2016
The Player
Ivan Mislav
2015
Minority Report
Dr. Lionel Gray
2015
Dig
Olaf
2015
12 Monkeys
The Keeper
2015
The Librarians
Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin
2014
Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce
Shaman Derek
2014
Gotham
Jack Gruber
2014
Scorpion
President Korsovich
2014
Rush
Martin Arisson
2014
Beauty and the Beast
Dr. Nicholas Markus
2012
Arrow
Damian Darhk's Assistant
2012
Vegas
Cal Sprouse
2012
Bullet in the Face
Lustig Balder
2012
Hell on Wheels
The Swede
2011
Falling Skies
Duane Pickett
2011
R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour
Collector
2010
Nikita
Matthew Collins
2010
Caprica
Kevin Reikle
2010
Human Target
Connor Dunham
2010
Mirador
Grenier
2010
Castle
Jacque Henri
2009
Sanctuary
John Druitt / Bigfoot
2008
True Blood
Dieter Braun
2008
Murdoch Mysteries
Jebediah Friessen
2008
Les Sœurs Elliot
Alcidez Barling
2007
Killer Wave
Stanley Schiff
2007
Le 7e Round
Arthur Kennedy
2006
Psych
Long Hair
2006
Whistler
Justin Talbert
2006
Saved
John the Baptist
2006
Masters of Horror
Rufus Griswold
2005
Supernatural
Alastair
2005
Into the West
James “Jim” Ebbets
2005
Life As We Know It
Mr. Mitchell
2004
Stargate Atlantis
Todd the Wraith
2004
The Collector
Jan van der Heyden
2004
Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital
Reverend Jimmy Criss
2004
The Tumultuous Adventures of Jack Carter
Lennie
2003
Smallville: Chloe Chronicles
Dr. Arthur Walsh
2003
Napoleon
Geoffroy St-Hilaire
2002
John Doe
Dr. Hillerman
2002
Just Cause
Dr. Tolkien
2002
The Dead Zone
Zed
2002
Jeremiah
Paul Wiel
2002
Smallville
Zor-El
2001
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Marc Ratelle
2000
Andromeda
Gaiton
2000
Nuremberg
Ernst Kaltenbrunner
2000
2 Brothers
Bobby Vieira
1999
Stargate SG-1
Pallan
1997
The Hunger
Arthur
1997
Lassie
Alfred Kraus
1997
La Femme Nikita
Colin Starnes
1997
The Maharaja's Daughter
Walt (as Chris Heyerdahl)
1995
Are You Afraid of the Dark?
Leonid
1992
21 Jump Street
Jake
1987
Movies(59)
The Train
Jack
2025
Queen of Bones
Fredrik P Jensen
2025
Catharsis
Stepfather
2025
The Fast Runner
Shimon
2024
The Boy in the Woods
Police Chief Bagan
2023
Corner Office
Andrew
2023
Viking
Roy Walker
2022
Psych 2: Lassie Come Home
Ova Asblorn
2020
Togo
George Maynard
2019
Adopt a Highway
Jim
2019
Stockholm
Chief Mattsson
2019
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
Headmaster Deats
2018
Honeyglue
Dennis
2016
Pee-wee's Big Holiday
Ezekiel
2016
Eadweard
Pepper
2015
The Calling
Simon
2014
Three Days in Havana
Anders
2014
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
Marcus
2012
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1
Marcus
2011
Let Your Fingers Do the Talking
Alby (voice)
2011
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Marcus
2009
Stargate Atlantis: Fans' Choice
Halling/ Todd
2009
Cadavres
Paolo
2009
The Invisible
Dr. Woland
2007
The Black Cat
Rufus Griswold
2007
Kamataki
Scott
2005
The Outlander
Mike l'Irlandais
2005
Blade: Trinity
Caulder
2004
Catwoman
Rocker
2004
The Chronicles of Riddick
Helion Politico
2004
The Last Tunnel
Smiley
2004
India: Kingdom of the Tiger
Jim Corbett
2002
Matthew Blackheart: Monster Smasher
Dr. Jacob Mortas
2002
Aftermath
Evan Harper
2002
Pig's Law
Jodorowsky (Junkie)
2001
The Killing Yard
D.A.
2001
Varian's War
Marius Franken
2001
Nowhere in Sight
Lewis Gills
2001
Believe
Thad Stiles
2000
The Witness
Bobby Fish
2000
Press Run
Mickey Collins
2000
Requiem for Murder
Detective Lou Heinz
1999
Babel
Preficator (as Chris Heyerdahl)
1999
The Ghosts of Dickens' Past
Charles Dickens
1998
Affliction
Frankie Lacoy
1998
Out of Mind: The Stories of H.P. Lovecraft
H.P. Lovecraft
1998
The Education of Little Tree
Pine Billy
1997
The Peacekeeper
Hettinger
1997
Bleeders
Narrator (voice)
1997
Twists of Terror
Darien
1997
The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon
Fellow Gambler #2
1997
Coyote Run
Judd Lush
1997
Habitat
Eric Thornton
1997
Silent Trigger
O'Hara
1996
Rowing Through
Paul Enquist
1996
Obstruction of Justice
Thief #2
1994
Highlander III: The Sorcerer
Ponytail
1994
Warriors
Milo
1994
The Guardian Angel
Sergeant Braun