Christopher Heyerdahl
Acting
🎂 1963-09-18
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.
Cast credits(142)
Alastair
2005
Jacque Henri
2009
Collector
2010
Marc Ratelle
2000
Dr. Schoenheist - Scientist #1
2023
Jake
1987
Zor-El
2001
Pallan
1997
Zed
2002
Sam
2016
Jack Gruber
2014
Wen
2017
Damian Darhk's Assistant
2012
Long Hair
2006
Jebediah Friessen
2008
Todd the Wraith
2004
Halling
2004
Todd
2004
David Arthur Faraday
2016
President Korsovich
2014
Dieter Braun
2008
Puckett
2023
The Keeper
2015
Rufus Griswold
2005
John Druitt / Bigfoot
2008
Gaiton
2000
The Swede
2011
Andrew Graham
2016
Captain Caspar Locke
2022
Arvid
2016
Dr. Nicholas Markus
2012
Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin
2014
Duane Pickett
2011
Edmund
2019
Leonid
1992
Nosferatu (as Chris Heyerdahl)
1992
Connor Dunham
2010
The Black Hat Man
2021
Grenier
2010
Ammon Lafferty
2022
Shaman Derek
2014
Kevin Reikle
2010
Kevin Riekel
2010
Geoffroy St-Hilaire
2002
Dr. Reynolds
2022
Master Zane
2019
Cal Sprouse
2012
Hightower
2017
Arthur
1997
Ernst Kaltenbrunner
2000
Oscar Wallace
2020
Jan van der Heyden
2004
Dr. Hillerman
2002
Old Man
2020
Don Berryman
2017
Jakub
2021
Paul Wiel
2002
John the Baptist
2006
Louis Gagnon
2017
Justin Talbert
2006
Marcus (archive footage)
2012
Matthew Collins
2010
James “Jim” Ebbets
2005
Olaf
2015
Dr. Lionel Gray
2015
Marcus
2012
Dr. Tolkien
2002
Alfred Kraus
1997
Marcus
2011
Marcus
2009
Martin Arisson
2014
2019
Bobby Vieira
1999
Lustig Balder
2012
Colin Starnes
1997
Augustus Nickel
2017
Stanley Schiff
2007
Headmaster Deats
2018
Alcidez Barling
2007
Mr. Mitchell
2004
Lennie
2003
Arthur Kennedy
2006
Dr. Arthur Walsh
2003
Caulder
2004
Ivan Mislav
2015
Reverend Jimmy Criss
2004
Rocker
2004
Anders
2014
George Maynard
2019
Helion Politico
2004
Ponytail
1994
Andrew
2023
Ova
2020
Dr. Woland
2007
Ezekiel
2016
Police Chief Bagan
2023
Frankie Lacoy
1997
Walt (as Chris Heyerdahl)
1995
Jim
2019
Narrator (voice)
1997
Chief Mattsson
2019
O'Hara
1996
Simon
2014
Fredrik P Jensen
2023
Sergeant Braun
Hettinger
1997
Pine Billy
1997
Pepper
2015
Fellow Gambler #2
1997
Thad Stiles
2000
Halling/ Todd
2009
Eric Thornton
1997
Roy Walker
2022
Dr. Jacob Mortas
2002
Mike l'Irlandais
2005
Marius Franken
2001
Detective Lou Heinz
1999
Rufus Griswold
2007
Preficator (as Chris Heyerdahl)
1999
Smiley
2004
Jim Corbett
2002
Dennis
2016
Milo
1994
Judd Lush
1997
Bobby Fish
2000
Paolo
2009
H.P. Lovecraft
1998
Charles Dickens
1998
Paul Enquist
1996
Darien
1997
Evan Harper
2002
Lewis Gills
2001
Jodorowsky (Junkie)
2001
D.A.
2001
Alby (voice)
2011
Stepfather
2025
Thief #2
1994
Scott
2005
Mickey Collins
2000
Shimon
2024