Persona
Christopher Heyerdahl
Nato/a: 18/09/1963(63 anni)
Biografia
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.
Filmografia
Conosciuto per
Il vampiro Lestat
Marius de Romanus · 2026
The Borderline
Charlie · Charlie Penner · 2026
Queen of Bones
Fredrik P Jensen · 2025
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
Puckett · 2023
The Boy in the Woods
Police Chief Bagan · 2023
Corner Office
Andrew · 2023
The Last of Us
Dr. Schoenheist - Scientist #1 · 2023
Intervista col vampiro
Marius · 2022
Viking
Roy Walker · 2022
Dark Winds
Dr. Reynolds · 2022
In nome del cielo
Ammon Lafferty · 2022
Peacemaker
Captain Caspar Locke · 2022
Chapelwaite
Jakub · 2021
Loro
The Black Hat Man · 2021
Psicologia 2: Lassie torna a casa
Ova Asblorn · 2020
50 States of Fright
Old Man · 2020
Togo - Una grande amicizia
George Maynard · 2019
La strada che scegli
Jim · 2019
The InBetween
2019
Rapina a Stoccolma
Chief Mattsson · 2019
Deadly Class
Master Zane · 2019
Project Blue Book
Edmund · 2019
Soldado
Headmaster Deats · 2018
Damnation
Don Berryman · 2017
Tin Star
Louis Gagnon · Gagnon · 2017
Midnight, Texas
Hightower · 2017
Pure
Augustus Nickel · 2017
Van Helsing
Sam · 2016
Pee-wee's Big Holiday
Ezekiel · 2016
Come sopravvivere alla vita dopo la laurea
Arvid · 2016
The Player
Ivan Mislav · 2015
Minority Report
Dr. Lionel Gray · 2015
Dig
Olaf · 2015
Eadweard
Pepper · 2015
Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce
Shaman Derek · 2014
The Calling
Simon · 2014
Rush
Martin Arisson · 2014
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Parte 2
Marcus · 2012
Beauty and the Beast
Dr. Nicholas Markus · 2012
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Parte 1
Marcus · 2011
Hell on Wheels
The Swede · 2011
Falling Skies
Duane Pickett · 2011
Caprica
Kevin Reikle · 2010
Human Target
Connor Dunham · 2010
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Marcus · 2009
Sanctuary
John Druitt / Bigfoot · John Druitt · Bigfoot · 2008
True Blood
Dieter Braun · 2008
Invisible
Dr. Woland · 2007
Masters of Horror
Rufus Griswold · 2005
Into the West
James “Jim” Ebbets · 2005
Blade: Trinity
Caulder · 2004
Life as We Know It
Mr. Mitchell · 2004
Catwoman
Rocker · 2004
Stargate Atlantis
Todd the Wraith · Todd · Halling · 2004
The Chronicles of Riddick
Helion Politico · 2004
The Collector
Jan van der Heyden · 2004
Kingdom Hospital
Reverend Jimmy Criss · 2004
Napoléon
Geoffroy St-Hilaire · 2002
John Doe
Dr. Hillerman · 2002
Jeremiah
Paul Wiel · 2002
Il processo di Norimberga
Ernst Kaltenbrunner · 2000
Hemoglobin - Creature dell'Inferno
Narrator (voice) · 1997
The Hunger
Arthur · 1997
Il richiamo della foresta
Fellow Gambler #2 · 1997
Nikita
Colin Starnes · 1997
Highlander 3
Ponytail · 1994
Hai paura del buio?
Nosferatu · Leonid · 1992