Christopher Heyerdahl
Acting • Born 1963-09-18
Biography
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.
Filmography
142 credits
Catwoman
Movie • 2004
Rocker
Out of Mind: The Stories of H.P. Lovecraft
Movie • 1998
H.P. Lovecraft
The Last Tunnel
Movie • 2004
Smiley
Cadavres
Movie • 2009
Paolo
India: Kingdom of the Tiger
Movie • 2002
Jim Corbett
Coyote Run
Movie • 1997
Judd Lush
Affliction
Movie • 1998
Frankie Lacoy
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Movie • 2009
Marcus
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
Movie • 2012
Marcus
Kamataki
Movie • 2005
Scott
Rowing Through
Movie • 1996
Paul Enquist
Believe
Movie • 2000
Thad Stiles
The Invisible
Movie • 2007
Dr. Woland
Blade: Trinity
Movie • 2004
Caulder
The Chronicles of Riddick
Movie • 2004
Helion Politico
Warriors
Movie • 1994
Milo
Babel
Movie • 1999
Preficator (as Chris Heyerdahl)
The Education of Little Tree
Movie • 1997
Pine Billy
The Boy in the Woods
Movie • 2023
Police Chief Bagan
Queen of Bones
Movie • 2025
Fredrik P Jensen
Let Your Fingers Do the Talking
Movie • 2011
Alby (voice)
The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon
Movie • 1997
Fellow Gambler #2
Varian's War
Movie • 2001
Marius Franken
The Guardian Angel
Movie
Sergeant Braun
Matthew Blackheart: Monster Smasher
Movie • 2002
Dr. Jacob Mortas
Silent Trigger
Movie • 1996
O'Hara
Three Days in Havana
Movie • 2014
Anders
The Calling
Movie • 2014
Simon
Twists of Terror
Movie • 1997
Darien
Viking
Movie • 2022
Roy Walker
Eadweard
Movie • 2015
Pepper
Aftermath
Movie • 2002
Evan Harper
The Black Cat
Movie • 2007
Rufus Griswold
The Ghosts of Dickens' Past
Movie • 1998
Charles Dickens
Honeyglue
Movie • 2016
Dennis
The Witness
Movie • 2000
Bobby Fish
Pee-wee's Big Holiday
Movie • 2016
Ezekiel
Requiem for Murder
Movie • 1999
Detective Lou Heinz
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1
Movie • 2011
Marcus
Habitat
Movie • 1997
Eric Thornton
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
Movie • 2018
Headmaster Deats
Stockholm
Movie • 2019
Chief Mattsson
Obstruction of Justice
Movie • 1994
Thief #2
Adopt a Highway
Movie • 2019
Jim
Press Run
Movie • 2000
Mickey Collins
Togo
Movie • 2019
George Maynard
Psych 2: Lassie Come Home
Movie • 2020
Ova Asblorn
Nowhere in Sight
Movie • 2001
Lewis Gills
Highlander III: The Sorcerer
Movie • 1994
Ponytail
Bleeders
Movie • 1997
Narrator (voice)
Pig's Law
Movie • 2001
Jodorowsky (Junkie)
The Peacekeeper
Movie • 1997
Hettinger
The Killing Yard
Movie • 2001
D.A.
Corner Office
Movie • 2023
Andrew
The Fast Runner
Movie • 2024
Shimon
Stargate Atlantis: Fans' Choice
Movie • 2009
Halling/ Todd
The Outlander
Movie • 2005
Mike l'Irlandais
The Train
Movie • 2025
Catharsis
Movie • 2025
Stepfather
Hell on Wheels
TV • 2011
The Swede
Stargate Atlantis
TV • 2004
Todd the Wraith
Masters of Horror
TV • 2005
Rufus Griswold
Smallville
TV • 2001
Zor-El
50 States of Fright
TV • 2020
Old Man
Nikita
TV • 2010
Matthew Collins
Stargate Atlantis
TV • 2004
Halling
Castle
TV • 2009
Jacque Henri
Under the Banner of Heaven
TV • 2022
Ammon Lafferty
Sanctuary
TV • 2008
John Druitt / Bigfoot
True Blood
TV • 2008
Dieter Braun
Chapelwaite
TV • 2021
Jakub
Gotham
TV • 2014
Jack Gruber
Arrow
TV • 2012
Damian Darhk's Assistant
Minority Report
TV • 2015
Dr. Lionel Gray
Them
TV • 2021
The Black Hat Man
Murdoch Mysteries
TV • 2008
Jebediah Friessen
Van Helsing
TV • 2016
Sam
Are You Afraid of the Dark?
TV • 1992
Nosferatu (as Chris Heyerdahl)
Are You Afraid of the Dark?
TV • 1992
Leonid
The InBetween
TV • 2019
Project Blue Book
TV • 2019
Edmund
The Player
TV • 2015
Ivan Mislav
Pure
TV • 2017
Augustus Nickel
Dig
TV • 2015
Olaf
Vegas
TV • 2012
Cal Sprouse
Mirador
TV • 2010
Grenier
Whistler
TV • 2006
Justin Talbert
Into the West
TV • 2005
James “Jim” Ebbets
Human Target
TV • 2010
Connor Dunham
The Dead Zone
TV • 2002
Zed
Rush
TV • 2014
Martin Arisson
Beauty and the Beast
TV • 2012
Dr. Nicholas Markus
Falling Skies
TV • 2011
Duane Pickett
Bullet in the Face
TV • 2012
Lustig Balder
Saved
TV • 2006
John the Baptist
Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce
TV • 2014
Shaman Derek
The Collector
TV • 2004
Jan van der Heyden
Life As We Know It
TV • 2004
Mr. Mitchell
Jeremiah
TV • 2002
Paul Wiel
La Femme Nikita
TV • 1997
Colin Starnes
Smallville: Chloe Chronicles
TV • 2003
Dr. Arthur Walsh
John Doe
TV • 2002
Dr. Hillerman
Lassie
TV • 1997
Alfred Kraus
The Maharaja's Daughter
TV • 1995
Walt (as Chris Heyerdahl)
Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital
TV • 2004
Reverend Jimmy Criss
Just Cause
TV • 2002
Dr. Tolkien
Cooper Barrett's Guide to Surviving Life
TV • 2016
Arvid
Napoleon
TV • 2002
Geoffroy St-Hilaire
2 Brothers
TV • 1999
Bobby Vieira
The Hunger
TV • 1997
Arthur
Le 7e Round
TV • 2006
Arthur Kennedy
Les Sœurs Elliot
TV • 2007
Alcidez Barling
The Tumultuous Adventures of Jack Carter
TV • 2003
Lennie
Stargate Atlantis
TV • 2004
Todd
Peacemaker
TV • 2022
Captain Caspar Locke
Stargate SG-1
TV • 1997
Pallan
12 Monkeys
TV • 2015
The Keeper
Tin Star
TV • 2017
Louis Gagnon
Scorpion
TV • 2014
President Korsovich
Damnation
TV • 2017
Don Berryman
MacGyver
TV • 2016
David Arthur Faraday
Supernatural
TV • 2005
Alastair
Midnight, Texas
TV • 2017
Hightower
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV • 2000
Marc Ratelle
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
TV • 2023
Puckett
Killer Wave
TV • 2007
Stanley Schiff
Andromeda
TV • 2000
Gaiton
Deadly Class
TV • 2019
Master Zane
21 Jump Street
TV • 1987
Jake
R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour
TV • 2010
Collector
Travelers
TV • 2016
Andrew Graham
Psych
TV • 2006
Long Hair
The Last of Us
TV • 2023
Dr. Schoenheist - Scientist #1
Caprica
TV • 2010
Kevin Reikle
Caprica
TV • 2010
Kevin Riekel
Nuremberg
TV • 2000
Ernst Kaltenbrunner
The Librarians
TV • 2014
Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin
Messiah
TV • 2020
Oscar Wallace
Star Trek: Discovery
TV • 2017
Wen
Dark Winds
TV • 2022
Dr. Reynolds
Billy the Kid
TV • 2022
McDaniels
The Borderline
TV • 2026
Charlie