Christopher Heyerdahl is a Canadian actor who has had roles in many prominent television shows and movies. He played the part of the demon Alastair in three episodes of Supernatural.
Background[]
He is 6' 4" (1.93 m) tall. Christopher was born in the mountains of British Columbia, making him a first generation Canadian. Heyerdahl is half Norwegian. The late Thor Heyerdahl was his father's cousin. He is also a gifted hockey player, and was once asked to play for the Ottawa Senators.
Heyerdahl is 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 movie Out of Mind (1998) and a punk new at drug dealing in Cadavres (2009). 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 has a role in the film New Moon, an adaptation of Stephenie Meyer's second book in her Twilight Saga. In this film he plays a vampire, Marcus, who is part of a powerful Italian family called the Volturi. His character is described as apathetic and appears constantly bored by any situation...
Appearances[]
Filmography[]
Film[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Highlander III: The Sorcerer | 'Ponytail' | |
| Warrior | Milo | ||
| 1996 | Coyote Run | Judd Lush | Credited as Chris Heyerdahl |
| Silent Trigger | O'Hara | ||
| Rowing Through | Paul Enquist | TV film | |
| 1997 | Twists of Terror | Darien | TV film |
| The Education of Little Tree | Billy 'Pine Billy' | ||
| The Peacekeeper | Hettinger | ||
| Affliction | Frankie Lacoy | Credited as Chris Heyerdahl | |
| Bleeders | Narrator | ||
| Habitat | Eric Thornton | Credited as Chris Heyerdahl | |
| The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon | Fellow Gambler #2 | ||
| 1998 | The Ghosts of Dickens' Past | Charles Dickens | |
| Out of Mind: The Stories of H. P. Lovecraft | H.P. Lovecraft | TV film | |
| 1999 | Babel | Preficator | Credited as Chris Heyerdahl |
| Requiem for Murder | Detective Lou Heinz | ||
| Fish Out of Water | Bobby Fish | ||
| 2 frères | Bobby Vieira | ||
| 2000 | Nuremberg | Ernst Kaltenbrunner | TV film |
| Believe | Thad Stiles | ||
| Press Run | Mickey Collins | ||
| Nowhere in Sight | Lewis Gills | ||
| 2001 | The Pig's Law | Jodorowsky, Junkie | |
| Varian's War | Marius Franken | TV film | |
| 2002 | Matthew Blackheart: Monster Smasher | Dr. Jacob Mortas | TV film |
| Aftermath | Evan Harper | ||
| India: Kingdom of the Tiger | Jim Corbett | ||
| 2004 | Blade: Trinity | Caulder | |
| Catwoman | Rocker | ||
| The Chronicles of Riddick | Helion Politico | ||
| The Last Tunnel | Smiley | ||
| 2005 | Kamataki | Scott | |
| The Outlander | Mike l'Irlandais | ||
| 2007 | The Invisible | Dr. Woland | |
| 2009 | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | Marcus | |
| Cadavres | Paolo | ||
| 2011 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 | Marcus | |
| 2012 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 | Marcus | |
| 2013 | Three Days in Havana | Anders | |
| 2014 | The Calling | Simon | |
| 2015 | Eadweard | 'Pepper' | Won a Leo Award for Best Supporting Performance by a Male |
| 2016 | Honeyglue | Dennis | |
| 2018 | Sicario: Day of the Soldado | Headmaster Deats | |
| Stockholm | Chief Mattsson | ||
| 2019 | Adopt a Highway | Jim | |
| Togo | George Maynard | ||
| 2022 | Viking | Roy Walker | |
| Corner Office | Andrew | ||
| 2023 | The Boy in the Woods | Bagan |
Television[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 21 Jump Street | Jake | 1 episode |
| 1993 | Are You Afraid of the Dark? | Leonid/Nosferatu | 2 episodes |
| 1994 | The Maharaja's Daughter | Walt | TV miniseries |
| 1997 | The Hunger | Arthur | 1 episode |
| 1999 | Lassie | Alfred Kraus | 1 episode |
| 2000 | La Femme Nikita | Colin Starnes | 1 episode |
| The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne | D'Artagnan | 2 episodes | |
| 2002 | Just Cause | Dr. Tolkien | 1 episode |
| Napoléon | Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire | 4 episodes | |
| 2002–2003 | John Doe | Dr. Hillman | 2 episodes |
| 2003 | Jeremiah | Paul Wiel | 1 episode |
| Les Aventures tumultueuses de Jack Carter | Lennie | 2 episodes | |
| Stargate SG-1 | Pallan | 1 episode | |
| Andromeda | Gaiton | 1 episode | |
| 2004 | Life As We Know It | Mr. Mitchell | 1 episode |
| Kingdom Hospital | Reverend Jimmy Criss | 3 episodes | |
| 2004–2009 | Stargate: Atlantis | Todd/Halling/Male Wraith | 22 episodes |
| 2005 | Into the West | Jim Ebbets | 1 episode |
| 2006 | Le 7e round | Arthur Kennedy | TV mini-series |
| Whistler | Justin Talbert | 1 episode | |
| Psych | 'Long Hair' | 1 episode | |
| The Dead Zone | Zed | 1 episode | |
| Saved | John The Baptist | 1 episode | |
| The Collector | Jan Van Der Heyden | 1 episode Won a Leo Award for Best Guest Performance by a Male in a Dramatic Series | |
| 2007 | Smallville | Zor-El | 2 episodes |
| Les Sœurs Elliot | Alcidez Barling | ||
| Masters of Horror | Rufus Griswold | 1 episode | |
| Killer Wave | Stanley Schiff | TV mini-series | |
| 2007–2009 | Sanctuary | John Druitt/Bigfoot | 10 episodes Won a Leo Award for Best Supporting Performance by a Male in a Dramatic Series |
| 2009 | Supernatural | Alastair | 3 episodes |
| 2010 | Caprica | Kevin Reikle | 4 episodes |
| 2011–2016 | Hell on Wheels | Thor 'The Swede' Gundersen | 39 episodes Won an ACTRA Montreal Award for Outstanding Performance – Male (2013) Nominated for a Leo Award for Best Supporting Performance by a Male in a Dramatic Series (2015) Nominated for a Golden Maple Award for Newcomer of the year in a TV series broadcast in the U.S. (2016) Nominated for a Golden Maple Award for Best Actor in a TV series broadcast in the U.S. (2016) Nominated for a Leo Award for Best Lead Performance by a Male in a Dramatic Series (2017) |
| 2011 | The Haunting Hour: The Series | Fear (credited as "Collector") | 1 episode Won a Leo Award for Best Performance in a Youth or Children's Program or Series |
| 2012 | True Blood | Dieter Braun | Recurring role |
| 2013 | Vegas | Calvin | 1 episode |
| Falling Skies | Duane Pickett | 1 episode | |
| Castle | Henri | 1 episode | |
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Marc Ratelle | 1 episode | |
| Nikita | Matthew Collins | 1 episode | |
| 2014 | Beauty & the Beast | Dr. Nicholas Markus | 1 episode |
| Rush | Martin Arisson | 1 episode | |
| 2015 | Gotham | Jack Buchinsky/Electrocutioner | 2 episodes |
| Dig | Olaf | 1 episode | |
| Minority Report | Dr. Lionel Gray | 3 episodes | |
| Arrow | Damien Darhk's Assistant | 1 episode | |
| 2016 | 12 Monkeys | The Keeper | 1 episode |
| 2016–2021 | Van Helsing | Sam | 27 episodes Nominated for a Leo Award for Best Lead Performance by a Male in a Dramatic Series (2017) |
| 2017 | Midnight, Texas | Hightower | 1 episode |
| The Librarians | Grigori Rasputin | 1 episode | |
| 2017–2018 | Damnation | Don Berryman | 10 episodes |
| 2017–2020 | Tin Star | Louis Gagnon | 9 episodes |
| 2018 | Travelers | Andrew Matthias Graham | 1 episode |
| 2018-2019 | Deadly Class | Master Zane | 2 episodes |
| 2019 | Pure | Augustus Nickel | 6 episodes |
| 2020 | Messiah | Oscar Wallace | 1 episode |
| Psych 2: Lassie Come Home | Ova | TV movie | |
| Star Trek: Discovery | Wen | 1 episode | |
| 2021 | Them | Black Hat Man | 7 episodes |
| 2021 | Chapelwaite | Jakub | 5 episodes |
| 2022 | Peacemaker | Captain Caspar Locke | 4 episodes |
| 2022 | Under The Banner Of Heaven | Ammon Lafferty | 7 episodes |
| 2023 | The Last of Us | Dr. Schoenheiss | 1 episode |
| 2023–2024 | Monarch: Legacy of Monsters | General Puckett | 5 Episodes |
External Links[]
Christopher Heyerdahl at the Internet Movie Database- Christopher Heyerdahl at Wikipedia