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.
Known For
The Boy in the Woods
Police Chief Bagan
2023
Queen of Bones
Fredrik P Jensen
2023
Viking
Roy Walker
2022
Honeyglue
Dennis
2016
Eadweard
Pepper
2015
The Calling
Simon
2014
Three Days in Havana
Anders
2014
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
Marcus
2012
Let Your Fingers Do the Talking
Alby (voice)
2011
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Marcus
2009
Cadavres
Paolo
2009
The Invisible
Dr. Woland
2007
The Black Cat
Rufus Griswold
2007
Kamataki
Scott
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
Varian's War
Marius Franken
2001
Believe
Thad Stiles
2000
The Witness
Bobby Fish
2000
Babel
Preficator (as Chris Heyerdahl)
1999
The Ghosts of Dickens' Past
Charles Dickens
1998
Out of Mind: The Stories of H.P. Lovecraft
H.P. Lovecraft
1998
Affliction
Frankie Lacoy
1997
The Education of Little Tree
Pine Billy
1997
Twists of Terror
Darien
1997
The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon
Fellow Gambler #2
1997
Coyote Run
Judd Lush
1997
Silent Trigger
O'Hara
1996
Rowing Through
Paul Enquist
1996
Warriors
Milo
1994
The Guardian Angel
Sergeant Braun
Catharsis
Stepfather
2025
The Fast Runner
Shimon
2024
Corner Office
Andrew
2023
Under the Banner of Heaven
Ammon Lafferty · (2 episodes)
2022
Chapelwaite
Jakub · (5 episodes)
2021
Psych 2: Lassie Come Home
Ova
2020
50 States of Fright
Old Man · (2 episodes)
2020
Togo
George Maynard
2019
Adopt a Highway
Jim
2019
Stockholm
Chief Mattsson
2019
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
Headmaster Deats
2018
Pee-wee's Big Holiday
Ezekiel
2016
Gotham
Jack Gruber · (2 episodes)
2014
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1
Marcus
2011
Hell on Wheels
The Swede · (57 episodes)
2011
Nikita
Matthew Collins · (1 episode)
2010
Stargate Atlantis: Fans' Choice
Halling/ Todd
2009
Castle
Jacque Henri · (1 episode)
2009
Sanctuary
John Druitt / Bigfoot · (59 episodes)
2008
True Blood
Dieter Braun · (6 episodes)
2008
Masters of Horror
Rufus Griswold · (1 episode)
2005
The Outlander
Mike l'Irlandais
2005
Stargate Atlantis
Todd the Wraith · (8 episodes)
2004
Stargate Atlantis
Halling · (6 episodes)
2004
Smallville
Zor-El · (2 episodes)
2001
Pig's Law
Jodorowsky (Junkie)
2001
The Killing Yard
D.A.
2001
Nowhere in Sight
Lewis Gills
2001
Press Run
Mickey Collins
2000
Requiem for Murder
Detective Lou Heinz
1999
The Peacekeeper
Hettinger
1997
Bleeders
Narrator (voice)
1997
Habitat
Eric Thornton
1997
Obstruction of Justice
Thief #2
1994
Highlander III: The Sorcerer
Ponytail
1994
Le train
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
Puckett · (5 episodes)
2023
The Last of Us
Dr. Schoenheist - Scientist #1 · (1 episode)
2023
Dark Winds
Dr. Reynolds · (3 episodes)
2022
Peacemaker
Captain Caspar Locke · (4 episodes)
2022
Them
The Black Hat Man · (7 episodes)
2021
Messiah
Oscar Wallace · (1 episode)
2020
The InBetween
(1 episode)
2019
Deadly Class
Master Zane · (2 episodes)
2019
Project Blue Book
Edmund · (1 episode)
2019
Damnation
Don Berryman · (10 episodes)
2017
Star Trek: Discovery
Wen · (1 episode)
2017
Tin Star
Louis Gagnon · (10 episodes)
2017
Midnight, Texas
Hightower · (1 episode)
2017
Pure
Augustus Nickel · (6 episodes)
2017
Travelers
Andrew Graham · (1 episode)
2016
Van Helsing
Sam · (27 episodes)
2016
MacGyver
David Arthur Faraday · (1 episode)
2016
Cooper Barrett's Guide to Surviving Life
Arvid · (1 episode)
2016
The Player
Ivan Mislav · (1 episode)
2015
Minority Report
Dr. Lionel Gray · (3 episodes)
2015
Dig
Olaf · (2 episodes)
2015
12 Monkeys
The Keeper · (1 episode)
2015
The Librarians
Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin · (1 episode)
2014
Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce
Shaman Derek · (1 episode)
2014
Scorpion
President Korsovich · (1 episode)
2014
Rush
Martin Arisson · (1 episode)
2014
Beauty and the Beast
Dr. Nicholas Markus · (1 episode)
2012
Arrow
Damian Darhk's Assistant · (1 episode)
2012
Vegas
Cal Sprouse · (1 episode)
2012
Bullet in the Face
Lustig Balder · (1 episode)
2012
Honest Trailers
Marcus (archive footage) · (1 episode)
2012
Falling Skies
Duane Pickett · (1 episode)
2011
R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour
Collector · (1 episode)
2010
Caprica
Kevin Reikle · (3 episodes)
2010
Caprica
Kevin Riekel · (1 episode)
2010
Human Target
Connor Dunham · (1 episode)
2010
Mirador
Grenier · (3 episodes)
2010
Murdoch Mysteries
Jebediah Friessen · (1 episode)
2008
Les Sœurs Elliot
Alcidez Barling · (10 episodes)
2007
Killer Wave
Stanley Schiff · (2 episodes)
2007
Le 7e Round
Arthur Kennedy · (11 episodes)
2006
Psych
Long Hair · (1 episode)
2006
Whistler
Justin Talbert · (1 episode)
2006
Saved
John the Baptist · (1 episode)
2006
Supernatural
Alastair · (3 episodes)
2005
Into the West
James “Jim” Ebbets · (1 episode)
2005
Life As We Know It
Mr. Mitchell · (1 episode)
2004
Stargate Atlantis
Todd · (8 episodes)
2004
The Collector
Jan van der Heyden · (1 episode)
2004
Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital
Reverend Jimmy Criss · (3 episodes)
2004
The Tumultuous Adventures of Jack Carter
Lennie · (2 episodes)
2003
Smallville: Chloe Chronicles
Dr. Arthur Walsh · (1 episode)
2003
Napoleon
Geoffroy St-Hilaire · (4 episodes)
2002
John Doe
Dr. Hillerman · (2 episodes)
2002
Just Cause
Dr. Tolkien · (1 episode)
2002
The Dead Zone
Zed · (1 episode)
2002
Jeremiah
Paul Wiel · (1 episode)
2002
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Marc Ratelle · (1 episode)
2000
Andromeda
Gaiton · (1 episode)
2000
Nuremberg
Ernst Kaltenbrunner · (1 episode)
2000
2 Brothers
Bobby Vieira · (13 episodes)
1999
Stargate SG-1
Pallan · (1 episode)
1997
The Hunger
Arthur · (1 episode)
1997
Lassie
Alfred Kraus · (1 episode)
1997
La Femme Nikita
Colin Starnes · (1 episode)
1997
The Maharaja's Daughter
Walt (as Chris Heyerdahl) · (3 episodes)
1995
Are You Afraid of the Dark?
Nosferatu (as Chris Heyerdahl) · (1 episode)
1992
Are You Afraid of the Dark?
Leonid · (1 episode)
1992
21 Jump Street
Jake · (1 episode)
1987
The Borderline
(1 episode)