Christopher Heyerdahl

Christopher Heyerdahl (born September 18, 1963) is a Canadian actor who portrayed Alastair in Supernatural, the Wraith Todd and the Athosian Halling in Stargate Atlantis, Sam in Van Helsing, "Swede" in Hell on Wheels, Bigfoot and John Druitt in Sanctuary, and Marcus in The Twilight Saga.

Early life 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 French and studied at the University of Oslo.

Career 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".

In 2015, Heyerdahl hosted the Leo Awards gala ceremony.

In 2022, Heyerdahl starred in the true crime drama miniseries Under the Banner of Heaven. In 2024 it was announced that he would be starring the upcoming Crave crime drama Underbelly.

Credits 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 Howard P. Lovecraft TV film1999 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 (La Loi du cochon) 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 (Le Dernier tunnel) Smiley 2005 Kamataki Scott The Outlander (Le Survenant) Mike l'Irlandais 2007 The Invisible Dr. Woland 2009 The Twilight Saga: New Moon Marcus Volturi Cadavres Paolo 2011 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 Marcus Volturi 2012 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 Marcus Volturi 2013 Three Days in Havana Anders 2014 The Calling Simon 2015 Eadweard 'Pepper' Won–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 2025 The Train (Le Train)

Television Year Title Role Notes 1987 21 Jump Street Jake Episode: "Next Generation" 1993 Are You Afraid of the Dark? Leonid / Nosferatu 2 episodes 1994 The Maharaja's Daughter Walt TV miniseries 1997 The Hunger Arthur Episode: "A Matter of Style" 1999 Lassie Alfred Kraus Episode: "The Manhunt" 2000 La Femme Nikita Colin Starnes Episode: "Sleeping with the Enemy" The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne D'Artagnan 2 episodes 2002 Just Cause Dr. Tolkien Episode: "Human Trials" Napoléon Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 2002–2003 John Doe Dr. Hillman 2 episodes 2003 Jeremiah Paul Wiel Episode: Les Aventures tumultueuses de Jack Carter Lennie 2 episodes Stargate SG-1 Pallan Episode: "Revisions" Andromeda Gaiton Episode: "Deep Midnight's Voice" 2004 Life As We Know It Mr. Mitchell Episode: "Pilot" Kingdom Hospital Reverend Jimmy Criss 3 episodes 2004–2009 Stargate: Atlantis Todd / Halling / Male Wraith 22 episodes 2005 Into the West Jim Ebbets Episode: "Manifest Destiny" 2006 Le 7e round Arthur Kennedy TV mini-series Whistler Justin Talbert Episode: "The Looks of Love" Psych 'Long Hair' Episode: "Pilot" The Dead Zone Zed Episode: "Panic" Saved John The Baptist Episode: "A Day in the Life" The Collector Jan Van Der Heyden Episode: "The Alchemist"Won–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 Episode: "The Black Cat" Killer Wave Stanley Schiff TV mini-series 2007–2009 Sanctuary John Druitt and Bigfoot 10 episodesWon–Leo Award for Best Supporting Performance by a Male in a Dramatic Series 2009 Supernatural Alastair 3 episodes 2010 Caprica Kevin Reikle 2011–2016 Hell on Wheels Thor 'The Swede' Gundersen 39 episodesWon–ACTRA Montreal Award for Outstanding Performance – Male (2013) Nominated–Leo Award for Best Supporting Performance by a Male in a Dramatic Series (2015) Nominated–Golden Maple Award for Newcomer of the year in a TV series broadcast in the U.S. (2016) Nominated–Golden Maple Award for Best Actor in a TV series broadcast in the U.S. (2016) 2012 True Blood Dieter Braun Recurring role 2013 Vegas Calvin Episode: "Unfinished Business" Falling Skies Duane Pickett Episode: "The Pickett Line" Castle Henri Episode: "Hunt" CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Marc Ratelle Episode: "In Vino Veritas" Nikita Matthew Collins Episode: "Broken Home" 2014 Beauty & the Beast Dr. Nicholas Markus Episode: "Redemption" Rush Martin Arisson Episode: "Learning to Fly" 2015 Gotham Jack Buchinsky / Electrocutioner Recurring role Dig Olaf Pilot episode Minority Report Dr. Lionel Gray Recurring role3 episodes Arrow Damien Darhk's Assistant Episode: "My Name Is Oliver Queen" 2016 12 Monkeys The Keeper Episode: "Hyena"2016 Scorpion President Korsovich Episode: "Rock Block" 2016–2021 Van Helsing Sam Recurring role; credited for flashback appearance in 2021Nominated–Leo Award for Best Lead Performance by a Male in a Dramatic Series (2017) 2017 Midnight, Texas Hightower Episode: "Unearthed" The Librarians Grigori Rasputin Episode: "And the Graves of Time" 2017–2018 Damnation Don Berryman Main role10 episodes 2017–2020 Tin Star Louis Gagnon Recurring role9 episodes 2018 Travelers Andrew Matthias Graham Episode: "Archive" 2018-2019 Deadly Class Master Zane Recurring role2 episodes 2019 Pure Augustus Nickel Recurring role6 episodes (season 2) 2020 Messiah Oscar Wallace Episode: "God is Greater" Psych 2: Lassie Come Home Ova TV movie Star Trek: Discovery Wen Episode: "People of Earth" 2021 Them Black Hat Man Recurring role 2021 Chapelwaite Jakub Recurring main role5 episodes 2022 Peacemaker Captain Caspar Locke Recurring role 4 episodes 2022 Under The Banner Of Heaven Ammon Lafferty Main role, miniseries 2023 The Last of Us Dr. Schoenheiss Episode: "When You're Lost in the Darkness" 2023–2024 Monarch: Legacy of Monsters General Puckett 5 episodes 2025 Dark Winds Doctor Renolds Season 3 Episode 2 2026 The Vampire Lestat Marius de Romanus Episode: "New York" The Borderline Charlie Penner

Video games Year Title Role 2017 Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus Horton Boone 2018 Far Cry 5 Sheriff Earl Whitehorse 2022 Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarök Surtr

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