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Christopher Heyerdahl
Highest Rated: 100% Viking (2022)
Lowest Rated: 8% Catwoman (2004)
Birthday: Sep 18, 1963
Birthplace: British Columbia, Canada
Christopher Heyerdahl was a Canadian actor best known for playing The Swede on AMC's "Hell on Wheels" (2011-16) and for his roles in The Twilight Saga and sci-fi series "Stargate: Atlantis" (Sci Fi, 2004-09). A native Canadian from British Columbia, he was born on September 18, 1963. One of the earliest roles he landed was on an episode of the popular police procedural series "21 Jump Street" (Fox, 1987-1991), which was filmed in Vancouver. Heyerdahl's classic Scandinavian looks and gaunt features were ideal for supernatural or fantasy roles, such as Nosferatu in an episode of the children's horror television series "Are You Afraid of the Dark?" (SNICK, 1990-96). After years of landing small roles in various television shows and films, Heyerdahl became popular among science fiction fans when he joined the Stargate Universe. He first made a guest appearance in a "Stargate SG-1" (Showtime/SyFy, 1997-2001) episode titled "Revisions" before he made recurring appearances as Todd the Wraith, and later Halling, in "Stargate: Atlantis." In 2011 and 2012, Heyerdahl appeared in his highest profile movie yet playing Marcus, a high ranking vampire of the coven called The Volturi, in "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1" and "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2." That same year, he was seen playing another authoritative figure in AMC's gritty Western series "Hell on Wheels" as Thor Gunderson, a.k.a The Swede, the main enforcer for the Union Pacific Railroad.
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Christopher Heyerdahl
Filmography
Movies
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100% | No Score Yet | The Boy in the Woods | Chief Bagan (Character) | - | 2023 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Queen of Bones | Unknown (Character) | - | 2023 |
22% |
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Corner Office | Unknown (Character) | - | 2022 |
100% | No Score Yet | Viking | Mr. Roy Walker (Character) | - | 2022 |
92% |
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Togo | George Maynard (Character) | - | 2019 |
70% |
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Adopt a Highway | Jim (Character) | - | 2019 |
71% |
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Stockholm | Chief Mattsson (Character) | - | 2018 |
No Score Yet |
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Eadweard | Pepper (Character) | - | 2015 |
42% |
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Honeyglue | Dennis (Character) | - | 2015 |
55% |
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The Calling | Simon (Character) | - | 2014 |
No Score Yet |
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3 Days in Havana | Anders (Character) | - | 2013 |
49% |
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The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 | Marcus (Character) | $292.3M | 2012 |
28% |
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The Twilight Saga: New Moon | Marcus (Character) | $296.6M | 2009 |
No Score Yet |
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Cadavres | Paolo (Character) | - | 2009 |
No Score Yet |
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Kamataki | Scott (Character) | - | 2005 |
8% |
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Catwoman | Rocker (Character) | $40.2M | 2004 |
No Score Yet |
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The Last Tunnel | Smiley (Character) | - | 2004 |
83% |
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India: Kingdom of the Tiger | Jim Corbett (Character) | - | 2002 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Pig's Law | Jodorowsky (Character) | - | 2001 |
No Score Yet |
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Matthew Blackheart: Monster Smasher | Dr. Jacob Mortas (Character) | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet |
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Believe | Thad Stiles (Character) | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet |
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Nowhere in Sight | Lewis Gills (Character) | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Witness | Unknown (Character) | - | 1999 |
No Score Yet |
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Requiem for Murder | Det. Lou Heinz (Character) | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Press Run | Mickey Collins (Character) | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet |
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Out of Mind: The Stories of H.P. Lovecraft | Howard P. Lovecraft (Character) | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet |
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The Ghosts of Dickens' Past | Charles Dickens (Character) | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet |
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Habitat | Eric Thornton (Character) | - | 1997 |
59% |
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The Education of Little Tree | Pine Billy (Character) | $320.7K | 1997 |
No Score Yet |
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The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon | Fellow Gambler 2Fellow Gambler 2 (Character) | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sworn Enemies | Judd Lush (Character) | - | 1996 |
20% |
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Silent Trigger | O'Hara (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rowing Through | Paul Enquist (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Adventures of Smoke Bellew: The Motherlode of the Yukon | Unknown (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Twists of Terror | Darien (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Primal Scream | Darien (Character) | - | 1996 |
TV
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96% | 88% | The Last of Us | Dr. Schoenheiss (Guest Star) | 2023 |
No Score Yet | 56% | Van Helsing | Sam (Character) | 2016-2019 2021 |
86% | 50% | 50 States of Fright | Old Man (Character) | 2020 |
60% | 54% | Tin Star | Louis Gagnon (Character) | 2017 2019 |
64% | 92% | Damnation | Don Berryman (Character) | 2017-2018 |
89% | 88% | The Quest | Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin (Guest Star) | 2017 |
61% | 87% | Midnight, Texas | Hightower (Guest Star) | 2017 |
61% | 79% | Scorpion | President Korsovich (Guest Star) | 2017 |
No Score Yet | 71% | MacGyver | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2017 |
73% | 90% | Hell on Wheels |
The Swede (Character), Unknown (Guest Star) |
2011-2016 |
88% | 79% | 12 Monkeys | The Keeper (Guest Star) | 2016 |
28% | 50% | Minority Report | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Player | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2015 |
77% | 68% | Gotham | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2015 |
79% | 70% | Falling Skies | Duane Pickett (Guest Star) | 2013 |
67% | 67% | Vegas | Cal Sprouse (Guest Star) | 2013 |
85% | 69% | Nikita | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2013 |
82% | 87% | Castle | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2013 |
No Score Yet | 80% | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2013 |
68% | 72% | True Blood | Dieter Braun (Guest Star) | 2012 |
No Score Yet | 87% | Sanctuary | John Druitt (Character) | 2008-2011 |
81% | 86% | Caprica | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2011 |
75% | 89% | Human Target | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2010 |
93% | 73% | Supernatural | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2009 |
No Score Yet | 90% | Stargate Atlantis | Halling (Guest Star) | 2004 2007-2009 |
78% | 69% | Smallville | Zor-El (Guest Star) | 2007 |
63% | 77% | Masters of Horror | Unknown (Character) | 2007 |
No Score Yet | 67% | The Dead Zone | Zed (Guest Star) | 2006 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kingdom Hospital | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2004 |
No Score Yet | 58% | Andromeda | Gaiton (Guest Star) | 2003 |
73% | No Score Yet | John Doe | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2002 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Hunger | Unknown (Character) | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 21 Jump Street | Jake (Guest Star) | 1987 |