Christopher Heyerdahl was born on September 18, 1963, and 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.
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Heyerdahl is primarily known for his recurring role as the enigmatic “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? the episode “The Thirteenth Floor” and as Nosferatu in the episode “Midnight Madness”.
He played a lot of roles in many movies such as H. P. Lovecraft in the film Out of Mind; played the part of Zor-El in the television series Smallville; He played the part of the demon Alastair in three episodes of Supernatural.
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 has also performed on stage and was a member of the Young Company at the Stratford Festival in 1989 and 1990.
In 2015, Heyerdahl hosted the Leo Awards gala ceremony.
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Christopher Heyerdahl Movies and TV Shows
Heyerdahl has an impressive list of television credits including recent guest starring roles on “50 States of Fright” ,” Star Trek: Discovery”, “Messiah”, “Deadly Class”, “Midnight, Texas”, “Minority Report”, “Vegas,” “Castle,” “CSI,” and “Falling Skies,” as well as recurring guest roles on “Supernatural,” “Caprica,” “Smallville,” “Human Target,” “Stargate Atlantis,” the award-winning children’s series “Are You Afraid of the Dark?” In addition to Steven Spielberg’s Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning mini-series “Into The West” for Dreamworks TNT.
Christopher Heyerdahl Deaf
Another example is the new television show called Van Helsing by Syfy Production has a Deaf character role in it and the actor’s name is Christopher Heyerdahl and guess what?! Christopher Heyerdahl isn’t even Deaf or let alone Hard of Hearing
Christopher Heyerdahl Married
All we know so far is that his wife is a high school teacher who introduced him to the Twilight Saga storyline.
Christopher Heyerdahl Nominations
In 2017 Heyerdahl was nominated for a both Canadian Screen Award and Leo Award for his portrayal of Sam on SYFY’s Van Helsing. In 2015 he won a Leo Award for Best Performance by a Male (supporting) in a motion picture for “Eadweard” and Best Performance in a Children’s Program for R.L. Stine’s “The Haunting Hour – Fear Never Knocks” In 2012. Additionally, in 2010 and 2006 Heyerdahl won Leo Awards for Best Supporting Performance by a Male in a Dramatic Series for “Sanctuary” and Best Guest Performance by a Male in a Dramatic Series respectfully for his performance as Jan Van Der Heyden in “The Collector.”
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