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name: "Christopher Heyerdahl"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/christopher-heyerdahl"
fi1m_id: "christopher-heyerdahl"
imdb_id: "nm0382216"
tmdb_id: 32887
wikidata_id: "Q533470"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "18 September 1963"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_fi1m_score: 52
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 7
updated: "2026-10-05T12:24:19.153457+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Christopher Heyerdahl

## Identity

Christopher Heyerdahl

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/christopher-heyerdahl
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** christopher-heyerdahl
- **IMDb ID:** nm0382216
- **TMDB ID:** 32887
- **Wikidata ID:** Q533470
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Heyerdahl, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q533470, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0382216/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/32887

Actor. Born 18 September 1963 in British Columbia, Canada.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 18 September 1963, British Columbia, Canada
- **Active:** 1994–present
- **Also known as:** Chris Heyerdahl, 克里斯多佛・海爾達
- **Average Fi1m score:** 52, as actor, over 7 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 45 (1), 2000s 41 (2), 2010s 51 (3), 2020s 85 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 54 to 52 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 6 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 4 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Fantasy 5, Drama 4, Adventure 3, Romance 3, Action 2, Action & Adventure 1
- **Screen time:** 9 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $2,371m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Heyerdahl, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q533470, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0382216/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/32887

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Last of Us*](https://film.one/tv/the-last-of-us.md) (85), [*Catwoman*](https://film.one/film/catwoman.md) (34)
- **AMC+:** [*Hell on Wheels*](https://film.one/tv/hell-on-wheels.md) (52)

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## Biography

Christopher Heyerdahl is a Canadian actor. Born on 18 September 1963 in British Columbia, he trained at Studio 58 and has been active since 1987.

He is known for recurring roles including Alastair in *Supernatural*, the Wraith Todd and Halling in *Stargate Atlantis*, the Swede in *Hell on Wheels*, Marcus in the *Twilight Saga* films (2009–2012), and Dr. Schoenheiss in *The Last of Us* (2023). He is a first cousin once removed of the explorer Thor Heyerdahl.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (7)

- *The Last of Us* (2023), Fi1m 85, as Dr. Schoenheist - Scientist #1 — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-last-of-us.md)
- *The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2* (2012), Fi1m 55, as Marcus — [page](https://film.one/film/the-twilight-saga-breaking-dawn-part-2.md)
- *Hell on Wheels* (2011), Fi1m 52, as The Swede — [page](https://film.one/tv/hell-on-wheels.md)
- *The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1* (2011), Fi1m 47, as Marcus — [page](https://film.one/film/the-twilight-saga-breaking-dawn-part-1.md)
- *The Twilight Saga: New Moon* (2009), Fi1m 48, as Marcus — [page](https://film.one/film/the-twilight-saga-new-moon.md)
- *Catwoman* (2004), Fi1m 34, as Rocker — [page](https://film.one/film/catwoman.md)
- *Highlander III: The Sorcerer* (1994), Fi1m 45, as Ponytail — [page](https://film.one/film/highlander-iii-the-sorcerer.md)

## Complete filmography (138)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Vampire Lestat* (2026), series, as Marius de Romanus
- *The Borderline* (2026), series, as Charlie
- *The Train* (2025), as Jack
- *Queen of Bones* (2025), as Fredrik P Jensen
- *Catharsis* (2025), as Stepfather
- *The Fast Runner* (2024), as Shimon
- *Monarch: Legacy of Monsters* (2023), series, as Puckett
- *The Boy in the Woods* (2023), as Police Chief Bagan
- *Corner Office* (2023), as Andrew
- *The Last of Us* (2023), series, as Dr. Schoenheist - Scientist #1 — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-last-of-us.md)
- *Viking* (2022), as Roy Walker
- *Dark Winds* (2022), series, as Dr. Reynolds — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/tv/dark-winds.md)
- *Under the Banner of Heaven* (2022), series, as Ammon Lafferty
- *Billy the Kid* (2022), series, as McDaniels
- *Peacemaker* (2022), series, as Captain Caspar Locke
- *Chapelwaite* (2021), series, as Jakub
- *Them* (2021), series, as The Black Hat Man
- *Psych 2: Lassie Come Home* (2020), as Ova Asblorn
- *50 States of Fright* (2020), series, as Old Man
- *Messiah* (2020), series, as Oscar Wallace
- *Togo* (2019), as George Maynard
- *Adopt a Highway* (2019), as Jim
- *The InBetween* (2019), series, Actor
- *Stockholm* (2019), as Chief Mattsson
- *Deadly Class* (2019), series, as Master Zane
- *Project Blue Book* (2019), series, as Edmund
- *Sicario: Day of the Soldado* (2018), as Headmaster Deats
- *Damnation* (2017), series, as Don Berryman
- *Star Trek: Discovery* (2017), series, as Wen
- *Tin Star* (2017), series, as Louis Gagnon
- *Midnight, Texas* (2017), series, as Hightower
- *Pure* (2017), series, as Augustus Nickel
- *Travelers* (2016), series, as Andrew Graham
- *MacGyver* (2016), series, as David Arthur Faraday
- *Van Helsing* (2016), series, as Sam
- *Honeyglue* (2016), as Dennis
- *Pee-wee's Big Holiday* (2016), as Ezekiel
- *Cooper Barrett's Guide to Surviving Life* (2016), series, as Arvid
- *The Player* (2015), series, as Ivan Mislav
- *Minority Report* (2015), series, as Dr. Lionel Gray
- *Dig* (2015), series, as Olaf
- *Eadweard* (2015), as Pepper
- *12 Monkeys* (2015), series, as The Keeper
- *The Librarians* (2014), series, as Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin
- *Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce* (2014), series, as Shaman Derek
- *Scorpion* (2014), series, as President Korsovich
- *Gotham* (2014), series, as Jack Gruber
- *The Calling* (2014), as Simon
- *Rush* (2014), series, as Martin Arisson
- *Three Days in Havana* (2014), as Anders
- *The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2* (2012), as Marcus — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/the-twilight-saga-breaking-dawn-part-2.md)
- *Beauty and the Beast* (2012), series, as Dr. Nicholas Markus
- *Arrow* (2012), series, as Damian Darhk's Assistant
- *Bullet in the Face* (2012), series, as Lustig Balder
- *The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1* (2011), as Marcus — Fi1m 47, [page](https://film.one/film/the-twilight-saga-breaking-dawn-part-1.md)
- *Hell on Wheels* (2011), series, as The Swede — Fi1m 52, [page](https://film.one/tv/hell-on-wheels.md)
- *Falling Skies* (2011), series, as Duane Pickett
- *Let Your Fingers Do the Talking* (2011), as Alby (voice)
- *R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour* (2010), series, as Collector
- *Nikita* (2010), series, as Matthew Collins
- *Caprica* (2010), series, as Kevin Reikle, Kevin Riekel
- *Human Target* (2010), series, as Connor Dunham
- *Mirador* (2010), series, as Grenier
- *The Twilight Saga: New Moon* (2009), as Marcus — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/the-twilight-saga-new-moon.md)
- *Stargate Atlantis: Fans' Choice* (2009), as Halling/ Todd
- *Castle* (2009), series, as Jacque Henri — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/tv/castle.md)
- *Cadavres* (2009), as Paolo
- *Sanctuary* (2008), series, as John Druitt / Bigfoot
- *True Blood* (2008), series, as Dieter Braun — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/tv/true-blood.md)
- *Murdoch Mysteries* (2008), series, as Jebediah Friessen
- *Les Sœurs Elliot* (2007), series, as Alcidez Barling
- *The Invisible* (2007), as Dr. Woland
- *The Black Cat* (2007), as Rufus Griswold
- *Killer Wave* (2007), series, as Stanley Schiff
- *Le 7e Round* (2006), series, as Arthur Kennedy
- *Psych* (2006), series, as Long Hair
- *Whistler* (2006), series, as Justin Talbert
- *Saved* (2006), series, as John the Baptist
- *Masters of Horror* (2005), series, as Rufus Griswold
- *Kamataki* (2005), as Scott
- *Supernatural* (2005), series, as Alastair — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/supernatural.md)
- *Into the West* (2005), series, as James “Jim” Ebbets
- *The Outlander* (2005), as Mike l'Irlandais
- *Blade: Trinity* (2004), as Caulder
- *Life As We Know It* (2004), series, as Mr. Mitchell
- *Catwoman* (2004), as Rocker — Fi1m 34, [page](https://film.one/film/catwoman.md)
- *Stargate Atlantis* (2004), series, as Todd the Wraith, Halling, Todd
- *The Chronicles of Riddick* (2004), as Helion Politico
- *The Collector* (2004), series, as Jan van der Heyden
- *The Last Tunnel* (2004), as Smiley
- *Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital* (2004), series, as Reverend Jimmy Criss
- *The Tumultuous Adventures of Jack Carter* (2003), series, as Lennie
- *Smallville: Chloe Chronicles* (2003), series, as Dr. Arthur Walsh
- *Napoleon* (2002), series, as Geoffroy St-Hilaire
- *John Doe* (2002), series, as Dr. Hillerman
- *Just Cause* (2002), series, as Dr. Tolkien
- *The Dead Zone* (2002), series, as Zed
- *India: Kingdom of the Tiger* (2002), as Jim Corbett
- *Jeremiah* (2002), series, as Paul Wiel
- *Matthew Blackheart: Monster Smasher* (2002), as Dr. Jacob Mortas
- *Aftermath* (2002), as Evan Harper
- *Smallville* (2001), series, as Zor-El — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/smallville.md)
- *Pig's Law* (2001), as Jodorowsky (Junkie)
- *The Killing Yard* (2001), as D.A.
- *Varian's War* (2001), as Marius Franken
- *Nowhere in Sight* (2001), as Lewis Gills
- *CSI: Crime Scene Investigation* (2000), series, as Marc Ratelle
- *Andromeda* (2000), series, as Gaiton
- *Nuremberg* (2000), series, as Ernst Kaltenbrunner
- *Believe* (2000), as Thad Stiles
- *The Witness* (2000), as Bobby Fish
- *Press Run* (2000), as Mickey Collins
- *2 Brothers* (1999), series, as Bobby Vieira
- *Requiem for Murder* (1999), as Detective Lou Heinz
- *Babel* (1999), as Preficator (as Chris Heyerdahl)
- *The Ghosts of Dickens' Past* (1998), as Charles Dickens
- *Affliction* (1998), as Frankie Lacoy
- *Out of Mind: The Stories of H.P. Lovecraft* (1998), as H.P. Lovecraft
- *The Education of Little Tree* (1997), as Pine Billy
- *The Peacekeeper* (1997), as Hettinger
- *Bleeders* (1997), as Narrator (voice)
- *Stargate SG-1* (1997), series, as Pallan
- *The Hunger* (1997), series, as Arthur
- *Twists of Terror* (1997), as Darien
- *The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon* (1997), as Fellow Gambler #2
- *Coyote Run* (1997), as Judd Lush
- *Habitat* (1997), as Eric Thornton
- *Lassie* (1997), series, as Alfred Kraus
- *La Femme Nikita* (1997), series, as Colin Starnes
- *Silent Trigger* (1996), as O'Hara
- *Rowing Through* (1996), as Paul Enquist
- *The Maharaja's Daughter* (1995), series, as Walt (as Chris Heyerdahl)
- *Obstruction of Justice* (1994), as Thief #2
- *Highlander III: The Sorcerer* (1994), as Ponytail — Fi1m 45, [page](https://film.one/film/highlander-iii-the-sorcerer.md)
- *Warriors* (1994), as Milo
- *Are You Afraid of the Dark?* (1992), series, as Leonid, Nosferatu
- *21 Jump Street* (1987), series, as Jake
- *The Guardian Angel*, as Sergeant Braun

## Gallery

- ![Alex, Sharon, & Christopher [1] (2016)](https://film.one/media/person/46601/gallery-8a08c46bf629.jpg) Alex, Sharon, & Christopher [1] (2016) — Jeff Hitchcock from Seattle, WA, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Alex%2C_Sharon%2C_%26_Christopher_-1-_%2835254492924%29.jpg/1280px-Alex%2C_Sharon%2C_%26_Christopher_-1-_%2835254492924%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Andrew Jackson and Christopher Heyerdahl at the Gatecon 2005 convention in Vancouver (Canada).](https://film.one/media/person/46601/gallery-32efd1886bee.jpg) Andrew Jackson and Christopher Heyerdahl at the Gatecon 2005 convention in Vancouver (Canada). — Jeff Hitchcock, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Andrew_Jackson-Christopher_Heyerdahl_Gatecon2005_1.jpg/1280px-Andrew_Jackson-Christopher_Heyerdahl_Gatecon2005_1.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Christopher Heyerdahl (2005)](https://film.one/media/person/46601/gallery-4054998dce3b.jpg) Christopher Heyerdahl (2005) — Jeff Hitchcock from Vancouver, BC, Canada, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Christopher_Heyerdahl.jpg/1280px-Christopher_Heyerdahl.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Christopher Heyerdahl [1] (2016)](https://film.one/media/person/46601/gallery-7f29e159496e.jpg) Christopher Heyerdahl [1] (2016) — Jeff Hitchcock from Seattle, WA, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Christopher_Heyerdahl_-1-_%2835703914750%29.jpg/1280px-Christopher_Heyerdahl_-1-_%2835703914750%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Christopher Heyerdahl](https://film.one/media/person/46601/gallery-721c087a12d2.jpg) Christopher Heyerdahl — Image via TMDB
- ![Christopher Heyerdahl at the Gatecon 2005 convention in Vancouver (Canada).](https://film.one/media/person/46601/gallery-dcc6a244c36e.jpg) Christopher Heyerdahl at the Gatecon 2005 convention in Vancouver (Canada). — Jeff Hitchcock, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Christopher_Heyerdahl_Gatecon2005_1.jpg/1280px-Christopher_Heyerdahl_Gatecon2005_1.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Christopher Heyerdahl at The Sanctuary Experience Convention in Vancouver in 2010](https://film.one/media/person/46601/gallery-3c1cb21e4dff.jpg) Christopher Heyerdahl at The Sanctuary Experience Convention in Vancouver in 2010 — Lisa West Photography, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Christopher_Heyerdahl_at_TSE_2010.jpg/1280px-Christopher_Heyerdahl_at_TSE_2010.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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