Christopher Heyerdahl

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Christopher Heyerdahl (2010)

Christopher Heyerdahl (born September 18, 1963 in British Columbia , Canada ) is a Canadian actor of Norwegian descent.

Career

Heyerdahl's acting career began in 1987 with a small guest role in the television series 21 Jump Street - Tatort Klassenzimmer . Since then, the 1.93 m tall actor has appeared in numerous, mostly Canadian, films and series. Heyerdahl became known to an international audience primarily through his guest appearances in several, sometimes very successful, science fiction and fantasy productions; so he had supporting roles in the series Smallville and Supernatural, among others . In the science fiction series Stargate Atlantis he was seen in three different roles between 2004 and 2009, including that of the Wraith "Todd" .

From 2007 Heyerdahl was part of the main cast of the Canadian mystery series Sanctuary - Guardians of the Creatures , where he played Bigfoot and the teleporter John Druitt . The fourth and final season aired in the United States in late 2011, and in March 2012 Syfy television announced that the series would be discontinued. In the fantasy films New Moon - Till (s) for lunch hour (2009) and Breaking Dawn - Till (s) to the end of the night - Part 1 (2011) he can be seen as Volturi vampire Marcus . Between 2011 and 2016, Heyerdahl also played the role of Thor "The Swede" Gundersen in the American western series Hell on Wheels . The role was initially created as a supporting role, but was expanded to a main role with the beginning of the second season.

The Norwegian anthropologist Thor Heyerdahl was his father's cousin.

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Commons : Christopher Heyerdahl  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. Philiana Ng: Syfy's 'Sanctuary' Will Not Return for Season 5 . In: The Hollywood Reporter . May 21, 2012. Retrieved September 1, 2012.
  2. Martin Wood , Michael Shanks , Jim Menard: Stargate - Command SG-1 : Season 7 - audio commentary on "The Power of Storage" (DVD), MGM Home Entertainment.