Christopher Heyerdahl

Christopher Heyerdahl
Christopher Heyerdahl at The Sanctuary Experience Convention in Vancouver in 2010
Born	(1963-09-18) September 18, 1963 (age 53) British Columbia, Canada
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1987–present
Height	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)

Christopher Heyerdahl (born September 18, 1963) is a Canadian actor who has had roles in many television shows and movies.

Heyerdahl was born in the mountains of 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 fairly well and studied for some time at the University of Oslo.

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? 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". He played H. P. Lovecraft in the film Out of Mind: The Stories of H. P. Lovecraft (1998) and a punk, new at drug dealing, in Cadavres (2009).

He played the part of the demon Alastair in three episodes of Supernatural. He also played the part of Zor-El in the television series Smallville, as well as playing John Druitt and Bigfoot in the series Sanctuary.