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David Hewlett
Hewlett at the San Diego Comic Con, 2007
Born	David Ian Hewlett (1968-04-18) 18 April 1968 (age 49) Redhill, Surrey, England
Years active	1984–present
Spouse(s)	Soo Garay (m. 2000–04) Jane Loughman (m. 2008)

David Ian Hewlett (born 18 April 1968) is an English-born Canadian actor, writer, director, and voice actor best known for his role as Dr. Rodney McKay on the Canadian-American science fiction TV shows Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis and Stargate Universe. Younger television viewers may know him best from his two 1993 guest appearances on Shining Time Station, portraying nosy journalist Ted Typo.

Hewlett first gained fame for his roles as Grant Jansky in the Canadian TV series Traders (1996—2000) and as David Worth in the Canadian psychological horror film Cube (1997). He had earlier appeared in the horror film Pin (1988) and the science-fiction film Scanners II: The New Order (1991). More recently, Hewlett had a prominent supporting role in Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011), portraying bad-tempered airplane pilot Douglas Hunsiker opposite John Lithgow and Andy Serkis.

Hewlett was born in Redhill, England, and moved with his family to Canada at the age of four. Hewlett got his first computer in his mid-teens and became a self-described "computer nerd". While attending high school in Toronto, he launched his acting career, starring in student films by Vincenzo Natali. He dropped out of high school in his senior year to pursue careers in acting and computing, beginning his acting career in 1984 at the age of sixteen.

Before his acting career took off, Hewlett ran Darkyl Media, a web site design firm, and also founded Fusefilm.com, a now defunct internet community for filmmakers.