Introduction
If you’re a vampire fan, you probably know at least one character played by Christopher Heyerdahl. Where does this great actor come from? How did he appear in “The Twilight Saga”, and who is the woman who conquered him?
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Early life and education
Christopher Heyerdahl was born on September 18, 1963 in British Columbia, Canada. He is of Scottish and Norwegian descent – his father was a Norwegian immigrant in the early 1950s. His cousin was Thor Heyerdahl, the famous Norwegian adventurer and ethnographer, who traveled about 5,000 miles (8,000 kilometers) in a boat made by hand from South America to the Tuamotu Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
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Little is known about Heyerdahl’s early years, but it is said that he grew up on Hollyburn Mountain, Vancouver, Canada, in a house without running water. Sometime after high school, he returned to Norway to enroll at the University of Oslo.
Career
Heyerdahl worked as a stage actor in several Canadian theatres, such as the Stratford Theatre, before making his television debut in 1987, when he briefly appeared in the acclaimed television series “21 Jump Street”, starring Johnny Depp. . His first real role on television was in the series “Are You Afraid of the Dark” in 1993, portraying different vampires in two episodes, “The Tale of the Thirteenth Floor” and “The Tale of the Midnight Madness”. Curiously, this is what marked his future roles in horror and vampire films.
In 1994, he appeared in the action film “Warriors”, considered his first feature film. In the same year, he appeared in the third part of the “Highlander” film series, “Highlander: The Final Dimension”, in which he played Ponytail. He was also part of the cast of the television mini-series “The Maharaja’s Daughter”. Before the end of the 1990s, he was in several feature films, such as “Coyote Run”, “Silent Trigger”, Twist of Terror”, and “The Education of Little Tree”. In 1997, he again played a vampire, this time in an episode of the television series “A Matter of Style”, about an old vampire who tries to teach his young protege how to seduce and kill his prey.
However, Christopher shot to fame after being cast as Howard P. Lovecraft in the 1998 series “Out of Mind: The Stories of HP Lovecraft.”
In the early 2000s he appeared in films such as “Aftermath”, “Nowhere in Sight” and “The Killing Yard”. He also made appearances in several science fiction television series, such as “Andromeda”, “Stargate SG-1” and “Smallville: Chloe Chronicles”. In 2004, he played Helion Politico in “The Chronicles of Riddick”, with his colleagues Vin Diesel, Judi Dench and Colm Feore. He portrayed Rocker in the 2004 version of “Catwomen,” alongside Halle Berry and Sharon Stone, and that same year appeared as Blade’s ally Caulder in “Blade: Trinity,” starring Wesley Snipes.
In 2004, Heyerdahl landed the role of Todd the Wraith in the acclaimed sci-fi series “Stargate: Atlantis”, remaining on the show for five seasons until 2009.
At the same time, in 2005, he played Mike the Irishman in “The Outlander”, and the following year appeared as a guest character in several television series, such as “Saved”, “The Dead Zone”, “Psych” and ” Whistler”. In 2007, he was a recurring character in the science fiction television series “Sanctuary”, and also played Zor-El, a Kryptonian scientist, in the television series “Smallville”.
He was in the recurring cast of the television series “Sanctuary” in 2008, remaining on the show until its end in 2011. In 2009, he was a guest character in three episodes of “Supernatural.”
Heyerdahl landed the role of one of the three leaders of the infamous Volturi clan, Marcus, in the acclaimed romantic vampire film series “The Twilight Saga”, then reprized the role in “The Twilight Saga: New Moon”, and in both parts of the adaptation of the last book, “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn”. In 2011, he was cast as recurring character The Swede in the hit AMC series “Hell on Wheels”, and remained on the show for all five seasons.
In 2012, Heyerdahl was cast again as a vampire character, this time in the HBO original series “True Blood”, portraying Dieter Braun and debuting in the show’s fifth season. The following year, he appeared as a guest on several popular television series, including ‘CSI: Crime Scene Investigation’, ‘Castle’, ‘Nikita’ and ‘Falling Skies’. In 2014, he appeared in “The Calling”, alongside Susan Sarandon, portrayed Jack Gruber in a Batman childhood TV series, “Gotham”, and was cast as Dr. Lionel Gray in the TV series. Minority Report.
I was so excited that I didn’t brush my teeth for 5 months before stepping into this role. I think the prep work shows well. #NaZdorovie @TNT Librarians #TheLibrarians #tonight https://t.co/KEjYdLBJ8U
– Christophe Heyerdahl (@CHeyerdahl) July 10, 2019
In 2016, Heyerdahl starred as Sam in SyFy’s “Van Helsing,” remaining on the show until 2019.
In 2017, Heyerdahl played Louis Gagnon in the first season of the detective series “Tin Star”, as well as Don Berryman in another detective series, “Damnation”. Two years later, he starred as Augustus Nickel in the final season of WGNA’s drama series “Pure.”
Heyerdahl appeared as Oscar Wallace in an episode of the TV series “Messiah” in 2020, followed by portraying Hiram Epps in the horror TV series “Them: Covenant”, and is also expected to appear in subsequent seasons. .
Heyerdahl has also done voice acting for video games, voiced several characters in “Beowulf: The Game”, “Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus”, and “Far Cry 5”.
Private life
Heyerdahl tries to keep his life private, which means not much is known about his personal life. He’s married to an unnamed schoolteacher, who actually introduced him to “The Twilight Saga,” and she was the one who pushed him to audition for the role of Marcus. It is not known whether or not the couple have children. He is fluent in English, Norwegian and Spanish.
He’s such a fan of rock band KISS that he designed his character’s face tattoo in “Stargate: Atlantis” inspired by KISS guitarist Ace Frehley.
Heyerdahl is active on Twitter, on which he has more than 13,000 subscribers. It does not use other social media platforms.
Net value
Christopher Heyerdahl is best known for portraying vampires in various horror films and television series. His prominent career in this genre, which includes over 120 titles, has earned him an estimated net worth of over $4 million.
Physical characteristics
Heyerdahl landed most of his roles due to his height of 6 feet 4 inches (1.93 kg). He weighs around 194 lbs (88 kg) and thus has a slim physique. Her eyes are bright blue and her hair is light brown.
