Half-Norwegian Christopher Heyerdahl is an actor best known for his role as Zor-El in the sci-fi series Smallville, as well as Leonid in the Are You Afraid of the Dark episode “The Thirteenth Floor” and as Nosferatu in the episode “Midnight Madness.”
Born in British Columbia, Canada, he is a gifted hockey player, having played for the Ottawa Senators. His other roles include the characters Halling and Wraith commander Todd in Stargate Atlantis and Pallan in an episode of Stargate SG-1, and the demon Alastair in three episodes of Supernatural. He also bagged the role of Marcus in the film New Moon, an adaptation of the second book in the Twilight Saga. In 2008, he was cast in the sci-fi series Sanctuary as both John Druitt and Bigfoot.