David Hewlett

Template:Short description Template:For Template:Use Canadian English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox person David Ian Hewlett (born 18 April 1968) is a British-born Canadian<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> actor, writer and director, known for his role as Dr. Rodney McKay in the Stargate science-fiction franchise. He 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 appeared in the horror film Pin (1988) and the science-fiction films Scanners II: The New Order (1991) and Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011).

Early life

Hewlett was born in Redhill, England, and moved with his family to Canada at the age of four.<ref name="Mon_int"/> He received 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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He dropped out of high school in his senior year to pursue careers in acting and computing, at the beginning of his acting career in 1984 at the age of sixteen.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Before his acting career took off, Hewlett ran Darkyl Media, a web site design firm,<ref name="Mon_int">Template:Cite web</ref> and also founded Fusefilm.com, a now defunct internet community for filmmakers.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Career

Hewlett has appeared in many low-budget horror films, such as The Darkside and the minor cult favourites Scanners II: The New Order and Pin. He also guest starred in several television series. In 1996, he landed one of his better-known roles, as Grant Jansky on Traders. In 1997, Hewlett worked with Natali again, starring in his critically acclaimed thriller Cube as Worth the architect. The low budget Canadian film was commercially successful.

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Hewlett in the conference room at Bridge Studios, 2008

Hewlett, an avid science fiction fan, has been quoted saying that Doctor Who, a sci-fi program made in his native Britain, is what first sparked his love for the genre,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and that he made science fiction with his friends when he was younger in Britain, on his 8 millimetre camera. Hewlett had his early dreams of working in science fiction made into a reality, when he first had a four-episode guest role on the Canadian/American sci-fi series Stargate SG-1, as the Stargate expert Rodney McKay, which eventually grew into his starring role on Stargate Atlantis.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In 2007, Hewlett appeared as a guest star in the first episode of the TV series Sanctuary, a show produced by and starring Stargate actress Amanda Tapping. He played Larry Tolson, a patient suffering from a form of psychosis who is shot and wounded before being taken into police custody as a murder suspect.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In 2006, he wrote and directed A Dog's Breakfast starring himself, his sister Kate Hewlett, his dog Mars, and his Stargate Atlantis costars Paul McGillion, Christopher Judge and Rachel Luttrell.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> On 23 July 2006, Hewlett created a YouTube channel named Fanatical.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In 2014, Hewlett directed the supernatural horror-science fiction film Debug with Jason Momoa, who starred alongside Hewlett in Stargate Atlantis. Jeananne Goossen and Adrian Holmes played the lead roles in the film.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In 2015, Hewlett appeared in the Syfy TV series Dark Matter, which is based on the comic book of the same name.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He played a recurring role as Tabor Calchek, a merchant who also serves as the team's handler. Hewlett continues his interest in filmmaking.

In 2017, he made "HEWLOGRAM," a sci-fi comedy short showcasing the filmmaking and special effects tools of Red Giant.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

David is active on Template:YouTube.

Personal life

Hewlett married actress Soo Garay in 2000; they divorced in 2004. He married Jane Loughman in 2008. They have a son born in 2007.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> Hewlett's younger sister is actress Kate Hewlett. She has appeared on Stargate Atlantis as Rodney McKay's sister, Jeannie Miller, multiple times in the series.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> When he's not filming, Hewlett volunteers as a parent sponsor of a school PC/Tech club for kids interested in 3D printing, programming and repurposing tech equipment.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1987	The Darkside	Chuckie
1988	Pin	Leon
1989	The Penthouse	Joe Dobson	TV film
	Dead Meat
1990	Where the Heart Is	Jimmy
	Deep Sleep	Terry
	Desire and Hell at Sunset Motel	Deadpan Winchester
1991	Scanners II: The New Order	David Kellum
	The First Circle	'Ruska' Rostislav	TV film
1992	A Savage Christmas: The Fall of Hong Kong	Walter Jenkins
	Quiet Killer	Myles Chapman
	Split Images	Gary Hammond	TV film
1993	Blood Brothers	Detective Trayne
	The Boys of St. Vincent: 15 Years Later	Steven Lunney, age 25
1996	Joe's Wedding	Rob Fitzgerald
1997	Cube	David Worth, the Architect
	On the 2nd Day of Christmas	Mel	TV film
	Elevated	Hank	Short
	Bad Day on the Block	Andrew
1998	Clutch	Martyn
	Milkman	Martin/Soldier's	Voice
1999	Survivor	Le médecin	TV film
	The Life Before This	Nick
	Blind	The Victim	Short
	Autoerotica	Gord
	Amateur Night	D.J.
2001	Chasing Cain	Bud
	And Never Let Her Go	Gerry Capano	TV film
	The Triangle	Gus Gruber
	Century Hotel	Michael
	Treed Murray	Murray	aka Get Down
2002	Made In Canada, Volume 1: Best of the CFC	Himself
	Cypher	Virgil Dunn
	Father Lefty	Father Gregory	TV film
2003	Nothing	Dave	Story writer
	Foolproof	Lawrence Yeager
	Friday Night	Roger	Short
2004	Boa vs. Python	Dr. Steven Emmett
	Ice Men	Bryan
	Darklight	Anders Raeborne	TV film
2006	A Dog's Breakfast	Patrick	Director and story writer
2008	Helen	Frank
2009	Splice	William Barlow
2010	The Whistleblower	Fred Murray
2011	Rise of the Planet of the Apes	Hunsiker
	Morlocks	Dr. Radnor	TV film
	Rage of the Yeti	Mills	Director
2013	Haunter	Olivia's Father
2014	Debug	—	Director
2017	The Shape of Water	Fleming
2019	Midway	Husband E. Kimmel
	Lie Exposed	Brian
2021	Nightmare Alley	Dr. Elrood
2022	The Swearing Jar	Bill
2024	A Thousand Cuts
	Levels	Oliver

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1984	The Edison Twins	Howard	Episode: "The Delinquent"
1988	Friday the 13th: The Series	Cal	Episode: "Tales of the Undead"
	My Secret Identity	Rock	Episode: "A Walk on the Wild Side"
1987	Night Heat	Gil	Episode: "Simon Says"
1988–1989	T. and T.	Detective Jones/Ronnie	Episodes: "Black and White" & "Thicker Than White"
1990	The Campbells	Captain HendersonTemplate:\Ned Kane	Episodes: "And in the Spring" & "Live by the Sword"
1988–1994	Street Legal	Dave ListerTemplate:\Tim Woolrich	Episodes: "Murder by Video" & "Persons Living or Dead"
1991–1992	Katts and Dog	The Strangler	3 episodes
1992	Forever Knight	Matthew Reed	Episode: "Dead Air"
1992–1993	Beyond Reality	Tom	2 episodes
1993	Shining Time Station	Ted Typo
	Tropical Heat (AKA Sweating Bullets)	Gleason	Episode: "Object of Desire"
1993–1996	Kung Fu: The Legend Continues	Dr. Nicholas Elder	13 episodes
1994	Monster Force	Lance McGruder (voice)
1996–2000	Traders	Grant Jansky	73 episodes
1999	Twice in a Lifetime	Mr. Green	Episode: "O'er the Ramparts We Watched"
2001	ER	Mr. Schudy	Episode: "Never Say Never"
2001–2007	Stargate SG-1	Dr. Rodney McKay	7 episodes
2003	Mutant X	Hector Friemark	Episode: "The Taking of Crows"
2004	Without a Trace	Fred Watkins	Episode: "Hawks and Handsaws"
	The District	Frederick	Episode: "Family Values"
2004–2009	Stargate: Atlantis	Dr. Rodney McKay	100 episodes
2009	The Closer	FBI Special Agent Jerry Moore	Episode: "Walking Back the Cat"
2010–2011	Hellcats	Dr. Thurston Eagan	2 episodes
2011	Stargate: Universe	Dr. Rodney McKay	Episode: "Seizure"
2013	Darknet	Lewis	Episode: "Darknet 1"
	State of Syn	Aslin Kane	6 episodes
2015–2016	Dark Matter	Talbor Calchek	4 episodes
2016	Suits	Nathan Burnes	Episode: "Back on the Map"
	Incorporated	Chad Peterson	4 episodes
2016–2017	Murdoch Mysteries	Dilbert Dilton	2 episodes
2019	Hudson & Rex	Nelson Dwyer	Episode: "Man of Consequence"
2021	Clarice	Anthony Herman	5 episodes
	Departure	Bill Ratch	Recurring role (season 2)
	Private Eyes	Earl Baer	Episode: "Drop Dead Carny"
2021–2022	See	Tormada	Guest role (season 2), main role (season 3)
2022	Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities	Masson	Episode: "Graveyard Rats"
2025	Mistletoe Murders	Ray

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