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David Hewlett

 
Actor: David Hewlett
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  • Occupation: Actor, Writer, Director
  • Active: '90s-2000s
  • Major Genres: Drama, Thriller
  • Career Highlights: The Boys of St. Vincent, Cube, Pin
  • First Major Screen Credit: Pin (1988)

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David Hewlett

David Hewlett at comic con 2007
Born David Ian Hewlett
April 18, 1968 (1968-04-18) (age 41)
Redhill, Surrey, England
Years active 1984–present
Spouse(s) Soo Garay (2000–2004)
Jane Loughman (2008–present)
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David Ian Hewlett (born April 18, 1968) is a British-born Canadian actor best known for his role as Dr. Meredith Rodney McKay on the science fiction television shows Stargate SG1 and Stargate Atlantis.

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Early life

Hewlett was born in Redhill, Surrey, UK, and moved with his family to Canada at an early age.[1] Hewlett became a regular on the series Traders and Kung Fu: The Legend Continues and starred in the movie Cube.[2]

Before his acting career took off, he ran Darkyl Media, a web site design firm, [1] and also founded Fusefilm.com, an internet community for filmmakers.[3]

Career

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.[4]

David Hewlett in the conference room at Bridge Studios, Vancouver, during a break in filming Stargate Atlantis episode 5.18 "Identity"

He dropped out of high school in his senior year to pursue careers in acting and computing.[5]

David Hewlett has appeared in many low-budget horror movies, such as The Darkside and the minor cult favourites Scanners II: The New Order and Pin.[2] 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 again with Natali, starring in the critically-acclaimed thriller Cube as Worth the architect, a role that saw the rise of his stardom due to the commercial success of the low budget Canadian film.

A self-confessed science fiction fan, Hewlett has been quoted saying that Doctor Who is what first sparked his love for the genre[6] and that he made science fiction when he was younger in England on his 8 millimetre camera with friends. Hewlett more or less had his early dreams of working in science fiction made into a reality when he first had a four-episode guest role on Stargate SG-1 as the Stargate expert Rodney McKay, which eventually grew into his starring role on Stargate Atlantis.

In 2007, David 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 was shot and wounded before being taken into custody by police as a homicide suspect. There are no plans for him to reprise this role.[7]

Acting is not his only talent though, in 2007 he wrote and directed "A Dog's Breakfast"[8] starring himself, his sister Kate Hewlett, his dog Mars, and previous Stargate Atlantis costars Paul McGillion, Christopher Judge, and Rachel Luttrell.

Personal life

From 2000 until their divorce in 2004, David Hewlett was married to actress Soo Garay.[9] He became engaged to Jane Loughman in late 2006, and announced their engagement in early January 2007.[10][11] The couple share their house with the rottweiler-terrier mix Mars, adopted from an animal shelter, and who is now one of the stars of the couple's dark comedy feature film "A Dog's Breakfast".

On October 6, 2007, at 9:11 p.m., Jane gave birth to their first child, Sebastian Flynn Loughman Hewlett ("Baz").[12] David and Jane were wed on June 21, 2008 at Warwick Castle in Warwick, England.[13]

David Hewlett has three younger siblings. One, Kate Hewlett, who is also an actor, played the role of Jeannie Miller, McKay's sister in four episodes of Stargate Atlantis. Kate also appeared as the character Marilyn in her brother's directorial debut, A Dog's Breakfast.

Filmography

Actor
Year Film Role Other notes
2009 Splice as Barlow
Stargate Atlantis as Rodney McKay (2004–2009)
2008 Helen as Frank
2006 A Dog's Breakfast as Patrick
2004 Darklight as Anders Raeborne
Ice Men as Bryan
Boa vs. Python as Dr. Steven Emmett
From Stargate to Atlantis: Sci Fi Lowdown as Himself/Rodney McKay
Preview to Atlantis as Himself/Rodney McKay
2003 Friday Night as Roger
Foolproof as Lawrence Yeager
Nothing as Dave
2002 Cypher as Virgil Dunn
Made In Canada, Volume 1: Best of the CFC as Himself
2001 Treed Murray as Murray aka Get Down
Century Hotel as Michael
The Triangle as Gus Gruber
And Never Let Her Go as Gerry Capano
Chasing Cain as Bud
1999 Amateur Night as D.J.
Autoerotica as Gord
Blind as The Victim
The Life Before This as Nick
Survivor as Le médecin
1998 Milkman as Martin/Soldier's Voice
Clutch as Martyn
1997 Bad Day On the Block as Andrew
Elevated as Hank
Joe's Wedding as Rob Fitzgerald
On the 2nd Day of Christmas as Mel.
Cube as David Worth, the Architect
1996 Traders as Grant Jansky
1995 Ultraforce as Additional Voices
1994 Monster Force as Lance McGruder
1993 Blood Brothers as Detective Trayne
The Boys of St. Vincent: 15 Years Later as Steven Lunney age 25
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues Dr. Nicholas Elder
1992 Black Death as Myles Chapman
Split Images as Gary Hammond
Quiet Killer as Myles Chapman
A Savage Christmas: The Fall of Hong Kong as Walter Jenkins
1991 The First Circle
Scanners II: The New Order as David Kellum
1990 Desire and Hell at Sunset Motel as Deadpan
Deep Sleep as Terry
Where the Heart Is as Jimmy
1989 The Penthouse as Joe Dobson
1988 Pin... as Leon
1987 The Darkside as Chuckie
1985 Death Kiss
1984 Exam
Guest-starring roles
Year Title Role Notes
2007 Sanctuary as Larry Tolson webisode I
2004 The District as Frederick episode 4.17 "Family Values"
Without a Trace as Fred Watkins episode 2.12 "Hawks and Handsaws"
2002 Stargate SG-1 as Rodney McKay episodes 5.14 "48 Hours", 6.1 "Redemption: Part 1", 6.2 "Redemption: Part 2", 8.19 "Moebius: Part 1", 8.20 "Moebius: Part 2", 10.3 "The Pegasus Project", and 10.13 "The Road Not Taken"
2001 ER as Mr. Schutte episode 8.4 "Never Say Never"
1999 Twice in a Lifetime episode 1.9 "O'er the Ramparts We Watched"
1993 Shining Time Station as Ted Typo episode 3.4 "Stacy Cleans Up"
Beyond Reality as Tom episodes 2.7 "A Kiss Is Just a Psi" and 2.17 "The Loving Cup"
1992 Forever Knight as Matthew Reed episode 1.10 "Dead Air"
Katts and Dog episodes 4.12 "Relatively Speaking" and 5.13 "Killing Ground"
1988 My Secret Identity episode 1.2 "A Walk on the Wild Side"
Friday the 13th: The Series as Cal episode 1.10 "Tales of the Undead"
Street Legal as Dave Lister episode 3.7 "Murder by Video" and as Tim Woolrich in episode 8.14 "Persons Living or Dead"
The Campbells episode "Live by the Sword"
1984 The Edison Twins as Howard episode 1.7 "The Delinquent"
Writer
Year Title Role Notes
2006 A Dog's Breakfast story
2003 Nothing story
Director
Year Title Role Notes
2006 A Dog's Breakfast

References

  1. ^ a b 1998 Interview with Monitor.ca
  2. ^ a b IMDB profile
  3. ^ stargate-sg1.hu Hewlett bio
  4. ^ Hewlett, David. "The Road To Hollywood Is Paved With Cheap Indies." April 15, 2007
  5. ^ Flixter
  6. ^ Houston, Jessica. Q&A with David Hewlett. David Hewlett Talks McKay & Stargate Atlantis. October 18, 2005.
  7. ^ http://www.sanctuaryfans.com/site/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=11&Itemid=94
  8. ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0796314/
  9. ^ IMDb
  10. ^ adogsbreakfastmovie.com - So, that's a yes? (January 5, 2007).
  11. ^ "When Character Actors Direct!". giantmag.com. September 19, 2007. http://www.giantmag.com/2007/09/dvds/character-actors-direct/. Retrieved 2007-09-20. 
  12. ^ adogsbreakfastmovie.com - The Dog's Blog
  13. ^ Hewlett, David. "Blown up real good." adogsbreakfastmovie.com, 18 July 2008

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