
Stephen McHattie
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 3, 1947 (age 79)
- Birthplace
- Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada
Biography
Stephen McHattie (born February 3, 1947) is a prolific and acclaimed Canadian character actor known for his distinctively intense screen presence, gaunt features, and extensive body of work spanning over two hundred film, television, and stage credits. Born in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, he trained at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and spent his early career building a formidable reputation in New York theater—earning critical acclaim and off-Broadway awards in productions like Ghetto and Mensch Meier. Transitioning to film and television in Los Angeles and later Canada, McHattie carved out a niche playing complex villains, authority figures, and brooding heavies in major projects such as A History of Violence, Watchmen (as the original Nite Owl), 300, Secretary, and cult horror favorites like Pontypool. He is also widely recognized for memorable television guest and recurring roles on series like Seinfeld (as Dr. Reston), The X-Files, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and Orphan Black, alongside celebrated Canadian dramatic turns that earned him a Gemini Award for Life with Billy and a Genie Award for playing hockey broadcaster Dick Irvin in The Rocket.
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Filmography

The Stolen Child
Movie · as The Poet

Little Lorraine
Movie · as Huey
Permanent Damage
Movie · as Mr. Freeman

Deaner '89
Movie · as Dack

The Madness
TV · as Emmett · 8 eps

My Animal
Movie · as Henry

Essex County
TV · as Lou · 5 eps

Accused
TV · as Joe · 1 ep

Nightmare Alley
Movie · as Hobo #1

Target Number One
Movie · as Frank Cooper

October Faction
TV · as Samuel Allen · 10 eps

Dreamland
Movie · as Johnny Deadeyes/ Trumpet Player

Come to Daddy
Movie · as Gordon

Z
Movie · as Doctor Seager

Rabid
Movie · as Dr. Keloid

It Must Be Heaven
Movie · as Tarot Reader

Death Wish
Movie · as Chief

Crown and Anchor
Movie · as Gus

Abandoned: Angelique's Isle
Movie · as Captain

Birdland
Movie · as John James

The Hoard
Movie · as Narrator

The Sound
Movie · as Earl

Awakening the Zodiac
Movie · as Zodiac

mother!
Movie · as Zealot

Juggernaut
Movie · as Hank, Sr.

Tokyo Trial
Movie · as E. Stuart McDougall

The Dark Stranger
Movie · as Randall Toth / The Dark Stranger

Weirdos
Movie · as Priest
Khoya
Movie · as Unclie Oliver

Private Eyes
TV · as Leland Harrington · 1 ep

Tokyo Trial
TV · as Edward Stuart McDougall · 4 eps

Born to Be Blue
Movie · as Dad

Pay the Ghost
Movie · as Blind Man

12 Monkeys
TV · as Senator · 1 ep

Meetings with a Young Poet
Movie · as Samuel Beckett

Hellmouth
Movie · as Charlie Baker/ The Barda

Wolves
Movie · as John Tollerman

Big Muddy
Movie · as Stan Barlow

Lizzie Borden Took an Ax
Movie · as Andrew Borden

Dr. Cabbie
Movie · as Pete Donaldson

The Husband
Movie · as Armand

The Strain
TV · as Vaun · 4 eps

Haunter
Movie · as The Pale Man

Septic Man
Movie · as Mayor

The Art of the Steal
Movie · as Dirty Ernie

Exile
Movie · as Maxwell

Torment
Movie · as Officer Hawkings

Manifold
Movie · as Sheriff Noble

Orphan Black
TV · as Percival "P. T." Westmorland · 7 eps

A Little Bit Zombie
Movie · as Max

The Tall Man
Movie · as Lt Dodd

Eddie: The Sleepwalking Cannibal
Movie · as Ronny

Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt
Movie · as Commander Healy

The Entitled
Movie · as Clifford Jones

Exit Humanity
Movie · as Medic Johnson

Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost
Movie · as Commander Healy

Ecstasy
Movie · as Jim Buist

Immortals
Movie · as Cassander

Moby Dick
TV · as Rachel Captain · 4 eps

Who Is Clark Rockefeller?
Movie · as Mark Sutton

Jesse Stone: No Remorse
Movie · as Commander Healy

Red: Werewolf Hunter
Movie · as Gabriel

This Movie Is Broken
Movie · as Security Guard

A Beginner's Guide to Endings
Movie · as Fitz

Die
Movie

Score: A Hockey Musical
Movie · as Walt Acorn

Haven
TV · as Ed Driscoll · 8 eps

Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures
TV · as Dr. Standish · 1 ep

Republic of Doyle
TV · as Spencer Rennette · 1 ep

Pontypool
Movie · as Grant Mazzy

Jesse Stone: Thin Ice
Movie · as Captain Healy

Summer's Blood
Movie · as Gant Hoxey

Watchmen
Movie · as Hollis Mason / Nite Owl

2012
Movie · as Captain Michaels

Diamonds
Movie · as Llewellyn Anderson

The Deaths of Chet Baker
Movie · as Chet Baker

The Timekeeper
Movie · as Fisk

Under the Hood
Movie · as Hollis Mason

You Might As Well Live
Movie · as Fred Steinke

Story Within a Story: The Books of Watchmen
Movie

The Listener
TV · as Arthur Stebbes, Bill · 1 ep

Diamonds
TV · 2 eps

Would Be Kings
Movie

XIII
TV · as General Carrington · 2 eps

Murdoch Mysteries
TV · as Harry Murdoch · 2 eps

The Trojan Horse
TV · as Jack Shea · 2 eps

Fringe
TV · as Colonel Raymond Gordon · 1 ep

The Summit
TV · as Tate · 2 eps

300
Movie · as Loyalist

Shoot 'Em Up
Movie · as Hammerson

Poor Boy's Game
Movie · as Uncle Joe

Kaw
Movie · as Clyde

All Hat
Movie · as Earl Stanton

Jesse Stone: Sea Change
Movie · as Captain Healy

Inside The Fountain: Death and Rebirth
Movie · as Himself

Reaper
TV · as Sheriff · 1 ep

Killer Wave
TV · as Edgar Powell · 2 eps

The Fountain
Movie · as Grand Inquisitor Silecio

Jesse Stone: Night Passage
Movie · as Captain Healy

The Covenant
Movie · as James Danvers

Solar Attack
Movie · as Admiral Lawrence

Absolution
Movie · as Mike Lloyd

One Dead Indian
Movie · as Police Field Commander

Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise
Movie · as Captain Healy

A History of Violence
Movie · as Leland

Ice Age Columbus: Who Were the First Americans?
Movie · as Attan

Stone Cold
Movie · as Captain Healy

The Rocket
Movie · as Dick Irvin

The Lazarus Child
Movie · as Chief Prosecutor Warner

The 4400
TV · as Ian Dravitt · 1 ep

Wall of Secrets
Movie · as Hugh

Twist
Movie · as The Senator

Secretary
Movie · as Burt Holloway

Monk
TV · as Adam Kirk · 1 ep

Birds of Prey
TV · as Frankie Spitz, Hawke · 1 ep

Star Trek: Enterprise
TV · as Alien Foreman · 1 ep

Mutant X
TV · as Aaron Gaumont · 1 ep

Justice League
TV · as The Shade (voice) · 5 eps

The Hustle
Movie · as Pierce

The Highwayman
Movie · as Frank Drake

BASEketball
Movie · as Narrator (voice)

Midnight Flight
Movie · as Lt. Jack Kelly

The Climb
Movie · as Jack McLaskin

Cold Squad
TV · as Sgt. Frank Coscarella · 33 eps

Emily of New Moon
TV · as Jimmy Murray · 43 eps

The Magnificent Seven
TV · as Cletus Fowler · 1 ep

Pterodactyl Woman from Beverly Hills
Movie · as Dr. Egbert Drum

La Femme Nikita
TV · as Willie Kane · 1 ep

Lexx
TV · as Moss, E.J. Moss, Commander of Eagle 5, Field Commander Moss · 1 ep

The Hunger
TV · as Strike · 1 ep

My Friend Joe
Movie · as Curt

Poltergeist: The Legacy
TV · 1 ep

Convict Cowboy
Movie · as Jegge Neff

Visitors of the Night
Movie · as Bryan English

Remember Me
Movie · as Chief Nat Coogan

Theodore Rex
Movie · as Edge

Deadlocked: Escape from Zone 14
Movie · as Jack Claremont

Deadly Love
Movie · as Sean O'Connor

The Outer Limits
TV · as Dr. Sherrick · 1 ep

JAG
TV · as Ray Crockett · 1 ep

Jonathan Stone: Threat of Innocence
Movie · as Lieutenant Durant

Beverly Hills Cop III
Movie · as Steve Fulbright

Art Deco Detective
Movie · as Hyena

Heritage Minutes: Laura Secord
Movie · as FitzGibbon

The Dark
Movie · as Gary 'Hunter' Henderson
Life With Billy
Movie · as Billy Stafford

Geronimo: An American Legend
Movie · as Schoonover

Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
TV · as Diablo the Deceiver · 1 ep

Walker, Texas Ranger
TV · as Karl Mayes, Thomas Openshaw · 1 ep

The X-Files
TV · as Red-Haired Man · 2 eps

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
TV · as Vreenak · 1 ep

Terror on Track 9
Movie · as Randolph Darnell

Highlander: The Series
TV · as Michael Kent · 1 ep
Scene of the Crime
TV · 23 eps

The Hidden Room
TV · as Jack · 1 ep

Heritage Minutes
TV · as FitzGibbon · 1 ep

Law & Order
TV · as Joe Pilefsky · 2 eps

Northern Exposure
TV · as Turk Tortelli · 1 ep

Counterstrike
TV · as Nick · 1 ep

Bloodhounds of Broadway
Movie · as Red Henry

One Man Out
Movie · as Erik

Life Under Water
Movie · as Hank

Quantum Leap
TV · as Stawpah · 1 ep

Seinfeld
TV · as Dr. Reston · 4 eps

Call Me
Movie · as Jellybean

Sticky Fingers
Movie · as Eddie

Salvation!
Movie · as Revered Edward Randall

Caribe
Movie · as Whitehale

Beauty and the Beast
TV · as Gabriel · 12 eps

Belizaire the Cajun
Movie · as James Willoughby

L.A. Law
TV · as Gordon Reeve · 1 ep

Crime Story
TV · as Carlo Mastrangelo · 1 ep

The Twilight Zone
TV · as Death · 1 ep

The Equalizer
TV · as Eddie Washburn · 1 ep

Best Revenge
Movie · as Brett

Miami Vice
TV · as Atty. Sam Boyle · 1 ep

Tales from the Darkside
TV · as Robert Perry · 1 ep

The Hitchhiker
TV · as Joe Caldwell, Johnny · 1 ep

Death Valley
Movie · as Hal

American Playhouse
TV · as Hank, James Willoughby, Red Henry · 1 ep

Hill Street Blues
TV · 2 eps

Roughnecks
Movie · as Roy Bethke

Mary and Joseph: A Story of Faith
Movie · as Judah
Highcliffe Manor
TV · as Rev. Ian Glenville · 6 eps

Gray Lady Down
Movie · as Murphy

Tomorrow Never Comes
Movie · as Frank

Centennial
TV · as Jacques 'Jake' Pasquinel · 12 eps

Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby
Movie · as Adrian / Andrew

Moving Violation
Movie · as Eddie Moore

James Dean
Movie · as James Dean

The Ultimate Warrior
Movie · as Robert

Search for the Gods
Movie · as Willie Longfellow

Starsky & Hutch
TV · 1 ep
The Lady's Not for Burning
Movie · as Nicholas

Kojak
TV · as Paul Nelson, Ray Blaine · 2 eps
Star Spangled Banner
Movie · as Soldier (as Stephen McChattie)

Von Richthofen and Brown
Movie · as Werner Voss

The People Next Door
Movie · as Artie Mason



