Stephen McHattie

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

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The Stolen Child poster

The Stolen Child

Movie · as The Poet

2026
Little Lorraine poster

Little Lorraine

Movie · as Huey

2026
Permanent Damage

Permanent Damage

Movie · as Mr. Freeman

2024
Deaner '89 poster

Deaner '89

Movie · as Dack

2024
The Madness poster

The Madness

TV · as Emmett · 8 eps

2023
My Animal poster

My Animal

Movie · as Henry

2023
Essex County poster

Essex County

TV · as Lou · 5 eps

2023
Accused poster

Accused

TV · as Joe · 1 ep

2021
Nightmare Alley poster

Nightmare Alley

Movie · as Hobo #1

2020
Target Number One poster

Target Number One

Movie · as Frank Cooper

2020
October Faction poster

October Faction

TV · as Samuel Allen · 10 eps

2019
Dreamland poster

Dreamland

Movie · as Johnny Deadeyes/ Trumpet Player

2019
Come to Daddy poster

Come to Daddy

Movie · as Gordon

2019
Z poster

Z

Movie · as Doctor Seager

2019
Rabid poster

Rabid

Movie · as Dr. Keloid

2019
It Must Be Heaven poster

It Must Be Heaven

Movie · as Tarot Reader

2018
Death Wish poster

Death Wish

Movie · as Chief

2018
Crown and Anchor poster

Crown and Anchor

Movie · as Gus

2018
Abandoned: Angelique's Isle poster

Abandoned: Angelique's Isle

Movie · as Captain

2018
Birdland poster

Birdland

Movie · as John James

2018
The Hoard poster

The Hoard

Movie · as Narrator

2017
The Sound poster

The Sound

Movie · as Earl

2017
Awakening the Zodiac poster

Awakening the Zodiac

Movie · as Zodiac

2017
mother! poster

mother!

Movie · as Zealot

2017
Juggernaut poster

Juggernaut

Movie · as Hank, Sr.

2017
Tokyo Trial poster

Tokyo Trial

Movie · as E. Stuart McDougall

2016
The Dark Stranger poster

The Dark Stranger

Movie · as Randall Toth / The Dark Stranger

2016
Weirdos poster

Weirdos

Movie · as Priest

2016
Khoya

Khoya

Movie · as Unclie Oliver

2016
Private Eyes poster

Private Eyes

TV · as Leland Harrington · 1 ep

2016
Tokyo Trial poster

Tokyo Trial

TV · as Edward Stuart McDougall · 4 eps

2015
Born to Be Blue poster

Born to Be Blue

Movie · as Dad

2015
Pay the Ghost poster

Pay the Ghost

Movie · as Blind Man

2015
12 Monkeys poster

12 Monkeys

TV · as Senator · 1 ep

2014
Meetings with a Young Poet poster

Meetings with a Young Poet

Movie · as Samuel Beckett

2014
Hellmouth poster

Hellmouth

Movie · as Charlie Baker/ The Barda

2014
Wolves poster

Wolves

Movie · as John Tollerman

2014
Big Muddy poster

Big Muddy

Movie · as Stan Barlow

2014
Lizzie Borden Took an Ax poster

Lizzie Borden Took an Ax

Movie · as Andrew Borden

2014
Dr. Cabbie poster

Dr. Cabbie

Movie · as Pete Donaldson

2014
The Husband poster

The Husband

Movie · as Armand

2014
The Strain poster

The Strain

TV · as Vaun · 4 eps

2013
Haunter poster

Haunter

Movie · as The Pale Man

2013
Septic Man poster

Septic Man

Movie · as Mayor

2013
The Art of the Steal poster

The Art of the Steal

Movie · as Dirty Ernie

2013
Exile poster

Exile

Movie · as Maxwell

2013
Torment poster

Torment

Movie · as Officer Hawkings

2013
Manifold poster

Manifold

Movie · as Sheriff Noble

2013
Orphan Black poster

Orphan Black

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

2012
A Little Bit Zombie poster

A Little Bit Zombie

Movie · as Max

2012
The Tall Man poster

The Tall Man

Movie · as Lt Dodd

2012
Eddie: The Sleepwalking Cannibal poster

Eddie: The Sleepwalking Cannibal

Movie · as Ronny

2012
Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt poster

Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt

Movie · as Commander Healy

2011
The Entitled poster

The Entitled

Movie · as Clifford Jones

2011
Exit Humanity poster

Exit Humanity

Movie · as Medic Johnson

2011
Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost poster

Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost

Movie · as Commander Healy

2011
Ecstasy poster

Ecstasy

Movie · as Jim Buist

2011
Immortals poster

Immortals

Movie · as Cassander

2011
Moby Dick poster

Moby Dick

TV · as Rachel Captain · 4 eps

2010
Who Is Clark Rockefeller? poster

Who Is Clark Rockefeller?

Movie · as Mark Sutton

2010
Jesse Stone: No Remorse poster

Jesse Stone: No Remorse

Movie · as Commander Healy

2010
Red: Werewolf Hunter poster

Red: Werewolf Hunter

Movie · as Gabriel

2010
This Movie Is Broken poster

This Movie Is Broken

Movie · as Security Guard

2010
A Beginner's Guide to Endings poster

A Beginner's Guide to Endings

Movie · as Fitz

2010
Die poster

Die

Movie

2010
Score: A Hockey Musical poster

Score: A Hockey Musical

Movie · as Walt Acorn

2010
Haven poster

Haven

TV · as Ed Driscoll · 8 eps

2010
Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures poster

Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures

TV · as Dr. Standish · 1 ep

2010
Republic of Doyle poster

Republic of Doyle

TV · as Spencer Rennette · 1 ep

2009
Pontypool poster

Pontypool

Movie · as Grant Mazzy

2009
Jesse Stone: Thin Ice poster

Jesse Stone: Thin Ice

Movie · as Captain Healy

2009
Summer's Blood poster

Summer's Blood

Movie · as Gant Hoxey

2009
Watchmen poster

Watchmen

Movie · as Hollis Mason / Nite Owl

2009
2012 poster

2012

Movie · as Captain Michaels

2009
Diamonds poster

Diamonds

Movie · as Llewellyn Anderson

2009
The Deaths of Chet Baker poster

The Deaths of Chet Baker

Movie · as Chet Baker

2009
The Timekeeper poster

The Timekeeper

Movie · as Fisk

2009
Under the Hood poster

Under the Hood

Movie · as Hollis Mason

2009
You Might As Well Live poster

You Might As Well Live

Movie · as Fred Steinke

2009
Story Within a Story: The Books of Watchmen poster

Story Within a Story: The Books of Watchmen

Movie

2009
The Listener poster

The Listener

TV · as Arthur Stebbes, Bill · 1 ep

2009
Diamonds poster

Diamonds

TV · 2 eps

2008
Would Be Kings poster

Would Be Kings

Movie

2008
XIII poster

XIII

TV · as General Carrington · 2 eps

2008
Murdoch Mysteries poster

Murdoch Mysteries

TV · as Harry Murdoch · 2 eps

2008
The Trojan Horse poster

The Trojan Horse

TV · as Jack Shea · 2 eps

2008
Fringe poster

Fringe

TV · as Colonel Raymond Gordon · 1 ep

2008
The Summit poster

The Summit

TV · as Tate · 2 eps

2007
300 poster

300

Movie · as Loyalist

2007
Shoot 'Em Up poster

Shoot 'Em Up

Movie · as Hammerson

2007
Poor Boy's Game poster

Poor Boy's Game

Movie · as Uncle Joe

2007
Kaw poster

Kaw

Movie · as Clyde

2007
All Hat poster

All Hat

Movie · as Earl Stanton

2007
Jesse Stone: Sea Change poster

Jesse Stone: Sea Change

Movie · as Captain Healy

2007
Inside The Fountain: Death and Rebirth poster

Inside The Fountain: Death and Rebirth

Movie · as Himself

2007
Reaper poster

Reaper

TV · as Sheriff · 1 ep

2007
Killer Wave poster

Killer Wave

TV · as Edgar Powell · 2 eps

2006
The Fountain poster

The Fountain

Movie · as Grand Inquisitor Silecio

2006
Jesse Stone: Night Passage poster

Jesse Stone: Night Passage

Movie · as Captain Healy

2006
The Covenant poster

The Covenant

Movie · as James Danvers

2006
Solar Attack poster

Solar Attack

Movie · as Admiral Lawrence

2006
Absolution poster

Absolution

Movie · as Mike Lloyd

2006
One Dead Indian poster

One Dead Indian

Movie · as Police Field Commander

2006
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise poster

Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise

Movie · as Captain Healy

2005
A History of Violence poster

A History of Violence

Movie · as Leland

2005
Ice Age Columbus: Who Were the First Americans? poster

Ice Age Columbus: Who Were the First Americans?

Movie · as Attan

2005
Stone Cold poster

Stone Cold

Movie · as Captain Healy

2005
The Rocket poster

The Rocket

Movie · as Dick Irvin

2004
The Lazarus Child poster

The Lazarus Child

Movie · as Chief Prosecutor Warner

2004
The 4400 poster

The 4400

TV · as Ian Dravitt · 1 ep

2003
Wall of Secrets poster

Wall of Secrets

Movie · as Hugh

2003
Twist poster

Twist

Movie · as The Senator

2002
Secretary poster

Secretary

Movie · as Burt Holloway

2002
Monk poster

Monk

TV · as Adam Kirk · 1 ep

2002
Birds of Prey poster

Birds of Prey

TV · as Frankie Spitz, Hawke · 1 ep

2001
Star Trek: Enterprise poster

Star Trek: Enterprise

TV · as Alien Foreman · 1 ep

2001
Mutant X poster

Mutant X

TV · as Aaron Gaumont · 1 ep

2001
Justice League poster

Justice League

TV · as The Shade (voice) · 5 eps

2000
The Hustle poster

The Hustle

Movie · as Pierce

2000
The Highwayman poster

The Highwayman

Movie · as Frank Drake

1998
BASEketball poster

BASEketball

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1998
Midnight Flight poster

Midnight Flight

Movie · as Lt. Jack Kelly

1998
The Climb poster

The Climb

Movie · as Jack McLaskin

1998
Cold Squad poster

Cold Squad

TV · as Sgt. Frank Coscarella · 33 eps

1998
Emily of New Moon poster

Emily of New Moon

TV · as Jimmy Murray · 43 eps

1998
The Magnificent Seven poster

The Magnificent Seven

TV · as Cletus Fowler · 1 ep

1997
Pterodactyl Woman from Beverly Hills poster

Pterodactyl Woman from Beverly Hills

Movie · as Dr. Egbert Drum

1997
La Femme Nikita poster

La Femme Nikita

TV · as Willie Kane · 1 ep

1997
Lexx poster

Lexx

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

1997
The Hunger poster

The Hunger

TV · as Strike · 1 ep

1996
My Friend Joe poster

My Friend Joe

Movie · as Curt

1996
Poltergeist: The Legacy poster

Poltergeist: The Legacy

TV · 1 ep

1995
Convict Cowboy poster

Convict Cowboy

Movie · as Jegge Neff

1995
Visitors of the Night poster

Visitors of the Night

Movie · as Bryan English

1995
Remember Me poster

Remember Me

Movie · as Chief Nat Coogan

1995
Theodore Rex poster

Theodore Rex

Movie · as Edge

1995
Deadlocked: Escape from Zone 14 poster

Deadlocked: Escape from Zone 14

Movie · as Jack Claremont

1995
Deadly Love poster

Deadly Love

Movie · as Sean O'Connor

1995
The Outer Limits poster

The Outer Limits

TV · as Dr. Sherrick · 1 ep

1995
JAG poster

JAG

TV · as Ray Crockett · 1 ep

1994
Jonathan Stone: Threat of Innocence poster

Jonathan Stone: Threat of Innocence

Movie · as Lieutenant Durant

1994
Beverly Hills Cop III poster

Beverly Hills Cop III

Movie · as Steve Fulbright

1994
Art Deco Detective poster

Art Deco Detective

Movie · as Hyena

1993
Heritage Minutes: Laura Secord poster

Heritage Minutes: Laura Secord

Movie · as FitzGibbon

1993
The Dark poster

The Dark

Movie · as Gary 'Hunter' Henderson

1993
Life With Billy

Life With Billy

Movie · as Billy Stafford

1993
Geronimo: An American Legend poster

Geronimo: An American Legend

Movie · as Schoonover

1993
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues poster

Kung Fu: The Legend Continues

TV · as Diablo the Deceiver · 1 ep

1993
Walker, Texas Ranger poster

Walker, Texas Ranger

TV · as Karl Mayes, Thomas Openshaw · 1 ep

1993
The X-Files poster

The X-Files

TV · as Red-Haired Man · 2 eps

1993
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine poster

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

TV · as Vreenak · 1 ep

1992
Terror on Track 9 poster

Terror on Track 9

Movie · as Randolph Darnell

1992
Highlander: The Series poster

Highlander: The Series

TV · as Michael Kent · 1 ep

1991
Scene of the Crime

Scene of the Crime

TV · 23 eps

1991
The Hidden Room poster

The Hidden Room

TV · as Jack · 1 ep

1991
Heritage Minutes poster

Heritage Minutes

TV · as FitzGibbon · 1 ep

1990
Law & Order poster

Law & Order

TV · as Joe Pilefsky · 2 eps

1990
Northern Exposure poster

Northern Exposure

TV · as Turk Tortelli · 1 ep

1990
Counterstrike poster

Counterstrike

TV · as Nick · 1 ep

1989
Bloodhounds of Broadway poster

Bloodhounds of Broadway

Movie · as Red Henry

1989
One Man Out poster

One Man Out

Movie · as Erik

1989
Life Under Water poster

Life Under Water

Movie · as Hank

1989
Quantum Leap poster

Quantum Leap

TV · as Stawpah · 1 ep

1989
Seinfeld poster

Seinfeld

TV · as Dr. Reston · 4 eps

1988
Call Me poster

Call Me

Movie · as Jellybean

1988
Sticky Fingers poster

Sticky Fingers

Movie · as Eddie

1987
Salvation! poster

Salvation!

Movie · as Revered Edward Randall

1987
Caribe poster

Caribe

Movie · as Whitehale

1987
Beauty and the Beast poster

Beauty and the Beast

TV · as Gabriel · 12 eps

1986
Belizaire the Cajun poster

Belizaire the Cajun

Movie · as James Willoughby

1986
L.A. Law poster

L.A. Law

TV · as Gordon Reeve · 1 ep

1986
Crime Story poster

Crime Story

TV · as Carlo Mastrangelo · 1 ep

1985
The Twilight Zone poster

The Twilight Zone

TV · as Death · 1 ep

1985
The Equalizer poster

The Equalizer

TV · as Eddie Washburn · 1 ep

1984
Best Revenge poster

Best Revenge

Movie · as Brett

1984
Miami Vice poster

Miami Vice

TV · as Atty. Sam Boyle · 1 ep

1984
Tales from the Darkside poster

Tales from the Darkside

TV · as Robert Perry · 1 ep

1983
The Hitchhiker poster

The Hitchhiker

TV · as Joe Caldwell, Johnny · 1 ep

1982
Death Valley poster

Death Valley

Movie · as Hal

1982
American Playhouse poster

American Playhouse

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

1981
Hill Street Blues poster

Hill Street Blues

TV · 2 eps

1980
Roughnecks poster

Roughnecks

Movie · as Roy Bethke

1979
Mary and Joseph: A Story of Faith poster

Mary and Joseph: A Story of Faith

Movie · as Judah

1979
Highcliffe Manor

Highcliffe Manor

TV · as Rev. Ian Glenville · 6 eps

1978
Gray Lady Down poster

Gray Lady Down

Movie · as Murphy

1978
Tomorrow Never Comes poster

Tomorrow Never Comes

Movie · as Frank

1978
Centennial poster

Centennial

TV · as Jacques 'Jake' Pasquinel · 12 eps

1976
Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby poster

Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby

Movie · as Adrian / Andrew

1976
Moving Violation poster

Moving Violation

Movie · as Eddie Moore

1976
James Dean poster

James Dean

Movie · as James Dean

1975
The Ultimate Warrior poster

The Ultimate Warrior

Movie · as Robert

1975
Search for the Gods poster

Search for the Gods

Movie · as Willie Longfellow

1975
Starsky & Hutch poster

Starsky & Hutch

TV · 1 ep

1974
The Lady's Not for Burning

The Lady's Not for Burning

Movie · as Nicholas

1973
Kojak poster

Kojak

TV · as Paul Nelson, Ray Blaine · 2 eps

1971
Star Spangled Banner

Star Spangled Banner

Movie · as Soldier (as Stephen McChattie)

1971
Von Richthofen and Brown poster

Von Richthofen and Brown

Movie · as Werner Voss

1970
The People Next Door poster

The People Next Door

Movie · as Artie Mason