Stephen McHattie
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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Movies (134)
Permanent Damage
2026 · Mr. Freeman
Little Lorraine
2026 · Huey
Deaner '89
2024 · Dack
My Animal
2023 · Henry
El Callejón de Las Almas Perdidas
2021 · Hobo #1
Most Wanted: Víctima del poder
2020 · Frank Cooper
Furia
2019 · Dr. Keloid
It Must Be Heaven
2019 · Tarot Reader
Z
2019 · Doctor Seager
Un papá sospechoso
2019 · Gordon
Dreamland
2019 · Johnny Deadeyes/ Trumpet Player
The Hoard
2018 · Narrator
Abandoned: Angelique's Isle
2018 · Captain
Crown and Anchor
2018 · Gus
Deseo de matar
2018 · Chief
Birdland
2018 · John James
Juggernaut
2017 · Hank, Sr.
The Sound
2017 · Earl
Tokyo Trial
2017 · E. Stuart McDougall
¡Madre!
2017 · Zealot
Awakening the Zodiac
2017 · Zodiac
Weirdos
2016 · Priest
El obscuro extraño
2016 · Randall Toth / The Dark Stranger
Khoya
2016 · Unclie Oliver
La maldición de Charlie
2015 · Blind Man
Born to Be Blue
2015 · Dad
Hellmouth
2014 · Charlie Baker/ The Barda, Producer
Dr. Cabbie
2014 · Pete Donaldson
Big Muddy
2014 · Stan Barlow
Lobos
2014 · John Tollerman
Meetings with a Young Poet
2014 · Samuel Beckett
The Husband
2014 · Armand
El Crimen de Lizzie
2014 · Andrew Borden
La Noche Del Fantasma
2013 · The Pale Man
Torment
2013 · Officer Hawkings
Septic Man
2013 · Mayor
El arte de robar
2013 · Dirty Ernie
Manifold
2013 · Sheriff Noble
Exile
2013 · Maxwell
Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt
2012 · Commander Healy
Eddie: The Sleepwalking Cannibal
2012 · Ronny
El hombre de las sombras
2012 · Lt Dodd
A Little Bit Zombie
2012 · Max
Inmortales
2011 · Cassander
La Salida para la Humanidad
2011 · Medic Johnson
Ecstasy
2011 · Jim Buist
The Entitled
2011 · Clifford Jones
Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost
2011 · Commander Healy
Red: Werewolf Hunter
2010 · Gabriel
Score: A Hockey Musical
2010 · Walt Acorn
A Beginner's Guide to Endings
2010 · Fitz
This Movie Is Broken
2010 · Security Guard
Jesse Stone: No Remorse
2010 · Commander Healy
Who Is Clark Rockefeller?
2010 · Mark Sutton
Die
2010
Story Within a Story: The Books of Watchmen
2009
Summer's Blood
2009 · Gant Hoxey
2012
2009 · Captain Michaels
The Deaths of Chet Baker
2009 · Chet Baker
The Timekeeper
2009 · Fisk
Diamonds
2009 · Llewellyn Anderson
Under the Hood
2009 · Hollis Mason
Palabras de muerte
2009 · Grant Mazzy
Watchmen, los vigilantes
2009 · Hollis Mason / Nite Owl
Jesse Stone: Thin Ice
2009 · Captain Healy
You Might As Well Live
2009 · Fred Steinke
Would Be Kings
2008
All Hat
2007 · Earl Stanton
La huida
2007 · Hammerson
Jesse Stone: Sea Change
2007 · Captain Healy
Inside The Fountain: Death and Rebirth
2007 · Himself
Cuervos asesinos
2007 · Clyde
300
2007 · Loyalist
Poor Boy's Game
2007 · Uncle Joe
La fuente de la vida
2006 · Grand Inquisitor Silecio
Absolution
2006 · Mike Lloyd
Pacto Infernal
2006 · James Danvers
Solar Attack
2006 · Admiral Lawrence
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise
2006 · Captain Healy
Jesse Stone: Night Passage
2006 · Captain Healy
One Dead Indian
2006 · Police Field Commander
The Rocket
2005 · Dick Irvin
A History of Violence
2005 · Leland
Stone Cold
2005 · Captain Healy
Ice Age Columbus: Who Were the First Americans?
2005 · Attan
The Lazarus Child
2004 · Chief Prosecutor Warner
Twist
2003 · The Senator
Wall of Secrets
2003 · Hugh
La secretaria
2002 · Burt Holloway
The Hustle
2000 · Pierce
The Highwayman
2000 · Frank Drake
BASEketball
1998 · Narrator (voice)
Midnight Flight
1998 · Lt. Jack Kelly
The Climb
1998 · Jack McLaskin
Pterodactyl Woman from Beverly Hills
1997 · Dr. Egbert Drum
My Friend Joe
1996 · Curt
Theodore Rex
1995 · Edge
Visitors of the Night
1995 · Bryan English
Remember Me
1995 · Chief Nat Coogan
Deadly Love
1995 · Sean O'Connor
Convict Cowboy
1995 · Jegge Neff
Deadlocked: Escape from Zone 14
1995 · Jack Claremont
Art Deco Detective
1994 · Hyena
Beverly Hills Cop III
1994 · Steve Fulbright
Jonathan Stone: Threat of Innocence
1994 · Lieutenant Durant
Geronimo: An American Legend
1993 · Schoonover
Life With Billy
1993 · Billy Stafford
The Dark
1993 · Gary 'Hunter' Henderson
Heritage Minutes: Laura Secord
1993 · FitzGibbon
Terror on Track 9
1992 · Randolph Darnell
Bloodhounds of Broadway
1989 · Red Henry
One Man Out
1989 · Erik
Life Under Water
1989 · Hank
Call Me
1988 · Jellybean
Sticky Fingers
1988 · Eddie
Caribe
1987 · Whitehale
Salvation!
1987 · Revered Edward Randall
Belizaire the Cajun
1986 · James Willoughby
Best Revenge
1984 · Brett
Death Valley
1982 · Hal
Roughnecks
1980 · Roy Bethke
Mary and Joseph: A Story of Faith
1979 · Judah
Gray Lady Down
1978 · Murphy
Tomorrow Never Comes
1978 · Frank
Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby
1976 · Adrian / Andrew
Moving Violation
1976 · Eddie Moore
James Dean
1976 · James Dean
The Ultimate Warrior
1975 · Robert
Search for the Gods
1975 · Willie Longfellow
The Lady's Not for Burning
1974 · Nicholas
Von Richthofen and Brown
1971 · Werner Voss
Star Spangled Banner
1971 · Soldier (as Stephen McChattie)
The People Next Door
1970 · Artie Mason
The Stolen Child
· The Poet
TV shows (64)
La locura
2024 · Emmett
Essex County
2023 · Lou
Accused
2023 · Joe
La facción octubre
2020 · Samuel Allen
Tokyo Trial
2016 · Edward Stuart McDougall
Private Eyes
2016 · Leland Harrington
12 Monos
2015 · Senator
The Strain
2014 · Vaun
Orphan Black
2013 · Percival "P. T." Westmorland
Moby Dick
2011 · Rachel Captain
Haven
2010 · Ed Driscoll
Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures
2010 · Dr. Standish
Republic of Doyle
2010 · Spencer Rennette
The Listener
2009 · Arthur Stebbes, Bill
Diamonds
2009
XIII
2008 · General Carrington
Fringe
2008 · Colonel Raymond Gordon
The Summit
2008 · Tate
The Trojan Horse
2008 · Jack Shea
Murdoch Mysteries
2008 · Harry Murdoch
Reaper
2007 · Sheriff
Killer Wave
2007 · Edgar Powell
Los 4400
2004 · Ian Dravitt
Aves de Presa
2002 · Frankie Spitz, Hawke
Monk
2002 · Adam Kirk
Justice League
2001 · The Shade (voice)
Mutant X
2001 · Aaron Gaumont
Star Trek: Enterprise
2001 · Alien Foreman
Cold Squad
1998 · Sgt. Frank Coscarella
Emily of New Moon
1998 · Jimmy Murray
The Magnificent Seven
1998 · Cletus Fowler
The Hunger
1997 · Strike
Lexx
1997 · Moss, E.J. Moss, Commander of Eagle 5, Field Commander Moss
La Femme Nikita
1997 · Willie Kane
Poltergeist: The Legacy
1996
JAG
1995 · Ray Crockett
The Outer Limits
1995 · Dr. Sherrick
The X-Files
1993 · Red-Haired Man
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993 · Karl Mayes, Thomas Openshaw
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
1993 · Diablo the Deceiver
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993 · Vreenak
Highlander: The Series
1992 · Michael Kent
The Hidden Room
1991 · Jack
Scene of the Crime
1991
Heritage Minutes
1991 · FitzGibbon
Law & Order
1990 · Joe Pilefsky
Northern Exposure
1990 · Turk Tortelli
Counterstrike
1990 · Nick
Seinfeld
1989 · Dr. Reston
Quantum Leap
1989 · Stawpah
Beauty and the Beast
1987 · Gabriel
Crime Story
1986 · Carlo Mastrangelo
L.A. Law
1986 · Gordon Reeve
The Twilight Zone
1985 · Death
The Equalizer
1985 · Eddie Washburn
Tales from the Darkside
1984 · Robert Perry
Miami Vice
1984 · Atty. Sam Boyle
The Hitchhiker
1983 · Joe Caldwell, Johnny
American Playhouse
1982 · Hank, James Willoughby, Red Henry
Hill Street Blues
1981
Highcliffe Manor
1979 · Rev. Ian Glenville
Centennial
1978 · Jacques 'Jake' Pasquinel
Starsky & Hutch
1975
Kojak
1973 · Paul Nelson, Ray Blaine