Stephen McHattie

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Acting

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.

Filmography

• Permanent Damage (2026)
• Little Lorraine (2026)
• Deaner '89 (2024)
• My Animal (2023)
• Nightmare Alley (2021)
• Target Number One (2020)
• Rabid (2019)
• It Must Be Heaven (2019)
• Z (2019)
• Come to Daddy (2019)
• Dreamland (2019)
• Abandoned: Angelique's Isle (2018)
• Crown and Anchor (2018)
• Death Wish (2018)
• Birdland (2018)
• Juggernaut (2017)
• The Sound (2017)
• Tokyo Trial (2017)
• mother! (2017)
• Awakening the Zodiac (2017)
• Weirdos (2016)
• The Dark Stranger (2016)
• Khoya (2016)
• Pay the Ghost (2015)
• Born to Be Blue (2015)
• Hellmouth (2014)
• Dr. Cabbie (2014)
• Big Muddy (2014)
• Wolves (2014)
• Meetings with a Young Poet (2014)
• The Husband (2014)
• Lizzie Borden Took an Ax (2014)
• Haunter (2013)
• Torment (2013)
• Septic Man (2013)
• The Art of the Steal (2013)
• Manifold (2013)
• Exile (2013)
• Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt (2012)
• Eddie: The Sleepwalking Cannibal (2012)
• The Tall Man (2012)
• A Little Bit Zombie (2012)
• Immortals (2011)
• Exit Humanity (2011)
• Ecstasy (2011)
• The Entitled (2011)
• Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost (2011)
• Red: Werewolf Hunter (2010)
• Score: A Hockey Musical (2010)
• A Beginner's Guide to Endings (2010)
• This Movie Is Broken (2010)
• Jesse Stone: No Remorse (2010)
• Who Is Clark Rockefeller? (2010)
• Die (2010)
• Story Within a Story: The Books of Watchmen (2009)
• Summer's Blood (2009)
• 2012 (2009)
• The Deaths of Chet Baker (2009)
• The Timekeeper (2009)
• Diamonds (2009)
• Under the Hood (2009)
• Pontypool (2009)
• Watchmen (2009)
• Jesse Stone: Thin Ice (2009)
• You Might As Well Live (2009)
• Would Be Kings (2008)
• All Hat (2007)
• Shoot 'Em Up (2007)
• Jesse Stone: Sea Change (2007)
• Inside The Fountain: Death and Rebirth (2007)
• Kaw (2007)
• 300 (2007)
• Poor Boy's Game (2007)
• The Fountain (2006)
• Absolution (2006)
• The Covenant (2006)
• Solar Attack (2006)
• Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise (2006)
• Jesse Stone: Night Passage (2006)
• One Dead Indian (2006)
• The Rocket (2005)
• A History of Violence (2005)
• Stone Cold (2005)
• Ice Age Columbus: Who Were the First Americans? (2005)
• The Lazarus Child (2004)
• Twist (2003)
• Wall of Secrets (2003)
• Secretary (2002)
• The Hustle (2000)
• The Highwayman (2000)
• BASEketball (1998)
• Midnight Flight (1998)
• The Climb (1998)
• Pterodactyl Woman from Beverly Hills (1997)
• My Friend Joe (1996)
• Theodore Rex (1995)
• Visitors of the Night (1995)
• Remember Me (1995)
• Deadly Love (1995)
• Convict Cowboy (1995)
• Deadlocked: Escape from Zone 14 (1995)
• Art Deco Detective (1994)
• Beverly Hills Cop III (1994)
• Jonathan Stone: Threat of Innocence (1994)
• Geronimo: An American Legend (1993)
• Life With Billy (1993)
• The Dark (1993)
• Heritage Minutes: Laura Secord (1993)
• Terror on Track 9 (1992)
• Bloodhounds of Broadway (1989)
• One Man Out (1989)
• Life Under Water (1989)
• Call Me (1988)
• Sticky Fingers (1988)
• Caribe (1987)
• Salvation! (1987)
• Belizaire the Cajun (1986)
• Best Revenge (1984)
• Death Valley (1982)
• Roughnecks (1980)
• Mary and Joseph: A Story of Faith (1979)
• Gray Lady Down (1978)
• Tomorrow Never Comes (1978)
• Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby (1976)
• Moving Violation (1976)
• James Dean (1976)
• The Ultimate Warrior (1975)
• Search for the Gods (1975)
• The Lady's Not for Burning (1974)
• Von Richthofen and Brown (1971)
• Star Spangled Banner (1971)
• The People Next Door (1970)
• The Stolen Child