David Ian Hewlett was born on 18 April 1968 and is a British-born Canadian actor, writer, and director known for his role as Dr Rodney McKay in the Stargate science-fiction franchise.
17 Facts About David Hewlett
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David Hewlett first gained fame for his roles as Grant Jansky in the Canadian TV series Traders and as David Worth in the Canadian psychological horror film Cube.
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David Hewlett had earlier appeared in the horror film Pin and the science-fiction film Scanners II: The New Order.
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David Hewlett played the character Fleming in the multi-Academy Award winning film The Shape of Water.
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David Hewlett was born in Redhill, England, and moved with his family to Canada at the age of four.
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David Hewlett received his first computer in his mid-teens and became a self-described "computer nerd".
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David Hewlett dropped out of high school in his senior year to pursue careers in acting and computing, at the beginning of his acting career in 1984 at the age of sixteen.
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David Hewlett has appeared in many low-budget horror films, such as The Darkside and the minor cult favourites Scanners II: The New Order and Pin.
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In 1997, David Hewlett worked with Natali again, starring in his critically acclaimed thriller Cube as Worth the architect.
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In 2007, David Hewlett appeared as a guest star in the first episode of the TV series Sanctuary, a show produced by and starring Stargate actress Amanda Tapping.
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David Hewlett played Larry Tolson, a patient suffering from a form of psychosis who is shot and wounded before being taken into police custody as a murder suspect.
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In July 2006, David Hewlett created a YouTube channel named Fanatical.
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In 2014, David Hewlett directed the supernatural horror-science fiction film Debug with Jason Momoa, who starred alongside David Hewlett in Stargate Atlantis.
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In 2015, David Hewlett appeared in the Syfy TV series Dark Matter, which is based on the comic book of the same name.
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David Hewlett played a recurring role as Tabor Calchek, a merchant who serves as the team's handler.
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David Hewlett married actress Soo Garay in 2000; they divorced in 2004.
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David Hewlett has appeared on Stargate Atlantis as Rodney McKay's sister, Jeannie Miller, multiple times in the series.