Profile of David Hewlett on Famous Like Me

David Hewlett is both an actor and an Internet entrepreneur. Born on 18 April 1968 in Redhill, Surrey, United Kingdom and raised in Canada, Hewlett became a regular on the series Traders and Kung Fu: The Legend Continues and starred in the movie Cube. He ran Darkyl Media, a web site design firm. He also founded fusefilm.com, an internet community for filmmakers.

Hewlett got his first computer in his mid-teens and became a self-described "computer nerd". While in high school in Toronto his acting career also began, starring in student films by Vincenzo Natali. He dropped out of high school in his senior year to go after he acting and computer careers. He appeared in many low-budget horror movies, such as The Darkside and guest starred in several television series. In 1996 he got one of his more well-known roles, as Grant Jansky on Traders. In 2001 he moved with his wife, Soo Garay, to Los Angeles to further their acting careers. He and Soo Garay divorced in 2004.

He had a three-episode guest role on Stargate SG-1 as the Stargate expert, Rodney McKay, which eventually grew into his current starring role on Stargate Atlantis.

Filmography

Starring Roles

• Darklight (2004) as Anders Raeborne
• Ice Men (2004) as Bryan
• Stargate Atlantis (2004) as Dr. Rodney McKay
• Boa vs. Python (2004) as Dr. Steven Emmett
• From Stargate to Atlantis: Sci Fi Lowdown (2004) as Himself/Rodney McKay
• Preview to Atlantis (2004) as Himself/Rodney McKay
• Friday Night (2003) as Roger
• Foolproof (2003) as Lawrence Yeager
• Nothing (2003)
• Cypher (2002) as Dunn
• Made In Canada, Volume 1: Best of the CFC (2002) as Himself
• Treed Murray (aka Get Down) (2001) as Murray
• Century Hotel (2001) as Michael
• The Triangle (2001) as Gus Gruber
• And Never Let Her Go (2001) as Gerry Capano
• Chasing Cain (2001) as Bud
• Amateur Night (1999) as D.J.
• Autoerotica (1999) as Gord
• Blind (1999) as The Victim
• The Life Before This (1999) as Nick
• Survivor (1999) as Le médecin
• Milkman (1998) as Martin/Soldier's Voice
• Clutch (1998) as Martyn
• Bad Day On the Block (1997) as Andrew
• Elevated (1997) as Hank
• Joe's Wedding (1997) as Rob Fitzgerald
• On the 2nd Day of Christmas (1997) as Mel
• Cube (1997) as David Worth, the Architect
• Traders (1996) Grant Jansky
• Monster Force (1994)
• Blood Brothers (1993) as Detective Trayne
• The Boys of St. Vincent: 15 Years Later (1993) as Steven Lunney age 25
• Kung Fu: The Legend Continues (1993) Dr. Nicholas Elder
• Desire and Hell at Sunset Motel (1992) as Deadpan
• Split Images (1992) as Gary Hammond
• Quiet Killer (1992) as Myles Chapman
• A Savage Christmas: The Fall of Hong Kong (1992) as Walter Jenkins
• The First Circle (1991)
• Scanners II: The New Order (1991) as David Kellum
• Deep Sleep (1990) as Terry
• Where the Heart Is (1990) as Jimmy
• The Penthouse (1989) as Joe Dobson
• The Darkside (1987) as Chuckie

Guest-starring Roles

• The District (2004) as Frederick in episode 4.17 "Family Values"
• Without a Trace (2004) as Fred Watkins in episode 2.12 "Hawks and Handsaws"
• Stargate SG-1 (2002) as Rodney McKay in episodes 5.14 "48 Hours", 6.1 "Redemption: Part 1" and 6.2 "Redemption: Part 2"
• ER (2001) as Mr. Warshaw in episode 8.4 "Never Say Never"
• Twice In a Lifetime (1999) in episode 1.9 "O'er the Ramparts We Watched"
• Beyond Reality (1992, 1993) as Tom in episodes 2.7 "A Kiss Is Just a Psi" and 2.17 "The Loving Cup"
• Forever Knight (1992) as Matthew Reed in episode 1.10 "Dead Air"
• Katts and Dog (1992, 1993) in episodes 4.12 "Relatively Speaking" and 5.13 "Killing Ground"
• My Secret Identity (1988) in episode 1.2 "A Walk on the Wild Side"
• Friday the 13th: The Series (1988) as Cal in episode 1.10 "Tales of the Undead"
• Street Legal (1988, 1994) as Dave Lister in episode 3.7 "Murder by Video" and as Tim Woolrich in episode 8.14 "Persons Living or Dead"

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