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David Hewlett

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David Hewlett

Born Apr 18, 1968 · 58 years82 titles 52 movies · 30 TV
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Biography

David Hewlett is an English-born Canadian and American actor, writer, director and voice actor best known for his iconic role as the astrophysicist Dr. Meredith Rodney McKay in the science fiction television franchise Stargate (including Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis, and Stargate Universe). He has also built a prolific career in psychological thrillers, horror films and major studio features.

Also known as

David Ian Hewlett · David Hewlitt · دیوید هیولت

Born

Apr 18, 1968

Redhill, Surrey, England, UK

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Roles across career

Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).

81

Acting credits

3

Directing

3

Writing

0

Other crew

Most critically rated

Highest TMDB score (min 100 votes)

Most commercially successful

Highest TMDB vote count (attention / reach proxy; not box office)

Career timeline

By release / first air year · movie & TV merged

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1987 2 title(s)

1988 2 title(s)

1989 1 title(s)

1990 2 title(s)

1991 1 title(s)

1992 8 title(s)

1993 1 title(s)

1994 2 title(s)

1996 3 title(s)

1997 2 title(s)

1998 1 title(s)

1999 3 title(s)

2000 2 title(s)

2001 5 title(s)

2002 2 title(s)

2003 2 title(s)

2004 4 title(s)

2005 1 title(s)

2007 1 title(s)

2008 1 title(s)

2009 3 title(s)

2010 2 title(s)

2011 4 title(s)

2013 3 title(s)

2014 2 title(s)

2015 2 title(s)

2016 2 title(s)

2017 1 title(s)

2019 8 title(s)

2020 1 title(s)

2021 2 title(s)

2022 2 title(s)

2024 4 title(s)