Photo: Jill Bratcher c2007 / Jill B./MajorSamFan c2007 / Attribution (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
David Hewlett will always be Dr. Rodney McKay to me, and that is a compliment. Born in England, raised in Canada, he built a career on playing brilliant, prickly, fast-talking characters, and the Stargate franchise let him turn that energy into a fan favorite. What I find more interesting is that he never stayed boxed in as just an actor. He writes and directs too, and his early work in the cult horror film Cube shows he was drawn to smart genre material long before Atlantis. That combination of sharp comic timing and behind-the-camera ambition is rarer than it looks, and it is why he endures with sci-fi audiences.
Overview
David Ian Hewlett (born 18 April 1968) is a British–Canadian actor, writer and director, known for his role as Dr. Rodney McKay in the Stargate science-fiction franchise. He first gained fame for his roles as Grant Jansky in the Canadian TV series Traders (1996–2000) and as David Worth in the Canadian psychological horror film Cube (1997).
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- David Hewlett
- Name (Japanese)
- デヴィッド・ヒューレット
- Reading
- でゔぃっど・ひゅーれっと
- Born
- April 18, 1968 (age 58)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aries / Monkey
- Origin
- Redhill, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / film actor / television actor / screenwriter / film director
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Royal St. George's College
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.