| Birth Name: | Stephen McHattie Smith |
| Birth Date: | 3 February 1947[1] |
| Nationality: | Canadian |
| Occupation: | Actor |
| Yearsactive: | 1970–present |
| Children: | 3 |
Stephen McHattie Smith (born February 3, 1947) is a Canadian actor.[2] Since beginning his professional career in 1970, he has amassed over 200 film and television credits. He won the Genie Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in The Rocket, and a Gemini Award for Life with Billy.
McHattie was born in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, on February 3, 1947. An alumnus of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, he has appeared in many films and television shows including , , , and American Playhouse's Life Under Water (1989). His roles include 300, A History of Violence, The Fountain, Secretary, Shoot 'Em Up, Life with Billy, One Dead Indian, Beverly Hills Cop III. In Canada, he appeared in as Canadian hero Major-General Sir Isaac Brock, and in The Rocket as coach Dick Irvin.
He portrayed an extraordinary USMC sniper (based on real life sniper Carlos Hathcock) in the JAG season one episode "High Ground". In 1976, he played iconic American actor James Dean in the television film James Dean, a television adaptation of the biography written by Dean's friend and writer William Bast. McHattie appeared in several mini-series, including Centennial and Roughnecks.
McHattie appeared in several episodes of Seinfeld (beginning with "The Pitch") as Dr. Reston, Elaine Benes's manipulative psychiatrist boyfriend; he also appeared in two episodes of The X-Files. From 1998 to 2000, he had a recurring role in the Canadian-made TV series Emily of New Moon, based upon the 1923 novel by Lucy Maud Montgomery. From 1999 to 2001, he portrayed Sgt. Frank Coscarella in the Canadian police procedural drama, Cold Squad. Since 2005, he has appeared as Captain Healy, Massachusetts State Police Homicide Division Commander, in the first eight of the Jesse Stone series, which are based on the novels of Robert B. Parker. He did not appear in the ninth instalment however. He appeared in the pilot of Sabbatical, voiced the villain The Shade in Justice League, and portrayed Hollis Mason, the first Nite Owl, in the film adaptation of Watchmen.[3]
McHattie had a memorable and well-received[4] appearance in the acclaimed sixth-season episode "In the Pale Moonlight"of , as the acerbic and skeptical Romulan Senator Vreenak who is the target of a Federation false flag operation to deceive the neutral Romulan Empire into declaring war on the Dominion. The episode has often been cited as one of the best episodes of Star Trek ever produced,[5] [6] [7] and McHattie's outraged, hissing delivery of the line "It’s a fake!" upon the discovery of a forged data rod has been ranked amongst the greatest moments in Star Trek[8] and spawned a popular and enduring online meme.[9]
In 2009, McHattie appeared in the Canadian IFC film Pontypool and in the Canadian thriller Summer's Blood as Gant Hoxey, alongside Twilight actress Ashley Greene, who portrays Summer. He co-starred with Felicia Day and Kavan Smith in the Gothic adaptation of Red Riding Hood, .[10] In 2015, he appeared in the supernatural thriller Pay the Ghost.
McHattie is married to actress Lisa Houle, with whom he has three children. He was previously married to actress Meg Foster. His older brother is actor Wendell Smith.[11]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Artie Mason | |||
| 1971 | Von Richthofen and Brown | Werner Voss | ||
| 1975 | Robert | |||
| 1976 | Moving Violation | Eddie Moore | ||
| 1978 | Tomorrow Never Comes | Frank | ||
| Gray Lady Down | Murphy | |||
| 1982 | Death Valley | Hal | ||
| 1984 | Best Revenge | Brett | ||
| 1986 | Belizaire the Cajun | James Willoughby | ||
| 1987 | Salvation! | Revered Edward Randall | ||
| Caribe | Whitehale | |||
| 1988 | Sticky Fingers | Eddie | ||
| Call Me | Jellybean | |||
| 1989 | Bloodhounds of Broadway | Red Henry | ||
| One Man Out | Erik | |||
| 1993 | Gary 'Hunter' Henderson | |||
| Schoonover | ||||
| 1994 | Beverly Hills Cop III | Steve Fulbright | ||
| Life with Billy | Billy Stafford | |||
| Art Deco Detective | Hyena | |||
| 1996 | My Friend Joe | Curt | ||
| 1997 | Pterodactyl Woman from Beverly Hills | Dr. Egbert Drum | ||
| 1998 | Jack McLaskin | |||
| BASEketball | Narrator | Voice | ||
| 2000 | Frank Drake | |||
| 2002 | Secretary | Burt Holloway | ||
| 2003 | Twist | The Senator | ||
| 2005 | Chief Prosecutor Warner | |||
| Leland | ||||
| Dick Irvin | ||||
| 2006 | Grand Inquisitor Silecio | |||
| William Danvers III | ||||
| 300 | Loyalist | |||
| 2007 | KAW | Clyde | ||
| Poor Boy's Game | Uncle Joe | |||
| All Hat | Earl Stanton | |||
| Shoot 'Em Up | Hammerson | |||
| 2008 | Pontypool | Grant Mazzy | ||
| 2009 | You Might as Well Live | Fred Steinke | ||
| Watchmen | Hollis Mason | |||
| Fisk | ||||
| Summer's Blood | Gant Hoxey | |||
| 2012 | Captain Michaels | |||
| 2010 | This Movie Is Broken | Bouncer | ||
| Die | Jonah Odessa | |||
| Walt Acorn | ||||
| Gabriel | ||||
| data-sort-value="Beginner's Guide to Endings, A" | A Beginner's Guide to Endings | Fitz | ||
| 2011 | data-sort-value="Maiden Danced to Death, The" | The Maiden Danced to Death | Ernie | |
| data-sort-value="Entitled, The" | The Entitled | Clifford Jones | ||
| Exit Humanity | Medic Johnson | |||
| Irvine Welsh's Ecstasy | Jim Buist | |||
| Eddie | Ronny | |||
| Immortals | Cassander | |||
| 2012 | Lt. Dodd | |||
| data-sort-value="Little Bit Zombie, A" | A Little Bit Zombie | Max | ||
| Exile (Exil) | Maxwell | |||
| 2013 | Haunter | The Pale Man | ||
| Septic Man | Mayor | |||
| Torment | Officer Hawkings | |||
| Meetings with a Young Poet | Samuel Beckett | |||
| 2014 | Wolves | John Tollerman | ||
| Big Muddy | Stan Barlow | |||
| Dr. Cabbie | Pete Donaldson | |||
| Hellmouth | Charlie Baker | |||
| 2015 | Born to Be Blue | Chesney Baker Sr. | ||
| Pay the Ghost | The Blind Man | |||
| 2016 | Weirdos | Priest | ||
| 2017 | Mother! | Zealot | ||
| Awakening the Zodiac | Zodiac | |||
| data-sort-value="Sound, The" | The Sound | Earl | ||
| Juggernaut | Hank Sr. | |||
| 2018 | Death Wish | Chief of Detectives | ||
| Crown and Anchor | Gus | |||
| Angelique's Isle | Captain | |||
| 2019 | Come to Daddy | Gordon | ||
| Dreamland | The Maestro / Johnny Deadeyes | |||
| Rabid | Dr. Michael Keloid | |||
| 2020 | Most Wanted | Frank Cooper | ||
| 2023 | My Animal | Henry | ||
| 2024 | Deaner '89 | Dack |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Adam-12 | Skip | Episode: "Roll Call" | |
| Nicholas | Television film | |||
| Kojak | Paul Nelson | Episode: "Slay Ride" | ||
| 1975 | Search for the Gods | Willie Longfellow | Television film | |
| Starsky and Hutch | William Michael "Billy" Desmond | Episode: "Terror on the Docks" | ||
| 1976 | James Dean | James Dean | Television film | |
| Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby | Adrian/Andrew | Television film | ||
| 1977 | Kojak | Blaine | Episode: "The Summer of '69" | |
| 1978–1979 | Centennial | Jacques 'Jake' Pasquinel | 11 episodes | |
| 1979 | Highcliffe Manor | Rev. Ian Glenville | 6 episodes | |
| Lou Grant | Curtis Folger | Episode: "Frame-Up" | ||
| Mary and Joseph: A Story of Faith | Judah | Television film | ||
| 1980 | Roughnecks | Roy Bethke | Television film | |
| 1981 | Hill Street Blues | Off. Jerry Nash | 2 episodes | |
| 1985 | Joe Caldwell Johnny | 2 episodes | ||
| 1986 | Eddie Washburn | Episode: "Out of the Past" | ||
| Corbett | Episode: "Brother to Dragons" | |||
| Guiding Light | Gerhart | TV series | ||
| 1987 | Mariah | Rick | Episode: "Equations" | |
| Crime Story | Carlo Mastrangelo | Episode: "The Senator, the Movie Star, and the Mob" | ||
| 1988 | Tales from the Darkside | Robert Perry | Episode: "Family Reunion" | |
| 1989 | Life Under Water | Television film | ||
| Miami Vice | Atty. Sam Boyle | Episode: "Fruit of the Poison Tree" | ||
| Death | Episode: "Rendezvous in a Dark Place" | |||
| 1989–1990 | Beauty and the Beast | Gabriel | 8 episodes | |
| 1991 | Law & Order | Joe Pilefsky | Episode: "The Torrents of Greed" | |
| Counterstrike | Nick | Episode: "Going Home" | ||
| 1991–1992 | Scene of the Crime | Various | TV series | |
| 1992 | Terror on Track 9 | Randolph Darnell | Television film | |
| Seinfeld | Dr. Reston | 4 episodes | ||
| 1993 | Secret Service | Sweet | Episode: "The High Cost of Living/Impostors" | |
| L.A. Law | Gordon Reeve | Episode: "Hello and Goodbye" | ||
| Quantum Leap | Stawpah | Episode: "Mirror Image" | ||
| Jack | Episode: "Love Crimes" | |||
| 1994 | Life with Billy | Billy Stafford | Television film | |
| Northern Exposure | Turk Tortelli | Episode: "Fish Story" | ||
| Jonathan Stone: Threat of Innocence | Lt. Durant | Television film | ||
| Diablo the Deceiver | Episode: "Magic Trick" | |||
| Highlander | Michael Kent | Episode: "The Samurai" | ||
| 1995 | Nonnie & Alex | Alex's Dad | Short film | |
| M.A.N.T.I.S. | Gerald Ravens | Episode: "Switches" | ||
| Deadlocked: Escape from Zone 14 | Jack Claremont | Television film | ||
| Convict Cowboy | Jagges | Television film | ||
| Deadly Love | Sean O'Connor | Television film | ||
| Remember Me | Chief Nat Coogan | Television film | ||
| Visitors of the Night | Bryan English | Television film | ||
| Red-Haired Man | 2 episodes | |||
| Theodore Rex | Edge | Video | ||
| 1996 | Dr. Sherrick | Episode: "Beyond the Veil" | ||
| Mac | Episode: "Purgatory" | |||
| JAG | Gunnery Sergeant Ray Crockett | Episode: "High Ground" | ||
| Walker, Texas Ranger | Karl Mayes | Episode: "Redemption" | ||
| 1998 | American Whiskey Bar | A | Television film | |
| Strike | Episode: "The Face of Helene Bournouw" | |||
| Cletus Fowler | Episode: "Nemesis" | |||
| Senator Vreenak | Episode: "In the Pale Moonlight" | |||
| Midnight Flight | Lt. Jack Kelly | Television film | ||
| Leigh Noir | Episode: "The Prodigy" | |||
| Lexx | E.J. Moss | Episode: "Lyekka" | ||
| 1998–2000 | Emily of New Moon | Jimmy Murray | 43 episodes | |
| 1999 | Walker, Texas Ranger | Thomas Openshaw | Episode: "In Harm's Way" | |
| 1999–2001 | Cold Squad | Sgt. Frank Coscarella | 33 episodes | |
| 2000 | General Issac Brock | TV series | ||
| La Femme Nikita | Willie Kane | Episode: "Sympathy for the Devil" | ||
| data-sort-value="Hustle, The" | Pierce | Television film | ||
| 2002 | Lexx | E.J. Moss | 2 episodes | |
| Monk | Lt. Adam Kirk | Episode: "Mr. Monk Goes to the Carnival" | ||
| Mutant X | Aaron Gaumont | Episode: "Power Play" | ||
| Birds of Prey | Al Hawke | Episode: "Sins of the Mother" | ||
| 2002–2003 | Justice League | Shade | Voice, 5 episodes | |
| 2003 | Blue Murder | Supt. Frank Simmons | Episode: "Ambush" | |
| Wall of Secrets | Hugh | Television film | ||
| Alien Foreman | Episode: "The Xindi" | |||
| 2005 | Jesse Stone: Stone Cold | Captain Healy | Television film | |
| Dravitt | Episode: "Voices Carry" | |||
| 2006 | One Dead Indian | Police Field Commander | Television film | |
| Captain Healy | Television film | |||
| Puppets Who Kill | Mr. Swain | Episode: "The Rival House" | ||
| Captain Healy | Television film | |||
| Solar Attack | Admiral Lawrence | Television film | ||
| Absolution | Mike Lloyd | Television film | ||
| 2007 | Duncan Allbright | Television film | ||
| Killer Wave | Edgard Powell | 2 episodes | ||
| Captain Healy | Television film | |||
| Cursing Hanley | The Astounding Lew | Short film | ||
| Sabbatical | Police Chief Gil Brewer | TV series | ||
| 2008 | Jack Shea | TV miniseries | ||
| Would Be Kings | TV miniseries | |||
| XIII: The Conspiracy | General Carrington | TV miniseries | ||
| Tate | 2 episodes | |||
| Murdoch Mysteries | Harry Murdoch | Episode: "Let Loose the Dogs" | ||
| 2009 | Murdoch Mysteries | Harry Murdoch | Episode: "Anything You Can Do" | |
| Chet Baker | Short film | |||
| Diamonds | Llewellyn Anderson | TV miniseries | ||
| Captain Healy | Television film | |||
| Under the Hood | Hollis Mason / Nite Owl | Video | ||
| Reaper | Sheriff | Episode: "Underbelly" | ||
| Arthur Stebbes | Episode: "Missing" | |||
| Guns (miniseries) | Inspector Clay | TV miniseries | ||
| Fringe | Col. Raymond Gordon | Episode: "Fracture" | ||
| 2010 | Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures | Dr. Standish | Episode: "Code Clock" | |
| Who Is Clark Rockefeller? | Mark Sutton | Television film | ||
| Eddie Shore | Episode: "Part 1" | |||
| Commander Healy | Television film | |||
| Happy Town | Carl Bravin | 4 episodes | ||
| Haven | Rev. Ed Driscoll | Recurring cast member, season 2 | ||
| Gabriel | Television film | |||
| 2011 | Moby Dick | Rachel Captain | 2 episodes | |
| Commander Healy | Television film | |||
| President Carrington | 9+ episodes | |||
| 2012 | Commander Healy | Television film | ||
| data-sort-value="Wrath of Grapes: The Don Cherry Story II, The" | Eddie Shore | TV miniseries | ||
| 2014 | Lizzie Borden Took an Ax | Andrew Borden | Television film | |
| data-sort-value="Strain, The" | The Strain | Vaun | TV series | |
| 2015 | Beauty and the Beast | Mr. Zalman | Episode: "Heart of the Matter" | |
| 2016 | Tokyo Trial | Edward Stuart McDougall | TV miniseries | |
| 2017 | Orphan Black | Percival T. Westmorland/John Mathieson | Recurring role, Season 5 | |
| 2020 | October Faction | Samuel Allen | Recurring role | |
| 2023 | Essex County | Lou | Main role |