Trivia
- David has a guest role in the first episode of new sci-fi internet show Sanctuary as murderer Larry Tolson
- David is a huge sci-fi lover. He started watching the original Doctor Who (The longest running science fiction TV series in history, running from 1968- 1989), and had a huge love for the genre ever since.
- David's first TV appearance was in 1987 with the show Street Legal.
- David currently lives in Callifornia.
- David's character Dr McKay was introduced in the Stargate SG-1 episode, 48 Hours
- David says that the most scary person he's ever worked with is Robert Davi.
- David thinks it would have been fun to have been Marlon Brando for a day.
- His father is a doctor.
- David drives a Toyota Echo.
- David appeared in several shows leading up to Stargate Atlantis.
1.) Sci Fi Lowdown: Behind the Stargate - Secrets Revealed
2.) From Stargate to Atlantis: Sci Fi Lowdown
3.) Preview to Atlantis
- Was in Toronto's St George's Colledge choir school for boys.
- Dropped out of school in his senior year to persue his acting and computing dreams.
- He struglled in acting for about the first 10 years before he finially made a name for himself.
- David also persued a career in computers at the same time as his acting.
- David and a few of his fellow Sci-Fi geeks made some short films in their early teens.
- He realised he had a tallent for acting while watching Doctor Who and acting along with it.
- David was not originally going to be on Stargate Atlantis.
- He won Best Performace at the Yorkton Short Film & Video Festival for his role in Elevated.
- He is the oldest of 6 siblings with 5 sisters.
- He was originally only going to be a one off on stargate but was brough back as he did such a good job and was then hired for the spin off Stargate Atlantis.
- Married To Soo Garay 5th November 02 to February 2004.
- Davids first time ever visiting Australia was on a November Stargate convention 2005.
- David knew Cube director Vincenzo Natali from high school.
- David's recurring roles in Kung Fu - The Legend Continues and Traders earned him two Gemini nominations.
- David had starring roles in the movies Where The Heart Is, Pin and the critically acclaimed The Boys Of St. Vincent.
- He won a Golden Sheaf Award for best actor for his performance as Hank, the neurotic security guard in Elevated.
- David's charity of coice is Doctors Without Borders.
- David had an recurring TV role in Kung Fu: The Legend Continues.
- His first computer was an comodore 64.
- His website design firm is called "Darkyl Media", named after the horse he learned to ride on.
- Is a huge fan of Dr. Who. Hewlett has stated that
"I got into acting because of Dr. Who . So I would watch Dr. Who and wanna be a time lord. And it was sorta a sad day for me when I realized that I couldn't be a time lord but I could pretend to be one and get paid for it."
- He got a 1999 Gemini Nomination for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Series.
- He got a 1997 Gemini Nomination for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Series
Quotes
- David Hewlett: I'm Jesus' age, that's what everyone keeps pointing out. I know, he did a lot by 33. I haven't started my own religion. Yet.
- David Hewlett: I’m a sci-fi fan and have been a huge fan of Dr. Who all my life. I’m also a real science geek. I love keeping up to date on scientific stuff.
- Julia Houston: Well, now there are young people who want to be you.
David Hewlett: Oh, I feel for those children.
- David Hewlett: I wish I had a Hollywood lifestyle. No, I’m actually the dullest man alive. I don’t have an entourage, I have a dog, and that’s about it.
- David Hewlett: I'd often find myself flipping around the channels and suddenly go, "Oh, cool! What's that? Oh, Stargate! Cool!" And then you end up watching the show because of -- because you've just seen something, some huge vessel explode, and you're flying through space or something. That's the geek side of me, definitely catches that every time.
