christopher heyerdahl played the swede on hell on wheels.
christopher heyerdahl played the swede on hell on wheels.
who played the swede on hell on wheels?
christopher heyerdahl
durant and lily's train returns from chicago, only to stop for a derailment ahead of it. lily attends to the wounded, while durant surveys the train damage. the swede (christopher heyerdahl) arrives and durant orders him to have cullen lead a team to respond to the attack. the swede tells him that cullen and elam are considered wanted after the hanging incident. durant scoffs at the idea of the swede's vengeance. moments later, cullen and elam (common) arrive at the scene on horseback. the swede and cullen both pull guns, with cullen the faster draw. the swede kneels, pleading for mercy. cullen smacks the swede's face with his gun, then whips him with a leather strap until lily and durant intervene. in his coach car, durant orders cullen and lieutenant griggs (ty olsson), the lead u.s. cavalry officer, to track down the cheyenne attackers. griggs does not want to team up with an ex-confederate but durant threatens to contact his commanding general. joseph (eddie spears) will accompany the mission to lead them to the cheyenne camp and negotiate with chief many horses. alone with cullen, durant calls griggs a hothead. they can't risk him starting a war, but the attacks must cease. he tells cullen to kill the renegade indians.
derailed (hell on wheels)
cullen interrupts the swede's bath by pointing the swede's own gun at his head. he suggests the swede is taking revenge on the mcginneses for tarring-and-feathering him. he believes the swede hates everybody, especially himself. the swede retorts that he and cullen are alike, but he hates cullen more than cullen hates himself. lowering the gun, cullen tells him that if he ever tries anything he will kill him. the swede resigns himself and tells cullen that he would miss him.
slaughterhouse (hell on wheels)