# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-hewlett
# Generated: 2026-09-01T03:00:30.432Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-hewlett"
name: "David Hewlett"
slug: "david-hewlett"
description: "David Ian Hewlett 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). He appeared in the horror film Pin (1988) and the science-fiction films Scanners II: The New Order (1991) and Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)."
tagline: "British-born Canadian actor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Davidhewlett2.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1968-04-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           74.73
  momentum:             26.70731707317073
  historical:           22.319352
  currentAttention:     44.21036585365854
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  79
  category: null
totalFollowers: 43200
platforms:
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    url:       "https://x.com/dhewlett"
    handle:    "dhewlett"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/davidihewlett/"
    handle:    "davidihewlett"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0382110/"
    handle:    "nm0382110"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.davidhewlett-fr.com"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_dQ3ZtmhJsTg2TsSl61i0w"
    handle:    "@dhewlett"
    followers: 43200
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    title: "데이비드 휼렛"
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    title: "Хьюлетт, Дэвид"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "David Hewlett"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump