David Hewlett

Personal context

Summary

David Hewlett is an actor, writer, and director best known for playing Rodney McKay in Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis, and for genre films including Cube and Splice. He wrote and directed A Dog’s Breakfast and Debug. Outside film and television, he founded Tech Bandits, a children’s science and technology learning project, and co-hosts a podcast about accessibility and disability rights; he also contributed to Google’s Project Gameface, a hands-free computer control tool designed to improve gaming access. No public statements on party politics, DEI, or race, gender, and LGBTQ advocacy are on record.