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Name | Ben Browder |
Aliases | Ben Benedic Browder |
Place of birth | Memphis, Tennessee |
Gender | Male |
Date of birth | December 11th, 1962 |
Date of death | |
First appearance | Farscape: Premiere |
Ben Browder is an American actor born in Memphis, Tennessee on December 11th, 1962. He is best known for his roles in two popular science fiction television franchise, Farscape and Stargate SG-1. One of Browder's first recurring roles was on Party of Five where he played a character named Sam Brody in ten episodes.
Beginning in 1999, Browder took the lead role of astronaut John Crichton in the television series Farscape. He appeared in all 88 episodes of the series as well as the spin-off telemovie Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars. During season 4 of Farscape, Browder played the Crichton character twice, both as the regular John Crichton as well as his character's clone. Ben also wrote the screenplays for two episodes of the series. He wrote the season 3 episode "Green Eyed Monster" and the season 4 episode "John Quixote".
From 2005 to 2007 Ben Browder was a series regular on Stargate SG-1, replacing Richard Dean Anderson who departed from the series. Browder played Lieutenant Colonel Cameron Mitchell, head of the SG-1 team. Browder was reunited with Farscape love interest Claudia Black, who had made recurring appearances on the series as Vala Mal Doran before Browder came on board, but became a series regular with season 9. Ben Browder's first appearance on Stargate was the season 9 premiere "Avalon (Part 1)". He appeared in every episode in seasons 9 and 10, totalling 40 appearances. Browder also wrote the teleplay for the season 10 episode "Bad Guys". Ben Browder reprised the role of Cameron Mitchell for the 2008 direct-to-video films Stargate: The Ark of Truth and Stargate: Continuum.
Film[]
Film | Year | Character |
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Stargate: The Ark of Truth | 2008 | Lt. Colonel Cameron Mitchell |
Stargate: Continuum | 2008 | Lt. Colonel Cameron Mitchell |
Television[]
Arrow[]
Episode | Role |
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Arrow: Trust But Verify | Ted Gaynor |
Arrow: Suicide Squad | Ted Gaynor |
Farscape[]
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Episode | Role |
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Farscape: Premiere | John Crichton |
Farscape: Exodus from Genesis | John Crichton |
Notes & Trivia[]
- Ben Browder was the narrator on the audio book Interlopers by Alan Dean Foster.
- Browder was unaware that Farscape co-star Lani Tupu, who normally plays Bialar Crais, also provided the voice for Pilot until the end of production on season one. [1]
- When it was announced that Browder would be joining the cast of Stargate SG-1 along with Claudia Black, fans began referring to the show as "Fargate"; a wink to their previous work on Farscape.
See also[]
Program pages[]
Farscape
Media
The World of Farscape
Farscape miscellaneous
Stargate SG-1
Stargate SG-1
Stargate Atlantis
Stargate Universe
External Links[]
- Ben Browder at IMDB
- Ben Browder at Wikipedia
- Ben Browder at the Stargate Wiki
- Ben Browder at the Farscape Wiki
References[]
- ↑ Ben Browder; Farscape: The Complete Season One DVD; "Back and Back and Back to the Future"; Audio commentary
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