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Michael Shanks
Michael Shanks
Birth name: Michael Garrett Shanks
Aliases: Michael G. Shanks
Gender: Male
Medium(s): Television; Film
Roles: Actor
Born: December 15th, 1970
Birthplace: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Notable works: Andromeda
Eureka
The Outer Limits
Sanctuary
Stargate
The Twilight Zone
1st Sci-Fi: Stargate SG-1: Children of the Gods

Michael Shanks is a Canadian television actor born in Vancouver, British Columbia on December 15th, 1970. He attended the University of British Columbia and graduated in 1994 with a degree in Fine Arts in Theater. Afterward, he worked as an apprentice for two years with the Ontario-based Stratford Festival.

Career[]

Michael Shanks is best known for playing the role of Doctor Daniel Jackson on the popular Showtime/Sci-Fi Channel television series Stargate SG-1. Shanks' portrayal of the character was based on the previous iteration of Daniel Jackson played by James Spader in the 1994 film Stargate. Shanks appeared in 196 out of 210 episodes of the show. In addition to playing Daniel Jackson, Shanks also provided the voice for the alien Thor.

Shanks' work on Stargate SG-1 allowed him to work in other sci-fi projects as well. In 1998 he played Melburn Ross in the "Mary 25" episode of The Outer Limits. Michael returned to the show again in 2000 as Doctor Will Olsten in "Manifest Destiny".

In 1999 he played Bill Malone in the television movie Escape from Mars directed by Neill Fearnley, which chronicled the first manned trip to the planet Mars. He followed this up with a single appearance on the third version of The Twilight Zone playing a character named Donnie in the season one episode "Shades of Guilt". In 2001 he appeared in the "Star-Crossed" episode of Andromed playing Gabriel, the Balance of Judgment. He also appeared in the season three episode "Day of Judgment, Day of Wrath" as Remiel. In 2005 Michael played the lead role of Kent Horvath in the horror/sci-fi movie Swarmed, which involved a small town being plagued with super hornets. Another TV movie was just around the corner for Michael and in 2007 he turned his attention from fighting insects to fighting snakes in the low-budget sci-fi movie Mega Snake. That same year he played Christopher Dactylos in the "All That Glitters" episode of Eureka.

Michael Shanks eventually returned to the Stargate franchise making a few guest appearances on the spin-off series Stargate Atlantis. He appeared in "Rising", "First Contact" and "The Lost Tribe". In 2008, Doctor Daniel Jackson stepped through the portal once again for two direct-to-video spin-off films, Stargate: The Ark of Truth and Stargate: Continuum. In 2009, Shanks reprised the role of Doctor Jackson once again for a series of appearances on Stargate Universe. He appeared in "Air (Part 1)", "Human", "Subversion" and "Incursion (Part 1)".

In 2009 Michael Shanks made a guest appearance on the "Penance" episode of Sanctuary, which starred his Stargate SG-1 co-star Amanda Tapping. In 2010 he appeared in the movie Arctic Blast playing a character named Jack Tate.

Body of work[]

TV credits are listed in alphabetical order

Film[]

Film Year Role
Escape from Mars 1999 Bill Malone, Mission architect
Swarmed 2005 Kent Horvath
Mega Snake 2007 Les Daniels
Stargate: The Ark of Truth 2008 Doctor Daniel Jackson
Stargate: Continuum 2008 Doctor Daniel Jackson
Artic Blast 2010 Jack Tate

Andromeda[]

Series Episode Role
Andromeda Star-Crossed Gabriel/Balance of Judgment
Andromeda Day of Judgment, Day of Wrath Remiel/Balance of Judgment

Eureka[]

Series Episode Role
Eureka All That Glitters Christopher Dactylos

The Outer Limits[]

Series Episode Role
The Outer Limits Mary 25 Melburn Ross
The Outer Limits Manifest Destiny Doctor Will Olsent

Sanctuary[]

Series Episode Role
Smallville Absolute Justice Carter Hall/Hawkman
Sanctuary Penance Jimmy

Stargate SG-1[]

Incomplete

Series Episode Role
Stargate SG-1 Children of the Gods Doctor Daniel Jackson
Stargate SG-1 The Enemy Within Doctor Daniel Jackson
Stargate SG-1 Emancipation Doctor Daniel Jackson
Stargate SG-1 The Broca Divide Doctor Daniel Jackson
Stargate SG-1 Cold Lazarus Doctor Daniel Jackson

Stargate Atlantis[]

Series Episode Role
Stargate Atlantis Rising Doctor Daniel Jackson
Stargate Atlantis First Contact Doctor Daniel Jackson
Stargate Atlantis The Lost Tribe Doctor Daniel Jackson

Stargate Universe[]

Series Episode Role
Stargate Universe Air (Part 1) Doctor Daniel Jackson
Stargate Universe Human Doctor Daniel Jackson
Stargate Universe Subversion Doctor Daniel Jackson
Stargate Universe Incursion (Part 1) Doctor Daniel Jackson

The Twilight Zone[]

Series Episode Role
The Twilight Zone Shades of Guilt Donnie

Notes & Trivia[]

  • Michael's first professional television work was playing Jesse Collins in "The Zone" episode of Highlander.
  • Michael Shanks also wrote and directed episodes of Stargate SG-1. He directed the season four episode "Double Jeopardy" and he wrote the scripts for season seven's "Evolution (Part 1)" and "Resurrection" as well as excerpts from episode 7.20, "Inauguration".
  • Michael Shanks also played the superhero known as Hawkman on four episodes of the CW Network television series Smallville.
  • On August 2nd, 2003, Michael Shanks married Stargate SG-1 co-star Lexa Doig. [1]

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