Stargate SG-1: Actors: Anderson

(Executive Producer)
Colonel Jack O'Neill

Richard Dean Anderson is internationally known for his title role in the television series"MacGyver," which ran for seven successful seasons on ABC and now airs in syndication worldwide. Anderson and his producing partner, Michael Greenburg, operating under their production company banner, Gekko Film Corp., Executive Produced the two "MacGyver" television movies that followed, "Trail to Doomsday" and "Lost Treasure of Atlantis."

Born and raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Anderson's first career goal was to become a professional hockey player. However, after breaking both arms in separate collisions on the ice, he decided to seek other career options. As the son of a Jazz musician father and contemporary artist mother, his interests naturally turned to the humanities.

After completing a grueling cross-country bicycle trip to Alaska, Anderson began studying drama at St. Cloud State College and Ohio University. Relocating to Los Angeles, he "paid his dues" working as a street mime, a writer/director/performer at Marineland and a jester-singer-mime-juggler at a 16th Century Renaissance-style cabaret.

In 1976, Anderson was cast as Dr. Jeff Webber on ABCs daytime drama "General Hospital." This role, which he played for five years, helped launch his career. He subsequently starred in the series "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" and "Emerald Point, N.A.S.," both for CBS. Just prior to "Stargate SG-1," Anderson Executive Produced and starred in his favorite project to-date, the critically acclaimed "Legend."

Anderson made his television movie debut in 1986 in "Ordinary Heroes." Other television movies include "Past the Bleachers" for Hallmark, "Eyes of a Stranger," "Beyond Betrayal" and "Through the Eyes of a Killer." His most recent television movie was the extremely successful NBC mini-series "Pandora's Clock."

In his free time Anderson plays hockey, races cars and skis any one of his favorite mountain ranges. He is the co-founder of the Celebrity All-Star Hockey team which raises funds for charities in conjunction with the NHL and is an active fund-raiser and board member for the Challengers Club, a children's recreational center in South Central L.A.

He has often been quoted as saying, "my favorite people are dogs. " They still are.

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