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Stargate Atlantis

2004

With the Ancients' city of Atlantis discovered in the Pegasus Galaxy by Stargate Command, Dr. Elizabeth Weir and Major Sheppard lead a scientific expedition to the ancient abandoned city. Once there, the team not only find themselves unable to contact Earth, but their explorations unexpectedly reawaken the Ancients' deadly enemies, The Wraith, who hunger for this new prey. Now with the help of newfound local allies like Teyla Emmagan, the Atlantis Team sets about to uncover their new home's secrets even as their war of survival against the Wraith begins.

Robert C. Cooper

Executive Producer · Writer · Known for Stargate Atlantis, Stargate SG-1

Robert C. Cooper is a Canadian writer and producer best known for his work in the Stargate franchise. He was formerly an executive producer of Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis and Stargate Universe. He also co-created both Stargate Atlantis and Stargate Universe with Brad Wright. Cooper has written and produced many episodes of Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis and Stargate Universe as well as directed a number of episodes. Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert C. Cooper, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

Connor Trinneer

Cast · Known for Star Trek: Enterprise

Connor Trinneer (born March 19, 1969) is an American film, stage and television actor. His highest profile roles have been those of Charles "Trip" Tucker III on Star Trek: Enterprise and Michael on Stargate Atlantis. Trinneer was born on March 19, 1969 in Walla Walla, Washington, but spent many years in Kelso, where he attended elementary, middle and then Kelso High School. He attended Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma. While at PLU, he played college football. He graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in acting, then went on to obtain a Master of Fine Arts degree from University of Missouri–Kansas City. Trinneer married Ariana Navarre on May 29, 2004; they have a son, Jasper (born October 11, 2005).

Mitch Pileggi

Cast · Known for The X-Files, Stargate Atlantis, Basic Instinct

Mitchell Craig "Mitch" Pileggi (born April 5, 1952) is an American actor. Pileggi is known for playing FBI assistant director Walter Skinner on the long-running popular series The X-Files. He also had a recurring role on Stargate Atlantis as Col. Steven Caldwell. He appeared in the 2008 film, Flash of Genius.

Torri Higginson

Cast · Known for Stargate Atlantis

Torri Higginson (born Sarah Victoria Higginson) is a highly regarded Canadian actress and producer best known for her commanding yet compassionate science-fiction roles. She is universally recognized for portraying the pragmatic diplomat Dr. Elizabeth Weir in Stargate Atlantis (2004–2008), a role she originated and reprised across the Stargate franchise. She is also a theater actress and has appeared in Three Tall Women, Weldon Rising and Picasso at the Lapin Agile.

Andee Frizzell

Andee Frizzell is a 6' tall Canadian actress and voice actress, known for playing The Wraith Queen on Stargate Atlantis. Her most notable appearances have been as several adult female Wraith Queens on Stargate: Atlantis (2004-2008) as the Keeper in the pilot episode of the spin-off, the Hive Queen in Season Two's The Hive and as Michael's Hive Queen in the season 2 finale, Allies. She has appeared in several other TV series including First Wave (2001), Andromeda (2002), Supernatural (2007), Mistresses (2015), and Frequency (2016). She played the starring role of Abigail Van Helsing in the TV series Van Helsing (2017-2018). She was the narrator for season 1 of ID's true-crime series Fear Thy Neighbor.

Christopher Heyerdahl

Cast · Known for Hell on Wheels, Stargate Atlantis

Christopher Heyerdahl (born September 18, 1963) is a Canadian actor who portrayed Alastair in Supernatural, the Wraith Todd in Stargate Atlantis, Sam in Van Helsing, "Swede" in Hell on Wheels, and Marcus in The Twilight Saga. Heyerdahl was born in British Columbia, and is of Norwegian and Scottish descent. His father emigrated from Norway to Canada in the 1950s. Thor Heyerdahl was his father's cousin. Heyerdahl also speaks Norwegian and studied at the University of Oslo. Heyerdahl is primarily known for his recurring role as the enigmatic and sinister "Swede" in AMC's Hell on Wheels. This post-American Civil War drama debuted as the second highest rated original series in AMC history. He is also known for his role as Leonid in the Are You Afraid of the Dark? episode "The Thirteenth Floor" and as Nosferatu in the episode "Midnight Madness". He played the characters Halling and Wraith commander Todd in Stargate Atlantis, and Pallan in the Stargate SG-1 episode "Revisions".He played H. P. Lovecraft in the film Out of Mind: The Stories of H. P. Lovecraft (1998) and a punk, new at drug dealing, in Cadavres (2009). He played the part of the demon Alastair in three episodes of Supernatural. He also played the part of Zor-El in the television series Smallville, as well as playing John Druitt and Bigfoot in the series Sanctuary. He played the part of Dieter Braun on True Blood during the show's 5th season. His most notable film role was in the feature film New Moon, an adaptation of Stephenie Meyer's second book in her Twilight Saga. In this film, he played a vampire, Marcus, who is part of a powerful Italian family called the Volturi. He reprised that role in both parts of Breaking Dawn, the two-part adaptation of the fourth book in the Twilight Saga. He has also performed on stage and was a member of the Young Company at the Stratford Festival in 1989 and 1990.

Garwin Sanford

​Garwin Sanford (born March 14, 1955 in Truro, Nova Scotia) is a Canadian actor best known for his portrayal of Narim in Stargate SG-1 and Simon Wallis in Stargate Atlantis. In 1994-95, he played Captain Taylor Shields in the historical Adventure series Hawkeye. Sanford has also made guest appearances on such television series as Airwolf (Season 4), MacGyver, Sliders, The Odyssey, The Outer Limits, Earth: Final Conflict, Dark Angel, The 4400, Eureka and Supernatural. He appeared Another Cinderella Story. In 1998 Sanford appeared in Merlin's Apprentice as Lord Weston. He's also an artist, specializing in pen and ink portraiture, and a sculptor.

Jewel Staite

Cast · Known for Stargate Atlantis

Jewel Belair Staite (born June 2, 1982) is a Canadian actress who portrayed Catalina in Space Cases, Kaylee Frye in Firefly and Serenity, and Dr. Jennifer Keller on Stargate Atlantis. Most recently, she starred as Raquel Westbrook in the Canadian drama, The L.A. Complex.Staite was born in White Rock, British Columbia. The youngest of seven children, she modeled as a child and has acted since age six. She has stated that she is of British, Irish, French Canadian, and Iroquois ancestry. Staite attended the Vancouver Film School and worked at the Vancouver Youth Theatre. She married actor Matt Anderson on April 25, 2003. On December 13, 2011, she announced they were divorcing in a post on her food blog. Staite played Kaylee Frye in the short-lived space westerntelevision seriesFirefly and its subsequent 2005 film, Serenity. She wrote a chapter in the book Finding Serenity, called "Kaylee Speaks: Jewel Staite On Firefly".She played Heidi Gotts in the television series Wonderfalls, and appeared in a Season Three episode of The X-Files.Staite played the role of head medical doctor Jennifer Keller in the Stargate SG-1 spinoff Stargate Atlantis,making her the third actor from the Firefly series to move on to appear in a Stargate series (the first being Adam Baldwin, who had a brief role as a colonel in the Stargate SG-1 Season Seven episode "Heroes", and the second being Morena Baccarin, who played Adria, the main villain in the tenth season of SG-1), and the second to take a recurring role. She replaced Paul McGillion (Dr. Carson Beckett). In the fifth season her character was changed from recurring status to part of the main cast. Before taking on the role as Dr. Keller she previously played the Wraith child Ellia in the Stargate Atlantis episode "Instinct".She also appeared in the 2010 Sci-Fi film, Mothman, under direction from Sheldon Wilson. Staite guest starred in an episode of Warehouse 13 as the love interest of Sheldon (played by Sean Maher, who played Jewel's love interest in Firefly). She also did voices in the animated TV series Mummies Alive! and Sabrina: The Animated Series for DIC Entertainment. As of 2012, Staite was a series regular on The L.A. Complex, in which she portrayed Raquel Westbrook, a struggling actress. The show aired in Canada on MuchMusic and in the U.S. on The CW. She also appeared recently in an episode of The Listener.

Ben Cotton

Ben Cotton (born July 26, 1975) is a Canadian film and television actor. His most notable roles are on the TV series Stargate Atlantis playing scientist Dr. Kavanagh, his portrayal of "Leon Bell" in the game Dead Rising 2, Shane Pierce, the local townie, on CBS's Harper's Island and Lt. Coker Fasjovik in Battlestar Galactica: Blood and Chrome.

Amanda Tapping

Cast · Known for Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis

Amanda Tapping (born 28 August 1965 in Rochford, Essex) is an English-born Canadian actress, producer and director. She is best known for portraying Samantha Carter in the Canadian-American military science fiction television series Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis.

Peter Grasso

Vancouver born actor Peter Grasso has several film and television credits to his name including; The Foursome, The 4400, Dead Zone and Stargate Atlantis. Peter has 15 years of experience on the stage and has performed in front of a live audience over 1500 times. Recently Peter has written and directed several successful stage plays including an integral piece about drinking and driving for I.C.B.C., predominantly targeting teens as they enter senior year of high school and before graduation. On the heels of the enormous success of said plays, Peter has been commissioned to write and direct a movie for 2008 dealing with racism and gang violence. Peter is very excited about this movie project.

Jonathon Young

Jonathon Young is a Canadian actor best known for his role of Nikola Tesla on the SyFy show Sanctuary. Appearances include The Fog, Eureka, and Stargate Atlantis. Jonathon is a well-respected stage actor. He is the co-founder of the Electric Company Theatre in Vancouver, Canada in which he is also the artistic director, playwright and a frequently acts. He was raised in British Columbia, along with his brother and sister. Their father was a school teacher who also started a community theatre in Armstrong, British Columbia. At a Q&A after "No Exit", Jonathon Young said that his father often brought him and his sister to watch him act and that this is where his love for theatre began. Becoming an actor was never a choice, but rather just something he knew he was going to do. Jonathon is a graduate of the Studio 58 theatre school at Vancouver’s Langara College. In 1996 he co-founded the Electric Company Theatre along with fellow Studio 58 alumni Kim Collier, David Hudgins, and Kevin Kerr. He is a three-time winner of the Jessie Richardson Award. His play Palace Grand was commissioned for production by Vancouver’s PuSh International Performing Arts Festival in 2008. Young is married to actor/director Kim Collier.

Joe Flanigan

Cast · Known for Stargate Atlantis

Joe Flanigan (born January 5, 1967) is an American television actor best known for his portrayal of the character Major/Lt. Colonel John Sheppard in Stargate Atlantis.

Martin Wood

Director · Known for Stargate Atlantis, Stargate SG-1, When Calls the Heart

Martin Wood is a Canadian television and film director and producer, best known for his work on the science fiction series "Stargate SG-1" and the spin-off "Stargate Atlantis", as well as the mystery show "Sanctuary". He has also directed for many other television movies and series', including "Killjoys", "When Calls the Heart", and the "Aurora Teagarden Mystery" franchise.

Holly Dignard

Holly Elissa Dignard (born 1 October 1979) is a Canadian actress. She made her TV debut on the Sci-Fi Channel's hit series Outer Limits. Her credits include The Chris Isaak Show, Stargate SG-1, Voyage of the Unicorn, Stargate Atlantis, The L Word, Battlestar Galactica, Kyle X/Y, Eureka, Supernatural, Kill Switch and Polar Shift. She is one of the stars of the Canadian series Whistler. Dignard has a production company entitled Jackal Empire Productions. Description above from the Wikipedia article Holly Dignard, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

David Hewlett

Cast · Known for Stargate Atlantis, The Shape of Water, Rise of the Planet of the Apes

David Hewlett is an English-born Canadian and American actor, writer, director and voice actor best known for his iconic role as the astrophysicist Dr. Meredith Rodney McKay in the science fiction television franchise Stargate (including Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis, and Stargate Universe). He has also built a prolific career in psychological thrillers, horror films and major studio features.

Mario Azzopardi

Producer · Known for Stargate Atlantis

Mario Philip Azzopardi (born 1950 in Malta; resident of Toronto, Canada), is a television and film director and writer. He has worked on such shows as The Outer Limits, Stargate SG-1 (including its two-hour pilot), and Stargate Atlantis. In 2008, he directed all eight episodes of the highly acclaimed and award winning HBO Canada/TMN miniseries ZOS: Zone of Separation, which he co created and produced. In 1971, while still a student at the Royal University of Malta, he directed Gaġġa, presumed to be the first full-length feature filmed entirely in Maltese. Transferred to digital format and enhanced, the film was re-released in Malta in March 2007. He left his native Malta for Canada in 1978, following a dispute with local censors and theatre authorities who, in 1977, had cancelled his play, Sulari Fuq Strada Stretta, on the grounds that it was too offensive; the play was eventually presented at the Manoel Theatre in January 2008. Mario Philip Azzopardi should not be confused with Maltese poet, short story writer, and columnist Mario Azzopardi (born 1944), who is also involved in theatre and directs the Malta Drama Centre. ​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Dawn Olivieri

Dawn Olivieri (born February 8, 1981) is an American actress perhaps best known for her turn as Lydia in Heroes and Monica Talbot in House of Lies. She has appeared in the Showtime series House of Lies for 41 episodes, starting in 2012, playing the competitive management consultant and ex-wife of main character Marty Kaan and mother of their son, Roscoe Kaan. She acted as Janice Herveaux in the third season of the HBO series True Blood. She played a reporter and Damon Salvatore's girlfriend Andie Star in the hit CW show The Vampire Diaries. Wrapping up the 4th season on Heroes, she has also completed parts on TBS's My Boys, NBC's Knight Rider, TNT's Trust Me, and SyFy's Stargate: Atlantis, and recurred on CBS's How I Met Your Mother. Olivieri played a lead role in the SyFy movie Hydra, and she is the voice of Pepper Potts in the new Avengers animated series on Disney XD. She appeared in the October 2009 issue of Maxim. Olivieri appeared on HBO's Entourage on September 13, 2009, and hosted a contest on Scripped. She voiced Lucy Kuo in a PlayStation 3 video game, inFamous 2, which was released in June 2011. As of March 2018, she has a recurring role on SEAL Team as Amy Nelson.

Jason Momoa

Cast · Known for Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, The Wrecking Crew, Supergirl

Joseph Jason Namakaeha Momoa (born August 1, 1979) is an American actor and filmmaker. He made his acting debut as Jason Ioane on the syndicated action drama series Baywatch: Hawaii (1999–2001), which was followed by his portrayal of Ronon Dex on the Syfy science fiction series Stargate Atlantis (2005–2009), Khal Drogo in the first two seasons of the HBO fantasy drama series Game of Thrones (2011–2012), Declan Harp on the Discovery Channel historical drama series Frontier (2016–2018), and Baba Voss on the Apple TV+ science fiction series See (2019–present). Momoa was featured as the lead of the two lattermost series. Since 2016, Momoa portrays Arthur Curry / Aquaman in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU), headlining the eponymous 2018 film and its 2023 sequel. Momoa also played Duncan Idaho in the 2021 film adaptation of the science fiction novel Dune. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jason Momoa, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Mike Dopud

Cast · Known for Little Lorraine

Mike Dopud is a Canadian film actor, television actor, voice actor, stuntman, stage actor and athlete. He is best known for playing Detective Smits in White Noise the 2005 action-horror film, Agent Turner in Alone in the Dark a 2005 action-horror film, playing Vic Hadfield in the Canadian miniseries Canada Russia '72, and for playing Michael 'The Assassin' in the Rollerball 2002 film remake. He also took on several minor roles on Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis, as well as performing many stunts on both shows, before taking on a bigger role as Varro on Stargate Universe. He was nominated for a Taurus World Stunt Award in 2005 for his work in Walking Tall. Dopud was born and raised in Montreal. He speaks three languages fluently (English, French and Serbian). He played professional Canadian football briefly for the Saskatchewan Roughriders. He is married to Canadian actress Angela Schneider.

Robert Picardo

Cast · Known for Star Trek: Voyager, Stargate Atlantis, The Wonder Years

Robert Picardo (born October 27, 1953) is an American actor. He is best known for his portrayals of Dr. Dick Richards on ABC's China Beach, the Emergency Medical Hologram (EMH), also known as The Doctor, on UPN's Star Trek: Voyager, The Cowboy in Innerspace, Joe "The Meat Man" Morton on Home Improvement, Coach Cutlip on The Wonder Years (where he received an Emmy nomination), Ben Wheeler in Wagons East, and as Richard Woolsey in the Canadian-American military science fiction television series Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis, and Stargate Universe.

Matthew Del Negro

Cast · Known for Neagley, Mayor of Kingstown

Matthew Del Negro (born August 2, 1972) is an American actor. He was born in Mount Kisco, New York as the youngest of three children. He is a graduate of Boston College, where he played Division I lacrosse. After graduating, Del Negro began to study acting, and after appearing in several minor commercials and independent films, he was cast as Brian Cammarata on The Sopranos. This has led to appearances in other TV shows, such as The West Wing, Law & Order, Stargate: Atlantis, Las Vegas, Beautiful People, CSI: Miami, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, NCIS, Joan of Arcadia, Eastwick, The Good Wife, The Whole Truth, Happy Endings, Rizzoli and Isles, Lie to Me, Teen Wolf, and United States of Tara. His film appearances include Chelsea Walls, Ira and Abby and Trailer Park of Terror. He has also been cast in several theater productions. He provided the voice of Ops Com in the 2011 video game SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs. Further video game work for Del Negro includes L.A. Noire and Mass Effect 3.

Anne Openshaw

Anne Openshaw is a Canadian actress hailing from Surrey, British Columbia. She is best known for her recurring role as Alice Fitzpatrick in the television series Call Me Fitz, a performance that earned her a nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series at the 3rd Canadian Screen Awards in 2015. Openshaw's acting career spans both film and television. She had a leading role as Kathleen Ford-McNeal in the 2007 television miniseries Across the River to Motor City and portrayed Lois Smart in the 2017 television film I Am Elizabeth Smart. Her filmography includes roles in Narc (2002), The Grey (2011), and American Mary (2012). In addition to her notable roles, Openshaw has appeared in over sixty productions, demonstrating her versatility as an actor. Some of her other television credits include Breaker High, Cold Squad, First Wave, Earth: Final Conflict, and Stargate Atlantis. Her film credits include Dangerous Indiscretion, Bounty Hunters, Fatal Reunion, and The Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days. Openshaw's performances have been well-received, with her roles in Narc and The Grey earning high ratings on Rotten Tomatoes. As of 2023, her net worth is estimated at around $800,000. Despite her extensive career, little is known about her personal life.