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Joe Flanigan
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Worked as an advance man in President
George Bush
's administration and as a bartender, but was fired from both jobs.
When he was a child, his mother remarried; he was adopted by his stepfather and took his last name, Flanigan.
Only he and
David Hewlett
appeared in all 99 episodes of
Stargate: Atlantis (2004)
.
Rachel Luttrell
was credited in all episodes but did not appear in all of them.
Graduate of University of Colorado, majoring in history.
Is a very good skier, as evinced by the fact he won two prizes at the Waterkeepers' Alliance event in Lake Louise in January 2006.
Of the five original
Stargate: Atlantis (2004)
regulars, Flanigan is the only American.
Torri Higginson
,
Rainbow Sun Francks
, and
Rachel Luttrell
are all Canadian, and
David Hewlett
is English (but based in Canada).
Before going to Hollywood, Flanigan worked briefly at the White House and at Interview Magazine.
Flanigan and his ex-wife, painter
Katherine Kousi
, have three sons.
Playing Lieutenant Colonel John Sheppard on
Stargate: Atlantis (2004)
(his character received a promotion.) (July 2005)
Tapped for the lead in the NBC pilot of
Sherman's March (2000)
.
Appeared in one episode of
Birds of Prey (2002)
,
Prey for the Hunter (2002)
, before fellow Stargate franchise member
Carmen Argenziano
, of
Stargate SG-1 (1997)
, appeared in the episode
Nature of the Beast (2002)
.
Playing Major/Lieutenant Colonel John Sheppard on
Stargate: Atlantis (2004)
. (August 2004)
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