Michael Shanks
Birthday: December 15, 1970
Birth Place: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Height: 0' 0"

Below is a complete filmography (list of movies he's appeared in) for Michael Shanks. If you have any corrections or additions, please email us at corrections@actorsofhollywood.com. We'd also be interested in any trivia or other information you have.

Biography

Movie Credits

The Quest: Part 2	(2007)
[ Lloyd Bridges ][ Christopher Judge ]
The Shroud	(2007)
[ Beau Bridges ][ Lloyd Bridges ][ Ben Browder ][ Christopher Judge ]
Stargate SG-1: The Alliance	(2006)
[ Richard Dean Anderson ][ Christopher Judge ]
The Quest: Part 1	(2006)
[ Beau Bridges ][ Lloyd Bridges ][ Ben Browder ][ Christopher Judge ]
Company of Thieves	(2006)
[ Beau Bridges ][ Lloyd Bridges ][ Ben Browder ][ Christopher Judge ]
Swarmed	(2005)
Stargate Atlantis: Rising	(2004)
[ Robert Patrick ][ Richard Dean Anderson ][ David Hewlett ][ Joe Flanigan ][ Rainbow Francks ]
Sumuru	(2003)
Door to Door	(2002)
[ William H Macy ][ William H. Macy ]
All Around the Town	(2002)
Star-Crossed	(2001)
Suddenly Naked	(2001)
[ Peter Coyote ][ Gerard Plunkett ]
Mr. Fortune's Smile	(2000)
Suspicious River	(2000)
[ Callum Keith Rennie ][ Don S. Davis ][ Joel Bissonnette ]
The Artist's Circle	(2000)
[ Don S. Davis ]
Escape from Mars	(1999)
[ Peter Outerbridge ][ Tom Kenny ]
Mary 25	(1998)
Stargate SG-1: Children of the Gods	(1997)
[ Richard Dean Anderson ][ Christopher Judge ][ Don S. Davis ]
The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon	(1997)
[ Rutger Hauer ][ Richard Dreyfuss ]
A Family Divided	(1995)
[ Stephen Collins ][ Don S. Davis ][ Cameron Bancroft ]

Trivia

• Lived with Vaitiare Bandera
• Daughter, Tatiana (born late 1998) with Vaitiare Bandera.
• Bears an uncanny resemblance to his Stargate (1994) feature film counterpart James Spader, whose character, Dr. Daniel Jackson, he portrays on "Stargate SG-1" (1997).
• Favorite hockey team is the Vancouver Canucks.
• He was born in Vancouver and grew up in Kamloops, BC, Canada.
• His best friend is "Stargate SG-1" (1997) co-star Christopher Judge.
• Played hockey (defense) and rugby (flyhalf then wing) in high school.
• Vaitiare Bandera, the mother of his child, played his character's wife on "Stargate SG-1" (1997).
• Was inspired to pursue an acting career while watching future "Stargate SG-1" (1997) co-star Richard Dean Anderson film an episode of "MacGyver" (1985).
• Along with Richard Dean Anderson, he is one of only two actors to appear in the pilots of both "Stargate SG-1" (1997) and the spin-off series "Stargate: Atlantis" (2004).
• Daughter, Mia Tabitha Shanks, with Lexa Doig, born 13 September 2004.
• Played three different characters in a single episode of "Stargate SG-1" (1997): Dr. Daniel Jackson, Thor and Penegal in the second half of the Season Eight premiere 'New Order Part II'.
• Has appeared in four different productions with Don S. Davis: A Family Divided (1995) (TV), "Stargate SG-1" (1997), The Artist's Circle (2000) and Suspicious River (2000).
• His character, Remiel, killed Hector, played by Christopher Judge, in the "Andromeda" (2000) episode "Day of Judgement, Day of Wrath". In the "Stargate SG-1" (1997) episode "Moebius Part 2", his character, Dr. Daniel Jackson, was killed by Judge's character, Teal'c.
• Met his wife, Lexa Doig when he guest starred in the "Andromeda" (2000) Season One episode "Star-Crossed".
• His character, Dr. Daniel Jackson (and various versions of him), was killed in four different episodes during the eighth season of "Stargate SG-1" (1997) alone: "Avatar", "Reckoning Part 2" and "Moebius Part 2", He was also shot several times, severely injured and tortured during the season.
• Appeared with Torri Higginson in "Stargate SG-1" (1997) and "Stargate: Atlantis" (2004) who co-starred with his wife Lexa Doig in TekWar (1994) (TV), _"TekWar" (1994)_ , TekWar: TekLords (1994) (TV) and Jungleground (1995).
• Wife Lexa Doig gave birth to their second child together, a son named Samuel David on March 19, 2006. Michael announced it at a Vancouver Convention on March 25th.
• Had an emergency appendectomy when his appendix ruptured the day before filming was to begin on Stargate:SG1 Season 4 episode "Nemesis". The script had to be rewritten to explain his character's reduced role. The writers decided to have the character recovering from an appendectomy as well.
• Ironically enough, there is another Michael Shanks (no relation) who is a real life archaeologist, while Michael Shanks the actor portrays an archaeologist on the television show Stargate SG-1.

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