Richard Dean Anderson

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Richard Dean Anderson
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Born	January 23 1950 (age 59) Minneapolis, Minnesota United States Image:Flag of the United States.svg
Height	6' 2" (1.88m)
Official site	http://www.rdanderson.com/
Notable roles	Angus MacGyver in MacGyver Jack O'Neill in Stargate SG-1

Richard Dean Anderson (born January 23, 1950 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is an American actor, possibly best known for his role as the eponymous hero of the popular television series MacGyver and, more recently, as Jack O'Neill in Stargate SG-1, the longest-running American science fiction series.

1 Biography
2 Filmography
3 Quotes
4 External links

[edit] Biography

[edit] Early life

Anderson was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota to Stuart Jay Anderson and Jocelyn Rhae Carter, and has Irish, Swedish, Norwegian and Mohawk Native American ancestry. He grew up in Roseville, Minnesota and attended Ohio University and St. Cloud State University.

[edit] Career

He started his acting career in soap opera (appearing on General Hospital as Dr. Jeff Webber from 1976 to 1981). He also starred as Adam in the television series Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (based very loosely on the movie of the same name).

Anderson came to fame with the hit television series MacGyver which lasted from 1985 to 1992 and was highly successful throughout its entire run.

In 1995 he starred in Legend (TV Series), a comic series of only 12 episodes about a dime novel writer who against his will has to play the role of his own fictional character.

From 1997 to 2005, he starred as Colonel/General Jack O'Neill in Stargate SG-1, based on the movie Stargate starring Kurt Russell and James Spader. In Season Six, he chose to have a reduced role in the series due to his desire to spend more time with his daughter. His role was continually reduced until he left as a regular cast member in Season Nine, preferring instead to make a few guest appearances. Gateworld reported that he will be in two episodes of Season Ten of SG-1, already an increase over his role in Season Nine, and three episodes of Season Three of Stargate Atlantis.

He was presented with an award at the Air Force Association's 57th Annual Air Force Anniversary Dinner in Washington, D.C. on September 14, 2004 because of his role as star and executive producer of Stargate SG-1, a series which has portrayed the Air Force in a positive light since it first premiered. It was presented by the then-Air Force Chief-of-Staff, General John P. Jumper. The last recipient of the award was James Stewart in 1987. At the same dinner, Anderson was made an honorary Brigadier General.

[edit] Richard Dean Anderson and The Simpsons

Image:Simpsons Richard Dean Anderson.png Anderson has always been a great fan of the television show The Simpsons and in 2005 he was invited to guest star on the show, which he had continually referenced during his time on SG-1. He voices himself in an episode called Kiss Kiss, Bang Bangalore (season 17 episode 17, air date April 9, 2006) in which he is kidnapped by Selma and Patty Bouvier; Anderson's MacGyver character is a longstanding heartthrob for the sisters of Marge Simpson. Dan Castellaneta, the voice actor who portrays Homer Simpson, made a guest appearance on Stargate SG-1 ("Citizen Joe") and, in describing his unnatural ability to see the life events of Jack O'Neill, made reference to O'Neill's fondness for The Simpsons.

[edit] Other Appearances

He also appears in the 1997 PC game Fallout as the voice of Killian Darkwater, who was the clever head of the city made entirely of post-nuclear junk (Junktown).

Anderson can be said to have reprised his role as Angus MacGyver in 2006 when he appeared in a MasterCard commercial during Super Bowl XL. While the plot follows the basic "MacGyver formula" it is somewhat satirical of the series, showing incredibly unlikely if not impossible solutions to the obstacles faced by Anderson's character, such as cutting through a thick rope with a pine-scented air freshener. It should be noted that despite the extraordinary resourcefulness shown by the character in the advertisement, as well as the similar attire, the commercial never explicitly identifies him as MacGyver. It should also be noted that the official MasterCard website for that short film refers to it as "the Return of MacGyver".

[edit] Private life

Anderson has never married. He has a daughter named Wylie Quinn Annarose who was born in 1998 by his ex-partner, Apryl Prose. He has also dated the famous German ice-skater Katarina Witt, Teri Hatcher, Sela Ward and Lara Flynn Boyle.

He is also an avid ice hockey player and skier and is so much of a fan of the sports that he has deliberately appeared playing these sports in several of his TV shows, including MacGyver.

[edit] Filmography

[edit] Starring roles

Year	Title	Role	Other notes
2006	MasterCard Super Bowl XL Commercial	Angus MacGyver (never explicitly identified)	TV Commercial
2005	Stargate SG-1: The Alliance (Unofficially Cancelled)	AF Brigadier General Jack O'Neill (voice)	Video Game
1997	Stargate SG-1	Colonel/Brigadier General/Major General Jack O'Neill (USAF)	(1997-2007) TV Series
1997	Firehouse	Lt. Michael Brooks	TV
1997	Fallout: A Post-Nuclear Role-Playing Game	Mayor Killian Darkwater (voice)	Video Game
1996	Pandora's Clock	Capt. James Holland	TV
1995	Past the Bleachers	Bill Parish	TV
1995	Legend	Ernest Pratt/Nicodemus Legend	TV Series
1994	MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday	Angus MacGyver	TV
1994	Beyond Betrayal	Bradley Matthews	TV
1994	MacGyver: Lost Treasure of Atlantis	Angus MacGyver	TV
1992	Through the Eyes of a Killer	Ray Bellano	TV
1992	In the Eyes of a Stranger	Jack Rourke	TV
1986	Odd Jobs	Spud
1986	Ordinary Heroes	Tony Kaiser
1985	MacGyver	Angus MacGyver	(1985-1992) TV Series
1983	Emerald Point N.A.S.	Navy Lt. Simon Adams	TV Series
1982	Seven Brides for Seven Brothers	Adam McFadden	(1982-1983) TV Series
1982	Young Doctors in Love	Drug Dealer	(uncredited)
1976	General Hospital	Dr. Jeff Webber	(1976-1981) TV Series

[edit] Guest-starring roles

Year	Title	Role	Episode
2006	Stargate Atlantis	Major General Jack O'Neill USAF	3.10/3.11 "The Return"
2006	Stargate Atlantis	Major General Jack O'Neill USAF	3.6 "The Real World" 3.10/3.11 "The Return"
2006	Stargate SG-1	Major General Jack O'Neill USAF	10.6 "200"
2006	The Simpsons	Himself (voice)	"Kiss Kiss, Bang Bangalore"
2004	Stargate Atlantis	Brigadier Jack O'Neill USAF	1.1 "Rising, Part 1"
2004	The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn	Himself
2000	National Geographic Explorer	Himself	"North America's Last True Wilderness"
2000	The Martin Short Show	Himself
2000	Donny & Marie	Himself
1998	Late Night with Conan O'Brien	Himself
1997	Newton's Apple	Himself
1996	Late Night with Conan O'Brien	Himself
1992	The Arsenio Hall Show	Himself
1991	The Arsenio Hall Show	Himself
1991	The Joan Rivers Show	Himself
1990	The Joan Rivers Show	Himself
1990	The Arsenio Hall Show	Himself
1982	The Love Boat	Carter Randall	5.24 "Isaac Gets Physical/She Brought Her Mother Along/Cold Feet"
1981	Today's F.B.I.	Andy McFey	"The Fugitive"
1981	The Facts of Life	Brian Parker	2.16 "Brian and Sylvia"

[edit] Producer

Year	Title	Role	Other notes
2004	From Stargate to Atlantis: Sci Fi Lowdown	Executive Producer	TV
1997	Firehouse	Executive Producer	TV
1997	"Stargate SG-1"	Executive Producer	TV Series
1994	MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday	Executive Producer	TV
1994	MacGyver: Lost Treasure of Atlantis	Executive Producer	TV

[edit] Composer

Year	Title	Other notes
1988	"MacGyver"	TV Series (song "Eau d'Leo" in episode "The Negotiator")

[edit] Quotes

Amanda Tapping combined Anderson's most prominent roles saying (as Carter, looking the Abydos Stargate's DHD): Amazing. This is what was missing from the dig at Giza. This is how they controlled it. It took us 15 years and three supercomputers to MacGyver a system for the gate on Earth.(Anderson-O'Neill gives the others a weird look) ^{(Source imdb.com)}

"No, I don't think I Can't Believe It's Not Butter tastes as good as real butter, and I never did, either. I guess that's the kind of thing that has always made me a social outcast."

[edit] External links

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