Richard Dean Anderson
Actor, TV Actor
1950 –
Who is Richard Dean Anderson?
Richard Dean Anderson is an American television and film actor, television producer and composer. He began his television career in 1976 as Dr. Jeff Webber in the American soap opera series General Hospital, then rose to prominence as the lead actor in the television series MacGyver. Anderson later appeared in films, including Through the Eyes of a Killer, Pandora's Clock and Firehouse.
In 1997, Anderson returned to television as the lead actor of the series Stargate SG-1, a spin-off of the 1994 film Stargate. He played the lead from 1997–2005 and had a recurring role from 2005–07. Since 1997, the only film Anderson has starred in is Stargate: Continuum released in 2008 as a spin-off film after Stargate SG-1 Series finale in 2007. He appears in the follow-up Stargate series Stargate: Atlantis and Stargate: Universe.
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- Born
- Jan 23, 1950
Minneapolis - Also known as
- The Human Action Man
- Parents
- Spouses
- Apryl Prose
( - 2002) - Lara Flynn Boyle
- Apryl Prose
- Children
- Ethnicity
- Swedish American
- Scottish American
- Norwegian American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Ohio University
- Ramsey High School
- St. Cloud State University
- Lived in
- Roseville
- New York
- Ohio
- Los Angeles
- San Francisco
- Vancouver
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on July 23, 2013
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