Michael Shanks

Michael Garrett Shanks (born December 15, 1970) is a Canadian actor who achieved international fame for his role as Dr. Daniel Jackson in the long-running Canadian-American military science fiction television series Stargate SG-1.
== Early life ==
Shanks grew up in Kamloops, British Columbia. After graduating from the University of British Columbia with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre in 1994, he appeared in several stage productions, serving a two-year apprenticeship with the prestigious Stratford Festival in Ontario. He made guest appearances on TV series like Highlander, University Hospital, and The Outer Limits, appeared in the TV movie A Family Divided and had a small role in The Call of the Wild, before winning the role of Daniel Jackson on Stargate SG-1.
== Career ==
=== Stargate ===
Shanks played archaeologist Dr. Daniel Jackson throughout the first five seasons of Stargate SG-1 before leaving the show, citing creative differences concerning the under-use of his character and the direction of the show as a whole. He made several guest appearances throughout the sixth season playing his own character, as well as voicing the Asgard character Thor. Shanks returned for the seventh and subsequent seasons, winning the Leo Award for Best Lead Performance By A Male in a Dramatic Series in 2004 for the seventh season episode "Lifeboat".Leo Awards official website, last accessed October 24, 2007. During the series' tenth and final season, he signed up for 16 of the 20 episodes, taking some time off in March 2006 for the birth of his third child (second with wife and occasional co-star Lexa Doig). 
He appeared in both direct-to-DVD Stargate films released in 2008, Stargate: The Ark of Truth and Stargate: Continuum, and won the 2009 Leo Award for Lead Performance by a Male in a Feature Length Drama for Continuum.Leo Awards, 2009 Winners
In 2004, Shanks made a crossover appearance (as Daniel Jackson) in the Stargate Atlantis pilot, "Rising". He also appeared in the tenth and eleventh episodes of Atlantis fifth and final season,GateWorld.net: Shanks set for mid-season Atlantis visit and made a cameo appearance in the pilot of the third Stargate series Stargate Universe. He also appeared in the episodes "Human" and "Subversion".Writer/producer Joseph Mallozzi's April 5th blog entry
== Personal life ==
Shanks' eldest child is daughter Tatiana (b. August 1998). She was conceived from his relationship with model and actress Vaitiare Bandera, who portrayed Sha're, his character's wife, on Stargate SG-1.
On August 2, 2003, Shanks married actress Lexa Doig, whom he met in 2001 while guest-starring on the series Andromeda, in which she starred. (They would also work together on Stargate SG-1, when Doig was cast as Dr. Carolyn Lam, a recurring character in seasons nine and ten.) They have two children together: daughter Mia Tabitha Shanks (b. September 13, 2004) and son Samuel David Shanks (b. March 19, 2006). 
Shanks enjoys playing ice hockey, and once considered playing professionally. He was on the Stargate SG-1 hockey team, competing against the teams of other Vancouver-based productions such as Smallville, and also displayed his aptitude for the sport in the 2006 TV movie Under the Mistletoe, in which he played the part of a school hockey coach.
== Involvement in the Stargate universe ==
=== Actor ===
== Filmography ==
 Film, Television and Video Games
Year 	Title 	Role 	Notes
2013 	Elysium 	 	Film, post-production
2013 	13 Eerie 	Tomkins 	Film, completed
2012 	Saving Hope 	Dr. Charlie Harris 	TV series, 13 episodes
2012 	Belyy tigr 	 	Film (as Maykl Shenks)
2011 	Captain Starship 	Brock Hunter 	TV series
2011 	Flashpoint 	David Fleming 	TV series, 1 episode
2011 	The Pastor's Wife 	Matthew Winkler 	TV movie
2011 	Christmas Lodge 	Jack 	TV movie
2011 	Faces in the Crowd 	Bryce 	Film
2011 	Tactical Force 	Demetrius 	Film
2011 	Endgame 	Casey Roman 	TV series, 1 episode
2011 	Red Riding Hood 	Adrien Lazar 	Film
2010 	Smallville 	Carter Hall / Hawkman 	TV series, 4 episodes
2010 	Tower Prep 	Dr. Literature 	TV series, 1 episode
2010 	The Good Guys 	Capt. Shaw 	TV series, 1 episode
2009-2010	SGU Stargate Universe 	Dr. Daniel Jackson 	TV series, 4 episodes
2010 	Arctic Blast 	Jack Tate 	Film
2010 	Supernatural 	Rob 	TV series, 1 episode
2010 	Mr. Young 	Mr. Lewis 	TV series, 1 episode
2009 	Sanctuary 	Jimmy 	TV series, 1 episode
2009 	Stargate SG-1: Children of the Gods - Final Cut	Dr. Daniel Jackson 	Video, recut of
2009 	Living Out Loud 	Brad Marshall 	TV movie
2008-2009	Burn Notice 	Victor 	TV series, 4 episodes
2009 	Desperate Escape 	Michael Coleman 	TV movie
2008 	The Lost Treasure of the Grand Canyon 	Jacob Thain 	TV movie
2004-2008	Stargate Atlantis 	Dr. Daniel Jackson 	Tv series, 3 episodes
2008 	Stargate: Continuum 	Daniel Jackson 	Video
2008 	Stargate: The Ark of Truth 	Dr. Daniel Jackson 	Video
2007 	Eureka 	Christopher Dactylos 	TV series, 1 episode
2007 	Mega Snake 	Les Daniels 	TV movie
2007 	24 	Mark Bishop 	TV series, 3 episodes
2007 	Judicial Indiscretion 	Jack Sullivan 	TV movie
1997-2007	Stargate SG-1 	Dr. Daniel Jackson / Thor / Ma'chello / ...	TV series, 197 episodes
2006 	Under the Mistletoe 	Kevin Harrison 	TV movie
2005 	CSI: Miami 	Doug Stets 	TV series, 1 episode
2005 	Swarmed 	Kent Horvath 	TV movie
2001-2003	:Andromeda 	Balance of Judgment / Gabriel / Remiel 	TV series, 2 episodes
2003 	Sumuru 	Adam Wade 	Film
2002 	The Twilight Zone 	Donnie 	TV series, 1 episode
2002 	The Chris Isaak Show 	Trevor 	TV series, 1 episode
2002 	Door to Door 	John 	TV movie
2002 	All Around the Town 	Justin Donnelly 	TV movie
2001 	Suddenly Naked 	Danny Blair/Donny Blitzer 	Film
2000 	Suspicious River 	Ball Cap Man 	Film
1998-2000	The Outer Limits 	Dr. Will Olsten / Melburn Ross 	TV series, 2 episodes
2000 	Mr. Fortune's Smile 	James 	Film
2000 	The Artist's Circle 	Artist 	Short
1999 	Escape from Mars 	Bill Malone, Mission Architect 	TV movie
1997 	The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon 	Fellow Gambler #1 	TV movie
1995 	University Hospital 	Jake 	TV series, 1 episode
1995 	A Family Divided 	Todd 	TV movie
1994 	Madison 	Gordon 	TV series, 1 episode
1993 	The Commish 	Sean 	TV series, 1 episode
1993 	Highlander 	Jesse Collins 	TV series, 1 episode
== Notes ==
Shanks has won 2 awards, out of 9 nominations.
Year	Award 	Category 	Work 	Result
2000	 	Best Performance by a Male in a Dramatic Series 	Stargate SG-1 - 	
2001	 	Best Supporting Actor on Television 	Stargate SG-1 	
2003	Leo Award 	Best Male Guest Performance 	Stargate SG-1 - 	
2004	Leo Award 	Dramatic Series: Best Lead Performance by a Male 	Stargate SG-1 - 	
2004	Saturn award	Best Actor in a Television Series 	Stargate SG-1 	
2005	Leo Award 	Dramatic Series: Best Lead Performance by a Male 	Stargate SG-1 - 	
2005	Saturn Award	Best Supporting Actor on Television 	Stargate SG-1 	
2009	Leo Award 	Best Lead Performance by a Male in a Feature Length Drama	Stargate: Continuum 	
2010	Leo Award 	Best Guest Performance by a Male in a Dramatic Series 	Sanctuary - "Penance"	
== References ==