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Ben Browder

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Ben Browder
A festive gathering in a secluded small-town farmhouse in the mountains is brought to a halt when a bright burst of light explodes from the barn. Stranded in the middle of nowhere, they carefully investigate, making a discovery not of this world.
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Ben Browder is an American actor, writer and director born in Memphis, Tennessee on December 11, 1962, as Robert Benedict Browder.

After a successful college football career with the Furman University Paladins as a Championship-winning Linebacker while starring in theatrical productions and gaining a degree in Psychology, Ben moved to London to study classical acting at the Central School of Speech and Drama.

Ben's acting career started in Charlotte, North Carolina where he was raised. In the late 60s he made TV commercials. In the late 70s he appeared in the children's movie Duncan's World (1977) playing Gates, one of Duncan's best friends.

While at drama school, he says he was highly influenced by Dame Judith Dench, who was a visiting teacher at the school and directed him in several Shakespeare productions. In 1987, he and his future wife, Francesca Buller, were cast in Dustin Hoffman's London West End production of Shakespeare's "Merchant of Venice" (which went on to play on Broadway in New York). He worked as a guest on various TV series, TV pilots and movies before he got his first noted TV series role as Sam Brody in the 3rd season of La vie à cinq (1994), beginning with episode 9, entitled, "Gimme Shelter".

In 1999, Ben was cast after numerous auditions to play the lead on a science fiction TV series, Farscape (1999) which was filmed in Australia by a collaboration of The Jim Henson Company, Channel 9, Hallmark Company and The Sci-fi Channel. The dramatic and eccentric series where Ben played American astronaut John Crichton unique among a crew of renegade aliens, ran for four seasons on what was then known as the Sci-fi cable channel (until 2002, when it was canceled). After finding financing, "Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars" was filmed to complete the Farscape series. During his time as lead actor on Farscape, Ben wrote two scripts for the show: Season 3's "Green-Eyed Monster" and Season 4's "John Quixote."

Ben also starred as Lt. Colonel Cameron Mitchell in the 9th and 10th seasons of Sci-fi Channel's, "Stargate SG-1", after series star and producer Richard Dean Anderson left the show. During his time as lead actor on the show, Ben was given credit for developing the story for Season 10's "Bad Guys."

In 2008, Stargate SG-1 filmed two made-for-TV movies staring the actors from the television show including Ben playing Lt. Col. Cameron Mitchell. Ark of Truth dealt with the fall of Adria and Ben played a double-role of his grandfather and Cameron Mitchell in the followup movie, Continuum. From 2012, Ben appeared in guest-starring roles twice on the TV show Arrow, playing Ted Gaynor, on Chuck playing a Thug, and on CSI New Orleans playing a sociopath named Randy Pruitt. He made a huge splash as Sheriff Isaac on the seventh season episode of Doctor Who called, "A Town Called Mercy."

Ben has been nominated for the genre industry's Saturn award five times. He took home the award in 2002 for Best Actor in a Television Series (Farscape) and again in 2005 for Best Actor on Television (Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars).

In 2014, Ben made his directorial debut with "Bad Kids of Crestview Academy," for which he also repeated his role as Max Rainwater, a rather dim janitor. He also acted in two movies, "Dead Still" and "RoboRex." Ben recently played an extreme character named George Tildon in an independent art house western called "Outlaws and Angels" directed and written by JT Mollner which debuted in theaters in January 2016. As of the Fall 2016, he is completing work on a horror film called Hoax that takes place in the wilds of Colorado and is prepping for other projects.

Ben makes a few convention appearances each year. In 2012, that included the US and Australia. In 2013, he was in the US - Chicago Stargate Convention, Germany, New Zealand and Australia.

Ben is married to actress Francesca Buller. They met in acting school in London. Ben and Francesca have two children.
BornDecember 11, 1962
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  • BornDecember 11, 1962
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    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 4 nominations

    Photos113

    Ben Browder and Felicity Price in Farscape (1999)
    Ben Browder in Stargate SG-1 (1997)
    Ben Browder in Farscape (1999)
    Ben Browder in Bad Kids of Crestview Academy (2017)
    Ben Browder in Bad Kids of Crestview Academy (2017)
    Ben Browder and Samantha Hanratty in Bad Kids of Crestview Academy (2017)
    Ben Browder, Samantha Hanratty, and Colby Arps in Bad Kids of Crestview Academy (2017)
    Ben Browder and Colby Arps in Bad Kids of Crestview Academy (2017)
    Ben Browder, Sophia Ali, Erika Daly, Matthew Frias, and Colby Arps in Bad Kids of Crestview Academy (2017)
    Gina Gershon and Ben Browder in Bad Kids of Crestview Academy (2017)
    Ben Browder and Samantha Hanratty in Bad Kids of Crestview Academy (2017)
    Ben Browder and Elle LaMont in Dead Still (2014)

    Known for:

    Claudia Black, Ben Browder, and Virginia Hey in Farscape (1999)
    Farscape
    8.3
    TV Series
    • John Crichton
    • Dominar Rygel XVI
    • Future Crichton
    • Officer Aeryn Sun
    • Past Crichton
    Farscape - Guerre pacificatrice (2003)
    Farscape - Guerre pacificatrice
    8.2
    TV Mini Series
    • John Crichton
    Richard Dean Anderson, Christopher Judge, Michael Shanks, and Amanda Tapping in Stargate SG-1 (1997)
    Stargate SG-1
    8.4
    TV Series
    • Lt. Colonel Cameron Mitchell
    Stargate : Continuum (2008)
    Stargate : Continuum
    7.4
    Video
    • Lt. Col. Cameron Mitchell
    • Captain of the Achilles
    • 2008

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    Actor

    • Station 19 (2018)
      Station 19
      7.0
      TV Series
      • Fire Captain
      • 2023
    • Jared Padalecki in Walker (2021)
      Walker
      6.2
      TV Series
      • Nate Smith
      • 2022
    • Iké Boys (2021)
      Iké Boys
      6.7
      • Wayne Gunderson
      • 2021
    • Shemar Moore in S.W.A.T. (2017)
      S.W.A.T.
      7.2
      TV Series
      • Sgt. Davis
      • 2020
    • All Rise (2019)
      All Rise
      7.0
      TV Series
      • Ephraim Bowles
      • 2020
    • Being (2019)
      Being
      3.2
      • Agent Dixon
      • 2019
    • Brian Thompson in Hoax (2019)
      Hoax
      3.8
      • Rick Paxton
      • 2019
    • God Bless the Broken Road (2018)
      God Bless the Broken Road
      5.7
      • Sergeant Price
      • 2018
    • Joe Mantegna, Paget Brewster, A.J. Cook, Adam Rodriguez, Aisha Tyler, and Kirsten Vangsness in Esprits criminels (2005)
      Esprits criminels
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Police Chief Steve Gaines
      • 2018
    • Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Chris Pratt, Michael Rooker, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Karen Gillan, Pom Klementieff, and Elizabeth Debicki in Les Gardiens de la Galaxie Vol. 2 (2017)
      Les Gardiens de la Galaxie Vol. 2
      7.6
      • Sovereign Admiral
      • 2017
    • Sophia Ali, Samantha Hanratty, Erika Daly, Matthew Frias, and Colby Arps in Bad Kids of Crestview Academy (2017)
      Bad Kids of Crestview Academy
      4.7
      • Max Rainwater
      • 2017
    • Teri Polo, Luke Wilson, Ben Browder, Francesca Eastwood, Chad Michael Murray, and Madisen Beaty in Outlaws and Angels (2016)
      Outlaws and Angels
      5.4
      • George Tildon
      • 2016
    • Call of Duty: Black Ops III (2015)
      Call of Duty: Black Ops III
      6.9
      Video Game
      • The Male Player (voice)
      • 2015
    • Elisabeth Shue, Ted Danson, and George Eads in Les Experts (2000)
      Les Experts
      7.7
      TV Series
      • Randy Pruitt
      • 2014
    • Dead Still (2014)
      Dead Still
      3.4
      • Brandon
      • 2014

    Writer

    • Richard Dean Anderson, Christopher Judge, Michael Shanks, and Amanda Tapping in Stargate SG-1 (1997)
      Stargate SG-1
      8.4
      TV Series
      • story by
      • 2007
    • Claudia Black, Ben Browder, and Virginia Hey in Farscape (1999)
      Farscape
      8.3
      TV Series
      • written by
      • writer
      • 2001–2002

    Director

    • Sophia Ali, Samantha Hanratty, Erika Daly, Matthew Frias, and Colby Arps in Bad Kids of Crestview Academy (2017)
      Bad Kids of Crestview Academy
      4.7
      • Director
      • 2017

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    Theatrical Version
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    Stargate: The Ark of Truth
    Trailer 1:01
    Stargate: The Ark of Truth
    Hoax
    Trailer 1:24
    Hoax
    Outlaws and Angels
    Trailer 2:11
    Outlaws and Angels
    Outlaws and Angels
    Trailer 2:02
    Outlaws and Angels
    Roborex
    Trailer 2:19
    Roborex
    Nevada
    Trailer 1:34
    Nevada
    Farscape: Season 3
    Trailer 1:26
    Farscape: Season 3
    Farscape: Season 2
    Trailer 1:02
    Farscape: Season 2
    Farscape: Season 2
    Trailer 1:01
    Farscape: Season 2

    Personal details

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    • Height
      • 1.83 m
    • Born
      • December 11, 1962
      • Memphis, Tennessee, USA
    • Spouse
      • Francesca Buller1989 - present (2 children)
    • Other works
      Appeared in the 1989 play "Sexual Perversity in Chicago" with Irish comedian Graham Norton.
    • Publicity listings
      • 18 Interviews
      • 1 Article
      • 8 Magazine Cover Photos

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    • Trivia
      He was the producers original choice for role of Major John Sheppard in Stargate: Atlantis (2004), but was unable to take the role due to filming commitments to the Farscape - Guerre pacificatrice (2003) mini-series. He was later cast as Lt. Colonel Cameron Mitchell in Stargate SG-1 (1997) as the shows new lead actor following the departure of Richard Dean Anderson.

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