March 20th Birthdays kick off with the one and only John de Lancie who played the villainous Colonel Frank Simmons in SG1 but alas was better known for playing “Q” in TNG which we don’t hold against him, great performances in both roles. IMDB
Also sharing birthdays today are Louis Chirillo (Bert Simmons SG1 Citizen Joe), Nicholas Harrison (SG1), Ingrid Kavelaars (Major Erin Gant SG1) and Georgia Craig (Sabrina Gosling SG1).
A very happy birthday to Connor Trinneer who is probably best known for his role as ” Trip” on Enterprise but he also played a major part in Stargate Atlantis as the Wraith Michael who turned out to be a pretty good villain and certainly a match for the Atlantians.
Also on the 19th Kelly Vint celebrates her birth, maybe not a familiar name but way back in Stargate the movie she played the very young Catherine Langford a character who appeared in SG1 years later.
Happy birthday to Stargate producer Michael Greenburg one of the lesser known or maybe less forthcoming fathers of the franchise. He produced the bulk of SG1 as well as the pilot of Atlantis and worked on Macgyver and Legend, he also wrote the odd episode.
On a side note the great Victor Garber also has a birthday today (16/3) a quality character actor who only graced Stargate for a single episode and that was SGU’s Seizure.
Another couple of birthdays today for actors who played their part in the success of Stargate.
The first is Garwin Sanford who played the rather likeable Narim a member of the Tollan people, they may have been a little arrogant and superior but he was all right and of course liked Sam so ultimately doomed.
He also played Simon Wallis in Stargate Atlantis, not as meaty a role but still pretty good going to get two separate significant speaking parts in the franchise.
Sharing a birthday on the 15th is Grace Park better known for her regular role in Battlestar Galactica and more recently Hawaii 5-0 but way back when she was a young up and coming actress (pre-maxim) a speaking role on a show like Stargate wasn’t bad at all.
On this day many years in the past the great Dean Stockwell who played Doctor Kieran was born, alas that was his only guest spot on the franchise. Jolene Blalock celebrates, she played the Jaffa Ishta a kick ass warrior woman and many happy returns to David Palffy so good he got to play two Stargate villains (Anubis & Sokar).
Happy Birthday guys:)
Two Stargate alumni celebrate their birthdays today (22nd).
From SG1 we have Michael Kopsa who played two roles in the show the first as a news anchor in the episode “There But For The Grace Of God” and then General Kerrigan in “Proving Ground” and “Prodigy”.
We then have Jennifer Spence who played Dr Lisa Park in 36 of the 40 episodes of Stargate Universe.
