Tau'ri characters in Stargate Atlantis
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These are the Tau'ri characters in the television show Stargate Atlantis. In the Stargate universe, the Tau're are the humans from Earth. For a complete list of Tau'ri characters, see List of Atlantis personnel in Stargate.
Atlantis is a multi-national expedition. While on the city, each member of the expedition wears a patch on their left jacket sleeve with their country's flag. This patch is stripped off while on offworld missions. So far, the following flags have been seen, though there may be more: Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Scotland, Serbia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States and Zimbabwe.
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[edit] Major characters
[edit] John Sheppard
An USAF Lt. Colonel and the military commander of Atlantis.
[edit] Elizabeth Weir
The commander of the Atlantis expedition.
[edit] Rodney McKay
The Head Scientific Advisor of the Atlantis expedition.
[edit] Carson Beckett
The Head Medical Officer of the Atlantis expedition.
[edit] Aiden Ford
An USMC Lieutenant who was Major Sheppard's second in command in season one and became MIA in season two.
[edit] Recurring characters
[edit] Bates
An USMC Sergeant and the Head of Security of the Atlantis expedition during season one.
[edit] Laura Cadman
An USMC Lieutenant specialized in explosives.
[edit] Steven Caldwell
An USAF Colonel and the commander of the Daedalus.
[edit] Kate Heightmeyer
Psychologist of the Atlantis expedition.
[edit] Kavanagh
One of scientists of the Atlantis expedition.
[edit] Lorne
An USAF Major and Col. Sheppard's second-in-command since season two.
[edit] Lindsey Novak
Daedalus engineer.
[edit] Radek Zelenka
One of the main scientists of the Atlantis expedition.
[edit] Minor characters
[edit] Abrams
| Stargate character | |
 Abrams checking the distress signal. |
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| Abrams | |
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| Race | Human |
| Gender | Male |
| Birthplace | US, Earth |
| Television portrayer | Paul Magel |
| Key episodes | "The Defiant One" (first appearance) |
Dr. Abrams was a scientist of the Atlantis expedition played by Paul Magel.
Abrams went with Major John Sheppard, Dr. Rodney McKay and Dr. Gall to investigate an Ancient weapon satellite he discovered in the Atlantis solar system, about 15 hours away from the city by Puddle Jumper. Once there, they discovered a very weak Wraith distress signal and, down in the planet, they found the ship mostly intact. Unluckily, there was a survivor, a 10,000 years-old Wraith that had survived draining his own people, that drained Abrams dry. [1]
[edit] Biro
| Stargate character | |
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| Biro | |
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| Race | Human |
| Gender | Female |
| Birthplace | US, Earth |
| Television portrayer | Lindsay Collins |
| Key episodes | "Hot Zone" (first appearance) |
Dr. Biro is a pathologist in Dr. Beckett's team. She is played by Lindsay Collins.
She performed the autopsies on the people who were killed by the nanovirus. [2]. She was later in the medical meeting to figure out a way to cure Col. Sheppard of the Wraith retrovirus that was turning him into an Iratus bug. [3]
[edit] Trivia
Actress Lindsay Collins is the wife of actor Barclay Hope, who played Colonel Lionel Pendergast on Stargate SG-1.
[edit] Katie Brown
| Stargate character | |
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| Katie Brown | |
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| Race | Human |
| Gender | Female |
| Birthplace | Earth |
| Television portrayer | Brenda James |
| Key episodes | "Duet" (first appearance) |
Dr. Katie Brown is a botanist played by Brenda James.
Dr. Brown went on a date with Dr. Rodney McKay. Unfortunately, due to an incident with the Wraith transporter, McKay got Lt. Laura Cadman stuck inside his head. Tired of his clumsiness, she took control of his body and kissed Dr. Brown in a rather moviesque manner. [4] She has not been mentioned again.
[edit] Dillion Everett
| Stargate character | |
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| Dillion Everett | |
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| Race | Human |
| ATA | Gene therapy |
| Gender | Male |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Birthplace | US, Earth |
| Television portrayer | Clayton Landey |
| Key episodes | "The Siege, Part 2" (first appearance) |
Colonel Dillion Everett is an USMC officer played by Clayton Landey.
He received the ATA gene thanks to gene therapy before coming to Atlantis.
Col. Everett was sent from Earth through the Stargate to help Atlantis against the incoming Wraith attack. He came with more Marines and new weapons, and immediately relieved both Dr. Weir and Major Sheppard from command. A by-the-book officer, he immediately dismissed Weir and only at Sheppard's insistence told her their plans. During the attack, however, he came to respect her.
Everett asked Sheppard to show him the Ancient's holographic projection that explained their war against the Wraith. Afterwards, he told him that Colonel Marshall Sumner had been a very good friend and he disagreed with his handling of the situation. Their conversation was interrupted by an alarm. [5]
Afterwards, Col. Everett was attacked by a Wraith. He survived, but he had been aged, being now very old and frail. Sheppard visited him in the infirmary and Everett told him that he was being shipped out with the next batch of wounded but that he wanted to finish their conversation. And then he apologized. He said that now he had a pretty good idea about what happened with Col. Sumner and that he wished Sheppard would have been there for him, too. Sheppard saluted him formally before leaving the infirmary. [6]
[edit] External links
- Character description from GateWorld. Visited May 15, 2006.
- Character biography from StargateWiki. Visited May 29, 2006.
[edit] Brendan Gall
| Stargate character | |
 Dr. Brendan Gall |
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| Brendan Gall | |
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| Race | Human |
| Gender | Male |
| Birthplace | United Kingdom, Earth |
| Television portrayer | Richard Ian Cox |
| Key episodes | "The Defiant One" (first appearance) |
Dr. Brendan Gall was an English civilian scientist played by Richard Ian Cox.
Dr. Gall went with Major John Sheppard, Dr. Rodney McKay and Dr. Abrams to investigate an Ancient weapon satellite he discovered in the Atlantis solar system, about 15 hours away from the city by Puddle Jumper. He got motion sickness, even in the Puddle Jumper equipped with inertial dampeners. He said knowing he was moving was enough.
Once there, they discovered a very weak Wraith distress signal and Major Sheppard and Dr. McKay convinced Dr. Weir to let them investigate. Even if the signal was probably 10,000 years-old, any scientific and military knowledge they might find may be useful.
Down in the planet, they found the ship mostly intact. Unluckily, there was a survivor, a 10,000 years-old Wraith that had survived draining his own people, and was almost invulnerable. This "Super-Wraith" attacked Dr. Abrams and Dr. Gall when they were alone, draining Abrams to an empty husk. Sheppard and McKay found Gall alive in a cocoon, but the Wraith had drained him too, turning him into a very old and fragile man.
When Major Sheppard went outside to confront the Wraith, he left McKay behind to take care of Gall. Brendan felt McKay had changed these last months and he no longer was the same man as before. He knew Rodney wanted to go and help Sheppard, but he refused to leave Brendan alone. Rodney gave him a gun to defend himself but, in the end and knowing he did not have much time left, Gall used it to kill himself, so Rodney could go and help Sheppard. [1]
[edit] Peter Grodin
| Stargate character | |
 Dr. Peter Grodin |
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| Peter Grodin | |
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| Race | Human |
| Gender | Male |
| Birthplace | England, United Kingdom, Earth |
| Television portrayer | Craig Veroni |
| Key episodes | "Rising, Part 1" (first appearance) |
Dr. Peter Grodin was an English civilian scientist played by Craig Veroni.
Peter Grodin was first seen aboard the Prometheus as its Weapons Officer. [7] This is consistent with the work he did afterward, that is, working with the Drone Weapon in Antarctica and the weapons satellite on Atlantis. As per that episode, he was in presumably hostile hands along with the rest of the Prometheus crew for four days, however this is unknown.
Peter Grodin was among the team of Dr. Weir, which studied the Ancient technology (of which he was an expert) in the Antarctica outpost. He was first seen studying a Drone Weapon. When the team discovered the whereabouts of Atlantis, he was among the expedition. There Dr. Grodin was usually seen in the control room of the city, acting as an aide to Dr. Weir.
In the following year Dr. Grodin often worked as a personal assistent of Dr. Weir, often informing her about the latest activities in the city. He also watched the city from his plans in the control room and guided teams if there was a problem in the city. For example when an energy life form roamed through the city he guided Lt. Ford and another soldier through the city.
Dr. Grodin met his fate when he went with Dr. Rodney McKay and Lt. Miller to the Ancients' weapons array satellite they had previously discovered, 15 hours away from Atlantis. When trying to make the satellite work to defend themselves against the incoming Wraith Hive ships, Grodin got trapped inside the satellite while McKay and Miller were outside in the Puddle jumper ship.
They managed to destroy one of the Hive ships with the satellite, but McKay and Miller were unable to rescue Grodin before the Wraith destroyed the satellite, killing him. [8]
[edit] Dave Kleinman
| Stargate character | |
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| Dave Kleinman | |
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| Race | Human |
| Gender | Male |
| Rank | Captain |
| Birthplace | US, Earth |
| Television portrayer | Kirby Morrow |
| Key episodes | "The Siege, Part 3" (first appearance) |
Captain Dave Kleinman, USAF, is the Bridge officer aboard the Daedalus. Most episodes show him as a weapons officer. He's played by Kirby Morrow.
[edit] Markham
| Stargate character | |
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| Markham | |
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| Race | Human |
| ATA | Natural carrier |
| Gender | Male |
| Rank | Sergeant |
| Birthplace | US, Earth |
| Television portrayer | Joseph May |
| Key episodes | "Thirty-Eight Minutes" (first appearance) |
Sergeant Markham was a USMC non-commissioned officer played by Joseph May.
Markham was a carrier of the ATA gene and was an apparently reluctant and inexperienced Puddle Jumper pilot. He piloted the puddle jumper carrying injured Maj. Sheppard back to Atlantis and along with Sgt. Stackhouse, was trapped inside the event horizon for almost a full thirty-eight minutes when the craft became stuck in the Gate. [9]
Later, he was later chosen by Lt. Aiden Ford to pilot on a rescue mission to retrieve Maj. Sheppard's team from a planet fifteen hours away by puddle jumper. [1]
Markham was killed, along with Smith, while defending the city from a Wraith dart fighter. [10]
[edit] External links
- Character description from GateWorld. Visited May 17, 2006.
[edit] Miller
| Stargate character | |
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| Miller | |
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| Race | Human |
| ATA | Unknown source |
| Gender | Male |
| Rank | Lieutenant |
| Birthplace | US, Earth |
| Television portrayer | Rob Avery |
| Key episodes | "The Siege, part 1" (first appearance) |
Lt. Miller is an USMC pilot played by Rob Avery.
Miller piloted the Puddle Jumper that took Dr. McKay and Dr. Grodin to the Ancient's weapons array satellite. He entered the satellite with them and later took Dr. McKay out so he can reconfigure the satellite using a space suit. He was able to take the Puddle Jumper away, saving himself and McKay, but he could not do anything to save Grodin. [8]
[edit] Parrish
| Stargate character | |
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| Parrish | |
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| Race | Human |
| Gender | Male |
| Birthplace | Earth |
| Television portrayer | Jonathan Young |
| Key episodes | "Runner" (first appearance) |
Dr. Parrish is a botanist played by Jonathan Young.
During a mission with Major Lorne to P3M-736, they discovered a Wraith corpse that led them to find out Lt. Ford was on the planet. [11]
[edit] Stackhouse
| Stargate character | |
 Stackhouse in "Hide and Seek" |
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| Stackhouse | |
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| Race | Human |
| Gender | Male |
| Rank | Sergeant |
| Birthplace | US, Earth |
| Television portrayer | Boyan Vukelic |
| Key episodes | "Rising" (first appearance) |
Sergeant Stackhouse is a fictional USMC non-commissioned officer played by Boyan Vukelic.
Stackhouse was first introduced in the two-part series premiere, "Rising". He was left behind on Atlantis during the original mission to Athos, and was seen greeting the Athosian refugees when they were brought back to the city by Maj. Sheppard. He was later part of Maj. Sheppard's rescue mission, where he was left in charge of a secondary squad, guarding the Puddle Jumper and later provided a distraction while Sheppard and his team freed those taken prisoner upon the hive ship [12].
Stackhouse was patrolling the city with Lt. Aiden Ford when an energy being referred to as the 'Entity' was trapped in Atlantis. Ford ordered Stackhouse to move away from the entity, but wasn't so lucky himself. Stackhouse later felt guilty that Ford had been badly burned by the Entity, and Ford asked Sheppard assuage his concerns by confirming that Stackhouse himself could not have prevented the lieutenant's injuries [13].
Later, Stackhouse was trapped in the event horizon with Sgt. Markham when the puddle jumper they were piloting became stuck in the Stargate [9]
Back in Atlantis, he was placed in command of his own team [14] and accompanied Maj. Sheppard during a reconnaissance mission to a planet where they were once more attacked by the Wraith. When Sheppard was rendered unconscious, Stackhouse took command of the mission and ensured the team returned to Atlantis, debriefing Dr. Weir upon their arrival.
He was last known to have been charged with the duty of securing a suitable Alpha site to which the Atlantis expedition team could evacuate during the Wraith siege [8].
[edit] External links
- Character description from GateWorld. Visited May 29, 2006.
[edit] Marshall Sumner
| Stargate character | |
 Colonel Marshall Sumner |
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| Marshall Sumner | |
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| Race | Human |
| Gender | Male |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Birthplace | US, Earth |
| Television portrayer | Robert Patrick |
| Key episodes | "Rising" (first appearance) |
Colonel Marshall Sumner was an USMC officer played by Robert Patrick. He was the military commander of the Atlantis expedition.
Col. Sumner did not like Major John Sheppard or the fact that he has been pushed into the expedition. He made it clear to him that he wasn't here by Sumner's will and later admitted to Lt. Aiden Ford that he had a problem with Sheppard's record.
Minutes after their arrival at Atlantis, they found out the power source of the shield that was protecting the underwater city by keeping the sea at bay was failing. Col. Sumner led a mission to planet Athos in search of a safe place to evacuate Atlantis personnel. Once there, he was captured by the Wraith.
In the Wraith's hiveship, the Keeper choose him as a "meal". Although he tried to resist, she found out he came from a new, big "feeding ground": Earth. She tried to force him to reveal Earth's location by draining him of his life force, but he resisted.
When Major Sheppard found him, the Wraith Keeper had already drained him of most of his life force, and he decided to end Sumner's suffering by putting a bullet through his heart.[12] It seemed a wise decision at the time, but it later earned Sheppard the temporary enmity of Col. Dillion Everett.[5]
[edit] External links
- Character description from GateWorld. Visited May 29, 2006.
- Character biography from StargateWiki. Visited May 29, 2006.
[edit] References
- ^ a b c "The Defiant One." Stargate Atlantis.
- ^ "Hot Zone." Stargate Atlantis.
- ^ "Conversion." Stargate Atlantis.
- ^ "Duet." Stargate Atlantis.
- ^ a b "The Siege, Part 2." Stargate Atlantis.
- ^ "The Siege, Part 3." Stargate Atlantis.
- ^ He's listed as that in the credits of "Grace." Stargate SG-1.
- ^ a b c "The Siege, Part 1." Stargate Atlantis.
- ^ a b "Thirty-eight Minutes." Stargate Atlantis.
- ^ "The Brotherhood." Stargate Atlantis.
- ^ "Runner." Stargate Atlantis.
- ^ a b "Rising." Stargate Atlantis.
- ^ "Hide and Seek." Stargate Atlantis.
- ^ "Suspicion." Stargate Atlantis.
[edit] See also
- List of Atlantis personnel in Stargate
- Tau'ri characters in Stargate SG-1
- List of SGC personnel in Stargate
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