Joe Flanigan

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Joe Flanigan

Joe Flanigan as Major/Lt. Colonel John Sheppard in Stargate Atlantis
Born January 05, 1967 (age 40)
Los Angeles, California Flag of United States United States
Years active 1994-present
Spouse(s) Katherine Kousi (1996- present)
Notable roles John Sheppard in Stargate Atlantis

Joe Flanigan (born January 5, 1967) is an American television actor best known as Major/Lt. Colonel John Sheppard in Stargate Atlantis.

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[edit] Biography

[edit] Early life

Flanigan was born in Los Angeles, California. He grew up on a small ranch near Reno, Nevada in the United States. From the age of 14 he attended a boarding school in Ojai, California where he appeared in the school's production of A Streetcar Named Desire. He later attended the University of Colorado where he majored in history and appeared in Coriolanus. He spent a year studying at the Sorbonne in Paris.

[edit] Career

After graduation, he pursued a writing career, working briefly for several New York City magazines. On the advice of some of his friends, he studied at the Neighborhood Playhouse, was coached by Gerald Gordon [1], and later moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting as a career.

Flanigan had guest roles in numerous television series, including Profiler, First Monday, and Sisters, until he got his breakthrough with his current role on Stargate Atlantis as Lt. Colonel John Sheppard, the military leader of the Atlantis Expedition. He has relocated his family to Vancouver, Canada, where the series is filmed. He also wrote the story for the second season episode Epiphany.

[edit] Private Life

Flanigan is married to Katherine Kousi, a former actress turned painter who has recently returned to acting, since 1996 and has three young sons, Aidan, Truman [2] and Fergus [3].

[edit] Trivia

He was tapped for the lead in the NBC pilot Sherman's March (2000) (TV). Favorite foods include Chinese, Indian, French, Italian, Japanese, Thai etc. Is a very good skier, proved by the fact he won two prizes at the Waterkeepers' Alliance event in Lake Louise in January 2006.

[edit] Filmography

[edit] Actor

Year Title Role Other notes
1994 Surgical Strike Reed FMV game
1994 Danielle Steel's Family Album Lionel Thayer
1995 Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan Scott Cameron
1995 A Reason to Believe Eric Sayles
1995 Sisters Brian Cordovas 1995-1996
1997 The First to Go Peter Cole
1997 Tell Me No Secrets Adam Stiles
1997 Murphy Brown Scott Hamon Episode 10.8 "From Here to Jerusalem"
1998 Man Made Tom Trey Palmer
1998 Dawson's Creek Vince Episodes 2.4 "Tamara's Return" and 2.5 "Full Moon Rising"
1998 Cupid Alex DeMouy Episodes 1.6 to 1.9
1999 The Force
1999 The Other Sister Jeff Reed
1999 Providence Dr. David Marcus Episodes 1.8 to 1.11
2000 Sherman's March Pete Sherman
2000 Profiler Dr. Tom Arquette Episodes 4.12 to 4.15
2002 First Monday Julian Lodge
2002 Farewell to Harry Nick Sennet
2002 Birds of Prey Detective Claude Morton Episode 1.3 "Prey for the Hunter"
2002 Judging Amy Tobin Hayes Episode 4.7 "Damage Control"
2003 111 Gramercy Park Jack Philips
2003 Tru Calling Andrew Webb Episode 1.3 "Brother's Keeper"
2003 Thoughtcrimes NSA Agent Brendan Dean
2004 CSI: Miami Mike Sheridan Episode 2.14 "Slow Burn"
2004 Stargate Atlantis Major/Lt. Col. John Sheppard (2004-present)
2005 Silent Men Regis
2006 Stargate SG-1 Lt. Col. John Sheppard Episode 10.3 "The Pegasus Project"

[edit] Writer

Year Title Episode
2004 "Stargate: Atlantis" TV Series episode 2.12 "Epiphany" (story)

[edit] References

  1. ^ Gerald Gordon's Website
  2. ^ Gosling, Sharon [July 2005]. "Foreword by Joe Flanigan", Stargate Atlantis: The Official Companion Season 1. London: Titan Books, 7. ISBN 1-84576-116-2. 
  3. ^ Gateworld Forum. Gateworld.net. Retrieved on October 30, 2006.

[edit] External links

Major Cast Members of Stargate Atlantis
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Joe Flanigan | David Hewlett | Torri Higginson | Rachel Luttrell | Paul McGillion | Jason Momoa | Rainbow Sun Francks
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