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Ben Browder
Born
Robert Benedic Browder
SpouseFrancesca Buller (1989 - present)

Robert Benedic "Ben" Browder (born December 11, 1962) is an American film and television actor, who garnered minor feature film and television roles before accepting a lead role on the sci-fi TV series Farscape and later Stargate SG-1.

Biography

Early life

Born in Memphis, Tennessee, Browder grew up in Charlotte, North Carolina. His parents were race car owners and operators.[1] He attended Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina and graduated with a degree in psychology. He was a star player on the Furman football team. Browder met his wife, actress Francesca Buller, while studying at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London. He and Francesca have a son and a daughter.

Career

Browder appeared as a recurring guest on the U.S. television show, Party of Five as Sam Brody in its 3rd season in 1997. Browder and Buller moved with their two children to Australia during the production of Farscape (1999–2002), on which Browder starred as American astronaut John Crichton. Buller played several guest roles on the show. The two returned to the United States in 2003 following the cancellation of Farscape. He has received two Saturn Awards for Best Actor In A Television Role for his acting in Farscape. He appeared in the 2004 movie, A Killer Within, co-starring C. Thomas Howell and Sean Young. Also in 2004, he portrayed fellow actor Lee Majors in the made-for-TV film Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of Charlie's Angels.

He returned to play John Crichton in the 2004 SciFi Channel mini-series, Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars. The mini-series wrapped up the remaining plotlines of Farscape, while leaving open the possibility of future adventures.

November 2004 marked the audiobook release of Interlopers, a novel written by Alan Dean Foster and narrated by Browder.

In January 2005, Browder voiced the character Bartholomew Aloysius "Bat" Lash in an episode of the animated series Justice League Unlimited entitled "The Once and Future Thing, Part 1: Weird Western Tales".

Browder returned to the SciFi Channel as he joined the cast of Stargate SG-1 for its 9th season in 2005. He played the character of Lieutenant Colonel Cameron Mitchell, the team's new commanding officer. Browder's former Farscape co-star Claudia Black appeared on SG-1 as well in the 8th season episode entitled "Prometheus Unbound" and again during the first episodes of the 9th season, and then became a regular cast member on the series in its 10th season. Some episodes of Stargate SG-1 comically alluded to Farscape on several occasions during Browder and Black's time on the series.

Filmography

Starring roles

Year Title Role Other notes
1978 Duncan's World Gates
1990 Memphis Belle Rookie Captain
1991 Daughters of Privilege Randy TV
1991 A Kiss Before Dying Tommy Roussell
1992 The Boys of Twilight Tyler Clare TV Series
1992 Secrets Bill Warwick TV
1995 Big Dreams & Broken Hearts: The Dottie West Story Al Winters TV
1996 Innocent Victims Gary Eastburn TV
1997 Nevada Shelby
1997 Steel Chariots D.J. Tucker TV
1997 Bad to the Bone Brent TV
1998 The Sky's On Fire Racer TV
1998 Boogie Boy Freddie
1999 Farscape (1999 - 2003) John Crichton TV Series
2002 Farscape: The Game John Robert Crichton, Jr. (voice) Video Game
2004 Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Charlie's Angels' Lee Majors TV
2004 A Killer Within Sam Moss DVD Movie
2004 Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars John Crichton TV
2005 Stargate SG-1 Lieutenant Colonel Cameron Mitchell (2005 -2007) TV Series
2008 Stargate: The Ark of Truth Lieutenant Colonel Cameron Mitchell DVD Movie
2008 Stargate: Continuum Colonel Cameron Mitchell DVD Movie

Guest-starring roles

Year Title Role Episode
1993 "Grace Under Fire" Eric 1.3 "Grace Undergraduate"
1994 "Melrose Place" Adam 2.25 "The Two Mrs. Mancinis"
1994 "Thunder Alley" Marcus 1.4 "Girls' Night Out"
1994 "Murder, She Wrote" Ollie Rudman 11.9 "Murder By Twos"
1996 "Strangers" Eric 1.3 "My Ward, My Keeper"
1996 "Party of Five" Sam Brody 3.9 "Gimme Shelter" through 3.12 "Desperate Measures"
1997 "Party of Five" Sam Brody 3.14 "Life's Too Short" through 3.19 "Point of No Return"
2003 "CSI: Miami" Danny Maxwell 1.22 "Tinder Box"
2004 "The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn" John Crichton (archive footage)
2005 Justice League Unlimited Bat Lash (voice) 3.12 "The Once and Future Thing: Weird Western Tales: Part 1

Writer

Year Title Other Notes
1999 "Farscape" TV Series episode "Green-Eyed Monster"
1999 "Farscape" TV Series episode "John Quixote"
2007 "Stargate SG-1" TV Series episode "Bad Guys" (story)

References

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