Joe Flanigan

He was tapped for the lead in the NBC pilot Sherman's March (2000) (TV).

Appeared in one episode of "Birds of Prey" (2002), "Prey for the Hunter", before fellow Stargate franchise member Carmen Argenziano, of "Stargate SG-1" (1997), appeared in the episode "Nature of the Beast".

Of the five original "Stargate: Atlantis" (2004) regulars, he is the only American. Torri Higginson, Rainbow Francks and Rachel Luttrell are all Canadian, and David Hewlett is English (though he now also lives in Canada).

Only he and David Hewlett have both appeared in all 100 episodes of "Stargate: Atlantis" (2004). Rachel Luttrell has been credited in all episodes but has not appeared in them all.

Is a very good skier, proved by the fact he won two prizes at the Waterkeepers' Alliance event in Lake Louise in January 2006.

Joe and his wife welcomed a third son in September 2006.