| Joe Flanigan | |
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| Born | January 5 1967 Los Angeles, California  United States |
| Years active | 1994-present |
| Spouse(s) | Katherine Kousi (1996- present) |
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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Biography
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.
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 lives in Vancouver, Canada, where the series is filmed during the week and flies to Los Angeles, California during the weekends where his wife and children reside[2]. He also wrote the story for the second season episode Epiphany. A September 25, 2007 Article posted at scifi.com's SciFi Wire service, reported the following: "Talent agency UTA filed suit on Sept. 24 against Stargate Atlantis star Joe Flanigan in Los Angeles Superior Court, claiming that the actor owes $99,225 in commissions, according to The Hollywood Reporter; Flanigan's manager, John Carrabino, told the trade paper about the lawsuit: 'I had no idea they did this. This is the first time I'm hearing about this.'"
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 [3] and Fergus [4]. An avid outdoorsman, Joe Flanigan enjoys downhill skiing, skate-boarding, surfing, rock climbing, and mountain climbing. Joe took first place in a downhill ski competition last year. However, he decided to stop mountain climbing after he froze his cornea on Mount Rainier. He said at a convention that he realized as a new father "it was irresponsible of me to take those kinds of risks."
Filmography
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" |
| 2007 | Women's Murder Club | FBI Agent John Ash |
Writer
| Year | Title | Episode |
| 2004 | "Stargate: Atlantis" | TV Series episode 2.12 "Epiphany" (story) |
References
- ^ Gerald Gordon's Website
- ^ KTLA Morning Show Interview - 06/22/2007
- ^ Gosling, Sharon [July 2005]. "Foreword by Joe Flanigan", Stargate Atlantis: The Official Companion Season 1. London: Titan Books, 7. ISBN 1-84576-116-2.
- ^ Gateworld Forum. Gateworld.net. Retrieved on 2006-10-30.
External links
| Major Cast Members of Stargate Atlantis |
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| Joe Flanigan | David Hewlett | Rachel Luttrell | Jason Momoa | Amanda Tapping | Torri Higginson | Paul McGillion |
