
Michael Shanks
Highest Rated: 60% Door to Door (2002)
Lowest Rated: 0% Faces in the Crowd (2011)
Birthday: Dec 15, 1970
Birthplace: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Michael Shanks is a Canadian-born TV actor, writer, and director best known for his role as archeologist Dr. Daniel Jackson on the popular science fiction series "Stargate SG-1." A Vancouver native, Shanks earned his BFA in theater from the University of British Columbia and apprenticed at Ontario's famed Stratford Shakespearean Festival. In the early 1990s, as Shanks entered the film and television industry, many syndicated and cable television series were filmed in Canada as a result of the country's comparatively low production costs; Shanks soon began appearing on Canadian-made TV series like "Highlander," based on the popular 1986 action film and its sequels, and reboots of the classic science-fiction anthologies "The Outer Limits" and "The Twilight Zone" before gaining his breakout role on "Stargate SG-1" in 1997. Shanks's character, Dr. Daniel Jackson, was an Egyptologist who joined the Stargate team as an archaeologist and translator. A major character for the show's first five seasons, Shanks left the series in 2002, but returned as a full cast member after only one season off and continued in the role until the show finally ended in 2007. Following the end of "Stargate SG-1," Shanks appeared as a corrupt Washington lobbyist in the sixth season of the action drama "24" and as an antagonist to disgraced former spy Michael Westen (Jeffrey Donovan) in the stylish espionage series "Burn Notice."
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | 44% | Welcome Home Warrior | Master Sergeant Jim Mullins (Character) | - | 2017 |
No Score Yet | 20% | Hearts of Spring | Andy Sommers (Character) | - | 2016 |
No Score Yet | 33% | The Bouquet | Sam (Character) | - | 2013 |
No Score Yet | 53% | Mr. Hockey: The Gordie Howe Story | Gordie Howe (Character) | - | 2013 |
10% | 39% | Red Riding Hood | Adrien Lazar (Character) | $37.7M | 2011 |
0% | 34% | Faces in the Crowd | Bryce (Character) | - | 2011 |
No Score Yet | 30% | The Pastor's Wife | Matthew Winkler (Character) | - | 2011 |
No Score Yet | 31% | Tactical Force | Demetrius (Character) | - | 2011 |
No Score Yet | 42% | Christmas Lodge | Jack (Character) | - | 2011 |
No Score Yet | 23% | Arctic Blast | Jack Tate (Character) | - | 2010 |
No Score Yet | 0% | Desperate Escape | Michael Coleman (Character) | - | 2009 |
No Score Yet | 39% | Living Out Loud | Brad Marshall (Character) | - | 2009 |
No Score Yet | 15% | Lost Treasure of the Grand Canyon | Jacob Thain (Character) | - | 2008 |
No Score Yet | 79% | Stargate: The Ark of Truth | Dr. Daniel Jackson (Character) | - | 2008 |
No Score Yet | 79% | Stargate: Continuum | Dr. Daniel Jackson (Character) | - | 2008 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Megasnake | Les Daniels (Character) | - | 2007 |
No Score Yet | 0% | Judicial Indiscretion | Jack Sullivan (Character) | - | 2007 |
No Score Yet | 17% | Mega Snake | Unknown (Character) | - | 2007 |
No Score Yet | 67% | Under the Mistletoe | Kevin Harrison (Character) | - | 2006 |
No Score Yet | 19% | Swarmed | Kent Horvath (Character) | - | 2005 |
No Score Yet | 13% | Sumuru | Adam Wade (Character) | - | 2003 |
60% | 83% | Door to Door | John (Character) | - | 2002 |
No Score Yet | 39% | Mary Higgins Clark's All Around the Town | Justin Donnelly (Character) | - | 2002 |
50% | 63% | Suddenly Naked |
Danny Blair/ |
- | 2001 |
No Score Yet | 27% | Escape From Mars | Bill Malone (Character) | - | 1999 |
No Score Yet | 80% | Stargate SG-1: Children of the Gods | Dr. Daniel Jackson (Character) | - | 1997 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Unspeakable | Will Sanders (Character) | 2019 |
No Score Yet | 80% | Saving Hope |
Charles Harris (Character), Director |
2012-2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Marilyn Denis Show | Guest | 2015 |
No Score Yet | 86% | Flashpoint | David Fleming (Guest Star) | 2011 |
78% | 77% | Smallville |
Carter Hall/ |
2010 |
71% | No Score Yet | The Good Guys | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2010 |
93% | 83% | Supernatural | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2010 |
70% | 72% | Stargate Universe | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2009 |
88% | 95% | Burn Notice | Victor (Guest Star) | 2008-2009 |
No Score Yet | 92% | Stargate SG-1 |
Dr. Daniel Jackson (Character), Unknown (Guest Star) |
1997-2007 |
87% | 84% | 24 | Mark Bishop (Guest Star) | 2007 |
No Score Yet | 66% | CSI: Miami | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2005 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Andromeda | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2003 2001 |
67% | No Score Yet | The Twilight Zone | Unknown (Character) | 2002 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Outer Limits | Dr. Will Olsten (Character) | 2000 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Commish | Sean (Guest Star) | 1993 |
QUOTES FROM Michael Shanks CHARACTERS
Daniel Jackson says: I thought there were no fish in your pond.