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Michael Shanks
Age: 39 Height: 6'
Birth Place: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Born: Dec. 15th, 1970
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Michael Shanks' Main TV Roles
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BIOGRAPHY: [no bio found]
TRIVIA:
- Lived with 'Vaitiare Bandera' (qv)
- Wife Lexa Doig gave birth to their second child together, a son named Samuel David on March 19, 2006. Michael announced it at a Vancouver Convention on March 25th.
- Was inspired to pursue an acting career while watching future _"Stargate SG-1" (1997)_ (qv) co-star 'Richard Dean Anderson' (qv) film an episode of _"MacGyver" (1985)_ (qv).
- Played three different characters in a single episode of _"Stargate SG-1" (1997)_ (qv): Dr. Daniel Jackson, Thor and Penegal in the second half of the Season Eight premiere 'New Order Part II'.
- His character, Remiel, killed Hector, played by 'Christopher Judge' (qv), in the _"Andromeda" (2000)_ (qv) episode "Day of Judgement, Day of Wrath". In the _"Stargate SG-1" (1997)_ (qv) episode "Moebius Part 2", his character, Dr. Daniel Jackson, was killed by Judge's character, Teal'c.
- Coincidentally enough, there is another Michael Shanks (no relation) who is a real life archaeologist, while Michael Shanks the actor portrays an archaeologist on the television show Stargate SG-1.
- Played hockey (defense) and rugby (flyhalf then wing) in high school.
- Had an emergency appendectomy when his appendix ruptured the day before filming was to begin on Stargate SG-1 Season 3 episode "Nemesis". The script had to be rewritten to explain his character's reduced role. The writers decided to have the character recovering from an appendectomy as well.
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