Where Stargate's Cast Is, 27 Years Later

The Stargate SG-1 team, from right to left: Richard Dean Anderson, Michael Shanks, Amanda Tapping and Christopher Judge

Can it really be 27 years?

According to Screen Rant, yes it is. 27 years since Stargate SG-1 hit our television screens, premiering in 1997 and running for 10 years before the SG-1 crew walked through the gate for more adventures we weren’t to witness ourselves. (Though there is hope, still, that at some point in the future a new version of Stargate may grace our screens.)

In their recent article, Screen Rant has checked in on what the actors from Stargate SG-1 have been doing since the series ended in 2007.

For Michael, the article shares the following:

“Daniel Jackson is another easy favorite of Stargate SG-1. Highly clever and a little awkward, he was meant to be the complete opposite of charismatic and above-it-all Jack O'Neill, but the friendship that developed between the pair served as the foundation of the sci-fi series. Though Daniel was originally played by James Spader in the 1994 Stargate movie, Michael Shanks effortlessly picked up the role for Stargate SG-1, so it's hard to imagine anyone ever doing a better job.

Prior to Stargate SG-1, Shanks appeared in an episode of Highlander: The Series (1993) and played minor characters in two television movies, A Family Divided (1995) and The Call of the Wild: Dog Of The Yukon (1997). Stargate SG-1 was his first significant role, but it wasn't his last. Shanks appeared in TV series like Burn Notice, Smallville, and Supernatural before Stargate SG-1 concluded, and the 2010s came with even more appearances and a few director credits for episodes of Saving Hope.

In 2020, Shanks took on a recurring role in the TV show Altered Carbon and appeared in an episode of Project Blue Book. Then, in 2022, the Stargate SG-1 actor played a character named Paul in an episode of The Good Doctor. This was Shanks' last on-screen appearance for a few years, but he has appeared at a couple of conventions, giving fans the opportunity to see him in person even if they can't catch him on the screen.

You can read the full article, which includes updates on Michael’s co-stars Richard Dean Anderson and Amanda Tapping among others, on the Screen Rant website.