Richard Dean Anderson

Richard Dean Anderson
Anderson at GalaxyCon Richmond 2024
Born	(1950-01-23) January 23, 1950 (age 74) Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
Alma mater	St. Cloud State University, Ohio University
Occupation(s)	Actor, producer
Years active	1976–2013
Notable work	Stargate SG-1 MacGyver Emerald Point N.A.S. Legend Seven Brides for Seven Brothers Pandora's Clock Through the Eyes of a Killer
Partner(s)	Apryl A. Prose (1996–2003)
Children	1
Awards	Full list
Website	rdanderson.com

Richard Dean Anderson (born January 23, 1950)^[1] is a retired American actor. He began his television career in 1976, playing Jeff Webber in the American soap opera series General Hospital, and then rose to prominence as the lead actor in the television series MacGyver (1985–1992). He later appeared in films such as Through the Eyes of a Killer (1992), Pandora's Clock (1996), and Firehouse (1997).

In 1997, Anderson returned to television as the lead actor of the series Stargate SG-1, a spin-off of the 1994 film Stargate, replacing actor Kurt Russell. He played the lead from 1997 to 2005 and had a recurring role from 2005 to 2007. Since 1997, he has starred in only one film: Stargate: Continuum, released in 2008 as a sequel film after the Stargate SG-1 film The Ark of Truth. He appeared in the follow-up Stargate spin-off series Stargate: Atlantis and Stargate: Universe (reprising his role from SG-1 as Major General and later Lieutenant General Jack O'Neill).