Michael Shanks
Michael Shanks
Michael Garrett Shanksis a Canadian actor, writer and director best known for his role as Dr. Daniel Jackson in the long-running Canadian-American military science fiction television series Stargate SG-1. More recently, Shanks has been playing Dr. Charles Harris on the Canadian medical drama, Saving Hope...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth15 December 1970
CityVancouver, Canada
CountryCanada
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For some reason, it popped into my head the notion that a lot of the Next Generation cast in the long run of that show managed to step behind the camera.
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I'd done a few jobs, but not much, and I'd come from a family that exercises caution when it comes to anything to do with job security.
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So I think at the start of the 3rd year, that's when the character became sort of more like myself than it was about the original interpretation.
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With network shows, writers can be so protective of every syllable.
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