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{{short description|American actor, writer and film director}}{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2022}}{{BLP sources|date=September 2018}}

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| birth_place = Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.| other_names =| alma_mater = Furman UniversityRoyal Central School of Speech and Drama

• Actor
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• film director{edih}| years_active = 1978–present

Francesca Buller|1989}}| website = }}Robert Benedict Browder (born December 11, 1962) is an American actor, writer and film director, known for his roles as John Crichton in Farscape and Cameron Mitchell in Stargate SG-1.

Early life

Born in Memphis, Tennessee, Browder grew up in Charlotte, North Carolina. His parents were race car owners and operators.WEB,weblink Ben Browder Biography (1962-), Filmreference.com, He attended Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina, and graduated with a degree in psychology. He was a star player on the Furman football team. Browder met his wife, actress Francesca Buller, while studying at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London.

Career

Browder appeared as a recurring guest on the U.S. television show Party of Five as Sam Brody in its 3rd season in 1997. Browder and Buller moved with their two children to Australia during the production of Farscape (1999–2003), on which Browder starred as American astronaut John Crichton. Buller played several guest roles on the show. The two returned to the United States in 2003 following the cancellation of Farscape. He has received two Saturn Awards for Best Actor in a Television Role for his acting in Farscape. He appeared in the 2004 film A Killer Within, co-starring C. Thomas Howell and Sean Young. Also in 2004, he portrayed fellow actor Lee Majors in the television film (Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of Charlie's Angels).File:Claudia Black, Ben Browder. 2004 Comic-Con.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Claudia Black with Ben Browder at the San Diego Comic-Con in 2004]]He returned to play John Crichton in the 2004 SciFi Channel miniseries (Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars). The miniseries wrapped up the remaining plotlines of Farscape, while leaving open the possibility of future adventures.October 2003 marked the audiobook release of Interlopers, a novel written by Alan Dean Foster and narrated by Browder.(File:Ben_Browder_2.jpg|thumb|upright|Ben Browder at Dragoncon 2010)In January 2005, Browder voiced the character Bartholomew Aloysius "Bat" Lash in an episode of the animated series Justice League Unlimited entitled "The Once and Future Thing, Part 1: Weird Western Tales".Browder returned to the SciFi Channel as he joined the cast of Stargate SG-1 for its ninth season in 2005.WEB, Breaking News - Beau Bridges Joins the Cast of 'Stargate Sg-1' {{!, TheFutonCritic.com |url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2005/02/07/beau-bridges-joins-the-cast-of-stargate-sg-1-17796/20050207scifi01/ |access-date=2023-05-04 |website=www.thefutoncritic.com}} He played the character of Lieutenant Colonel Cameron Mitchell, the new commanding officer of SG-1. Browder's former Farscape co-star Claudia Black appeared on SG-1 in the eighth-season episode entitled "Prometheus Unbound" and again during the first episodes of the ninth season before becoming a regular cast member on the series at the beginning of its tenth season in 2006. Several episodes of Stargate SG-1, most notably "200", comically alluded to Farscape during Browder and Black's time on the series. In addition to being a series regular on Stargate SG-1, Browder also performed many of his own stunts.JOURNAL, Eramo, Steven, Ben Browder – Hero In The Making, TV Zone, Special 67, 24–28, December 2005, In 2012, Browder was cast in a series 7 episode of Doctor Who, "A Town Called Mercy". It was filmed in Almeria, Spain, in March 2012.tardistime.com {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120525083701weblink |date=May 25, 2012 }}Browder played the role of Max the Janitor in the 2012 live-action feature film Bad Kids Go to Hell, based on the graphic novel of the same name. He reprised the role and made his directorial debut in the 2017 sequel Bad Kids of Crestview Academy.Ain't It Cool News

Filmography

Film{| class"wikitable sortable"

! Year !! Title !! Role !! class="unsortable" | NotesDuncan's World >|Memphis Belle (film)>Memphis Belle Rookie Captain 1991 Daughters of Privilege Randy Television filmA Kiss Before Dying (1991 film)>A Kiss Before Dying Tommy Roussell Secrets (1992 American film)>Secrets Bill Warwick Television film(Big Dreams and Broken Hearts: The Dottie West Story) >| Television filmInnocent Victims >| Television film 1997 ''Nevada (1997 film)'' >|Steel Chariots >| Television filmBad to the Bone >| Television film 1998 The Sky's on Fire Racer Television filmBoogie Boy >| 2004 A Killer Within Sam Moss (Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars) >List of Farscape characters#John Crichton>John Crichton Television filmSaturn Award for Best Actor on Television 2008 (Stargate: The Ark of Truth) Lieutenant Colonel Cameron Mitchell (Stargate) >|(Stargate: Continuum) >|Bad Kids Go to Hell >| 2014 The Adventures of RoboRex Robert Miller Dead Still >| Television filmOutlaws and Angels (film)>Outlaws and Angels George Tildon 2017 Bad Kids of Crestview Academy Max Directorial debutGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 >|Hoax (2019 film)>Hoax Rick Paxton 2018 Being Agent Dixon God Bless the Broken Road>|Iké Boys >|">

Television{| class"wikitable sortable"

! Year !! Title !! Role !! class="unsortable" | NotesThe Boys of Twilight >| Unknown episodesGrace Under Fire (TV series)>Grace Under Fire Eric Episode: "Grace Undergraduate" 1994 Melrose Place Adam Episode: "The Two Mrs. Mancinis"Thunder Alley (TV series)>Thunder Alley Marcus Episode: "Girls' Night Out"Murder, She Wrote >| Episode: "Murder by Twos"Strangers >| Episode: "My Ward, My Keepers"Party of Five >| 10 episodesFarscape >List of Farscape characters#John Crichton>John Crichton 88 episodesSaturn Award for Best Actor on TelevisionNominated—Saturn Award for Best Actor on Television (2000–01, 2003) >Tinder Box)"Justice League Unlimited >Bat Lash>| Voice, episode: "The Once and Future Thing, Part One: Weird Western Tales"Stargate SG-1 >Cameron Mitchell (Stargate)>Cameron Mitchell 40 episodesNominated—Saturn Award for Best Actor on Television 2012 ''Chuck (TV series)'' >| Episode: "Chuck vs. The Bullet Train"Doctor Who >| Episode: "A Town Called Mercy"Arrow (TV series)>Arrow Ted Gaynor 2 episodes >| Episode: "Dead Woods"Criminal Minds >List of Criminal Minds episodes>Full-Tilt Boogie" 2020 ''All Rise (TV series)'' >| Episode: "My Fair Lockdown"S.W.A.T. (2017 TV series)>S.W.A.T. Sergeant Tim Davis Episode: "Fracture"Walker (TV series)>Walker Nate Smith 2 episodesStation 19 >| Episode: "We Build Then We Break"">

Video game{| class"wikitable sortable"

! Year !! Title !! Role !! class="unsortable" | Notes(Farscape: The Game) >List of Farscape characters#John Crichton>John Crichton Voice(Call of Duty: Black Ops III) >| Voice and motion capture

Awards

• 2000 – Nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Genre TV Actor for Farscape
• 2001 – Nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Actor on Television for Farscape
• 2002 – Won the Saturn Award for Best Actor in a Television Series for Farscape
• 2003 – Nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Actor in a Television Series for Farscape
• 2004 – Won the Saturn Award for Best Actor on Television for (Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars)
• 2005 – Nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Actor on Television for Stargate SG-1

References

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External links

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