Joe Flanigan

Joe Flanigan (born Joseph Dunnigan III; January 5, 1967) is an American writer and actor best known for his portrayal of the character Major/Lt. Colonel John Sheppard in Stargate Atlantis.

Early life

Flanigan was born in Los Angeles, California. He has said that his mother, Nancy, left his father soon after he was born and that his surname was changed to Flanigan after he was adopted by his stepfather, business executive John Flanigan.<ref name=autogenerated2>Reno Gazette Journal, March 9, 2008.</ref> When he was six years old, his family moved to a small ranch near Reno, Nevada.<ref>KTLA Morning Show interview, June 22, 2007.</ref>

From the age of 14, Flanigan attended a boarding school in Ojai, California, where he appeared in the school production of A Streetcar Named Desire.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He later earned a history degree at the University of Colorado where he appeared in the play Coriolanus. On the advice of a friend, he took acting classes to overcome his shyness but did not plan to pursue a career in acting.<ref>Joe Flanigan, Burbank Stargate convention, July 2005.</ref> As part of the Junior Year Abroad program, Flanigan spent a year studying at the Sorbonne in Paris, where he learned French.<ref name=autogenerated1>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Luba, Frank. "Stargate cast members ready for new portals." The Province, June 17, 2007.</ref>

Career

After graduation, he pursued a writing career. He worked on Capitol Hill<ref>John Sheppard Bio Template:Webarchive, SciFi.com; accessed May 18, 2015.</ref> on President George H. W. Bush's advance team.<ref>[1], Dial the Gate Youtube channel interview Streamed live on Oct 11, 2020</ref> and then briefly for several New York City publications, including Town & Country and Interview magazine. On the advice of some of his friends, he studied at the Neighborhood Playhouse, was coached by Gerald Gordon,<ref>Gerald Gordon website; accessed May 18, 2015.</ref> and then moved back to Los Angeles in 1994 to pursue an acting career.

Flanigan had guest roles in numerous television series including Profiler, First Monday, and Sisters, until he got his breakthrough with his role on Stargate Atlantis as Lt. Colonel John Sheppard. He lived in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, where the series was filmed during the week, and flew to Los Angeles during the weekends where his wife and children resided.<ref>KTLA Morning Show interview – June 22, 2007.</ref> He additionally wrote for the series and created the stories for the Stargate Atlantis second-season episode "Epiphany" and the fourth season episode "Outcast".

Flanigan appears in Brooks Institute photographer John A. Russo's book About Face.<ref>About Face (book), aboutfacebookproject.com; accessed May 18, 2015.</ref> Part of the proceeds are to be donated to Smile Train.<ref>The Smile Train: The World's Leading Cleft Charity. Template:Webarchive; accessed May 18, 2015.</ref>

In 2019, Flanigan joined the cast of General Hospital as recurring character Dr. Neil Byrne.<ref>Joe Flanigan Books Role on General Hospital</ref>

In contemporary culture

Flanigan is featured in the contemporary public artwork, Metascifi (2015) by artist Martin Firrell. Metascifi presents social commentary and philosophical truths about living well, derived from observations of popular American science fiction television series. The project features performers and characters from Stargate, Star Trek, Farscape, Firefly and Warehouse 13.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

As the 'meta' element of the title suggests, the artwork invites Flanigan to comment on the wider social and narrative significance of his Stargate Atlantis character John Sheppard. Most notably, he speaks about the sexual attraction of the archetypal action hero, suggesting it is the impression of the hero's agency in the world that underpins people's attraction to characters of John Sheppard's nature.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Personal life

Flanigan married Katherine Kousi, an actress and painter, in 1996. They have three sons.<ref name="watergate">Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In early 2014, it was announced they had separated.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Flanigan took two prizes in the Waterkeepers' Alliance downhill skiing competition at Lake Louise in January 2006, an event fellow Stargate lead Richard Dean Anderson has attended as well.<ref>Burroughs, Alexandra. "Avalanche of stars descends on Lake Louise" Calgary Herald, December 28, 2005.</ref> He currently resides in Malibu, California. On November 10, 2018, the Malibu home he was renting from a local family was lost in the Woolsey Fire.

Filmography

Film
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	Family Album	Lionel Thayer	TV movie
1995	Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan	Scott Cameron
	A Reason to Believe	Eric Sayles
1997	Tell Me No Secrets	Adam Stiles	TV movie
	The First to Go	Peter Cole
1998	Man Made	Tom Trey Palmer	TV movie
1999	The Other Sister	Jeff Reed
	The Force		TV movie
2000	Sherman's March	Pete Sherman
2002	Farewell to Harry	Nick Sennet
2003	Thoughtcrimes	NSA Agent Brendan Dean
	111 Gramercy Park	Jack Philips	TV movie
2005	Silent Men	Regis
2011	Change of Plans	Jason Danville	TV movie
	Good Day For It	Deputy Doug Brady
	Ferocious Planet<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Colonel Sam Synn	TV movie
2012	Six Bullets<ref name="IMDb - Six Bullets (2012)">Template:Cite web</ref>	Andrew Fayden
	The Secret Lives of Wives	Jared	TV movie
2013	FANomenon	Himself	TV movie documentary
2015	The Bandit Hound	Trevor	TV movie
2021	Let Us In	Officer Wilton
TV series
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	Family Album	Lionel Thayer	2 episodes
1995	Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan	Scott Cameron	TV movie
1995–1996	Sisters	Brian Kohler-Voss	Recurring role (15 episodes)
1997	Tell Me No Secret	Adam Stiles	TV movie
	Murphy Brown	Scott Hamon	Episode: "From Here To Jerusalem"
1998	Dawson's Creek	Vincent	Episodes: "Tamara's Return" and "Full Moon Rising"
	Cupid	Alex DeMouy	Episodes: "Meat Market", "Pick-Up Schticks", "Heart of the Matter" and "End of an Eros"
	Man Made	Tom Trey Palmer	TV movie
1999	Providence	Dr. David Marcus	Episodes: "Blind Faith", "Taste of Providence", "You Bet Your Life" and "Pig in Providence"
	The Force
2000	Profiler	Dr. Tom Arquette	Episodes: "Besieged", "Proteus", "Paradise Lost" and "The Long Way Home"
	Sherman's March	Pete Sherman	TV movie
2002	First Monday	Julian Lodge	Main role (13 episodes)
	Birds of Prey	Detective Claude Martin	Episode: "Prey for the Hunter"
	Judging Amy	Tobin Hayes	Episode: "Damage Control"
2003	Tru Calling	Andrew Webb	Episode: "Brother's Keeper"
2004	CSI: Miami	Mike Sheridan	Episode: "Slow Burn"
2004–2009	Stargate Atlantis	Major/Lt. Col. John Sheppard	Main role (100 episodes)
2006	Stargate SG-1	Lt. Col. John Sheppard	Episode: "The Pegasus Project"
2007–2008	Women's Murder Club	FBI Agent John Ash	Episodes: "To Drag & To Hold" and "FBI Guy"
2009	Warehouse 13	Jeff Weaver	Episode: "Elements"
2011	Fringe	Robert Danzig	Episode: "Neither Here Nor There"
2012	Metal Hurlant Chronicles	Hondo	Episode: "Master of Destiny"
2013	Major Crimes	Rick Marlow	Episode: "All In"
2019	SEAL Team	General Trask	Episode: "What Appears To Be"
2019–2020	General Hospital	Neil Byrne	Recurring
2021–2022	See	The Military
Writer
Year	Title	Episode	Notes
2005	Stargate Atlantis	Episode: "Epiphany"	Story
2008		Episode: "Outcast"
Other
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	Surgical Strike	Reed	Video Game
2013	Army of Two: The Devil's Cartel	Elliot Salem

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