Ben Browder

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.

Ben Browder
Browder in 2018
Born	Robert Benedict Browder (1962-12-11) December 11, 1962 Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
Alma mater	Furman University
Occupation	Actor, writer, film director
Years active	1978–present
Spouse(s)	Francesca Buller ( m. 1989)

Early life

Born in Memphis, Tennessee, Browder grew up in Charlotte, North Carolina. His parents were race car owners and operators.[1] 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 movie A Killer Within, co-starring C. Thomas Howell and Sean Young. Also in 2004, he portrayed fellow actor Lee Majors in the made-for-TV film Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of Charlie's Angels.

He returned to play John Crichton in the 2004 SciFi Channel mini-series Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars. The mini-series 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.

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. 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.[2]

In 2012 Browder was cast in series 7 of Doctor Who, "A Town Called Mercy". It was filmed in Almeria, Spain in March 2012.[3]

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.[4]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1978	Duncan's World	Gates
1990	Memphis Belle	Rookie Captain
1991	Daughters of Privilege	Randy	Television film
	A Kiss Before Dying	Tommy Roussell
1992	Secrets	William "Bill" Warwick	Television film
1995	Big Dreams and Broken Hearts: The Dottie West Story	Al Winters	Television film
1996	Innocent Victims	Gary Eatburn	Television film
1997	Nevada	Shelby
	Steel Chariots	D.J. Tucker	Television film
	Bad to the Bone	Brent	Television film
1998	The Sky's on Fire	Racer	Television film
	Boogie Boy	Freddie
2004	A Killer Within	Sam Moss
	Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars	John Crichton	Television film Saturn Award for Best Actor on Television
2008	Stargate: The Ark of Truth	Lt. Colonel Cameron Mitchell
	Stargate: Continuum	Colonel Cameron Mitchell
2012	Bad Kids Go to Hell	Max
2014	The Adventures of RoboRex	Robert Miller
	Dead Still	Brandon Davis	Television film
2016	Outlaws and Angels	George Tildon
2017	Bad Kids of Crestview Academy	Max	Directorial debut
	Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2	Sovereign Admiral
	Hoax	Rick Paxton
2018	Being	Agent Dixon
	God Bless the Broken Road	Sergeant Price

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	The Boys of Twilight	Tyler Clare	Unknown episodes
1993	Grace Under Fire	Eric	Episode: "Grace Undergraduate"
1994	Melrose Place	Adam	Episode: "The Two Mrs. Mancinis"
	Thunder Alley	Marcus	Episode: "Girls' Night Out"
	Murder, She Wrote	Ollie Rudman	Episode: "Murder by Twos"
1996	Strangers	Eric	Episode: "My Ward, My Keepers"
1996–1997	Party of Five	Sam Brody	10 episodes
1999–2003	Farscape	John Crichton	88 episodes Saturn Award for Best Actor on Television Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Actor on Television (2000–01, 2003)
2003	CSI: Miami	Danny Maxwell	Episode: "Tinder Box"
2005	Justice League Unlimited	Bat Lash	Episode: "The Once and Future Thing: Part One"
2005–2007	Stargate SG-1	Lt. Colonel Cameron Mitchell	40 episodes Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Actor on Television
2012	Chuck	Ron	Episode: "Chuck vs. The Bullet Train"
	Doctor Who	Isaac	Episode: "A Town Called Mercy"
2013–2014	Arrow	Ted Gaynor	2 episodes
2014	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Randall "Randy" Pruitt	Episode: "Dead Woods"
2018	Criminal Minds	Police Chief Steve Gaines	Episode: “Full-Tilt Boogie”
2020	All Rise	Ephraim Bowles	Episode: “My Fair Lockdown”

Video game

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Farscape: The Game	John Crichton	Voice
2015	Call of Duty: Black Ops III	Player (Male)	Voice & mo-cap

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

1. "Ben Browder Biography (1962-)". Filmreference.com.
2. Eramo, Steven (December 2005). "Ben Browder – Hero In The Making". TV Zone (Special 67): 24–28.
3. tardistime.com Archived May 25, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
4. Ain't It Cool News

External links

• Ben Browder on IMDb
• Ben Browder at AllMovie