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Worked as an advance man in President George Bush's administration and as a bartender, but was fired from both jobs.

Only he and David Hewlett appeared in all 99 episodes of Stargate: Atlantis (2004). Rachel Luttrell was credited in all episodes but did not appear in all of them.

Is a very good skier, as evinced by the fact he won two prizes at the Waterkeepers' Alliance event in Lake Louise in January 2006.

Graduate of University of Colorado, majoring in history.

When he was a child, his mother remarried; he was adopted by his stepfather and took his last name, Flanigan.

Of the five original Stargate: Atlantis (2004) regulars, Flanigan is the only American. Torri Higginson, Rainbow Sun Francks, and Rachel Luttrell are all Canadian, and David Hewlett is English (but based in Canada).

Before going to Hollywood, Flanigan worked briefly at the White House and at Interview Magazine.

Flanigan and his ex-wife, painter Katherine Kousi, have three sons.

Appeared in one episode of Birds of Prey (2002), Prey for the Hunter (2002), before fellow Stargate franchise member Carmen Argenziano, of Stargate SG-1 (1997), appeared in the episode Nature of the Beast (2002).

Playing Lieutenant Colonel John Sheppard on Stargate: Atlantis (2004) (his character received a promotion.) (जुलाई 2005)

Tapped for the lead in the NBC pilot of Sherman's March (2000).

Playing Major/Lieutenant Colonel John Sheppard on Stargate: Atlantis (2004). (अगस्त 2004)