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| Born | Robert Benedict Browder (1962-12-11)December 11, 1962 (age 62) Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Furman University Royal Central School of Speech and Drama |
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| Years active | 1978–present |
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Robert Benedict Browder (born December 11, 1962) is an American actor, writer and film director, known for his roles asJohn Crichton inFarscape andCameron Mitchell inStargate SG-1.
Born inMemphis, Tennessee, Browder grew up inCharlotte, North Carolina. His parents were race car owners and operators.[1] He attendedFurman University inGreenville, South Carolina, and graduated with a degree in psychology. He was a star player on the Furman football team. Browder met his wife, actressFrancesca Buller, while studying at theCentral School of Speech and Drama in London.
Browder appeared as a recurring guest on the U.S. television showParty of Five as Sam Brody in its 3rd season in 1997. Browder and Buller moved with their two children to Australia during the production ofFarscape (1999–2003), on which Browder starred as American astronautJohn Crichton. Buller played several guest roles on the show. The two returned to the United States in 2003 following the cancellation ofFarscape. He has received twoSaturn Awards for Best Actor in a Television Role for his acting inFarscape. He appeared in the 2004 filmA Killer Within, co-starringC. Thomas Howell andSean Young. Also in 2004, he portrayed fellow actorLee Majors in the television filmBehind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of Charlie's Angels.
He returned to playJohn Crichton in the 2004 SciFi Channel miniseriesFarscape: The Peacekeeper Wars. The miniseries wrapped up the remaining plotlines ofFarscape, while leaving open the possibility of future adventures.
October 2003 marked theaudiobook release ofInterlopers, a novel written byAlan Dean Foster and narrated by Browder.
In January 2005, Browder voiced the characterBartholomew Aloysius "Bat" Lash in an episode of the animated seriesJustice League Unlimited entitled "The Once and Future Thing, Part 1: Weird Western Tales".
Browder returned to the SciFi Channel as he joined the cast ofStargate SG-1 for its ninth season in 2005.[2] He played the character of Lieutenant ColonelCameron Mitchell, the new commanding officer of SG-1. Browder's formerFarscape co-starClaudia Black appeared onSG-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 ofStargate SG-1, most notably "200", comically alluded toFarscape 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.[3]
In 2012, Browder was cast in aseries 7 episode ofDoctor Who, "A Town Called Mercy". It was filmed in Almeria, Spain, in March 2012.[4]
Browder played the role of Max the Janitor in the 2012 live-action feature filmBad 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 sequelBad Kids of Crestview Academy.[5]
| 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 | 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 | Freddy | ||
| 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 | Lieutenant ColonelCameron 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 | ||
| 2021 | Iké Boys | Wayne Gunderson |
| 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 | Voice, episode: "The Once and Future Thing, Part One: Weird Western Tales" |
| 2005–2007 | Stargate SG-1 | Lieutenant ColonelCameron 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 | 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" |
| S.W.A.T. | Sergeant Tim Davis | Episode: "Fracture" | |
| 2022 | Walker | Nate Smith | 2 episodes |
| 2023 | Station 19 | Fire Captain | Episode: "We Build Then We Break" |
| 2024 | Landman | Colonel Ivey | 3 episodes |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Farscape: The Game | John Crichton | Voice |
| 2015 | Call of Duty: Black Ops III | Player (Male) | Voice andmotion capture |
