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Flesh And Bone (Battlestar Galactica)
The first season of the reimagined science fiction television series ''Battlestar Galactica'', was commissioned by Sci Fi in February 2004. The first episode, "33", was first broadcast in the United Kingdom on October 18, 2004, on Sky1, three months before its premiere in the United States on January 14, 2005 on Sci Fi. Sky1 had negotiated first-broadcast rights of season 1 as part of its financial backing terms. The first episode of the series received a Hugo Award and the season's 13 episodes were recognized with a Peabody Award "for pushing the limits of science fiction and making it accessible to all." The first season is a follow-up to the miniseries that first aired in December 2003. Cast and characters Main cast These actors were credited ''during'' the opening sequence: * Edward James Olmos as William Adama * Mary McDonnell as Laura Roslin * Katee Sackhoff as Kara "Starbuck" Thrace * Jamie Bamber as Lee "Apollo" Adama * James Callis as Gaius Baltar * Tricia Helfer as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaius Baltar
Dr. Gaius Baltar is a fictional character in the TV series ''Battlestar Galactica'' played by James Callis, a reimagining of Lord Baltar from the 1978 ''Battlestar Galactica'' series. He is one of the show's primary characters. Personality Gaius Baltar regularly uses a well-developed acting talent to spin yarns on virtually any subject when he feels the need. He possesses a dry, cynical sense of humour but is prone to bouts of neurosis. A charismatic genius and womanizer, he is initially portrayed as a self-serving opportunist, but becomes a braver and more caring character over the course of the series, expressing regret for having been "a profoundly selfish man." Baltar is initially an atheist, but ultimately converts to the Cylons' monotheistic religion. Baltar is described as "weak", "arrogant" and "a coward" by Lee Adama while Caprica Six describes Baltar as " narcissistic, self-centered, feckless and vain." William Adama once indicated that Baltar consistently sees himself ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anastasia Dualla
''Battlestar Galactica'' is a 2004 American military science fiction television series, and part of the ''Battlestar Galactica'' franchise. The show was developed by Ronald D. Moore and executive produced by Moore and David Eick as a re-imagining of the 1978 ''Battlestar Galactica'' television series created by Glen A. Larson. The pilot for the series first aired as a three-hour miniseries (comprising four broadcast hours in two parts) in December 2003 on Sci Fi, which was then followed by four regular seasons, ending its run on March 20, 2009. ''Battlestar Galactica'' follows a group of human survivors fleeing the destruction of their homeworlds aboard the titular spacecraft, searching for a new home while being pursued by the Cylons, a fearsome society of robots intent on exterminating all humans. Biological models of Cylons, indistinguishable from humans, have infiltrated what remains of the human population, and their identities are revealed over the course of the serie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kandyse McClure
Candice McClure (born 22 March 1980), known professionally as Kandyse McClure, is a Canadian actress. She gained prominence through her roles in the Fox Family Channel, Fox Family series ''Higher Ground (TV series), Higher Ground'' (2000), the NBC and Syfy adaptations of Stephen King's ''Carrie (2002 film), Carrie'' (2002) and ''Children of the Corn (2009 film), Children of the Corn'' (2009), and as Anastasia Dualla in ''Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series), Battlestar Galactica'' (2004–2009), also on Syfy. She led the film ''Sew the Winter to My Skin'' (2018). McClure was in the main casts of ''Persons Unknown (TV series), Persons Unknown'' (2010) and ''Ghost Wars (TV series), Ghost Wars'' (2018), also on NBC and Syfy. She had a recurring role as Dr. Clementine Chasseur in the Netflix series ''Hemlock Grove (TV series), Hemlock Grove'' (2013). Early life Candice McClure was born in the Greenwood Park area of North Durban, South Africa. Her mother is an educator and her fathe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Agathon
Karl C. Agathon (callsign "Helo") is a fictional character on the re-imagined ''Battlestar Galactica'' TV series, portrayed by Tahmoh Penikett. Appearances Background Agathon is an Electronic Countermeasures Officer, part of a two-person Colonial Raptor crew based on the Battlestar ''Galactica'', and is paired with Sharon "Boomer" Valerii before the Cylon destruction of the Twelve Colonies. Unlike other major characters such as Kara "Starbuck" Thrace or Gaius Baltar, the series reveals little about Agathon's life before the events of the series. It is confirmed Helo is a Caprican, which is partly why he and Starbuck knew each other. The (unofficial) backstory Tahmoh Penikett and Katee Sackhoff came up with to explain a comment from Thrace in " Scattered" that she and Helo "go way back" is the two were old friends for a long time who most likely attended the academy together as cadets and as "drinking buddies". Miniseries During the Cylon attack, Agathon and Sharon's Rapto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tahmoh Penikett
Tahmoh Penikett (; ; born May 20, 1975) is a Canadian actor. He is known for playing Karl "Helo" Agathon on SyFy's 2004 television series '' Battlestar Galactica''. He has appeared in TV series ''Supernatural'', '' Dollhouse'', the Showcase time travel show '' Continuum'', and as the antagonist Darius in the 2006 racing video game '' Need for Speed: Carbon''. Early life Penikett was born in Whitehorse, Yukon. He is the son of former Yukon premier Tony Penikett, who moved to Victoria, British Columbia from England at age 12, and Lulla Sierra Johns, of the White River First Nation in the Yukon. He has three siblings, twin sisters Sarah and Stephanie, sister in Fairbanks Alaska. He graduated from the Victoria Motion Picture School and studied at the Lyric School of Acting in Vancouver. Career In 2002, he made a brief appearance as one of the first Human-Form Replicators in the season 6 episode of '' Stargate SG-1'', " Unnatural Selection". From 2004 to 2005, Penikett portraye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galen Tyrol
'' Battlestar Galactica'' is a 2004 American military science fiction television series, and part of the ''Battlestar Galactica'' franchise. The show was developed by Ronald D. Moore and executive produced by Moore and David Eick as a re-imagining of the 1978 ''Battlestar Galactica'' television series created by Glen A. Larson. The pilot for the series first aired as a three-hour miniseries (comprising four broadcast hours in two parts) in December 2003 on Sci Fi, which was then followed by four regular seasons, ending its run on March 20, 2009. ''Battlestar Galactica'' follows a group of human survivors fleeing the destruction of their homeworlds aboard the titular spacecraft, searching for a new home while being pursued by the Cylons, a fearsome society of robots intent on exterminating all humans. Biological models of Cylons, indistinguishable from humans, have infiltrated what remains of the human population, and their identities are revealed over the course of the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aaron Douglas (actor)
Aaron Douglas (born August 23, 1971) is a Canadian actor. He is best known for his role as Galen Tyrol on the Sci-Fi Channel's television program ''Battlestar Galactica''. Douglas headlined on the CTV drama '' The Bridge'', which was also picked up by CBS for broadcast in the United States. Douglas played Frank Leo, a charismatic police union leader who is simultaneously battling criminals on the street while facing down corruption within the ranks of his own department. CBS ordered thirteen episodes, which began production in May 2009 but the series was dropped after just three episodes had been aired. Douglas starred alongside fellow ''Battlestar Galactica'' actor Paul Campbell in a Syfy original movie, ''Killer Mountain'', which premiered August 27, 2011. Early life Aaron Douglas was born in New Westminster, a city in the Lower Mainland on the South Coast of British Columbia. His father Michael Douglas is a professor and his mother Arlene Elliot is a psychologist. He has a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saul Tigh
''Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series), Battlestar Galactica'' is a 2004 American military science fiction television series, and part of the Battlestar Galactica, ''Battlestar Galactica'' franchise. The show was developed by Ronald D. Moore and executive produced by Moore and David Eick as a Reboot (fiction), re-imagining of the 1978 Battlestar Galactica (1978 TV series), ''Battlestar Galactica'' television series created by Glen A. Larson. The pilot for the series first aired as a Battlestar Galactica (TV miniseries), three-hour miniseries (comprising four broadcast hours in two parts) in December 2003 on Syfy, Sci Fi, which was then followed by four regular seasons, ending its run on March 20, 2009. ''Battlestar Galactica'' follows a group of human survivors fleeing the destruction of their homeworlds aboard the Battlestar Galactica (fictional spacecraft), titular spacecraft, searching for a new home while being pursued by the Cylons, a fearsome society of robots intent on ext ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Hogan (Canadian Actor)
Michael Hogan (born March 13, 1949) is a Canadian actor best known for playing Colonel Saul Tigh in the 2004 ''Battlestar Galactica'' series. Other notable roles include Billy in '' The Peanut Butter Solution'' and villainous werewolf hunter Gerard Argent in ''Teen Wolf''. He also lent his voice to Armando-Owen Bailey in the ''Mass Effect'' series, General Tullius in '' The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim'' game, and Doc Mitchell in the videogame '' Fallout: New Vegas''. Biography Michael Hogan was born in Kirkland Lake, Ontario in 1949, raised in North Bay, Ontario and studied at National Theatre School of Canada. Career Hogan began his career in 1978 and has starred in numerous TV shows, plays, radio dramas and operas. He started in plays at the Shaw Festival. He made his film debut in the Peter Fonda trucker picture '' High-Ballin''' (1978). He and his wife soon became a popular television couple, as the stars of the 1983 Canadian series ''Vanderberg'' and the 1986 Canadian-Germ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharon Valerii
Number Eight is a female humanoid Cylon model on the television series ''Battlestar Galactica'', a reimagining of the 1978 show of the same name. She is portrayed by Canadian-American actor Grace Park. Two prominent Number Eight copies serving as pilots on the Battlestar ''Galactica'' are Sharon Valerii and Sharon Agathon, using the call signs "Boomer" and "Athena", respectively. The call signs for both Sharons are references to two characters from the original ''Battlestar Galactica'' series: Viper pilot Lieutenant Boomer, played by Herbert Jefferson, Jr., and Lieutenant Athena, the daughter of Commander Adama (Lorne Greene), played by Maren Jensen. Notable copies Cylon models Six and Eight are the most common in the series. Two Number Eight copies are featured as central characters — Boomer and Athena. Sharon "Boomer" Valerii Lieutenant Junior Grade Sharon "Boomer" Valerii is a Cylon sleeper agent programmed with false memories of being raised in the mining colony ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
