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Ben Browder is an American actor, writer and director born in Memphis, Tennessee on December 11, 1962, as Robert Benedict Browder. After a successful college football career with the Furman University Paladins as a Championship-winning Linebacker while staring in theatrical productions and gaining a degree in Psychology, Ben moved to London to study classical acting at the Central School of Speech and Drama. Ben's acting career started in Charlotte, North Carolina where he was raised. In the late 60s he made TV commercials. In the late 70's he appeared in the children's movie Duncan's World playing Gates, one of Duncan's best friends. While at drama school, he says he was highly influenced by Dame Judith Dench who was a visiting teacher at the school and directed him in several Shakespeare productions. In 1987, he and his future wife, Francesca Buller, were cast in Dustin Hoffman's West End London production of Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice . In 2014, Ben made his directorial debut with "Bad Kids of Crestview Academy," for which he also repeated his role as Max Rainwater, a rather dim janitor. He also acted in two movies, "Dead Still" and "RoboRex." Ben recently played an extreme character named George Tildon in an independent art house western called "Outlaws and Angels" directed and written by JT Mollner which debuted in theaters in January 2016. As of the Fall 2016, he is completing work on a horror film called Hoax that takes place in the wilds of Colorado and is prepping for other projects. Ben makes a few convention appearances each year. In 2012, that included the US and Australia. In 2013, he was in the US - Chicago Stargate Convention, Germany, New Zealand and Australia. Ben is married to actress Francesa Buller. They met in acting school in London. Ben and Francesca have two children.
Ben met his wife, Francesca Buller , while studying at Londons Central School of Speech and Drama in 1989.
Graduate of Furman University in Greenville, SC
His favorite movie is Jeremiah Johnson , the concept of which was warped into an episode of his show, "Farscape" .
Two of the series in which he has starred have featured an advanced alien race called the Ancients: "Farscape" and "Stargate SG-1" .
Was considered for the role of Major Hayes on "Enterprise" .
In "Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars" , War Minister Ahkna (played by his real-life wife Francesca Buller ) was killed by his on-screen wife Aeryn Sun (Claudia Black ).
Ben Bowder was the only actor to appear in all 88 episodes of "Farscape" . Claudia Black was not present in six episodes: Losing Time, Incubator, Scratch and Sniff, What Was Lost Pt 1: Sacrifice, What Was Lost Pt 2: Resurrection and Lavas a Many Splendored Thing.
He is a huge science fiction fan.
He has appeared in "Farscape" , "Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars" and "Stargate SG-1" with Claudia Black. (He did not appear in "Stargate SG-1" until 2005. )
He was the producers original choice for role of Major John Sheppard in "Stargate: Atlantis" , but was unable to take the role due to filming commitments to the "Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars" mini-series. He was later cast as Lt. Colonel Cameron Mitchell in "Stargate SG-1" as the shows new lead actor following the departure of Richard Dean Anderson.
His real life son can be seen in the Farscape episode "Farscape" {Look at the Princess: Part 1: A Kiss Is But a Kiss (#2.11)} , as the generated preview of Crichtons son. His real life daughter appears in Farscape episode "Farscape" {Look at the Princess: Part 3: The Maltese Crichton (#2.13)} , as the preview of Crichtons soon to be daughter.
