Douglas Christopher Judge, who was born in Los Angeles, California on October 13, 1964, is of African and Cherokee Indian ancestry. He went to the University of Oregon on a football scholarship. He had numerous television and film credits to his name, appearing in small screen offerings such as McGyver in 1990. He also had a fairly extensive background in voice acting, lending his voice for cartoon series such as X-Men: Evolution.

 

Teal’c is played by Christopher Judge on the Sci-Fi Channel original series Stargate SG-1. Teal’c is from the Jaffa race, one of the Goa’uld leaders on Earth.