Richard Dean Anderson, who was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota on January 23, 1950, is best known for his character on the popular TV series MacGyver. His appearance on the popular series General Hospital marked the start of his career, then went on to the seven-year run of MacGyver. Anderson loves to watch sports during his spare time, and watch the popular cartoon series, The Simpsons.
Jack O’Neill is played by Richard Dean Anderson on the Sci-Fi Channel original series Stargate SG-1. O’Neill is the founding commanding officer of the SG-1, and was promoted to Brigadier General and assumed command of Stargate Command. After a year, O'Neill was promoted again to Major General.
-Anderson is an avid ice hockey player and skier. He is so much of a fan of the sports that he has deliberately appeared playing these sports in several of his TV shows, including MacGyver.
-Anderson is an advocate of gun control, a trait he has in common with his role on MacGyver, as his character mostly avoided using firearms during the series.
-Dogs are my favorite people.
-Shanks and I tend to have a lot of fun. And, oh, any of The Simpsons' episodes are my favorites too.
-You have to suspend disbelief a little bit to buy into your situation and to the story and to how the character will react. You have to tweak your credibility a little bit, is basically what it comes down to.
-But my answer to that question would have to be, aside from the obvious, which is the people and the relationships that you garner over a long period of time but the catering. The catering. They're the best. So it's the food.