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 starring 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 70s he appeared in the children's movie Duncan's World (1978) 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 London West End production of Shakespeare's "Merchant of Venice" (which went on to play on Broadway in New York). He worked as a guest on various TV series, TV pilots and movies before he got his first noted TV series role as Sam Brody in the 3rd season of Party of Five (1994), beginning with episode 9, entitled, "Gimme Shelter".
In 1999, Ben was cast after numerous auditions to play the lead on a science fiction TV series, Farscape (1999) which was filmed in Australia by a collaboration of The Jim Henson Company, Channel 9, Hallmark Company and The SciFi Channel. The dramatic and eccentric series where Ben played American astronaut John Crichton unique among a crew of renegade aliens, ran for four seasons on what was then known as the SciFi cable channel (until 2002, when it was canceled). After finding financing, "Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars" was filmed to complete the Farscape series. During his time as lead actor on Farscape, Ben wrote two scripts for the show: Season 3's "Green-Eyed Monster" and Season 4's "John Quixote."
Ben also starred as Lt. Colonel Cameron Mitchell in the 9th and 10th seasons of SciFi Channel's, "Stargate SG-1", after series star and producer Richard Dean Anderson left the show. During his time as lead actor on the show, Ben was given credit for developing the story for Season 10's "Bad Guys."
In 2008, Stargate SG-1 filmed two made-for-TV movies staring the actors from the television show including Ben playing Lt. Col. Cameron Mitchell. Ark of Truth dealt with the fall of Adria and Ben played a double-role of his grandfather and Cameron Mitchell in the followup movie, Continuum. From 2012, Ben appeared in guest-starring roles twice on the TV show Arrow, playing Ted Gaynor, on Chuck playing a Thug, and on CSI New Orleans playing a sociopath named Randy Pruitt. He made a huge splash as Sheriff Isaac on the seventh season episode of Doctor Who called, "A Town Called Mercy."
Ben has been nominated for the genre industry's Saturn award five times. He took home the award in 2002 for Best Actor in a Television Series (Farscape) and again in 2005 for Best Actor on Television (Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars).
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.
Known For
Credits
Cast Credits
Walker (2021)
Guest starring as Nate Smith
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2x19: A Matter of Miles (Jun 16, 2022)
- Episode 2x13: One Good Thing (Apr 7, 2022)
Station 19 (2018)
Guest starring as Fire Captain
(2 episodes)
- Episode 6x15: What Are You Willing to Lose (Apr 20, 2023)
- Episode 6x07: We Build Then We Break (Feb 23, 2023)
Arrow (2012)
Guest starring as Ted Gaynor
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2x16: Suicide Squad (Mar 19, 2014)
- Episode 1x11: Trust but Verify (Jan 23, 2013)
Criminal Minds (2005)
Guest starring as Chief Steve Gaines
- Episode 13x11: Full-Tilt Boogie (Jan 10, 2018)
Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars (2004)
Starring as John Crichton
(2 episodes)
- Episode 1x02: The Peacekeeper Wars (2) (Oct 18, 2004)
- Episode 1x01: The Peacekeeper Wars (1) (Oct 17, 2004)
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000)
Guest starring as Randy Pruitt
- Episode 15x12: Dead Woods (Dec 28, 2014)
Farscape (1999)
Starring as John Crichton
(88 episodes)
- Episode 4x22: Bad Timing (Mar 21, 2003)
- Episode 4x21: We're So Screwed Part III: La Bomba (Mar 14, 2003)
- Episode 4x20: We're So Screwed Part II: Hot to Katratzi (Mar 7, 2003)
- Episode 4x19: We're So Screwed Part I: Fetal Attraction (Feb 28, 2003)
- Episode 4x18: Prayer (Feb 21, 2003)
- Episode 4x17: A Constellation of Doubt (Feb 14, 2003)
- Episode 4x16: Bringing Home the Beacon (Feb 7, 2003)
- Episode 4x15: Mental as Anything (Jan 31, 2003)
- Episode 4x14: Twice Shy (Jan 24, 2003)
- Episode 4x13: Terra Firma (Jan 17, 2003)
- Episode 4x12: Kansas (Jan 10, 2003)
- Episode 4x11: Unrealized Reality (Aug 23, 2002)
- Episode 4x10: Coup by Clam (Aug 16, 2002)
- Episode 4x09: A Prefect Murder (Aug 9, 2002)
- Episode 4x08: I Shrink Therefore I Am (Aug 2, 2002)
- Episode 4x07: John Quixote (Jul 26, 2002)
- Episode 4x06: Natural Election (Jul 19, 2002)
- Episode 4x05: Promises (Jul 12, 2002)
- Episode 4x04: Lava's a Many Splendored Thing (Jun 28, 2002)
- Episode 4x03: What Was Lost Part II: Resurrection (Jun 21, 2002)
- Episode 4x02: What Was Lost Part I: Sacrifice (Jun 14, 2002)
- Episode 4x01: Crichton Kicks (Jun 7, 2002)
- Episode 3x22: Dog with Two Bones (Apr 26, 2002)
- Episode 3x21: Into the Lion's Den Part II: Wolf in Sheep's Clothing (Apr 19, 2002)
- Episode 3x20: Into the Lion's Den Part I: Lambs to the Slaughter (Apr 12, 2002)
- Episode 3x19: I-Yensch, You-Yensch (Apr 5, 2002)
- Episode 3x18: Fractures (Aug 24, 2001)
- Episode 3x17: The Choice (Aug 17, 2001)
- Episode 3x16: Revenging Angel (Aug 10, 2001)
- Episode 3x15: Infinite Possibilities Part II: Icarus Abides (Aug 3, 2001)
- Episode 3x14: Infinite Possibilities Part I: Daedalus Demands (Jul 27, 2001)
- Episode 3x13: Scratch 'n' Sniff (Jul 1, 2001)
- Episode 3x12: Meltdown (Jul 14, 2001)
- Episode 3x11: Incubator (Jul 13, 2001)
- Episode 3x10: Relativity (Jul 6, 2001)
- Episode 3x09: Losing Time (Jun 29, 2001)
- Episode 3x08: Green Eyed Monster (Jun 22, 2001)
- Episode 3x07: Thanks for Sharing (Jun 15, 2001)
- Episode 3x06: Eat Me (Apr 1, 2001)
- Episode 3x05: ...Different Destinations (Apr 13, 2001)
- Episode 3x04: Self Inflicted Wounds Part II: Wait for the Wheel (Apr 6, 2001)
- Episode 3x03: Self Inflicted Wounds Part I: Could'a, Would'a, Should'a (Mar 30, 2001)
- Episode 3x02: Suns and Lovers (Mar 23, 2001)
- Episode 3x01: Season of Death (Mar 16, 2001)
- Episode 2x22: Die Me, Dichotomy (Jan 26, 2001)
- Episode 2x21: Liars, Guns and Money Part III: Plan B (Jan 19, 2001)
- Episode 2x20: Liars, Guns and Money Part II: With Friends Like These... (Jan 12, 2001)
- Episode 2x19: Liars, Guns and Money Part I: A Not So Simple Plan (Jan 5, 2001)
- Episode 2x18: A Clockwork Nebari (Sep 15, 2000)
- Episode 2x17: The Ugly Truth (Sep 8, 2000)
- Episode 2x16: The Locket (Aug 25, 2000)
- Episode 2x15: Won't Get Fooled Again (Aug 18, 2000)
- Episode 2x14: Beware of Dog (Aug 11, 2000)
- Episode 2x13: Look at the Princess Part III: The Maltese Crichton (Aug 4, 2000)
- Episode 2x12: Look at the Princess Part II: I Do, I Think (Jul 28, 2000)
- Episode 2x11: Look at the Princess Part I: A Kiss Is But a Kiss (Jul 21, 2000)
- Episode 2x10: My Three Crichtons (Jul 14, 2000)
- Episode 2x09: Out of Their Minds (Jul 7, 2000)
- Episode 2x08: Dream a Little Dream (Jun 23, 2000)
- Episode 2x07: Home on the Remains (Jun 16, 2000)
- Episode 2x06: Picture If You Will (Apr 21, 2000)
- Episode 2x05: The Way We Weren't (Apr 14, 2000)
- Episode 2x04: Crackers Don't Matter (Apr 7, 2000)
- Episode 2x03: Taking the Stone (Mar 31, 2000)
- Episode 2x02: Vitas Mortis (Mar 24, 2000)
- Episode 2x01: Mind the Baby (Mar 17, 2000)
- Episode 1x22: Family Ties (Jan 28, 2000)
- Episode 1x21: Bone to Be Wild (Jan 21, 2000)
- Episode 1x20: The Hidden Memory (Jan 14, 2000)
- Episode 1x19: Nerve (Jan 7, 2000)
- Episode 1x18: A Bug's Life (Sep 17, 1999)
- Episode 1x17: Through the Looking Glass (Sep 10, 1999)
- Episode 1x16: A Human Reaction (Aug 1, 1999)
- Episode 1x15: Durka Returns (Aug 13, 1999)
- Episode 1x14: Jeremiah Crichton (Jul 30, 1999)
- Episode 1x13: The Flax (Jul 16, 1999)
- Episode 1x12: Rhapsody in Blue (Jul 23, 1999)
- Episode 1x11: Till the Blood Runs Clear (Jul 9, 1999)
- Episode 1x10: They've Got a Secret (Jun 25, 1999)
- Episode 1x09: DNA Mad Scientist (Jun 18, 1999)
- Episode 1x08: That Old Black Magic (Jun 11, 1999)
- Episode 1x07: Exodus from Genesis (May 14, 1999)
- Episode 1x06: I, E.T. (Apr 30, 1999)
- Episode 1x05: Thank God It's Friday... Again (Apr 23, 1999)
- Episode 1x04: PK Tech Girl (Apr 16, 1999)
- Episode 1x03: Throne for a Loss (Apr 9, 1999)
- Episode 1x02: Back and Back and Back to the Future (Mar 26, 1999)
- Episode 1x01: Premiere (Mar 19, 1999)
Stargate SG-1 (1997)
Starring as Lt. Colonel Cameron Mitchell
(42 episodes)
- Episode S10 Special: Stargate SG-1: Continuum (Jul 29, 2008)
- Episode S10 Special: Stargate SG-1: The Ark of Truth (Mar 11, 2008)
- Episode 10x20: Unending (Jun 22, 2007)
- Episode 10x19: Dominion (Jun 15, 2007)
- Episode 10x18: Family Ties (Jun 8, 2007)
- Episode 10x17: Talion (Jun 1, 2007)
- Episode 10x16: Bad Guys (May 18, 2007)
- Episode 10x15: Bounty (May 11, 2007)
- Episode 10x14: The Shroud (May 4, 2007)
- Episode 10x13: The Road Not Taken (Apr 27, 2007)
- Episode 10x12: Line in the Sand (Apr 20, 2007)
- Episode 10x11: The Quest Part 2 (Apr 13, 2007)
- Episode 10x10: The Quest (Sep 22, 2006)
- Episode 10x09: Company of Thieves (Sep 15, 2006)
- Episode 10x08: Memento Mori (Sep 8, 2006)
- Episode 10x07: Counterstrike (Aug 25, 2006)
- Episode 10x06: 200 (Aug 18, 2006)
- Episode 10x05: Uninvited (Aug 11, 2006)
- Episode 10x04: Insiders (Aug 4, 2006)
- Episode 10x03: The Pegasus Project (Jul 28, 2006)
- Episode 10x02: Morpheus (Jul 21, 2006)
- Episode 10x01: Flesh and Blood (Jul 14, 2006)
- Episode 9x20: Camelot (Mar 10, 2006)
- Episode 9x19: Crusade (Mar 3, 2006)
- Episode 9x18: Arthur's Mantle (Feb 24, 2006)
- Episode 9x17: The Scourge (Feb 17, 2006)
- Episode 9x16: Off the Grid (Feb 10, 2006)
- Episode 9x15: Ethon (Feb 3, 2006)
- Episode 9x14: Stronghold (Jan 27, 2006)
- Episode 9x13: Ripple Effect (Jan 20, 2006)
- Episode 9x12: Collateral Damage (Jan 13, 2006)
- Episode 9x11: The Fourth Horseman Part 2 (Jan 6, 2006)
- Episode 9x10: The Fourth Horseman (Sep 16, 2005)
- Episode 9x09: Prototype (Sep 16, 2005)
- Episode 9x08: Babylon (Sep 9, 2005)
- Episode 9x07: Ex Deus Machina (Aug 26, 2005)
- Episode 9x06: Beachhead (Aug 19, 2005)
- Episode 9x05: The Powers That Be (Aug 12, 2005)
- Episode 9x04: The Ties That Bind (Aug 5, 2005)
- Episode 9x03: Origin (Jul 29, 2005)
- Episode 9x02: Avalon Part 2 (Jul 22, 2005)
- Episode 9x01: Avalon (Jul 15, 2005)
Melrose Place (1992)
Guest starring as Adam Travell
- Episode 2x25: The Two Mrs. Mancinis (Mar 23, 1994)
Crew Credits
Farscape (1999)
Episode crew as Writer
(2 episodes)
- Episode 4x07: John Quixote (Jul 26, 2002)
- Episode 3x08: Green Eyed Monster (Jun 22, 2001)