Joe Flanigan Biography

Fast Facts

• Raised near Reno, NV, where his parents owned a ranch
• Had his first taste of the limelight at 14 when he starred as Stanley Kowalski in a school production of A Streetcar Named Desire
• Spent his junior year of college in France
• Some of his post-collegiate jobs included working as a White House advance man and as a magazine writer
• Studied at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York City
• First TV series role was on the NBC drama Sisters
• Had never seen an episode of Stargate SG-1 until he was cast for the pilot of the spin-off Stargate Atlantis
• Developed the story for the Atlantis episode "Epiphany," in which his character is stuck on a planet where time speeds up
• Works with Waterkeeper Alliance, an environmental organization that protects bodies of water from pollution
• Raises his own honeybees and has an organic vegetable garden
• Was a competitive skier for many years, and also enjoys rock climbing, mountain biking, skateboarding and surfing