A Solutions source has revealed that two actors have emerged as front-runners for the role of Stargate SG-1’s new commanding general: Oscar and Emmy award winner Louis Gossett Jr. and Golden Globe winner Stacy Keach. Stargate Command’s new general will succeed Don S. Davis as Major General George Hammond and Richard Dean Anderson as Brigadier General Jack O’Neill.
African-American actor Louis Gossett Jr. is best known for his film roles in “Enemy Mine,” “An Officer And A Gentleman,” and “Iron Eagle.” As Sgt. Emil Foley, he won the Oscar as “Best Actor In A Supporting Role” for “An Officer And A Gentleman,” the iconic movie starring Richard Gere. Gossett played the alien Jeriba ‘Jerry’ Shigan in the scifi movie “Enemy Mine,” starring opposite Dennis Quaid. His character and the dynamic relationship the alien developed with its human counterpoint inspired Peter DeLuise in writing the Unas Chaka and “The First Ones” in Season Four. With a career spanning five decades, an Oscar win plus eleven other awards and numerous nominations for both his extensive TV and feature film roles, Gossett is a fine character actor recognised around the world.
Stacy Keach is perhaps best known for his TV role as the detective Mike Hammer. His career began on TV in 1953 and continues to the present with innumerable guest appearances as well as leading roles, and he is the winner of a Golden Globe award for “Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV” for “Hemingway.” His best known film roles include “American History X,” “The Ninth Configuration,” and “Butterfly.”
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