Stargate Universe Gets More Star Power With SG-1

Richard Dean Anderson, Amanda Tapping, Michael Shanks and Gary Jones, will reprise their roles in guest spots on SciFi’s most recent spin-off, Stargate Universe. The show stars Robert Carlyle, Lou Diamond Phillips and Ming-Na as part of a group of survivors aboard an ancient ship who are unable to return to Earth.

Anderson plays General O’Neil, the former leader of the elite military team SG-1. Tapping plays Samantha Carter, an astrophysicist and U.S. Air Force lieutenant colonel. Shanks plays Dr. Daniel Jackson, Stargate’s archeologist and linguist. Jones plays Chief Master Sgt. Walter Harriman, commander technician of the team.

Christopher McDonald will play Senator Alan Armstrong, the U.S. senator and head of the International Oversight Committee that governs the Stargate program. He is the father to Chloe Armstrong (Elyse Levesque). Carlo Rota will play Carl Strom, head of the International Oversight Advisory, the civilian oversight committee that heads up the Atlantis expedition and all funding.