Founding commander of Stargate Command and all SG units. A hardened military leader and a wise man willing to do whatever is necessary to defend the interests of his country, his world, and all of humanity, he was promoted to a Pentagon position as chief of defense for Earth, a post referred to colloquially as "Head of Homeworld Security." (He is later succeeded in that post by his former subordinate, Gen. Jack O'Neill.)
Don S. Davis is a respected character actor, a nationally exhibited painter, a woodcarver, a designer, and a former theater professor and a captain in the U.S. Army. He began working in the film industry while teaching at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver in the early 1980s. He left teaching to pursue acting full-time in 1987.
Aside from his seven seasons as a regular on
Stargate SG-1, Davis is perhaps best known for his recurring roles as the father of Gillian Anderson's Special Agent Dana Scully on
The X-Files and as Maj. Garland Briggs on
Twin Peaks.
He has appeared in numerous feature films, including
The Fan, Alaska, A League of Their Own, Hook, Cadence, Needful Things, Mystery Date, Look Who's Talking, Con Air, Best in Show and
The 6th Day. He was a recurring player in the Stephen J. Cannell CBS series
Broken Badges and has guest-starred on a multitude of shows, including
Northern Exposure, L.A. Law, Knots Landing, Wiseguy, 21 Jump Street, Nightmare Cafe, M.A.N.T.I.S., The Outer Limits (the episodes "
Living Hell" and "
Voice of Reason"),
Poltergeist: The Legacy,
The Sentinel,
MacGyver and UPN's
The Twilight Zone. Davis recently guest-starred on the
Stargate Atlantis episode "Home."
Davis has had featured roles in the television movies
Fire on the Mountain, Stepsister, Tricks, Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue, In Cold Blood, Showtime's
The Prisoner of Zenda, A Dream is a Wish the Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story, One More Mountain, Columbo: A Bird in Hand, Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster, Omen IV: The Awakening, Posing, Kurt Vonnegut's Theatre: All the King's Horses and
The Ranger, The Cook and The Hole in the Sky, as well as the miniseries
Atomic Train.
Davis currently resides with his wife just outside of Vancouver and spends his spare time honing his artistic talents and trying to improve his golf game.
