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Joe Flanigan

Joe Flanigan (born January 5, 1967) is an American television actor best known as Major/Lt. Colonel John Sheppard in Stargate Atlantis.

After graduation, he pursued a writing career, working briefly for several New York City magazines. On the advice of some of his friends, he studied at the Neighborhood Playhouse, was coached by Gerald Gordon [1], and later moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting as a career.

Flanigan had guest roles in numerous television series, including Profiler, First Monday, and Sisters, until he got his breakthrough with his current role on Stargate Atlantis as Lt. Colonel John Sheppard, the military leader of the Atlantis Expedition. He lives in Vancouver, Canada, where the series is filmed during the week and flies to Los Angeles, California during the weekends where his wife and children reside[2]. He also wrote the story for the second season episode Epiphany.

A September 25, 2007 Article posted at scifi.com's SciFi Wire service, reported the following:

"Talent agency UTA filed suit on Sept. 24 against Stargate Atlantis star Joe Flanigan in Los Angeles Superior Court, claiming that the actor owes $99,225 in commissions, according to The Hollywood Reporter; Flanigan's manager, John Carrabino, told the trade paper about the lawsuit: 'I had no idea they did this. This is the first time I'm hearing about this.'"

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