Ben Browder- After several appearances on stage, including traditional Shakespeare, Browder garnered a small part as a rookie captain in Memphis Belle (1990) and the role of a short-lived boyfriend in A Kiss Before Dying (1991), with Sean Young and Matt Dillon. He was first widely exposed to the American and Canadian television viewing audience as the recurring character of “Sam” on the series “Party of Five” (1994). In 1999, Jim Henson productions teamed with the SciFi channel to produce “Farscape” (1999), where Browder was cast to play the main character, American astronaut John Crichton. This was followed by the role of Lt. Colonel Cameron Mitchell in “Stargate SG-1″ (1997) as the shows new lead actor following the departure of Richard Dean Anderson.