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Gary Jones was born on January 4, 1958 in Swansea (UK).
Before he delved in to a career in acting he used to work as an Art Director for a Gazette Newspaper in Burlington. He is also an award-winning playwright and is a Leo-nominated comedy writer. He also worked as a writer for the TV Series “The Collector” (2004) and “Silverwing” (2003).
As an actor he started his career with small roles in TV series such as “Airwolf” (1987), “Wiseguy” (1989), “Glory Days” (1990), “21 Jump Street” (1990), “Highlander” (1992 and 1996), “Sliders” (1995-1996) and “The Outer Limits” (1995-1996). He also made appearances in TV movies and later in movies such as “The Sixth Man” (1997), “The Santa Clause 2″ (2002), “Snakehead Terror” (2004), “The French Guy” (2005) and “Dr. Dolittle 3″ (2006).

In Stargate he plays Walter Harriman, the Chevron Guy in the SGC.

About Stargate

Reporter: “Have you ever had dreams about dialing up the Stargate and going through to another planet?”
Gary Jones: “Always. Imagine sitting there for 9 years and seeing everyone come and go through the gate but you. It’s a desire in the back of my mind but I keep it to myself because I’m so grateful for the job I have.”

Julian Sands was born on January 4, 1958 in Otley (UK).
He works as actor and is particularly seen in in horror and drama films. He is also seen in some TV series, such as the action hit series “24 – Day 5″, “Ghost Whisperer”, “Blood Ties”, “Law and Order”.
But before getting such roles, Sands studied at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London. First he got small roles in TV movies such as “The Sun Also Rises” (1984) and “A Married Man” (1983). He played small roles in the movies “Privates on Parade” (1982), “The Killing Fields” (1984), “A Room with a View” (1985), “Gothic” (1986), “Vibes” (1988), “Impromptu” (1991) and Steven Spielberg’s “Arachnophobia” (1990). A big role for him was as “Warlock” (1989) and the same in the sequel “Warlock: The Armageddon” (1993). He was later seen in movies such as “The Million Dollar Hotel” (2000), “The Scoundrel’s Wife” (2002), “The Medallion” (2003) and “Ocean’s Thirteen” (2007).