The series "Stargate: ЗВ-1": actors and roles

"Star Gates: ZV-1 ", or simply" ZV-1 "- a fantastic television series co-produced by Canada and the US, based on the science fiction picture" Stargate. " The series was nominated for the Emmy Award. Actors of the series "Stargate: SZ-1": Richard Dean Anderson, Amanda Tapping, Christopher Judge, Michael Shanks, Teryl Rothery, Corin Nemek, Don S. Davis and others.

General information

The TV series was released in 1997. The first five seasons of the show were broadcast on Showtime, and the next five on Sci Fi. In total, 214 episodes of the television series were filmed.

The creators of the television series - Jonathan Glassner and BradWright. The music for "Zv-1" was written by composer Joel Goldsmith. The shooting took place in Canada, near Vancouver. The original film "Stargate" was released in 1994. He was removed by Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin.

Plot

Many are delighted with the picture "The Stargate: 3B-1. "The actors in the series are really great, the events in the television series are starting to unfold a year after the events of the 1994 film The plot of each episode of Stargate: ZV-1 is based on the travels and adventures of the ZV-1 detachment that moves between the planets with the help of alien devices, "gates." The gates were built by an ancient race, they work like teleports, like doors to another planet.

In addition to the ZV-1 there are 24 more detachments that also travel between worlds, but the most interesting and complex missions are, of course, ZV-1.

Exploring the galaxy, the characters of the series come toconclusion that the Earth is threatened by alien invasion. During the first five seasons of the series "Stargate: ZV-1", the actors performing the main roles remained unchanged. Since the sixth season of the show, the composition of the ZV-1 team has gradually changed. In the scenario of the television series, some ancient myths and legends of Egypt, Norway and other countries of the world were used.

Actors of the series "Stargate: ZV-1 "starred in several feature films based on the show. These are such films as "Stargate: the Ark of Truth", as well as "Stargate: Continuum." Critics' reviews of the show were mostly positive. "ZV-1" was nominated for many prestigious awards throughout the filming.

Actors and roles

The series "Star Gate: ZV-1" largely owes its popularity to the cast.

The roles in the television series were:

• Jack O "Nill was played by actor Richard Dean Anderson;
• Daniel Jackson - Michael Shanks;
• in the role of Samantha Carter starred actress Amanda Tapping;
• Christopher Judge played the role of extraterrestrial Tilka;
• George Hammond played Don S. Davis;
• Jonas Quinn - Corin Nemek;
• Cam Mitchell - Ben Browder;
• in the role of Vala Mal Doran actress Claudia Black.

Jack O "The Nill

The protagonist of the project in the seasons 1 to 8is Lieutenant-Colonel Jack O'Neill.In the 9th and 10th seasons of the television series he goes on promotion and does not participate in the missions of ZV-1, but only manages the detachments.Jack is a professional soldier.He participated in many special operations.Colonik O'Neill headed the mission through the stellar gates and in the original film. There, his role was played by actor Kurt Russell.

Jack is the commander of ZV-1. He has romantic feelings for Samantha Carter, but he never crosses the line, because the military regulations do not allow it. By the end of the television project, Jack became a general of the US Air Force.

Samantha Carter

In 1 episode 1 season "Stargate: ZV-1 "to a team of researchers from other worlds is joined by Samantha Carter. She is an outstanding scientist, an astrophysicist, a military man. The title of Samantha is the captain of the US Air Force. Since the eighth season, Samantha herself leads the ZV-1 team first, and then helps Lieutenant Colonel Mitchell become commander of the group. The heroine of Amanda Tapping after the end of the series "ZV-1" appeared in some series of spin-off television series "Stargate: Atlantis."

Daniel Jackson

The character of Michael Shanks - the main characterthe original movie "Stargate." There, his role was played by actor James Spader. Daniel is an archaeologist, an Egyptologist. It was he who could understand the principle of the action of the stargate. The wife of Dr. Jackson was abducted by evil aliens, Goa'uld, and he is trying to find her and save her with all her might. In command ЗВ-1 he plays the role of a connoisseur of antiquities and an interpreter from ancient languages.

In the sixth season of the series Michael Shanks practicallydid not act in film and turned from the main character into a secondary one, but in the seventh season he again became one of the main characters and took his place in the research team. With the alien, Vaala Daniel is associated with a very strange, yet friendly relationship.

Tylk

The most interesting member of the team ZV-1 -extraterrestrial Tilk. In the television series, his role was played by African-American actor Christopher Judge. Tilk belongs to the Jaffa race. Once he served as the first warrior in Goaulda Apophis. Disappointed in his master, Tilk helps run away from captivity to the command of ZV-1 and joins them.

The dream of Tilka is to free all members of his race from enslaving the Goa'uld. His dream will come true by the end of the eighth season of the TV show.

George Hammond

The character of actor Don S. Davis is a Major-General of the Air Force. He leads the Star Gate project until Jack O'Neill takes his place, and in 2008, the actor who performed this role died of a heart attack, and Hammond's last appearance in the project occurred in the movie Stargate: Continuum.

Cameron Mitchell

Cameron appears in the television series in the 9th and 10th seasons. He, as he used to be Jack O'Neill, a lieutenant colonel of the US Air Force, is to lead the team of ZV-1. Cameron also appears in the full-length films Stargate: Continuum and Stargate: The Ark of Truth.

Jonas Quinn

Actor Corin Nemek played in the series rolethe extraterrestrial Jonas. This aliens replaced Daniel Jackson in the research team in season 6. Viewers can watch the fate of Quinn for three seasons from the fifth to the seventh. Daniel Jackson gives his life to protect the homeland of Jonas.

For this Jonas steals from his compatriots a valuable substance - nakvadriy, and goes with him to Earth. After Daniel returns to ZV-1, Jonas flies to his planet.

Vala Mal Doran

The character of Claudia Black appears in the television series starting from season 8. Vala is a fraud and everything that interests her is profit. Once she wore a goaulda.

In the 10th season, Mal Doran becomes a full member of the ZV-1 team and, together with others, tries to save the Earth from the oray race. Vala struggles with oray and for personal reasons. Her daughter is at oray.

Goa'uld

From season 1 "The Stargate: 3B-1 "keep the spectator in suspense." Goaulds are the main enemy of earthlings in the first series of "Zv-1." They look like snakes and live permanently inside humanoid creatures, controlling them. The inhabitants of other worlds are similar to earthlings, because many years ago the Goa'ulds They transported some of the people from the Earth to other planets as slaves.Gaulds are those who were considered gods in ancient mythology, they have the technology and knowledge that the earthlings do not have.The methods and skills of Goaulda are being stolen from other races.

Ori

Another enemy of earthlings is the race of the Ori. It is a group of ascended aliens, very highly developed, but with extremely radical religious beliefs. The Ori had planted their faith on other planets, because faith in the power of the oray multiplied their strength.

Continuation of the series

In 2004, the SciFi channel startedbroadcast of the television series "Stargate: Atlantis." Events occur in the same universe as in the television series "ZV-1" and in the original film about the stargate. The television show from the creators of Brad Wright and Robert Cooper was produced jointly by the US and Canada. The main roles in Atlantis were performed by Joe Flanigan, Rachel Luttrell, Tory Higginson, Jason Momoa and other actors. Some actors of the series "Stargate: ZV-1" appeared in this television series.

The series tells about a group of researchers,who traveled through the stellar gates to the galaxy Pegasus, to Atlantis. Here the main characters are waiting for new enemies - the reefs, the genii and the asurans. In total, 5 seasons, 100 TV series were filmed.

In 2009, after the closure of the television series "Stargates: Atlantis "on the Syfy Universal television channel, a new television series" Stargate: The Universe "was launched. Created it all the same Robert Cooper and Brad Wright. As a composer, Joel Goldsmith was invited, who also composed music for "ZV-1". The roles in the TV show were performed by Robert Carlisle, Brian Smith, Luis Ferreira, Elise Leveque, Elaine Huffman, David Blue and others.

The plot of "Stargate: The universe "is based on the chronicle of the adventures of the space ship" Destiny ". This ship was built by the race of the Ancients. A group of researchers moved to him after the ninth chevron of the gates was opened. The main characters can not return to Earth. This series survived only two seasons, 40 episodes.

Interesting Facts

• According to the plot of the series, the star gates are in a special military command center. The entrance to the secret base is at the foot of Mount Cheyenne in the state of Colorado.
• The first missions of the ZV-1 team were related to the study of the Milky Way planets and the search for new technologies and allies.
• Spin-offs of the series "Stargate: Atlantis" and "Stargate: The Universe" could not repeat the success of "ZV-1".
• The television series can boast eight Emmy nominations, two Gemini awards, five Saturn awards, twelve Leo awards, and also nominations for Hugo and VES.