Richard Dean Anderson
The future MacGyver (1985) and Stargate SG-1 (1997) star was born on January 23, 1950, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His father, Stuart Anderson, was a teacher at a local high school and his mother, Jocelyn, was an artist who was talented in both sculpting and painting. He and his two younger brothers, Thomas John and James Stuart, grew up in a suburb of Minneapolis called Roseville. During his childhood and teenage years, he developed a love for sports, music (especially jazz) and acting.
Known for
![Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/xgBBdHP4yNzmIzX8VYyXqPhjaAF.jpg)
Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23
![Fairly Legal](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/pISB4y5brd9wCyl9Rd3wkP8Q8fm.jpg)
Fairly Legal
![Stargate Universe](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/dHOaOZGUhnoRXeK9mhYeSRPh59H.jpg)
Stargate Universe
![Stargate SG-1: Children of the Gods](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/3HOystOCjvi3o1ufOtvj7chDQkd.jpg)
Stargate SG-1: Children of the Gods
![Stargate - En route vers les étoiles](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/jWU6zw2xEC1mbimTNK9Wx1bJOJ2.jpg)
Stargate - En route vers les étoiles
![Stargate: Continuum](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/aP22JTw7or68WwqwFu1Bwrg66Ev.jpg)
Stargate: Continuum
![Stargate Atlantis](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/l0JYr2iqwId6VOmCV8dHzlIM6Wd.jpg)
Stargate Atlantis
![Stargate SG-1](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/dQjmI7XxI47v8IM2MUysHG0LuU2.jpg)
Stargate SG-1
![Pandora's Clock](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/nIZvx1tm7rxaAulbxoERTBMqErN.jpg)
Pandora's Clock
![Past the Bleachers](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/mcj1NYHlcsHzxG09qHsP6oRuKJc.jpg)
Past the Bleachers
![Legend](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/4zm9xoHK8rc8fxnj87zO3OZPT3N.jpg)
Legend
![MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/A1fwL6i2PObYIeOW6iMhimLpIa3.jpg)
MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday
![Beyond Betrayal](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/uOyR4S2fHFFxKPBBT8dbrIwArZS.jpg)
Beyond Betrayal
![MacGyver: Lost Treasure of Atlantis](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/hcmocdC6Rp0w6C8M4i1yvewmgNL.jpg)
MacGyver: Lost Treasure of Atlantis
![Through the Eyes of a Killer](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/qjRfVizwyHry2ybh4oycRhLzAFm.jpg)
Through the Eyes of a Killer
![In the Eyes of a Stranger](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/zwEv791wF1pxC2Lrf1H9iPAqcjN.jpg)
In the Eyes of a Stranger
![The Simpsons](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/vHqeLzYl3dEAutojCO26g0LIkom.jpg)
The Simpsons
![Odd Jobs](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/hDNev459bgBVqZ2VCBZmDiiWXZJ.jpg)
Odd Jobs
![MacGyver](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/7q4u6lXXQR2wcP2FnvH9PpZ7Qir.jpg)
MacGyver
![Emerald Point N.A.S.](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/3BKEbhLiNJExXc0q5zir4sxB6zM.jpg)
Emerald Point N.A.S.
![Seven Brides for Seven Brothers](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/gu1kMsEhJVOCh2blr0imX32LfQV.jpg)
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
![Young Doctors in Love](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/9JTPSVDEFilY09hqtWPHrCDFneV.jpg)
Young Doctors in Love
![Entertainment Tonight](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/rVAMCmlyDqhw20NHg5jk9sMuMNg.jpg)
Entertainment Tonight
![The Facts of Life](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/45i9VujUbQITmHl3QE3eNs9ZUv3.jpg)
The Facts of Life
![The Love Boat](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/fnsnazlj2bt3Fuj0pJ7wBPmuMLO.jpg)
The Love Boat
![Battle of the Network Stars](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/4KTe1voKfQOzLDKUsiejRjUUWO1.jpg)
Battle of the Network Stars
![Saturday Night Live](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/sHGuKFjIBisPk8cvtCZTDVktYfs.jpg)
Saturday Night Live
![The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/oA8QVTGlAN511uCAMDN60aVQUs1.jpg)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson