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After several appearances on stage, including traditional Shakespeare, Browder garnered a few minor appearances in feature films, including a small part as a rookie captain in Memphis Belle (1990) and the role of a short-lived boyfriend in Bésame antes de morir(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 Cinco en familia (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. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Saska
Trivia
Ben met his wife, Francesca Buller, while studying at London's Central School of Speech and Drama in 1989.Graduate of Furman University in Greenville, SC
His favorite movie is Las aventuras de Jeremiah Johnson (1972), the concept of which was warped into an episode of his show, Farscape (1999).
Two of the series in which he has starred have featured an advanced alien race called the Ancients: Farscape (1999) and Stargate (1997).
Was considered for the role of Major Hayes on Star Trek: Enterprise (2001).
In Farscape: Las guerras pacificadoras (2004), War Minister Ahkna (played by his real-life wife Francesca Buller) was killed by his on-screen wife Aeryn Sun (Claudia Black).
Ben Bowder was the only actor to appear in all 88 episodes of Farscape (1999).
Claudia Black was not present in six episodes: Losing Time, Incubator, Scratch and Sniff, What Was Lost Pt 1: Sacrifice, What Was Lost Pt 2: Resurrection and Lava's a Many Splendored Thing.
He is a huge science fiction fan.
He has appeared in Farscape (1999), Farscape: Las guerras pacificadoras (2004) and Stargate (1997) with Claudia Black. (He did not appear in Stargate (1997) until 2005. )
He was the producers original choice for role of Major John Sheppard in Stargate: Atlantis(2004), but was unable to take the role due to filming commitments to the Farscape: Las guerras pacificadoras (2004) mini-series. He was later cast as Lt. Colonel Cameron Mitchell in Stargate (1997) as the shows new lead actor following the departure of Richard Dean Anderson.
His real life son can be seen in the Farscape episode "Look at the Princess: Part 1: A Kiss Is but a Kiss", as the generated preview of Crichton's son. His real life daughter appears in Farscape episode "Look at the Princess: Part 3: The Maltese Crichton", as the preview of Crichton's soon to be daughter.
Announced that he will be joining the cast of Stargate (1997) in 2005. [December 2004]
Is currently writing, producing, and set to star in the six-hour miniseries 'Going Homer' for the Sci-Fi Channel. [December 2008]
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