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Jack O'Neill
Stargate franchise character
Richard Dean Anderson as Jack O'Neill
First appearance Stargate
Created by Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin
Portrayed by Kurt Russell (film)
Richard Dean Anderson (series)
Information
Species Human
Occupation United States Air Force officer
Family Sara (wife film) (ex-wife series),
Tyler (film) / Charlie (series) (son, deceased)
Nationality American

Jonathan "Jack" O'Neill is a fictional character in the German-Canadian-American Sci-Fi Channel television series Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis and Stargate Universe, three science fiction shows about military teams exploring the galaxy via a network of alien transportation devices. Played by American actor Richard Dean Anderson, O'Neill was a main character in the first eight seasons of Stargate SG-1 (1997–2005). O'Neill had a recurring role in Stargate Atlantis for the first three seasons (2004–2007), and he also appeared in the 2008 direct-to-DVD SG-1 film Stargate: Continuum in a recurring status. Anderson reduced his character's status in season six to spend more time with his family; in season eight he left the show, removing him from the status of a main character.

Colonel Jack O'Neill (spelled O'Neil in the film) makes his first appearance, played by actor Kurt Russell in the 1994 military science fiction film Stargate, written by Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich. Colonel O'Neill is a United States Air Force Colonel with experience in special operations, and he led the first team through the Stargate on a reconnaissance mission. After the creation of Stargate Command (SGC) in "Children of the Gods", the pilot episode of Stargate SG-1, he is given command of the primary SG team, SG-1, which consists of Daniel Jackson, Teal'c and Samantha "Sam" Carter. Being promoted to Brigadier general in Season 8, O'Neill is choosen as the new leader of Stargate Command after George Hammond's departure from the show. At the start of Seasons 9 O'Neill is again promoted, this time as the leader of Department of Homeworld Security, so that Richard Dean Anderson could leave the show to spend time with his family. Colonel O'Neill appears in most episodes of the first eight seasons of Stargate SG-1; however, he only appears in 4 episodes of season 9 and 10.

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[edit] Role in Stargate

[edit] Character arc

Jack O'Neil (one "L") played by Kurt Russell in Stargate.

Jack O'Neill (spelled "O'Neil" in the film) is a United States Air Force colonel with experience in special ops.[1] In the Stargate film, O'Neil is married to Sarah O'Neil and suffers a period of suicidal depression after his son accidentally shot himself with O'Neil's pistol. O'Neil is recalled to active duty and when Dr. Daniel Jackson (James Spader) deciphers the Stargate, he leads a reconnaissance mission of airmen and Daniel to the other side. O'Neil's standing order is to detonate a nuclear warhead near the Stargate at the sign of danger, but a young boy named Skaara (Alexis Cruz) gives him a renewed sense of life. After the defeat of Ra (Jaye Davidson), O'Neil and his team return to Earth while Daniel remains on the planet with his new-found love.[2]

With an incursion by the Goa'uld Apophis (Peter Williams) and the subsequent creation of Stargate Command (SGC) in the pilot episode, "Children of the Gods" for Stargate SG-1, O'Neill (now played by Richard Dean Anderson) is given command of the primary SG team, SG-1, which includes Daniel Jackson (Michael Shanks), Captain Samantha Carter (Amanda Tapping) and the alien Teal'c (Christopher Judge). O'Neill is no longer married.[3] In the season 2's "The Fifth Race", O'Neill has the Repository of the Ancients temporarily "downloaded" to his brain and becomes the first modern human to travel to another galaxy, the Asgard home galaxy.[4] A second download of the Ancients' knowledge into his brain during, the season 7 finale, allows him to lead SG-1 to an Ancient outpost in Antarctica. O'Neill possesses the ATA gene, and thus is able to operate the Ancient control chair and save Earth from Anubis's fleet.[5] With the Ancient knowledge about to overwhelm his personality and kill him, he is placed into a stasis pod in the outpost till Thor of the Asgard is able to remove the knowledge in the first episode of season 8 and save his life. It's revealed he is extremely advanced for his species, the Asgard stated he was a step forward in human evolution, but not enough to help their search for a solution to their own cloning problems. Nevertheless they put a marker in his DNA to stop anyone from performing genetic experiments on him.

O'Neill is promoted to brigadier general in the season opener of season 8 and is given command of the Stargate Command.[6] O'Neill is promoted again off-screen before the beginning of season 9 and becomes the new head of the Department of Homeworld Security, appearing in only two episodes early in season 9 while Major General Hank Landry (Beau Bridges) settles in as the new commander of the SGC, though he is referenced in several other episodes.[7] 'O'Neill also appears in the season 10 episodes "200" and "The Shroud". In his four appearances in Stargate Atlantis, O'Neill sends off the Atlantis Expedition to the Ancient city of Atlantis, he is part of Elizabeth Weir's (Torri Higginson) hallucination, and travels to Atlantis with Richard Woolsey (Robert Picardo) for an alien negotiation in a two-part episode.[8][9][10]

O'Neill returns in the direct-to-DVD film Stargate Continuum in a supporting role; he is killed in the opening scenes but appears as an alternate version in another timeline and is subsequently saved by the three remaining SG-1 members from the original timeline who manage to restore it. O'Neill is expected to return in the third post-SG-1 film.[11]

[edit] Characterization and relationships

O'Neill is somewhat of a wit throughout the series, subjecting his enemies and allies to frequent quips and facetious remarks at the risk of diplomatic consequences. As the series' primary audience surrogate, he often unenthusiastically receives Carter's scientific and Jackson's philological counselings. O'Neill enjoys fishing at his cabin in Minnesota, watching The Simpsons, and drinking beer. It has been mentioned on occasion that he likes Mary Steenburgen.[12] He also commonly corrects improper grammar.[13]

Throughout the series, O'Neill's relationship with Samantha Carter has been subjected to a great deal of interest and speculation.[14] On two separate occasions, either O'Neill or a member of his team come into contact with (different) alternate realities in which O'Neill and Carter were either engaged or married.[15][16] In the fourth season episode "Divide and Conquer", both O'Neill and Carter had to officially admit that their feelings for one another were more than professional, and agreed to never let this leak out the room where they had to admit.[17] There are several events and incidents spread throughout the series that imply that the feelings they have for one another remain a subtle constant in their lives (shown in Season Four's episode "Window of Opportunity" when in one of his time loops he resigns his commission to the Air Force to kiss Sam), despite various outside influences, such as Carter's temporary fiancé Pete Shanahan, and O'Neill's brief relationship with Kerry Johnson, an officer of the CIA, as well as their relationships with off worlders.[18] Some people are aware of that fact, Teal'c often hinted on this, and he was there when they had to admit it in an episode. The trouble is that such relationships between two military officers are forbidden (Fraternization) but neither of them wanted to quit their job. O'Neill never retired, and Kerry Johnson said he was making a big error by letting themselves be apart from each other by military regulation, telling him to retire.

[edit] Conceptual history

John Symes approached Michael Greenburg and Richard Dean Anderson of MacGyver fame.[19] Although Richard Dean Anderson was never a real fan of the science fiction genre, he believed the original feature film to be a good vehicle for a series.[20] Anderson agreed to become involved with the project if his character was allowed significantly more comedic leeway than Kurt Russell's character in the feature film. He also requested Stargate SG-1 to be more of an ensemble show, so that he would not be carrying the plot alone as on MacGyver.[21] The American subscription channel Showtime made a two-season commitment for 44 episodes in 1996.[19] Principal photography would begin in Vancouver in February 1997.[22]

Anderson was part of the main cast from season 1 through 8 and played a recurring role in several episodes each season thereafter. He was influential in the development of O'Neill's character and personality from the beginning. While he praised the work done by Kurt Russell in the Stargate film, he said he couldn't be that serious all the time and worked with the writers and directors to give his O'Neill a more lighthearted tone while maintaining the sense of importance the role required. Besides, he joked that he would never be able to get his hair to stay like Kurt Russell's. Anderson is expected to return in the third post-SG-1 movie. Executive producer Brad Wright stressed the importance of O'Neill's presence in the Stargate universe even after the character went on hiatus during the last two seasons of SG-1 when Anderson took a leave from regular acting.[11] In season six, Anderson chose to have a reduced role in the series so that he could spend more time with his young daughter (and instead making a few guest appearances on the show).[23]

[edit] Reception

Anderson at the Air Force dinner
Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Richard Dean Anderson

For his portrayal of Jack O'Neill, Richard Dean Anderson won a Saturn Award in the category "Best Genre TV Actor" in 1999, and was nominated in the same category in 1998 and 2000. He won a Saturn Award in the category "Best Actor on Television" in 1998 and was nominated in the same category from 2001-2005 but never won.[24] Anderson is currently nominated in the category for "Best Male Performance in a 2008 Science Fiction Film, TV Movie, or Mini-Series" at the Constellation Awards in 2009 for his work in Stargate: Continuum (2008), were he reprised his role as Jack O'Neill.[25]

He was presented with an award at the Air Force Association's 57th Annual Air Force Anniversary Dinner in Washington, D.C. on September 14, 2004 because of his role as star and executive producer of Stargate SG-1, a series which has portrayed the Air Force in a positive light since it first premiered.[26] It was presented by the then-Air Force Chief-of-Staff, General John P. Jumper.[27] Anderson was made an honorary Brigadier General.

[edit] References

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ "The Gamekeeper". Stargate SG-1 (Showtime). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The+Gamekeeper. No. 4, season 2. 
  2. ^ Stargate. Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer (MGM) and Carolco. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stargate+%28film%29. 
  3. ^ "Children of the Gods (Part 1 & 2)". Stargate SG-1 (Showtime). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children+of+the+Gods. No. 1 & 2, season 1. 
  4. ^ "The Fifth Race". David Warry-Smith. Stargate SG-1 (Sky One). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The+Fifth+Race. No. 15, season 2. 
  5. ^ "Lost City". Martin Wood. Stargate SG-1 (Sky One). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost+City+%28Stargate+SG-1%29. No. 21 & 22, season 7. 
  6. ^ "New Order". Andy Mikita. Stargate SG-1 (Sci Fi Channel). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New+Order+%28Stargate+SG-1%29. No. 2, season 8. 
  7. ^ "Avalon". Andy Mikita. Stargate SG-1 (Sci Fi Channel). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avalon+%28Stargate+SG-1%29. No. 1 & 2, season 9. 
  8. ^ "Rising". Martin Wood. Stargate Atlantis (Sci Fi Channel). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rising+%28Stargate+Atlantis%29. No. 1 & 2, season 1. 
  9. ^ "The Return". Brad Turner. Stargate Atlantis (Sci Fi Channel). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The+Return+%28Stargate+Atlantis%29. No. 10, season 3. 
  10. ^ "The Real World". Paul Ziller. Stargate Atlantis (Sci Fi Channel). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The+Real+World+%28Stargate+Atlantis%29. No. 6, season 3. 
  11. ^ a b "Wright: Stargate movies need O'Neill". GateWorld.net. May 11, 2008. http://www.gateworld.net/news/2008/05/wright_stargate_movies_need_onei.shtml. Retrieved on 2008-05-12. 
  12. ^ "Heroes (Part 1 & 2)". Stargate SG-1 (Sky One). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heroes+%28Stargate+SG-1%29. No. 17 & 18, season 7. 
  13. ^ "The Other Guys". Martin Wood. Stargate SG-1 (Sci Fi Channel). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The+Other+Guys. No. 8, season 6. 
  14. ^ Joseph Mallozzi (2008-12-08). "December 8, 2008: Ships and What Ifs « Josephmallozzi’s weblog". http://josephmallozzi.wordpress.com/2008/12/08/december-8-2008-ships-and-what-ifs/. Retrieved on 2008-04-13. 
  15. ^ "Point of View". Stargate SG-1 (Showtime). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point+of+View+%28Stargate+SG-1%29. No. 6, season 3. 
  16. ^ "Moebius". Stargate SG-1 (Sky One). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moebius+%28Stargate+SG-1%29. No. 20, season 8. 
  17. ^ "Divide and Conquer". Peter DeLuise. Stargate SG-1 (Showtime). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divide+and+Conquer+%28Stargate+SG-1%29. No. 6, season 4. 
  18. ^ "Window of Opportunity". Peter DeLuise. Stargate SG-1 (Showtime). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Window+of+Opportunity+%28Stargate+SG-1%29. No. 6, season 4. 
  19. ^ a b Wright, Brad; Glassner, Jonathan; Greenburg, Michael; Anderson, Richard Dean; Shanks, Michael. (2001). Stargate SG-1: Season 3 – Timeline To The Future – Part 1: Legacy Of The Gate. [DVD]. MGM Home Entertainment. 
  20. ^ Harwin, A.J (December 2, 1998). "'Stargate SG-1' teleports into second season of production". Daily Bruin. http://www.dailybruin.ucla.edu/archives/id/14227/. Retrieved on 2009-03-18. 
  21. ^ Eramo, Steven (July 2002). "Richard Dean Anderson – Mr Anderson – Colonel O'Neill". TV Zone (Special 46): 4–9. 
  22. ^ Hudolin, Richard. (2001). Stargate SG-1: Season 3 – Production Design: Richard Hudolin [DVD]. MGM Home Entertainment
  23. ^ Gibson 2003, p. 66, p. 117.
  24. ^ "Saturn Awards – Past Award Winners". Saturn Awards. http://www.saturnawards.org/past.html. Retrieved on 2009-04-13. 
  25. ^ "Constellation Awards". Stargate Archive.com. http://www.stargatearchive.com/journal/index.php/2009/04/stargate-nominated-in-2009-canadian-constellation-awards. Retrieved on 2009-04-13. 
  26. ^ Haugsted, Linda (2004-09-20). "Through the Wire". Multichannel News (Reed Elsevier Inc). http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA454258.html. Retrieved on 2008-10-06. 
  27. ^ Thar, Doug (September 9, 2004). "Air Force to honor actor, producer". Air Force Link. http://web.archive.org/web/20071230065834/http://www.af.mil/pressreleases/release.asp?storyID=123008593. Retrieved on 2009-05-31. 

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