--- name: "Ben Browder" canonical: "https://film.one/person/ben-browder" roles: ["Actor"] born: "11 December 1962" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_fi1m_score: 78 average_as: "actor" average_over: 2 updated: "2026-09-17T17:05:10.707724+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Ben Browder Actor. Born 11 December 1962 in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 11 December 1962, Memphis, Tennessee, USA - **Active:** 1994–1999 - **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as actor, over 2 titles - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Browder, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q310524, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0112871/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/26048 ## Streaming the US now - **Peacock:** [*Farscape*](https://film.one/tv/farscape.md) (82) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Fi1m on Ben Browder > Ben Browder gives complicated science fiction an approachable human centre. We recommend his work in *Farscape* for the relationships he helps make convincing, though its early melodrama tests the patience. John Crichton wants to get home, a straightforward wish that makes the strange creatures of *Farscape* (1999) easier to accept. Ben Browder gives the astronaut an approachability that matters in Rockne S. O’Bannon’s series, where so much else needs explaining or taking on trust. We rate him as a lead who can make such company worth spending time with, though the programme takes a while to settle. He gives us a reason to stay before the crew’s shared history can do that work. Claudia Black’s Aeryn Sun and Anthony Simcoe’s Ka D’Argo are important to that success. Both give Browder someone to contend with, and the ensemble avoids becoming a collection of onlookers waiting for the astronaut to speak. The encounters within the crew become as absorbing as the space travel, giving Browder more to play than homesickness. We grew fonder of Crichton than we expected because Browder and Black make his relationship with Aeryn feel credible amid all the strangeness. The early melodrama still gets in the way, and an approachable lead cannot make the ageing effects disappear. His breakthrough came with *Farscape*, where he also wrote two episodes. Writing for the programme also meant attending to characters such as the ship Talyn, who does not speak. He returned as Crichton in the miniseries *Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars* (2004). Joining *Stargate SG-1* in 2005 as Cameron Mitchell kept him in science fiction and reunited him with Black, but meant entering a series for its final two seasons. His physicality and stunt work suited that action-oriented role. Later work has included television guest appearances and a cameo as the Sovereign Admiral in *Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2* (2017). Those brief assignments are not where we would begin with him. The appeal of his *Farscape* performance depends on time spent with the crew, rather than any single display of leading-man authority. Start there, with some tolerance for its awkward early drama; the relationships are worth waiting for. ## Biography Ben Browder is an American actor and writer. He was born on 11 December 1962 in Memphis, Tennessee, and grew up in Charlotte, North Carolina. He studied psychology at Furman University and trained in drama at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London. Browder is best known for playing John Crichton in the series *Farscape* (1999–2003) and for writing two episodes of the show. He later portrayed Cameron Mitchell in *Stargate SG-1* (2005–2007). He has received two Saturn Awards for his work on *Farscape*. He is married to actress Francesca Buller. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, farscape.fandom.com.* ## On Fi1m (2) - *Farscape* (1999), Fi1m 82, as John Crichton — [page](https://film.one/tv/farscape.md) - *Party of Five* (1994), Fi1m 73, as Sam Brody — [page](https://film.one/tv/party-of-five.md) ## Complete filmography (45) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Landman* (2024), series, as Colonel Ivey - *Iké Boys* (2022), as Wayne Gunderson - *Walker* (2021), series, as Nate Smith - *Being* (2020), as Agent Dixon - *All Rise* (2019), series, as Ephraim Bowles - *Hoax* (2019), as Rick Paxton - *God Bless the Broken Road* (2018), as Sgt. Price - *Station 19* (2018), series, as Fire Captain - *S.W.A.T.* (2017), series, as Sgt. Davis - *Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2* (2017), as Sovereign Admiral - *Bad Kids of Crestview Academy* (2017), Max, Director - *Outlaws and Angels* (2016), as George Tildon - *Dead Still* (2014), as Brandon Davis, Executive Producer - *The Adventures of RoboRex* (2014), as Robert Miller - *Bad Kids Go to Hell* (2012), as Max - *Arrow* (2012), series, as Ted Gaynor - *Stargate: Continuum* (2008), as Colonel Cameron Mitchell - *Stargate: The Ark of Truth* (2008), as Lt. Col. Cameron Mitchell - *Chuck* (2007), series, as Thug — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/tv/chuck.md) - *Criminal Minds* (2005), series, as Police Chief Steve Gaines - *Doctor Who* (2005), series, as Isaac - *A Killer Within* (2004), as Sam Moss - *Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars* (2004), series, as John Crichton - *Justice League Unlimited* (2004), series, as Bat Lash (voice) - *Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of Charlie's Angels* (2004), as Lee Majors - *CSI: Miami* (2002), series, as Danny Maxwell - *Farscape Undressed* (2001), Acting - *CSI: Crime Scene Investigation* (2000), series, as Randy Pruitt - *Countdown: The Sky's on Fire* (1999), as Racer - *Farscape* (1999), series, John Crichton, Writer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/farscape.md) - *Bad to the Bone* (1997), as Brent Rohrbach - *Steel Chariots* (1997), as D.J. Tucker - *Stargate SG-1* (1997), series, Cameron Mitchell, Writer - *Nevada* (1997), as Shelby - *Strangers* (1996), series, as Eric King - *Big Dreams & Broken Hearts: The Dottie West Story* (1995), as Al Winters - *Party of Five* (1994), series, as Sam Brody — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/tv/party-of-five.md) - *Thunder Alley* (1994), series, as Marcus - *Grace Under Fire* (1993), series, Acting - *Melrose Place* (1992), series, as Adam Travell - *Secrets* (1992), as Bill Warwick - *A Kiss Before Dying* (1991), as Tommy Roussell - *Daughters of Privilege* (1991), as Randy - *Memphis Belle* (1990), as Rookie Captain - *Murder, She Wrote* (1984), series, as Ollie Rudman ## Gallery - ![Ben Browder](https://film.one/media/person/472141/gallery-6360bca2b5f6.jpg) Ben Browder — Timebandit5565, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Ben_Browder_Headshot.jpg/1280px-Ben_Browder_Headshot.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Ben Browder interviewed by GateWorld.net in November 2008](https://film.one/media/person/472141/gallery-3ede317e72f3.jpg) Ben Browder interviewed by GateWorld.net in November 2008 — David Read, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/BenBrowder.jpg/1280px-BenBrowder.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Ben Browder speaking at the 2014 Phoenix Comicon Fan Fest at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. 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