Christopher Judge

Douglas Christopher Judge (born October 13, 1964) is an American actor best known for playing Teal'c in the - television series Stargate SG-1. He attended the on a football scholarship and was a  player.

Early life
Christopher Judge was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. He has one younger brother, Jeff Judge, also an actor. Christopher Judge harbored the desire to become an actor from an early age, and studied drama in high school. "The television set was my babysitter growing up. I can remember wanting to invoke the feelings that I was getting from television—I wanted to be the one who was the catalyst for those feelings in other people. Performing was something I've always known I was going to do." He always knew that sports would be a stepping stone to an acting career. Judge was an All-L.A. City football player at Carson High School and graduated from Carson in 1982. He played for legendary Coach Gene Vollnogle.

Judge received a scholarship from the and played defensive back and safety for the  from 1982 to 1985. He led in kickoff return yardage for 1983-84 and interceptions in 1984, and earned the Casanova Award in 1982, given to the freshman or newcomer of the year. While at Oregon, Judge was a three time, a Selection in 1984 and played in the 1985.

Judge initially considered majoring in pre-med, in case his acting aspirations were not realized, but he found he had trouble with the required math, and changed his major, first to psychology, and then to telecommunications and film with a minor in psychology.

Judge won a contest to host a radio show in Oregon, and in his senior year he won a regional contest to host the West Coast FOX KLSR Morning Show, an "MTV talk show type thing"; he used this experience to get an agent and move to Los Angeles.

Acting
In 1989 Judge began studying at the in LA. A few of his early roles were in the 1990s, , and  with future Stargate SG-1 star Richard Dean Anderson. In the ensuing years, Judge had small parts in various television shows and movies such as with future SG-1 director Peter DeLuise,, and , and as a regular on  from 1994 to 1995.

Judge's largest role came in 1997 with Stargate SG-1. While at a friend's house, he saw his friend's roommate practicing for an audition for the show and was intrigued. While the roommate was away, Judge looked at the audition notes, then called his agent and insisted he get him an audition, or lose him as a client. At the audition there were three actors trying out for each of the other principal roles, but eight or ten for the role of Teal'c. Judge was confident that he had acquired the part when they dismissed everyone who's read for the part except him. Of all the actors in Stargate SG-1, Judge has been in the most episodes.

Judge's subsequent work includes guest spots on, Stargate Atlantis, , the television movie Personal Effects, and the films and , the latter written and directed by fellow Stargate actor David Hewlett. Judge appeared in "Anonymous", the October 26, 2010 episode of, and as one of 's henchmen in the 2012 film.

Writing
Judge wrote four episodes of Stargate SG-1: season five's, season six's , season seven's , and season eight's.

After Stargate SG-1 was canceled, Judge began writing a script for a show called Rage of Angels that would have enabled him to play "the lead in an hour formatted show and prove that a black lead can be commercially viable and sustainable in overseas markets." The script was marketed as a two hour, with MGM, but is now apparently with Direct TV and Starz Media.

Voice work
Judge has also done voice acting for animated series and video games, including the voice of Magneto on  and the canceled Stargate SG-1: The Alliance. In the season eight episode,, Teal'c informs SG-1 that he plays Def Jam Vendetta, alluding to the fact that Chris Judge had provided the voice of D-Mob, the main antagonist in that game. He once again appeared as D-Mob in the sequel,, this time as a good guy and as the boss for your main character/hero. He is also known for voicing Jericho in.

Judge provided the voice of on the revived ] cartoon as well as Coach Grey in the series

Personal life
Judge is involved with the. He is an avid golfer. Judge has four children, Cameron Justin, Catrina Christine, Christopher Jordan and Chloe (born 2005). He married model/actress Gianna Patton on December 28, 2011.

Nomination
Judge has been nominated once.

Actor

 * Teal'c (Stargate SG-1, Stargate: The Ark of Truth, Stargate Atlantis, Stargate: Continuum)
 * See list of appearances
 * Alternate realities:
 * Teal'c, an alternate Teal'c still in service of Apophis (SG1: )
 * Teal'c, an alternate Teal'c still in service of Apophis (SG1: )
 * Teal'c, an alternate Teal'c of an alternate SG-1 (SG1: )
 * Teal'c, an alternate Teal'c of an alternate SG-1 (SG1: )
 * Teal'c, an alternate Teal'c of an alternate SG-1 (SG1: )
 * Teal'c, an alternate Teal'c of an alternate SG-1 (SG1: )
 * Teal'c, an alternate Teal'c of an alternate SG-1 (SG1: )
 * Alternate timelines:
 * Teal'c (SG1: )
 * Teal'c (SG1: )
 * Teal'c (SG1: )
 * Teal'c
 * Teal'c
 * Other "Teal'cs":
 * Teal'c, the first android version created on Altair (SG1: )
 * Teal'c, the second android version created on Altair (SG1:, )
 * Other characters:
 * Jack O'Neill (SG1: )
 * Ma'chello (SG1: )
 * Unas (voice) (SG1: )
 * Quetzalcoatl (voice) (SG1: )

Writer

 * See Episodes featuring Christopher Judge as Story writer and Episodes featuring Christopher Judge as Writer.

Judge has written four episodes of Stargate SG-1, all of them mainly related to Teal'c.