The senior military officer on board the Destiny, Colonel Young is “an experienced and married Stargate team leader,” according to TV Guide. Early casting documents described the character as a former SG team leader who is the temporary commander of a secret, off-world base. He has been married just two years to his wife, Hailey.
Veteran actor Justin Louis is 41, born in Portugal and raised in Ontario, Canada. He has appeared on a broad range of TV series and films, including Durham County, 24, CSI: Miami, and 1-800-Missing. Science fiction fans may have caught him in guest appearances on The Outer Limit (appearing with Firefly‘s Nathan Fillion in the episode “Star Crossed”), Mutant X, Highlander, and as the holodeck character Trevis on Star Trek: Voyager. He also appeared in the recent A&E miniseries The Andromeda Strain.
Jamil Walker Smith, 26, hails from New York City, and is best known as the voice of Gerald on the Nickelodeon series Hey Arnold! On screen he has appeared in such series as Bones, Cold Case, NYPD Blue, and Supernatural. His official Web site is at JamilWalkerSmith.com.
Louis and Smith join cast members Robert Carlyle, Brian J. Smith, and David Blue. Still to be cast are the show’s women, Tamara Jon and Chloe Walker.
Character details are, of course, subject to change as the show moves toward its February 4 start of filming and fall 2009 premiere. Stick with GateWorld for the latest developments!
(Thanks to Morjana and Michael Sacal for the tip)
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Not really familiar with Justin Louis' work, though his face is recognizable from other tv shows and movies, though nothing memorable. He's not what I would have expected for Young. Still, its been exciting to see all the new cast announcements.
I know I've seen Louis before, just can't place him.
Smith is quite handsome, so we are getting our complement of beautiful people, too. Bet the gals will be knock-outs.
I'm not happy with Jamil Walker Smith. For once the brute of the show should be someone who's **actually** intimidating looking. Teal'c was fairly good, Ronin was a joke, and this guy doesn't seem much better. Throw a big huge husky guy in the role, someone with some physical presence as well as stage presence.
So far I have not been intrigued by any of the four new cast members announced. I'm glad they're not all ridiculously young though.
J.W.Smith (remember we now have two hottie Smith's) will be a handsome angsty guy with a mysterious past who Chloe will want to heal with her newfound compassion and love.
What's not to like?
@ Sylvia: It's cliche and tired.
But it's gonna be TOTALLY AWESOME!
(sarcasm just doesn't come through on the screen, darn it :P)
although I do think the cast so far seem fine, just quite stereotypical, but then that's par for the course in TV.
The cast is **extremely** stereotypical. It's like the casting departing is just picking people they think are hot to the largest number of people.
All this is very interesting, but I'm looking forward a summer trailer to see how those actors fit together. Mostly to see them in action and interaction with each other. As long as they don't pull a Rainbow Sun Franks on us I'll be happy.
@ phoenixp3k: Or the reverse, getting rid of the best characters. Getting rid of Dr. Weir was the biggest mistake in Stargate history in my opinion, it's when me and most everyone I know stopped watching Atlantis.
So far they all look appropriately angsty and emo, which seems to be the direction this series wants to go in.
I don't get any of the humorous, we don't take ourselves that seriously vibe that I got from both SG1 and Atlantis. And to be honest, I will miss that. I LIKED that.
This show I might actually like, too, but it will be a completely different experience and not at all like what I have watched for the past 15 seasons of Stargate. I will really miss that lighthearted space adventure that was the previous incarnations.
But life goes on, things change, I'm sad.