Name: ANDERSON First name: Richard Dean Birth: 01/23/1950 Minneapolis,Minnesota.USA Family:Stuart(retired teacher and jazz musician) and jocelyn(sculptor/painter) .Three brothers:Jeffrey Scott,Thomas John and James Astrological sign: aquarius ascendant capricorn Status:bachelor Roots: rda has mixed blood:swedish,irish,norvegian and indian mohawk Passions:NATURE,MUSIC,ARTS,SPORTS(hockey, baseball ,ski...) Height: 6'' 2' Hairs colour:naturally medium brown but now mostly silver Eyes:very dark brown(richard prefers to say black!) Occupations:actor,Producer,environmental campaigner Commitments:MAKE A WISH FOUNDATION,CELEBRITY ALL STAR HOCKEY TEAM,SEA SHEPPERD CONSERVATION SOCIETY Children: one daughter WYLIE QUINN ANNAROSE born august 2nd 1998,birth weight: 71bs,11oz(mother: apryl prose) Residences:Malibu,California;log cabin in Minnesota Education:Lake Owassa grade school;St Cloud State University(Minnesota);Ohio University Roles: -General Hospital(1976-1981) -Seven brides for seven brothers(1982-1983) -Emerald point NAS(1983-1984) -Macgyver(1985-1992) -Legend(1995) -Stargate sg1(1997- to date) TV movies:-Young doctors in love (1982) -Ordinary Heroes(1986) -Odd Jobs(1986) -In the eyes of a stranger(1991) -Through the eyes of a killer(1992) -Macgyver: lost treasure of Atlantis(1993) -Trail to doomsday(1993) -Beyond betrayal(1994) -Past the bleachers(1995) -Firehouse(1996) -Pandora's Clock(1996) TRIVIA:-Richard wanted to play professionnal hockey.However at 16 he broke both of his arms,in separate accidents , leaving him in hospital for three months and with pins in his right arms. -at 17 he took a 5641 mile bicycle trip accross Canada and Alaska.He set off with 2 friends but they both failed to lst the distance! -worked as a street mime and juggler before landing a job at Marineland, where part of his role was to hold a fish in his mouth for the killer whale to snatch! -Richard was in a band called ricky dean annd dante with his friends Carl Dante where he both sang and played guitar. -Richard is extremely near sighted and claims that asking to wear his glasses when he read for the part of macgyver won him his role. -The gekko film corporation is so named after richard found a gekko sitting on his chest during a holiday in Tahiti. -Richard says "dogs are my favourite people"and to that end he has an australian shepperd called zoe which he has had since she was a puppy. -richard founded the celebrity all stars hockey team , a collection of hockey enthusiasts from the sports and entertainment world who play in NHL cities troughout the usa for charity. -Richard was chosen to be the honorary captain of team USA , the united states olympic hockey team in both 1988 and 1992. -Richard composed the piece of music"eau d'leo" used in the macgyver episode "the negociator" write to richard: RICHARD DEAN ANDERSON C/0 STUDIO FAN MAIL,1122 s.ROBERTSON BOULEVARD.suite 15,LOS ANGELES.CA 90035 USA