In Roland Emmerich's "Stargate," Egyptologist and linguist Daniel Jackson (James Spader) is invited to decipher markings on a portal-like device known as a Stargate. Daniel succeeds in cracking ...

Stargate SG-1 star Michael Shanks, who played scientist Daniel Jackson, had one frustration with the sci-fi spin-off series as it developed.

James Spader: 'Blacklist' Season 8 'really dire ... In 1994, he starred as Egyptologist Daniel Jackson in the blockbuster hit Stargate. He played car-accident fetishist James Ballard in the ...