Eric Breker - Revision history

Maintenance script: Adding status parameter to Template:Cast Data via maintenance CLI

2026-07-09T01:51:09Z

Adding status parameter to Template:Cast Data via maintenance CLI

← Older revision		Revision as of 01:51, 9 July 2026
Line 1:		Line 1:
	{{Cast Data		{{Cast Data
			\|stargate=1
	\|dark_angel=1		\|dark_angel=1
	\| image=Chu.jpg		\| image=Chu.jpg

Joe Beaudoin Jr. at 00:55, 9 July 2026

2026-07-09T00:55:07Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 00:55, 9 July 2026
Line 21:		Line 21:

	=== Early life and training ===		=== Early life and training ===
	Breker began acting in high school in [[w:Saskatchewan\|Saskatchewan]], crediting actor and director Gord McCall and the touring company [[w:Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan\|Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan]] with introducing him to theatre as a craft rather than a pastime.<ref group="commentary" name="starphoenix_zary_bigbreak_earlyroots_1998">{{cite news\|title=Actor sorry to see X-Files go\|author=Zary, Darren\|newspaper=Star-Phoenix\|location=Saskatoon, Saskatchewan\|date=29 June 1998\|page=12\|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/510573433/\|accessdate=22 June 2026}}</ref> He worked with Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan in the summer of 1988, an experience he later said was the first time he met actors who supported themselves through the work.<ref group="commentary" name="starphoenix_zary_bigbreak_earlyroots_1998"/> The following year he joined the incoming class at the [[w:National Theatre School of Canada\|National Theatre School of Canada** in [[w:Montreal\|Montreal]], enrolling in the fall of 1989 alongside fellow Saskatchewan actor Karen Turner.<ref group="external" name="starphoenix_bean_turner_nts_1989"/> He completed one year at the school before relocating to [[w:Victoria, British Columbia\|Victoria, British Columbia]], to pursue stage work.<ref group="commentary" name="starphoenix_zary_bigbreak_earlyroots_1998"/>		Breker began acting in high school in [[w:Saskatchewan\|Saskatchewan]], crediting actor and director Gord McCall and the touring company [[w:Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan\|Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan]] with introducing him to theatre as a craft rather than a pastime.<ref group="commentary" name="starphoenix_zary_bigbreak_earlyroots_1998">{{cite news\|title=Actor sorry to see X-Files go\|author=Zary, Darren\|newspaper=Star-Phoenix\|location=Saskatoon, Saskatchewan\|date=29 June 1998\|page=12\|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/510573433/\|accessdate=22 June 2026}}</ref> He worked with Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan in the summer of 1988, an experience he later said was the first time he met actors who supported themselves through the work.<ref group="commentary" name="starphoenix_zary_bigbreak_earlyroots_1998"/> The following year he joined the incoming class at the [[w:National Theatre School of Canada\|National Theatre School of Canada]] in [[w:Montreal\|Montreal]], enrolling in the fall of 1989 alongside fellow Saskatchewan actor Karen Turner.<ref group="external" name="starphoenix_bean_turner_nts_1989"/> He completed one year at the school before relocating to [[w:Victoria, British Columbia\|Victoria, British Columbia]], to pursue stage work.<ref group="commentary" name="starphoenix_zary_bigbreak_earlyroots_1998"/>

	=== Stage work ===		=== Stage work ===
Line 44:		Line 44:
	A 1997 obituary for his aunt, Angeline Breker Fernholz, names an Eric Breker of Humboldt, Saskatchewan, among the children of Mathieu and Elvira Breker.<ref group="external" name="starphoenix_fernholz_obituary_1997">{{cite news\|title=Fernholz [obituary]\|newspaper=Star-Phoenix\|location=Saskatoon, Saskatchewan\|date=15 July 1997\|page=17\|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/510922452/\|accessdate=22 June 2026}}</ref><ref group="footnotes" name="footnote_name_identification">The obituary does not itself identify this Eric Breker as an actor; the identification rests on the matching name and the shared Humboldt, Saskatchewan background independently reported in the 1989 and 1998 newspaper profiles cited in the lead and Early life and training section.</ref>		A 1997 obituary for his aunt, Angeline Breker Fernholz, names an Eric Breker of Humboldt, Saskatchewan, among the children of Mathieu and Elvira Breker.<ref group="external" name="starphoenix_fernholz_obituary_1997">{{cite news\|title=Fernholz [obituary]\|newspaper=Star-Phoenix\|location=Saskatoon, Saskatchewan\|date=15 July 1997\|page=17\|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/510922452/\|accessdate=22 June 2026}}</ref><ref group="footnotes" name="footnote_name_identification">The obituary does not itself identify this Eric Breker as an actor; the identification rests on the matching name and the shared Humboldt, Saskatchewan background independently reported in the 1989 and 1998 newspaper profiles cited in the lead and Early life and training section.</ref>

	In July 1994, Victoria's ''Times Colonist'' reported that Breker became engaged to fellow actor and advertising model Jenny Matechuk; the proposal took place during a newspaper photo shoot in which the couple had been posed as a "dream couple" to promote the paper's new voice-personals feature, and Breker produced a ring partway through the session.<ref group="external" name="timescolonist_gibson_engagement_1994">{{cite news\|title=Ah, true love ... girl of his dreams says 'yes' to her dream man\|author=Gibson, Jim\|newspaper=Times Colonist\|location=Victoria, British Columbia\|date=7 July 1994\|page=17\|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/508329856/\|accessdate=22 June 2026}}</ref> The couple were preparing at the time to tour a play, ''Once There'', to [[w:Fringe festival\|Fringe festivals]] across western Canada.<ref group="external" name="timescolonist_gibson_engagement_1994"/> He married in early 1998, travelling to [[w:Australia\|Australia** for the wedding before returning to resume his Vancouver acting career.<ref group="commentary" name="starphoenix_zary_bigbreak_marriage_1998"/>		In July 1994, Victoria's ''Times Colonist'' reported that Breker became engaged to fellow actor and advertising model Jenny Matechuk; the proposal took place during a newspaper photo shoot in which the couple had been posed as a "dream couple" to promote the paper's new voice-personals feature, and Breker produced a ring partway through the session.<ref group="external" name="timescolonist_gibson_engagement_1994">{{cite news\|title=Ah, true love ... girl of his dreams says 'yes' to her dream man\|author=Gibson, Jim\|newspaper=Times Colonist\|location=Victoria, British Columbia\|date=7 July 1994\|page=17\|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/508329856/\|accessdate=22 June 2026}}</ref> The couple were preparing at the time to tour a play, ''Once There'', to [[w:Fringe festival\|Fringe festivals]] across western Canada.<ref group="external" name="timescolonist_gibson_engagement_1994"/> He married in early 1998, travelling to [[w:Australia\|Australia]] for the wedding before returning to resume his Vancouver acting career.<ref group="commentary" name="starphoenix_zary_bigbreak_marriage_1998"/>

	Breker has worked for years as a contractor carpenter alongside his acting career, a parallel he discussed in a 2024 interview by comparing notes with fellow actor and tradesman [[w:Don S. Davis\|Don S. Davis]], his ''Stargate SG-1'' co-star.<ref group="commentary" name="gateworld_breker_interview_contractorbusiness">{{cite web\|url=https://www.gateworld.net/news/2024/10/utility-man-one-on-one-stargate-colonel-reynolds/#:~:text=I%27m%20a%20contractor%20carpenter%20as%20well\|title=Utility Man: One-on-One With Stargate's Colonel Reynolds (Interview with Eric Breker)\|publisher=GateWorld\|date=4 October 2024\|accessdate=22 June 2026}}</ref> In the same interview, he referred to balancing his construction business with his "family and kids" during the lean stretches between acting jobs, and attributed to his early stage training a piece of theater-school advice he still keeps in mind: that an actor's career is a matter of outlasting, rather than outworking, one's peers.<ref group="commentary" name="gateworld_breker_interview_familycontext">{{cite web\|url=https://www.gateworld.net/news/2024/10/utility-man-one-on-one-stargate-colonel-reynolds/#:~:text=I%2ve%20got%20family%20and%20kids\|title=Utility Man: One-on-One With Stargate's Colonel Reynolds (Interview with Eric Breker)\|publisher=GateWorld\|date=4 October 2024\|accessdate=22 June 2026}}</ref><ref group="commentary" name="gateworld_breker_interview_theaterschool">{{cite web\|url=https://www.gateworld.net/news/2024/10/utility-man-one-on-one-stargate-colonel-reynolds/#:~:text=outwork%20your%20fellow%20actor\|title=Utility Man: One-on-One With Stargate's Colonel Reynolds (Interview with Eric Breker)\|publisher=GateWorld\|date=4 October 2024\|accessdate=22 June 2026}}</ref>		Breker has worked for years as a contractor carpenter alongside his acting career, a parallel he discussed in a 2024 interview by comparing notes with fellow actor and tradesman [[w:Don S. Davis\|Don S. Davis]], his ''Stargate SG-1'' co-star.<ref group="commentary" name="gateworld_breker_interview_contractorbusiness">{{cite web\|url=https://www.gateworld.net/news/2024/10/utility-man-one-on-one-stargate-colonel-reynolds/#:~:text=I%27m%20a%20contractor%20carpenter%20as%20well\|title=Utility Man: One-on-One With Stargate's Colonel Reynolds (Interview with Eric Breker)\|publisher=GateWorld\|date=4 October 2024\|accessdate=22 June 2026}}</ref> In the same interview, he referred to balancing his construction business with his "family and kids" during the lean stretches between acting jobs, and attributed to his early stage training a piece of theater-school advice he still keeps in mind: that an actor's career is a matter of outlasting, rather than outworking, one's peers.<ref group="commentary" name="gateworld_breker_interview_familycontext">{{cite web\|url=https://www.gateworld.net/news/2024/10/utility-man-one-on-one-stargate-colonel-reynolds/#:~:text=I%2ve%20got%20family%20and%20kids\|title=Utility Man: One-on-One With Stargate's Colonel Reynolds (Interview with Eric Breker)\|publisher=GateWorld\|date=4 October 2024\|accessdate=22 June 2026}}</ref><ref group="commentary" name="gateworld_breker_interview_theaterschool">{{cite web\|url=https://www.gateworld.net/news/2024/10/utility-man-one-on-one-stargate-colonel-reynolds/#:~:text=outwork%20your%20fellow%20actor\|title=Utility Man: One-on-One With Stargate's Colonel Reynolds (Interview with Eric Breker)\|publisher=GateWorld\|date=4 October 2024\|accessdate=22 June 2026}}</ref>

Maintenance script: Adding status parameter to Template:Cast Data via maintenance CLI

2026-07-09T00:50:23Z

Adding status parameter to Template:Cast Data via maintenance CLI

← Older revision		Revision as of 00:50, 9 July 2026
Line 1:		Line 1:
	{{Cast Data		{{Cast Data
			\|dark_angel=1
	\| image=Chu.jpg		\| image=Chu.jpg
	\| size= 200px		\| size= 200px

Joe Beaudoin Jr.: pics

2026-06-23T21:13:14Z

pics

← Older revision		Revision as of 21:13, 23 June 2026
Line 1:		Line 1:
	{{Cast Data		{{Cast Data
	\| image=		\| image=Chu.jpg
	\| size= 200px		\| size= 200px
	\| character= [[George Chu]]<br />[[Gemenon Traveller\|Gemenon Captain]]		\| character= [[George Chu]]<br />[[Gemenon Traveller\|Gemenon Captain]]
Line 14:		Line 14:
	\| imdb= 0107023		\| imdb= 0107023
	\| sortkey= Breker, Eric		\| sortkey= Breker, Eric
	}}		\|image2=TRS - Flesh and Bone - Gemenon Traveler Captain Airlocks Conoy.jpg}}
	'''Eric Breker'''<ref group="footnotes" name="footnote_birthdate_unverified">Several celebrity-biography aggregator sites give a birth date of September 21, 1966, which could not be corroborated through any reliable source. A Saskatoon ''StarPhoenix'' profile published June 29, 1998, describes Breker as 32 years old as of that date, which places his birth between June 30, 1965, and June 29, 1966 — a range that overlaps with, but does not confirm, the commonly circulated date. No precise birth date has accordingly been entered in the infobox.</ref> is a Canadian actor from [[w:Humboldt, Saskatchewan\|Humboldt, Saskatchewan]],<ref group="external" name="starphoenix_bean_turner_nts_1989">{{cite news\|title=Living an actor's dream\|author=Bean, Sheila\|newspaper=Star-Phoenix\|location=Saskatoon, Saskatchewan\|date=30 December 1989\|page=33\|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/511572415/\|accessdate=22 June 2026}}</ref><ref group="commentary" name="starphoenix_zary_bigbreak_headline_1998">{{cite news\|title=The Big Break\|author=Zary, Darren\|newspaper=Star-Phoenix\|location=Saskatoon, Saskatchewan\|date=29 June 1998\|page=11\|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/510573427/\|accessdate=22 June 2026}}</ref> who portrayed the captain of the [[Gemenon Traveller]] in "[[Flesh and Bone]]" and [[George Chu]] in "[[Sacrifice]]". Outside ''Battlestar Galactica'', he is best known to genre audiences for his recurring role as Colonel Albert Reynolds on ''[[w:Stargate SG-1\|Stargate SG-1]]'', a part he played across 16 episodes between 1998 and 2007.<ref group="commentary" name="gateworld_breker_interview_episodecount">{{cite web\|url=https://www.gateworld.net/news/2024/10/utility-man-one-on-one-stargate-colonel-reynolds/#:~:text=You%27re%20credited%20on%2016%20episodes\|title=Utility Man: One-on-One With Stargate's Colonel Reynolds (Interview with Eric Breker)\|publisher=GateWorld\|date=4 October 2024\|accessdate=22 June 2026}}</ref> Breker has also appeared in ''[[w:The X-Files\|The X-Files]]'', ''[[w:The Dead Zone (TV series)\|The Dead Zone]]'', ''[[w:Dark Angel (American TV series)\|Dark Angel]]'', and ''[[w:Smallville (TV series)\|Smallville]]''.<ref group="external" name="encyclopedia_breker_darkangel_berrisfordagenda">{{cite web\|url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/breker-eric#:~:text=Berrisford%20Agenda\|title=Breker, Eric\|publisher=Encyclopedia.com\|work=Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television\|accessdate=22 June 2026}}</ref><ref group="external" name="encyclopedia_breker_smallville_royrothman">{{cite web\|url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/breker-eric#:~:text=Roy%20Rothman\|title=Breker, Eric\|publisher=Encyclopedia.com\|work=Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television\|accessdate=22 June 2026}}</ref><ref group="external" name="imdb_deadzone_dejavoodoo_mugger">{{cite web\|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0556158/#:~:text=Eric%20Breker,-Mugger%20%231\|title="The Dead Zone" Deja Voodoo (TV Episode 2003)\|publisher=IMDb\|accessdate=22 June 2026}}</ref>		'''Eric Breker'''<ref group="footnotes" name="footnote_birthdate_unverified">Several celebrity-biography aggregator sites give a birth date of September 21, 1966, which could not be corroborated through any reliable source. A Saskatoon ''StarPhoenix'' profile published June 29, 1998, describes Breker as 32 years old as of that date, which places his birth between June 30, 1965, and June 29, 1966 — a range that overlaps with, but does not confirm, the commonly circulated date. No precise birth date has accordingly been entered in the infobox.</ref> is a Canadian actor from [[w:Humboldt, Saskatchewan\|Humboldt, Saskatchewan]],<ref group="external" name="starphoenix_bean_turner_nts_1989">{{cite news\|title=Living an actor's dream\|author=Bean, Sheila\|newspaper=Star-Phoenix\|location=Saskatoon, Saskatchewan\|date=30 December 1989\|page=33\|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/511572415/\|accessdate=22 June 2026}}</ref><ref group="commentary" name="starphoenix_zary_bigbreak_headline_1998">{{cite news\|title=The Big Break\|author=Zary, Darren\|newspaper=Star-Phoenix\|location=Saskatoon, Saskatchewan\|date=29 June 1998\|page=11\|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/510573427/\|accessdate=22 June 2026}}</ref> who portrayed the captain of the [[Gemenon Traveller]] in "[[Flesh and Bone]]" and [[George Chu]] in "[[Sacrifice]]". Outside ''Battlestar Galactica'', he is best known to genre audiences for his recurring role as Colonel Albert Reynolds on ''[[w:Stargate SG-1\|Stargate SG-1]]'', a part he played across 16 episodes between 1998 and 2007.<ref group="commentary" name="gateworld_breker_interview_episodecount">{{cite web\|url=https://www.gateworld.net/news/2024/10/utility-man-one-on-one-stargate-colonel-reynolds/#:~:text=You%27re%20credited%20on%2016%20episodes\|title=Utility Man: One-on-One With Stargate's Colonel Reynolds (Interview with Eric Breker)\|publisher=GateWorld\|date=4 October 2024\|accessdate=22 June 2026}}</ref> Breker has also appeared in ''[[w:The X-Files\|The X-Files]]'', ''[[w:The Dead Zone (TV series)\|The Dead Zone]]'', ''[[w:Dark Angel (American TV series)\|Dark Angel]]'', and ''[[w:Smallville (TV series)\|Smallville]]''.<ref group="external" name="encyclopedia_breker_darkangel_berrisfordagenda">{{cite web\|url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/breker-eric#:~:text=Berrisford%20Agenda\|title=Breker, Eric\|publisher=Encyclopedia.com\|work=Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television\|accessdate=22 June 2026}}</ref><ref group="external" name="encyclopedia_breker_smallville_royrothman">{{cite web\|url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/breker-eric#:~:text=Roy%20Rothman\|title=Breker, Eric\|publisher=Encyclopedia.com\|work=Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television\|accessdate=22 June 2026}}</ref><ref group="external" name="imdb_deadzone_dejavoodoo_mugger">{{cite web\|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0556158/#:~:text=Eric%20Breker,-Mugger%20%231\|title="The Dead Zone" Deja Voodoo (TV Episode 2003)\|publisher=IMDb\|accessdate=22 June 2026}}</ref>

Joe Beaudoin Jr.: initial expansion

2026-06-23T21:05:52Z

initial expansion

Show changes

Joe Beaudoin Jr.: specifying American version of Dark Angel

2026-05-27T21:07:20Z

specifying American version of Dark Angel

← Older revision		Revision as of 21:07, 27 May 2026
Line 15:		Line 15:
	'''Eric Breker''' is the actor who portrayed the ''[[Gemenon Traveller]]'' captain in "[[Flesh and Bone]]" and [[George Chu]] in "[[Sacrifice]]".		'''Eric Breker''' is the actor who portrayed the ''[[Gemenon Traveller]]'' captain in "[[Flesh and Bone]]" and [[George Chu]] in "[[Sacrifice]]".

	Breker has had roles in other genre series such as ''[[w:Stargate SG-1\|Stargate SG-1]]'', ''[[w:The Dead Zone (TV series)\|The Dead Zone]]'', ''[[w:Dark Angel (TV series)\|Dark Angel]]'', and ''[[w:Smallville (TV series)\|Smallville]]''.		Breker has had roles in other genre series such as ''[[w:Stargate SG-1\|Stargate SG-1]]'', ''[[w:The Dead Zone (TV series)\|The Dead Zone]]'', ''[[w:Dark Angel (American TV series)\|Dark Angel]]'', and ''[[w:Smallville (TV series)\|Smallville]]''.

	[[Category:A to Z]]		[[Category:A to Z]]

Enabran at 13:31, 24 December 2011

2011-12-24T13:31:20Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 13:31, 24 December 2011
Line 22:		Line 22:
	[[Category:Former Stargate Cast and Crew]]		[[Category:Former Stargate Cast and Crew]]
	[[Category:RDM]]		[[Category:RDM]]

			[[de:Eric Breker]]

JubalHarshaw: sortkey

2009-12-11T18:30:20Z

sortkey

← Older revision		Revision as of 18:30, 11 December 2009
Line 10:		Line 10:
	\| nationality=		\| nationality=
	\| imdb= 0107023		\| imdb= 0107023
			\| sortkey=Breker, Eric
	}}		}}

Line 15:		Line 16:

	Breker has had roles in other genre series such as ''[[w:Stargate SG-1\|Stargate SG-1]]'', ''[[w:The Dead Zone (TV series)\|The Dead Zone]]'', ''[[w:Dark Angel (TV series)\|Dark Angel]]'', and ''[[w:Smallville (TV series)\|Smallville]]''.		Breker has had roles in other genre series such as ''[[w:Stargate SG-1\|Stargate SG-1]]'', ''[[w:The Dead Zone (TV series)\|The Dead Zone]]'', ''[[w:Dark Angel (TV series)\|Dark Angel]]'', and ''[[w:Smallville (TV series)\|Smallville]]''.

	~~{{DEFAULTSORT:Breker, Eric}}~~

	[[Category:A to Z]]		[[Category:A to Z]]

Mars: disambiguating

2008-10-06T01:43:31Z

disambiguating

← Older revision		Revision as of 01:43, 6 October 2008
Line 14:		Line 14:
	'''Eric Breker''' is the actor who portrayed the ''[[Gemenon Traveller]]'' captain in "[[Flesh and Bone]]" and [[George Chu]] in "[[Sacrifice]]".		'''Eric Breker''' is the actor who portrayed the ''[[Gemenon Traveller]]'' captain in "[[Flesh and Bone]]" and [[George Chu]] in "[[Sacrifice]]".

	Breker has had roles in other genre series such as ''[[w:Stargate SG-1\|Stargate SG-1]]'', ''[[w:The Dead Zone\|The Dead Zone]]'', ''[[w:Dark Angel\|Dark Angel]]'', and ''[[w:Smallville\|Smallville]]''.		Breker has had roles in other genre series such as ''[[w:Stargate SG-1\|Stargate SG-1]]'', ''[[w:The Dead Zone (TV series)\|The Dead Zone]]'', ''[[w:Dark Angel (TV series)\|Dark Angel]]'', and ''[[w:Smallville (TV series)\|Smallville]]''.

	{{DEFAULTSORT:Breker, Eric}}		{{DEFAULTSORT:Breker, Eric}}

DrWho42: Correcting to George Chu

2008-09-09T19:19:40Z

Correcting to George Chu

← Older revision		Revision as of 19:19, 9 September 2008
Line 1:		Line 1:
	{{Cast Data		{{Cast Data
	\| image= Chu.jpg		\| image= Chu.jpg
	\| character= [[Chu]]<br/>[[Gemenon Traveller\|Gemenon Captain]]		\| character= [[George Chu]]<br/>[[Gemenon Traveller\|Gemenon Captain]]
	\| born_month=		\| born_month=
	\| born_day=		\| born_day=
Line 12:		Line 12:
	}}		}}

	'''Eric Breker''' is the actor who portrayed the ''[[Gemenon Traveller]]'' captain in "[[Flesh and Bone]]" and [[~~Eric~~ Chu]] in "[[Sacrifice]]".		'''Eric Breker''' is the actor who portrayed the ''[[Gemenon Traveller]]'' captain in "[[Flesh and Bone]]" and [[George Chu]] in "[[Sacrifice]]".

	Breker has had roles in other genre series such as ''[[w:Stargate SG-1\|Stargate SG-1]]'', ''[[w:The Dead Zone\|The Dead Zone]]'', ''[[w:Dark Angel\|Dark Angel]]'', and ''[[w:Smallville\|Smallville]]''.		Breker has had roles in other genre series such as ''[[w:Stargate SG-1\|Stargate SG-1]]'', ''[[w:The Dead Zone\|The Dead Zone]]'', ''[[w:Dark Angel\|Dark Angel]]'', and ''[[w:Smallville\|Smallville]]''.