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Chris AlonzoChris BeckerChris BoyettChris BradfordChris BunchChris Shields

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Chris Alonzo is the son of Louise and Hector Alonzo.

With his older sister, Gloria, he lives on the troubled family farm. Knowing their situation, he prays to God to help his family; such an answer comes in the form Troy and Dillon, who are tasked with setting up an agricultural source for the Galactican Fleet following the Cylon destruction of the Agricultural Ships ^{(1980: "Space Croppers")}.

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Portrays:	Cylon Centurion
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Age:	49
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Chris Becker is an actor who portrays a Cylon Centurion - likely being a stand-in to be later replaced by CGI - in the Re-imagined Series episode "Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II".

His acting roles have included appearing in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and Eureka.

External link

• Christopher Becker's Official Website

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Chris Boyett is an American sound editor who worked on Battlestar Galactica, beginning with the 2003 miniseries and continuing through the early seasons of the series. His work on the Miniseries earned him an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Sound Editing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special in 2004.

Career

Battlestar Galactica Miniseries

Boyett worked on both episodes of the 2003 Battlestar Galactica miniseries as an ADR editor and sound editor. His contributions were part of the sound team's Emmy-nominated work for Outstanding Sound Editing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special at the 2004 Primetime Emmy Awards.

The Emmy nomination recognized the complete sound editing team, which included supervising sound editor Jack Levy, sound editors Daniel Colman and Frank Nolan, sound editor Vince Balunas, sound editor Chris Boyett, sound editor Jeff K. Brunello, music editor Jordan Corngold, and foley artists Doug Madick and Michael Lyle.

Battlestar Galactica Series

When Battlestar Galactica was picked up as a regular series in 2004, Boyett continued his work on the show, serving in the sound department on 16 episodes through 2005. His role included additional editorial work, contributing to the show's acclaimed sound design during its first two seasons.

On the series, Boyett worked alongside the core sound team established during the miniseries, including supervising sound editor Jack Levy, sound designers Daniel Colman and Jeff K. Brunello, dialogue editor Vince Balunas, and foley artist Doug Madick.

Other Work

Following his work on Battlestar Galactica, Boyett worked extensively as an ADR editor and dialogue editor on numerous television series and films. His television credits include serving as ADR editor on Invasion (2005-2006, 22 episodes), Eureka (2006), Psych (2006), and Women in Law (2006).

His film work includes ADR editing and dialogue editing on Watercolors (2008), D.O.P.E. Death or Prison Eventually (2008), and Stranded in Existence (2013). He also worked on the television miniseries Covert One: The Hades Factor (2006) and the TV movie Painkiller Jane (2005) as ADR editor.

In 2006, Boyett expanded his sound work to include foley artistry and sound engineering on the TV movie Return of the Pirates. More recently, he worked as sound mixer on the television series Skee TV in 2015.

Recognition

Boyett received one Primetime Emmy nomination and has accumulated two nominations total throughout his career. His Emmy nomination for the Battlestar Galactica miniseries recognized his contribution to one of the most ambitious science fiction television projects of the 2000s.

Filmography (Selected)

Television Series:

• Skee TV (2015) - Sound Mixer
• Battlestar Galactica (2004-2005) - Additional Editorial (16 episodes)
• Invasion (2005-2006) - ADR Editor (22 episodes)
• Eureka (2006) - ADR Editor
• Psych (2006) - ADR Editor
• Women in Law (2006) - ADR Editor
• Surface (2005) - ADR Editor

Television Miniseries and Movies:

• Battlestar Galactica Miniseries (2003) - ADR Editor/Sound Editor (2 episodes)
• Covert One: The Hades Factor (2006) - ADR Editor
• Return of the Pirates (2006) - Foley Artist/Sound Engineer
• Painkiller Jane (2005) - ADR Editor

Films:

• Stranded in Existence (2013) - ADR Editor/Dialogue Editor
• Watercolors (2008) - ADR Editor/ADR Recordist/Dialogue Editor
• D.O.P.E. Death or Prison Eventually (2008) - Dialogue Editor
• The Sensation of Sight (2006) - ADR Editor
• The Way Back Home (2006) - Sound Recordist
• Control (2004) - Sound Department

References

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Chris Bradford (born June 19, 1972) is a Canadian actor who portrays an Ops Officer in "Razor" and the Razor Flashbacks.

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Christopher R. "Chris" Bunch (December 22, 1943—July 4, 2005) was an American science fiction and fantasy novelist and television screenwriter who served as one of two story editors on Galactica 1980 with fellow writing partner Allan Cole, and co-wrote its final episode in production, "The Day They Kidnapped Cleopatra." An active member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America at the time of his death, he wrote more than thirty novels across the science fiction and fantasy genres.

Career

Born in Fresno, California, Bunch attended Mira Costa High School in Manhattan Beach, where he met Allan Cole, his future writing partner and eventual brother-in-law. He later studied at California State University, Los Angeles before serving in the United States Army during the Vietnam War as a patrol commander, completing two tours of duty that ended in 1966. A contemporary magazine profile additionally described him as having trained in explosives during his service. After returning from Vietnam, he worked as a correspondent for Stars and Stripes and contributed to Rolling Stone and other publications, including Popular Science.

Bunch and Cole began their television writing partnership in the late 1970s. By 1985, after roughly six years of television work, they had sold 67 scripts together, a figure that eventually exceeded 150 by the time their partnership ended. Their early credits under Glen A. Larson's executive production included Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (two episodes in 1980) and The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo, for which they co-wrote the series pilot with Larson. Their broader television credits as a team included The Incredible Hulk, Quincy, M.E., Magnum, P.I., B.J. and the Bear, The Rockford Files, Hunter, The A-Team, The Smurfs, and Walker, Texas Ranger. The A-Team episode "Pure-Dee Poison" (season 2, January 31, 1984) was written by Bunch and Cole. The two also served as story editors on the television series Werewolf. As their television careers were winding down, the two also contributed to the 1985 NBC drama Hell Town, including its second episode, "The People vs. Willy the Goat."

Galactica 1980

Neither Bunch nor Cole had prior involvement with the original Battlestar Galactica series. Cole and Bunch's involvement with Galactica 1980 began when they sold a freelance script, "Earthquake," to producer Jeff Freilich shortly after the pilot was produced. A Universal Television executive subsequently pressured them into accepting positions as two of three story editors on the series, threatening to blacklist them from future Universal projects if they refused. Their agent negotiated an initial ten-week contract paying $3,000 per week, with studio options to extend the arrangement for a year and then for three years.

In practice, the role carried almost no creative authority. Series creator Glen Larson wrote nearly every produced episode himself from his homes in Hawaii and Malibu, the sole exception being Robert L. McCullough's "Harvest Home," later retitled "Space Croppers," was the only one Bunch and Cole were not asked to police for studio-mandated content. Their principal assigned task was inserting the mandatory "educational beats" that ABC's Broadcast Standards & Practices department, overseen by Susan Futterman, required for the Sunday 7 p.m. timeslot. Specific disputes with the censor included a line about an "internal combustion engine" she deemed insufficiently substantiated, a comic line using the word "meatball" that she suspected of being indecent, and a sequence in which child characters examined a security guard's holstered handgun, which she ordered cut on the stated grounds that a child fascinated by a firearm would grow up to use one. Despite working for Larson throughout the production, Bunch and Cole said they never met him in person. The studio's per-episode license fee from ABC was approximately $800,000, with Universal Television absorbing further costs as overruns.

Before being hired as story editors, Bunch and Cole had already written a first-draft script titled "Earthquake" built around the recurring villain Xavier using artificially triggered tectonic activity; the character was written out of the series before the draft was filmed, and the broadcast episode was substantially rewritten without him. Other material that went unproduced included "The Money Machine," a comedic script by Alan S. Godfrey. During production of "The Super Scouts, Part I," director Vince Edwards, best known for starring in Ben Casey, staged a fire-and-explosion sequence in which a falling I-beam narrowly missed him on camera after a stunt cue was delayed.

"The Day They Kidnapped Cleopatra" centered on Xavier abducting Cleopatra and bringing her to the present day. Bunch and Cole said they wrote around the resulting time-paradox problem, since Cleopatra's exposure to her own recorded fate was difficult to address within the family-hour format, and that the finished script was credited primarily to Anne Collins because a heavily revised draft had been built on top of her version. Lead actors Kent McCord and Barry Van Dyke had indicated they would refuse to report for the episode's filming after being told they were not needed for "The Return of Starbuck"; the dispute became moot that same afternoon when ABC cancelled the series during production of "Cleopatra," the eleventh episode, prompting an impromptu wrap gathering on the set.

Novels

Bunch and Cole co-authored eight novels in the military science fiction Sten series between 1982 and 1993, along with the Anteros fantasy series. Their 1987 Vietnam War novel A Reckoning for Kings, about the Tet Offensive of 1968, received a Pulitzer Prize nomination. By the mid-1980s the pair had already resolved to wind down their television careers in favor of novel-writing, citing the more direct creative control fiction afforded compared to working within a network's editorial structure. Their professional partnership ultimately ended in 1995, after which Bunch continued writing fiction as his primary occupation, following an approximately twenty-year television career. His solo fiction includes the Shadow Warrior space opera trilogy (1996–1997), the Seer King fantasy trilogy (1997–1999), the Last Legion military science fiction series (1999–2001), the Star Risk mercenary series (2002–2005), and the Dragonmaster trilogy (2002–2004).

Personal life

Bunch's sister Kathryn married Allan Cole, making the two men brothers-in-law throughout their working partnership. Around 1993, Bunch and Cole relocated to the Long Beach Peninsula on the Washington coast, with Bunch settling in Chinook.

In June 1996, Bunch was arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of Michael G. Mauch, 26, a neighbor at an RV park in Chinook where Bunch resided at the time. Bunch maintained throughout the proceedings that he fired in self-defense after Mauch threatened and charged him. A Pacific County coroner's inquest convened in August 1996 and returned a verdict of justifiable homicide, with no charges filed.

He subsequently settled in Ilwaco, Washington, where he died on July 4, 2005, following a prolonged lung ailment.

Writer credits for Galactica 1980

• "The Day They Kidnapped Cleopatra," with Mark Jones, Anne Collins and Alan Cole

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Commentary and Interviews

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External links

• Chris article at Buck Wiki, the Buck Rogers wiki.

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Chris Shields is the actor who portrayed Corporal Venner in the Re-imagined Series, and Louie in Caprica's "The Imperfections of Memory".

Shields' various other genre appearances include The Dead Zone, Smallville and UPN's version of The Twilight Zone.

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Christa Nolan is an agent in Colonial Intelligence.

She comes to Galactica in order to recruit seven pilots, including Karl "Helo" Agathon and Kara "Starbuck" Thrace, to trap any of Darja Purat's terrorist compatriots in any attempt to rescue Purat. Allegedly, her plan is to dangle Purat in order to lure and capture his cohorts, who have attacked two Colonial targets, as they escort Purat to an undisclosed destination through Colonial space.

However, when Purat's cohorts make their bid to extricate their leader, Nolan seizes the outside distraction they provide to free Purat herself. This being the intention all along as she and Purat are romantically involved ^{(Comics: Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero #4)}, she and Purat escape, with Agathon and Thrace pursuing Nolan's FTL-capable escape ship to one of Sagittaron's outermost moons to meet with Julian DiMarco, an ex-Colonial Fleet admiral wanting to rebel and overthrow the allegedly corrupt Colonial government (Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 3, 4).

She later kills Sil, Julian DiMarco's wife, after Sil kills one of the rebels and tries to enlist the help of Karl "Helo" Agathon from Galactica. In his grief, DiMarco attacks Nolan, and later kills both her and Purat after they express their desire to leave (Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 5, 6).

Notes

• Nolan's first name is not revealed until Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero 4.

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Christian Tessier is a Canadian actor.

Since his early acting in a regular role in the Nickelodeon TV program You Can't Do That on Television, Tessier has enjoyed minor and recurring roles in several American TV series and movies.

Before Battlestar Galactica, Christian Tessier's last prominent role in a SF series was as Marmaduke "Megabyte" Damon, in the 1992-95 revival of the British series The Tomorrow People.

Tessier portrayed Tucker Clellan in the Re-imagined Series and Francis in the Re-imagined Series prequel, Caprica.

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Christina Schild is the actress who plays the Fleet News Service reporter Playa Palacios in the Re-imagined Series.

She also appears as a reporter in the Psych episode "From the Earth to Starbucks".

External Links

• Christina Schild interview at GALACTICA.TV

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Christine Belford (born January 14, 1949) is an American actress who portrayed Leda, a disgruntled medtech, in the Original Series' "The Gun on Ice Planet Zero" two-parter.

Early Life

Born in Amityville, New York, Belford came from comfortable circumstances; her father was a successful sales executive with RCA-Whirlpool. She was enrolled at the best schools and joined the best swimming and yachting clubs on Long Island. Her early years were spent training and riding jumpers on Long Island. Her family lived in the home that would later become the setting of the 1979 horror classic The Amityville Horror.

Just because I came out here with no experience professionally doesn't mean I was a greenhorn. I grew up in a lovely home on Long Island, where I was born. My father was a successful man and his family enjoyed life. As a child, I rode and showed jumpers, was close to my family and had a lot of friends. No hang-ups. That is, until my parents divorced. That was a crusher. I took it hard.

—Christine Belford

She noted that by the time she was old enough to realize everyone has to live their own life—even parents—she had the feeling she wanted to get away, to be on her own, to become completely independent.

Her family discouraged idleness and she didn't grow up believing she would simply marry and be like Jackie. She grew up thinking in terms of a career, considering psychiatry, law, and writing, and always remained a good student. When she was 17, a friend suggested she should think of acting, which led her to pursue a career as an actress.

Belford registered at Hofstra University and met Joseph Leon, the teacher who was then running the school's drama department. Leon, who had been divorced for several years, became a second father to her. However, despite doing well in the drama department and knowing she had definite acting talent, nobody around New York or Broadway seemed to recognize it.

In order to keep a roof over my head and to eat, I took any job I could find. I was a waitress, a bar maid, and I also drove an ice truck.

—Christine Belford

She later got a photographic modeling job, and around this time she gave up a chance for a top role in Hair on Broadway to follow a man she was very much in love with to California.

I was so much in love with him, I didn't really care what happened to my career. At that time, feeling the way I did, I would have done the same thing Carrie did, given it all up for love.

—Christine Belford

Career

In California, Belford met her good friend Carrie Snodgress, a star on the Universal Pictures lot. Around 1970, Snodgress was taking acting-novice Christine around the studio introducing her to important people who might help her get started on a film career. Snodgress suggested she visit Monique James, head of Universal's Hollywood talent division.

Monique is the one who really took me in hand and encouraged me and told me to keep on trying—that I really had it.

—Christine Belford

Thanks to James' mentorship, Belford started with a leading role with Paul Newman in Pocket Money. She then worked in The Carey Treatment, Marcus Welby, Owen Marshall, and Ironside.

In 1972, Belford was under a seven-year contract with Universal Pictures, the only studio in Hollywood still issuing such contracts thanks to television commitments. She appeared in The Groundstar Conspiracy with George Peppard and Michael Sarrazin as her first feature film starring role, and was cast as Peppard's girlfriend in Banacek, appearing in the series but not as a regular, which gave her opportunities for other roles.

Throughout the 1970s, Belford guest-starred in many popular television series including The Six Million Dollar Man, The Incredible Hulk, and The Barbary Coast, where she did five 90-minute episodes.

In 1978, Belford starred as policewoman Leba in the TV movie To Kill a Cop, which aired on NBC's The Big Event (April 10-11, 1978). The four-hour drama starred Joe Don Baker and Louis Gossett Jr., with Belford's character partnered with Desi Arnaz Jr.'s character.

I like comedy very much, but then I don't like drama too. On a week to week basis I think comedy would probably be better. I used to like the Mary Tyler Moore Show and I still like All in the Family.

—Christine Belford

After Battlestar Galactica, Belford continued guest-starring in television series including Glen A. Larson's Magnum, P.I. and Quincy, M.E., as well as L.A. Law and Night Court. She had recurring roles in Dynasty and Beverly Hills, 90210.

By 1984, Belford had returned to her natural blonde hair color to play Ricky Schroder's mother on Silver Spoons, appearing on the NBC series from time to time. She also had a regular role on the CBS series Empire, playing Jackie, the wife of an executive (Richard Masur) in the Wednesday night comedy about corporate life.

Personal Life

Belford is married to actor Nicholas Pryor. Pryor passed away on October 7, 2024, at the age of 89.

Belford's mother Mary Belford Malone passed away on May 2, 2010. Her stepfather (or acting mentor who became like a father) Joseph Riley passed away on February 3, 2012.

References

External Sources

External Links

• Christine Belford article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

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Glen A. Larson (3 January 1937 – 14 November 2014) was the creator of the original Battlestar Galactica and a consulting producer for the 2003 Re-imagined Series.

Larson was a prolific television producer and writer who created numerous iconic series throughout his career, including Knight Rider, Magnum, P.I., Quincy, M.E., and Buck Rogers in the 25th Century. His work consistently featured high-concept science fiction and action-adventure themes, often incorporating cutting-edge technology and vehicles as central elements of the storytelling.

Early Life

As child to a single mother, Glen A. Larson would be later described as a "latchkey kid" by his son, David Larson, who notes his father's predilection for running water as being a means to remind himself of the halcyon time in his childhood. This was because Glen A. Larson's mother would start running a bath upon returning from work at night, and thus Larson would know that she had returned.

Early Career and The Four Preps

Later in life as a young man, he became a page at NBC, where he became surrounded by motion picture and, later, television production. During this time, he also entered the music industry under The Four Preps in the late 1950s, writing and performing songs that hit the top 5 in the Billboard pop charts, including "26 Miles (Santa Catalina)" and "Big Man." In 1959, Larson appeared in the film Gidget, making it his first on-screen appearance.

During his work with the Four Preps, Glen A. Larson began writing using IBM Selectric typewriters, writing his first script called "Finger Popper," a script that was never produced.

Creative Philosophy and Writing Process

When it came to writing, Larson believed that "writing isn't writing, it's rewriting" during the search for themes of a story. Whenever he would come across a story problem, he would "reverse it"—"if you can't make something happen one way you look at the opposite [ways]."

He was also known for isolating himself from distractions, secluding himself in his Malibu, California residence when writing, not answering phone calls and delegating tasks to others. Jeff Freilich, Chris Bunch, and Alan Cole, among others, have noted this approach in various interviews relating to Larson's working methods.

Career in Television Production

Early Television Work

Larson's television career began in earnest during the late 1960s, starting with associate producer roles on series such as It Takes a Thief in 1968. He quickly moved into executive producer positions, notably with The Six Million Dollar Man television movies in 1973, which established his reputation for high-concept action-adventure programming.

Science Fiction Television

Larson's approach to science fiction television consistently emphasized accessibility and entertainment value over hard science fiction concepts. He believed in creating shows that would appeal to broad audiences while incorporating fantastical elements that captured viewers' imaginations. This philosophy became evident in his most famous creation, Battlestar Galactica, which combined space opera elements with family drama and military action.

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When casting the guest role of the Lollipop star in "The Night the Cylons Landed, Part II," Larson offered the part to actress Heather Young. Young later recalled that she and Larson were personal friends and fellow members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and attributed the casting directly to that friendship.

Connection to Re-imagined Series

According to the Official Companion, Larson wanted a credit for the new 2003 Miniseries by Ronald D. Moore who began the Re-imagined Series, and his claim went to arbitration at the Writer's Guild of America. Ron Moore actually felt that Larson deserved a credit because the story was essentially the same as Larson's, just done "in different ways". As a result, Larson is credited in the Miniseries under the pseudonym "Christopher Eric James." Larson is also credited as a consulting producer on every episode of the Re-imagined Series because he holds the rights to the concept of Battlestar Galactica.

Notable Filmography

• It Takes a Thief (1968) (TV series) (associate producer)
• The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War (1973) (TV movie) (executive producer)
• The Six Million Dollar Man: Solid Gold Kidnapping (1973) (TV movie) (executive producer)
• Quincy, M.E. (1976) (TV series) (executive producer)
• Battlestar Galactica (1978)
• Buck Rogers in the 25th Century Movie and TV series (1979)
• Galactica 1980 (1980)
• Magnum, P.I. (1980)
• Knight Rider (1982)
• Team Knight Rider (1997) TV Series (executive producer)
• Millennium Man (1999) (TV) (executive producer)
• Battlestar Galactica (2003) TV Miniseries (consulting producer)
• Battlestar Galactica (2004) TV Series (consulting producer)
• Caprica (2009) TV Series (consulting producer)

Official Statements

• Glen A. Larson comments on the Re-imagined Series:

Our point was to whenever possible make it a departure like you're visiting somewhere else and we did coin certain phrases for use in expletive situations, but we tried to carry that over into a lot of other stuff, even push brooms and the coin of the realm.

Death and Legacy

Glen A. Larson died on 14 November 2014, leaving behind a significant legacy in television production. His influence on science fiction television, particularly through Battlestar Galactica, continues through both the enduring popularity of the original series and the successful re-imagined series that followed. His approach to high-concept television programming established templates that continue to influence producers and creators in the genre.

External links

• Chris article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

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Development and Creative Process

Production History

Commentary and Interviews

External Sources

Christopher Golden (born July 15, 1967) is an American author of horror, fantasy, and suspense novels who co-authored two of Richard Hatch's Battlestar Galactica novels, Armageddon (1997) and Warhawk (1998). The novels were part of a larger series of seven tie-in novels that Hatch wrote with various co-authors, representing a continuation of the Original Series, set twenty years after its conclusion.

Biography

Early Life and Education

Golden was born and raised in Massachusetts. He graduated from Tufts University in 1989 with a double major in English and history and a concentration in classics. Golden is a third-generation Tufts alumnus and was a writer for The Tufts Daily during his freshman and sophomore years, where he reviewed films, books, and shows in Boston.

During his time at Tufts, Golden took classes with influential professors including Jay Cantor's creative writing class in his first year and studied English and creative writing with Alan Lebowitz throughout his college career. While at Tufts, he began shifting his aspirations from film school toward writing and the horror genre, noting that while his classmates wanted to write about social issues, he "wanted to write about zombies marching on Washington."

Golden recalls that it wasn't until his senior year at university that he realized he wanted to write novels for a living. He experienced an epiphany in which he understood that if he could write twenty short stories, there was no reason he couldn't write twenty chapters of a novel. In his senior year, Golden began writing his first novel, originally called Shadow Time, in Stratton Hall at Tufts in the fall of 1988.

Career

Early Success

In 1989, Golden attended his first major writers' convention, where he met the woman who would become his literary agent for the next twelve years, as well as the editor who would buy both his first non-fiction book and his first novel.

Golden's first published book was a non-fiction pop-culture project titled Cut!: Horror Writers on Horror Film, which he sold in 1990 or 1991 and was published by Berkley in 1992. The book won the Bram Stoker Award in 1992.

In 1992, at the age of 25, he sold his first novel. In that same year, Golden's agent sent editor Ginjer Buchanan the first 125 pages of the novel he was working on, and on the strength of that material, Buchanan offered him a two-book deal at Berkley. Following this success, Golden quit his job at Billboard magazine in New York and moved back to Massachusetts with his wife to write full time, a decision he has never regretted.

Major Works and Recognition

Golden's first novel, Of Saints and Shadows, was published by Berkley in 1994. This was the first novel he had ever attempted to write. The novel inaugurated his Shadow Saga series of urban fantasies centering on the vampiric hero Peter Octavian. Golden's work on this novel has been recognized as influential in the development of the modern urban fantasy genre, with author Charlaine Harris noting that many elements fundamental to urban fantasy first appeared in the book.

Golden has won the Bram Stoker Award twice, including for his novel Ararat in 2017. He has been nominated for the Bram Stoker Award ten times in eight different categories. In 2020, he won the Shirley Jackson Award along with James A. Moore for their anthology The Twisted Book of Shadows.

Collaborations and Co-Created Universes

Golden has frequently collaborated with other writers throughout his career, explaining that "writing is a solitary business and I'm not a solitary person." He notes that conversations with writer friends often lead to collaborative projects when someone says "we should write that" about a crazy idea.

With Mike Mignola, he co-created The Outerverse, a comic book universe that includes such series as Baltimore, Joe Golem: Occult Detective, and Lady Baltimore. The character of Lord Baltimore first appeared in the novel Baltimore, or The Steadfast Tin Soldier and The Vampire, co-written by Golden and Mignola. Golden explained that while the initial plan was only for the novel, conversations during the development of a Hollywood version led them to realize there were many adventures to be told in the missing years from the novel, eventually resulting in the comic book series. Golden describes Baltimore as "certainly the best thing I've ever done in the medium" of comics.

He has worked with Tim Lebbon on several projects, including The Secret Journeys of Jack London series and The Hidden Cities series. He collaborated with Amber Benson on the online animated series Ghosts of Albion, as well as related novels. Golden and Benson have known each other and worked together for over twenty years. Most recently, they co-wrote the Audible Original Podcast Slayers: A Buffyverse Story, which reunited the cast from Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Tie-In and Media Work

Golden is well known for his extensive work in media tie-in novels. He has written or co-written numerous novels in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer universe, including Halloween Rain, Blooded, Child of the Hunt, The Gatekeeper trilogy, Immortal, Sins of the Father, Spike and Dru: Pretty Maids All in a Row, The Lost Slayer series, Oz: Into the Wild, Wisdom of War, and Monster Island. Many of these Buffy novels were co-authored with Nancy Holder.

Golden has spoken about his approach to working in shared worlds, noting that part of the satisfaction comes from "being able to play with characters you already love, to be the one putting the words in their mouths." When working on Buffy novels, he tried to push the parameters of what was allowed, writing the first original Buffy novel, the first hardcover, the first trilogy, the first serial, and the first novel that didn't have Buffy in it—a World War II-era novel featuring Spike and Drusilla as protagonists.

Golden also wrote Uncharted: The Fourth Labyrinth, a tie-in novel to the popular video game franchise. He explained that he only accepts media tie-in work when the passion is present, stating "If the passion isn't there, it just isn't worth it." He noted that he did extensive research for the Uncharted novel, likely more than for any other book he'd written, covering topics including Ecuador, Incas, alchemy, Egypt, China, Daedalus, Atlantis, and labyrinths.

His collaboration with Richard Hatch on the Battlestar Galactica novels Armageddon and Warhawk represented a continuation of the original 1978 series, set twenty years after the final episode.

Non-Fiction and Editorial Work

As an editor, Golden has worked on numerous short story anthologies including The New Dead, British Invasion, Dark Cities, Hex Life, Seize the Night, and Dark Duets. He co-authored The Complete Stephen King Universe: A Guide to the Worlds of Stephen King with Stanley Wiater and Hank Wagner.

Most recently, he co-edited The End of the World As We Know It with Brian Keene, an anthology of stories set in the world of Stephen King's The Stand. Golden explained that receiving Stephen King's approval email was "such a gift" and that "The Stand is part of the foundation of who I am as a writer and as a human being."

Influences

Golden has cited Stephen King as a major influence, describing King as "the narrative voice of my youth." He has spoken about how King's work led him to discover an entire generation of horror writers and influenced his path to becoming a writer himself, going from reading S.E. Hinton and Doc Savage to The Stand and then "everything else." Golden has named The Stand and John Irving's A Prayer for Owen Meany as his favorite novels.

Golden grew up loving short stories, particularly those in anthologies edited by Charles L. Grant and Stephen King's collection Night Shift, before going backwards to read collections by H.P. Lovecraft and Edgar Allan Poe. He recalls that his introduction to genre fiction came from watching The Twilight Zone and Kolchak the Night Stalker on television, and reading comics like Tomb of Dracula and Werewolf by Night.

Golden has also expressed his lifelong love of collaborative writing, citing King and Peter Straub's collaboration on The Talisman as a formative influence. He recalled, "They were my two favorite writers and they were writing a novel together! How could it be anything but brilliant?" John Skipp and Craig Spector's novel The Light at the End provided the inspiration he needed to finally start writing his first novel.

Within urban fantasy, Golden has been influenced by what he considers the older definition of the genre, particularly the works of Charles de Lint, Emma Bull, and Tim Powers. He noted that de Lint "has been a huge influence for me and is one of my favourite writers."

Writing Process and Professional Activities

Golden typically works five to six days a week, sometimes seven. Most mornings are consumed by emails and business matters, with the bulk of his writing occurring just before lunch and throughout the afternoon. He nearly always has music playing while writing, noting he could "literally listen to my iTunes for three weeks and not repeat a song." When under deadline pressure, he sometimes works entire weekends, though he feels guilty about neglecting his family during these periods.

Regarding his approach to writing novels versus comics, Golden explained that while the medium is totally different, his approach doesn't change much. He noted that it was only around the time he and Tom Sniegoski wrote Talent that he felt he "sort of figured the comics medium out." If forced to choose between writing novels and comics, Golden would choose novels, explaining that "writing a novel doesn't require anyone else to bring it to fruition or to make it work."

Golden is the founder of the Merrimack Valley Halloween Book Festival, which he established in 2015. He is co-host of the podcast Defenders Dialogue with horror author Brian Keene. He is a frequent speaker at conferences, schools, and libraries.

Golden leads River City Writers, a company offering book and writing-related events, workshops in all areas of writing and publishing, focused writing retreats, and editorial and consultation services.

Golden also teaches a writing workshop to seventh and eighth graders from his daughter's school, and he spent several years directing junior high musical theatre, which he misses and wishes he had more time for.

Personal Life

Golden continues to live in Massachusetts with his family, where he was born and raised. His son, Nicholas Golden, was a managing editor for The Tufts Daily in spring 2016. He has been married to his wife for over 17 years as of 2008, and they have three children.

Golden describes himself as a "TV addict who loves music, musical theatre, movies and ice cream." His original novels have been published in more than fourteen languages in countries around the world.

External links

• Official website
• Christopher Golden at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

• Chris article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
• Chris article at Memory Alpha, the Star Trek wiki.

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Christopher Heyerdahl (born September 18, 1963) is a Canadian actor who portrayed Kevin Reikle in Caprica.

Biography

Heyerdahl was born in British Columbia, Canada, and is of Norwegian and Scottish descent. His father emigrated from Norway in the 1950s, and he is a first cousin once removed of famed Norwegian adventurer Thor Heyerdahl. He is fluent in French and has starred in several French-language productions.

Career

Heyerdahl is a classically trained actor who honed his craft at Canada's Stratford Shakespeare Festival. He has an extensive career in Canadian and American television, particularly within the science fiction genre.

Before his role on Caprica, he was well known to sci-fi fans for his multiple roles in the Stargate franchise. In Stargate: Atlantis, he played two prominent, recurring roles: the Athosian leader Halling, and the fan-favorite, duplicitous Wraith commander, "Todd". Heyerdahl enjoyed the character's unpredictability and his complex relationship with Colonel Sheppard, calling it a "very questionable relationship" that was the best part of the role. He felt Todd should always remain an unpredictable "X factor" in the series.

His other notable genre roles include the demon Alastair in Supernatural, and the dual roles of Bigfoot and John Druitt in Sanctuary. In The Twilight Saga, he played Marcus, an ancient vampire leader whose power is to sense the relationships between others. Heyerdahl viewed the Volturi not as simple villains, but as a necessary governing body, arguing, "Someone has to rule. Otherwise it would be a free for all."

He gained further acclaim for his role as the antagonist Thor Gundersen, better known as "The Swede," in the AMC western series Hell on Wheels. Heyerdahl drew upon his Norwegian heritage for the role, using his father's accent as direct inspiration. He considered the character's restrictive, high-collared costume a "gift" that was essential to embodying the character's rigid and controlled psychology. He found the character's misnomer of 'The Swede' to be an authentic and "hilarious" detail, reflecting a real-world slight often felt by Norwegians, joking that "The Swedes have just got a better publicity agent."

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According to actress Magda Apanowicz in the podcast commentary for "Blowback," Heyerdahl was genuinely concerned that she might accidentally hit him for real during the scene where her character, Lacy Rand, attacks Reikle with a rifle.

External Links

• Chris article at Memory Alpha, the Star Trek wiki.

• Chris article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
• Chris at the Internet Movie Database

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