Commanding officer of the battlestar Galactica. Weathered and lean, he does not stand on ceremony, prefering a simple day uniform with a minimum of insignia. Edward James Olmos is known as much for his integrity and commitment to meaningful films, as for his acting ability. His first screen credit was 1975's Aloha, Bobby and Rose, but he first came to attention as the "stage manager" El Pachuco in the musical Zoot Suit, a role he reprised in the 1981 film version. That same year, he had his first substantial screen role as the construction worker who might or might not have been a werewolf in the film, Wolfen.

After playing the sinister, origami-obsessed cop in Blade Runner (1982), he starred in The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez (also 1982), which he co-produced. It was so important a project to Olmos that he actually performed it in an L.A. theater free of charge to encourage attendance. In 1984 he signed to play the enigmatic, unsmiling Lt. Martin Castillo on the groundbreaking series, Miami Vice, which brought him an Emmy award and small-screen stardom. His performance as math teacher Jaime Escalante in Stand and Deliver (1987) earned him an Oscar nomination and vindicated his dedication to films of importance. He has since played a concentration camp prisoner in Triumph of the Spirit (1989), a baseball scout in Talent for the Game (1991), and produced, directed, and starred in the anti-gang drama American Me (1992). Recent credits include the TV miniseries Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills (1994), My Family/Mi Familia and Roosters (both 1995).He has served as an ambassador for UNICEF and has received numerous accolades for his activism. He will long be remembered for getting out in the thick of the 1992 L.A. Riots with a broom in hand; one calm, reasonable presence in the midst of chaos and gunfire. Olmos is married to actress Lorraine Bracco. The two have 6 children, ages 10 to 25.

President of what remains of the 12 Colonies of Kobol. Projecting class and confidence, she possesses great innate intelligence and stoicism. After years of accomplished performances on the New York stage, McDonnell made a vivid impression on movie audiences-and received an Oscar nomination as Supporting Actress-for the role of "Stands With a Fist," the white woman living with Native Indians in Kevin Costner's Oscar-winning 1990 epic, Dances With Wolves. Before this, she had appeared in plays ranging from Sam Shepard's Buried Child to Still Life (for which she won an Obie award), appeared briefly in Garbo Talks (1984), and had featured roles in John Sayles' Matewan (1987) and the action film Tiger Warsaw (1988, opposite Patrick Swayze).

Since the success of Dances With Wolves, McDonnell has played Kevin Kline's wife in Grand Canyon (1991) and Robert Redford's onetime girlfriend in Sneakers (1992).She had her first starring role in John Sayles' Passion Fish (1992), playing an acid-tongued actress who's confined to a wheelchair after a crippling accident; it was, at last, a part she could sink her teeth into, and her riveting performance earned her a Best Actress Oscar nomination. She has also appeared in the TV movie Arthur Miller's The American Clock (1993) and Blue Chips (1994).

World-famous winner of three Magnate Prizes, and best known for his controversial views on computer technology. Elegantly dressed and aesthetically handsome, he offers the affected humility of the truly arrogant. British native James Callis grew up in London where he attended Harrow School in the North West part of the city. In 1990, James went on to study for a BA in English and Related Literature at the University of York, where he was a member of Derwent college. After graduating from York in 1993, James gained a place at the renowned London Academy of Music & Dramatic Arts, from where he graduated in 1996.

Since then, he has appeared in various West End productions and television series as well as on radio. His West End debut in Old Wicked Songs alongside Bob Hoskins in 1996 even earned him the Jack Tinker Award for Most Promising Newcomer. James, who "believes in trying everything," has also been involved in projects on the other side of the camera, writing and directing. His directoral debut was Beginner's Luck, a co-production of he and Nick Cohen's Late Night Pictures and Angel Eye Film & TV, starring Julie Delpy, Steven Berkoff and Fenella Fielding. Beginner's Luck was shown at the London Film Festival and in selected cinemas across the UK in 2002.He finished filming his first role in a feature film, Bridget Jones's Diary-alongside Renee Zellweger & Hugh Grant-in the summer of 2000, and between a few further film and TV roles returned to the stage in the Soho Theatre in December 2002 for a play called Things You Shouldn't Say Past Midnight.Callis, who has two sisters, is 31, and lives in London with his wife, Neha. Apart from acting, directing & writing, the multitalented thespian also plays piano and guitar to performance levels.

A humanoid model of Cylon. With drop-dead looks and a perfect body, her every move and gesture is smooth and precise, her eyes keenly intelligent. And god talks to her. Victoria's Secret model Tricia Helfer was born in Donalda, Alberta, Canada in 1974. The 1992 Ford Supermodel of the World winner and former Elite model has graced the covers of such magazines as Elle, Amica Italia and Cosmopolitan UK, and has walked the runways for Christian Dior, Givenchy, Claude Montana, Emanuel Ungaro and other top fashion designers. Besides Victoria's Secret, she has appeared in advertisements for clients including Giorgio Armani, Oil of Olay and Saks Fifth Avenue.

After doing correspondent work for the Canadian style/fashion TV-magazine series Ooh La La, Helfer gained attention as an actress when she played the lead female role of Sarah, the hero's love interest, in the two-hour premiere of the Vancouver-shot Showtime series Jeremiah. She later memorably played a teen model who tries to cut off her own face in an episode of the hit series C.S.I.: Crime Scene Investigation, and appears in the comedy short Eventual Wife, seen on HBO/Cinemax and on the AtomFilms Web site.In 2004, Helfer played the part of Farrah Fawcett-Majors in the made-for-TV movie, Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Charlie's Angels', also shot in British Columbia.

Skilled viper pilot and surviving son of Commander Adama. Ruggedly handsome, lean and rangy, he controls his anger and pain as though it were a fighter craft. Jamie St. John Bamber Griffith, was born on April 3, 1973 in Hammersmith, London, England. His father, Ralph is an American; his mother, a trained actress of Irish descent. He has five brothers and one sister. The family lived in France for Bamber's first few years where he attended a bilingual school until the age of eight. While in France, his mother started a theater group at the American Cathedral in Paris, for English speaking children. It was here that Bamber had his first taste of acting-playing the part of a woman! He also played the wicked witch in the Wizard of Oz.

Bamber attended St. Paul's School and then Cambridge University where he received a first Class Honours Degree in Modern Languages (Italian and French) from St. Johns College, Cambridge. In 1996, he went to the London Academy of Dramatic Arts (LAMDA) where he completed a one-year postgraduate course.After leaving LAMDA, Bamber quickly got his first part, the role of Archie Kennedy in A&E's Emmy award-winning Hornblower miniseries. Between filming the episodes of Hornblower, he landed a part in the A&E/BBC production of The Scarlet Pimpernel, playing Lord Tony Dewhurst. After Hornblower and Pimpernel, he played Ralph Paton in Poirot, the Murder of Roger Ackroyd. Next came the role of George Talboys in Lady Audley's Secret. Later, Bamber reprised his role of Archie Kennedy in A&E's second Hornblower series.Bamber next played the role of Lt. Jack Foley in Steven Spielberg's Band of Brothers, the Emmy and Golden Globe-winning miniseries about WWII, which aired on HBO and the BBC. After finishing Band of Brothers, he went on to film a movie in Scotland called The Devil's Tattoo. Thus far the film hasn't been released, but it's notable if only for the fact that this is where he met his wife-to-be, Kerry Norton. After The Devil's Tattoo came a part in a British TV series for ITV, Peak Practice, where Bamber played Doctor Matt Kendal. Sadly, Peak Practice was axed after 12 episodes.Bamber's next role put him back in uniform-this time a modern uniform-as a member of a crack SAS team in the 6 part series, Ultimate Force for ITV. After Ultimate Force, he landed the role of Hans Meyrick in the BBC production of George Eliott's, Daniel Deronda. Upon completing Daniel Deronda, Bamber took on the very challenging role of Prince Hal in the Bristol Old Vic's production of Shakespeare's Henry IV. Fans from all over the world made the journey to wish Jamie well in his professional stage debut.Bamber is married to actress Kerry Norton and the couple recently had a baby daughter, Isla.

Viper pilot. A loner, as undisciplined and rebellious out of the cockpit as she is calculating and precise in it, she's maybe the fleet's best pilot-and constantly in trouble because she doesn't suffer fools. Katee Sackhoff was born on April 8th, 1980. While growing up in Portland, Oregon, she prepared herself for her future career by participating in dance classes as well as drama classes, later going on to star in many of her high school's productions, including Bye Bye Birdie, Oliver and Fiddler on the Roof. Taking her acting a step further, Sackhoff found her way to the small screen when she took on the role of a teenage mother in the Lifetime original movie, Fifteen and Pregnant with Kirsten Dunst.

She later followed up with the role of Mary in the USA original movie Hefner: Unauthorized along with General Hospital's Rebecca Herbst.In 2000, Sackhoff appeared as a full-fledged cast member of the Fox Family Channel series The Fearing Mind, in which she played Lenore, the daughter of horror author, Bill Fearing. In 2001, she won the role of Jenna Danzig in the eighth movie of the Halloween series, Halloween: Resurrection. That same year, Katee also won the role of Nell Bickford on the CBS series, The Education of Max Bickford, in which she played the daughter of the title character. Her father was played by award winning actor Richard Dreyfuss, who Katee has said was not only like a father on-camera, but off-camera as well. In fact, she says that The Education of Max Bickford is the project that has taught her the most overall.In addition to her starring roles, Sackhoff has made guest appearances on shows such as Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane, ER, and multiple appearances on MTV's Undressed.Sackhoff's mother is a coordinator for an English-As-A-Second-Language program, and her father is a land developer. In her spare time, Sackhoff enjoys watching movies, hanging out with friends, working out, and playing pool, among other things. Her future goals include being successful and respected at both singing and acting. In addition, she'd love to be able to finish the Ironman Triathalon in Hawaii.

Raptor pilot. Not long out of flight school, she's the squadron's rookie-less sure of herself than the other pilots, and more vulnerable. In just a few short years, Grace Park has managed to rack up an impressive list of credits, including the feature Romeo Must Die, the telefilm L.A. Law: The Movie and the popular CBC teen series Edgemont, in which she played Shannon Ng in the ensemble cast. She has appeared on such series as Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction, The Outer Limits, Dark Angel, The Immortal (in which she played the recurring role of Mikiko) and Stargate SG-1. She holds a degree in psychology and speaks English and Korean, along with some French and Cantonese; she is currently studying Spanish

Executive Officer of the battlestar Galactica. He's the best man to have at your side-even if he's tightly wound, moody and prone to outbursts of temper. One of Canada's most respected actors, Michael Hogan is the patriarch of a fledgling dynasty: His wife, Susan Hogan, has starred in dozens of films since the '70s, including The Brood, Narrow Margin and Disturbing Behavior, while their son, Gabriel Hogan, has worked in film and TV since his teens and currently stars in the ESPN ensemble drama Playmakers. Hogan won the Genie Award-the Canadian equivalent of the Oscar-as Best Supporting Actor for Solitaire (1991). He had been nominated in that category the previous year for Diplomatic Immunity. Hogan is currently nominated for the Canadian Emmy-equivalent, the Gemini, for Best Actor in a Dramatic Program or Miniseries, for the 2003 telefilm Betrayed.

Born in Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Hogan has performed at some of Canada's most prestigious venues, including the Stratford Festival, where he won acclaim as Biff in Death of a Salesman. He has also headlined at the Shaw Festival and performed at the Arts Club in Vancouver in Escape from Happiness. Other theatrical credits include roles in King Lear at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre, Tartuffe and Of the Fields Lately at Toronto's Canadian Stage, and Zastro at Toronto's Factory Theatre.He made his film debut in the Peter Fonda trucker picture High-Ballin' (1978). He and his wife soon became a popular television couple, as the stars of the 1983 Canadian series Vanderberg and the 1986 Canadian-German series The Little Vampire. Hogan has also starred on the hit Canadian police series Cold Squad. His movies include Road to Saddle River, Clearcut, Stella, Cowboys Don't Cry and The Cutting Edge, and the telefilms Dead Man's Gun, Shadow Lake, Scorn, Shadow Realm and Nights Below Station Street, for which he received the Manitoba Motion Picture Industry Association's Blizzard Award for Best Leading Actor.He has guested on such series as The Sopranos, Millennium, Andromeda, The Outer Limits ("Last Supper"), First Wave ("Normal, Illinois"), and in the two-hour premiere of USA Network's hit series Monk.

Chief Petty Officer of the battlestar Galactica. Rugged with the worn look of someone who has spent a lifetime working around big machines, he's the kind of man for whom his crew would do anything. A Vancouver native, Aaron Douglas was born on August 23, 1971. Featured in films such as the Pitch Black sequel The Chronicles of Riddick, John Woo's Paycheck, Alex Proyas' Isaac Asimov adaptation I, Robot and the remake of Walking Tall, Douglas is one of the hardest-working actors in "Hollywood North." After studying acting at Canada's famed William Davis Centre and performing with the Okanagan Shakespeare Company, Douglas has gone on to appear in such films as X2 and Final Destination 2; on such shows as Dark Angel, Smallville, Jeremiah, Black Sash, Stargate SG-1 ("Maternal Instinct") and The Outer Limits ("Free Spirit"). Douglas also appeared in the SCI FI Channel miniseries event, "Steven Spielberg Presents, Taken."

An extraordinarily charismatic and philosophical Sagitaran-originally jailed for spurring political unrest-he creates a hostage situation aboard the prison ship, Astral Queen, in order to facilitate some sweeping demands of Commander Adama and President Roslin. Born May 21, 1945 in Santa Monica, California, Richard Hatch was studying classical piano at the age of eight, and knew he wanted to carve out a career as a performer before he reached his teens. After attending Harbor College in San Pedro, he joined a Los Angeles repertory company with which he traveled to New York City in 1967.

He performed in the plays Song of Walt Whitman, Young Rebels and a production called Exercise, which he directed. In 1970, while in New York, Hatch was cast as Philip Brent, one of the original children in the soap opera All My Children.Later moving to Los Angeles, Richard began guest-starring on numerous series ranging from Hawaii Five-O to Medical Center to Cannon, until the producing team of Quinn/Martin cast him as Inspector Dan Robbins on the television series, The Streets of San Francisco. Hatch starred with Karl Malden for the show's final season, replacing the outgoing Michael Douglas.However, Hatch is best remembered for his portrayal of the original Captain Apollo in the 1978 television series, Battlestar Galactica, for which he received a Golden Globe nomination. He has since authored five original Battlestar Galactica novels, and is widely credited with keeping the Galactica franchise alive through his deep personal commitment to the original material, and to fans worldwide.Hatch hosts a weekly relationship radio show entitled, "Love on the Edge," and is also a professional motivational speaker and teacher, conducting seminars worldwide.

His next creative project, The Great War of Magellan, is underway.