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    These are the Tau'ri characters in the television show Stargate Atlantis. In the Stargate universe, the Tau're are the humans from Earth. For a complete list of Tau'ri characters, see List of Atlantis personnel in Stargate.
    Atlantis is a multi-national expedition. While on the city, each member of the expedition wears a patch on their left jacket sleeve with their country's flag. This patch is stripped off while on offworld missions. So far, the following flags have been seen, though there may be more: Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Scotland, Serbia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States and Zimbabwe.


        Tau'ri characters in Stargate Atlantis
            Major characters
                John Sheppard
                Elizabeth Weir
                Rodney McKay
                Carson Beckett
                Aiden Ford
                Bates
                Laura Cadman
                Steven Caldwell
                Kate Heightmeyer
                Kavanagh
                Lorne
                Lindsey Novak
                Radek Zelenka
                Abrams
                Biro
                    Trivia
                Katie Brown
                Dillion Everett
                Brendan Gall
                Peter Grodin
                Dave Kleinman
                Markham
                Miller
                Parrish
                Stackhouse
                Marshall Sumner
            See also

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    Major characters

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    John Sheppard

    An USAF Lt. Colonel and the military commander of Atlantis.

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    Elizabeth Weir

    The commander of the Atlantis expedition.

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    Rodney McKay

    The Head Scientific Advisor of the Atlantis expedition.

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    Carson Beckett

    The Head Medical Officer of the Atlantis expedition.

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    Aiden Ford

    An USMC Lieutenant who was Major Sheppard's second in command in season one and became MIA in season two.

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    Bates

    An USMC Sergeant and the Head of Security of the Atlantis expedition during season one.

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    Laura Cadman

    An USMC Lieutenant specialized in explosives.

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    Steven Caldwell

    An USAF Colonel and the commander of the Daedalus.

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    Kate Heightmeyer

    Psychologist of the Atlantis expedition.

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    Kavanagh

    One of scientists of the Atlantis expedition.

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    Lorne

    An USAF Major and Col. Sheppard's second-in-command since season two.

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    Lindsey Novak

    Daedalus engineer.

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    Radek Zelenka

    One of the main scientists of the Atlantis expedition.

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    Abrams


    Dr. Abrams was a scientist of the Atlantis expedition played by Paul Magel.

    Abrams went with Major John Sheppard, Dr. Rodney McKay and Dr. Gall to investigate an Ancient weapon satellite he discovered in the Atlantis solar system, about 15 hours away from the city by Puddle Jumper. Once there, they discovered a very weak Wraith distress signal and, down in the planet, they found the ship mostly intact. Unluckily, there was a survivor, a 10,000 years-old Wraith that had survived draining his own people, that drained Abrams dry.


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    Biro

    Dr. Biro is a pathologist in Dr. Beckett's team. She is played by Lindsay Collins.

    She performed the autopsies on the people who were killed by the nanovirus. . She was later in the medical meeting to figure out a way to cure Col. Sheppard of the Wraith retrovirus that was turning him into an Iratus bug.

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    Trivia
    Actress Lindsay Collins is the wife of actor Barclay Hope, who played Colonel Lionel Pendergast on Stargate SG-1.



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    Katie Brown

    Dr. Katie Brown is a botanist played by Brenda James.


    Dr. Brown went on a date with Dr. Rodney McKay. Unfortunately, due to an incident with the Wraith transporter, McKay got Lt. Laura Cadman stuck inside his head. Tired of his clumsiness, she took control of his body and kissed Dr. Brown in a rather moviesque manner. She has not been mentioned again.




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    Dillion Everett

    Colonel Dillion Everett is an USMC officer played by Clayton Landey.

    He got the ATA gene thanks to gene therapy before coming to Atlantis.


    Col. Everett was sent from Earth through the Stargate to help Atlantis against the incoming Wraith attack. He came with more Marines and new weapons, and immediately relieved both Dr. Weir and Major Sheppard from command. A by-the-book officer, he immediately dismissed Weir and only at Sheppard's insistence told her their plans. During the attack, however, he came to respect her.

    Everett asked Sheppard to show him the Ancient's holographic projection that explained their war against the Wraith. Afterwards, he told him that Colonel Marshall Sumner had been a very good friend and he disagreed with his handling of the situation. Their conversation was interrupted by an alarm.


    Afterwards, Col. Everett was attacked by a Wraith. He survived, but he had been aged, being now very old and frail. Sheppard visited him in the infirmary and Everett told him that he was being shipped out with the next batch of wounded but that he wanted to finish their conversation. And then he apologized. He said that now he had a pretty good idea about what happened with Col. Sumner and that he wished Sheppard would have been there for him, too. Sheppard saluted him formally before leaving the infirmary.


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    Brendan Gall

    Dr. Brendan Gall was an English civilian scientist played by Richard Ian Cox.

    Dr. Gall went with Major John Sheppard, Dr. Rodney McKay and Dr. Abrams to investigate an Ancient weapon satellite he discovered in the Atlantis solar system, about 15 hours away from the city by Puddle Jumper. He got motion sickness, even in the Puddle Jumper equipped with inertial dampeners. He said knowing he was moving was enough.

    Once there, they discovered a very weak Wraith distress signal and Major Sheppard and Dr. McKay convinced Dr. Weir to let them investigate. Even if the signal was probably 10,000 years-old, any scientific and military knowledge they might find may be useful.

    Down in the planet, they found the ship mostly intact. Unluckily, there was a survivor, a 10,000 years-old Wraith that had survived draining his own people, and was almost invulnerable. This "Super-Wraith" attacked Dr. Abrams and Dr. Gall when they were alone, draining Abrams to an empty husk. Sheppard and McKay found Gall alive in a cocoon, but the Wraith had drained him too, turning him into a very old and fragile man.

    When Major Sheppard went outside to confront the Wraith, he left McKay behind to take care of Gall. Brendan felt McKay had changed these last months and he no longer was the same man as before. He knew Rodney wanted to go and help Sheppard, but he refused to leave Brendan alone. Rodney gave him a gun to defend himself but, in the end and knowing he did not have much time left, Gall used it to kill himself, so Rodney could go and help Sheppard.



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    Peter Grodin

    Dr. Peter Grodin was an English civilian scientist played by Craig Veroni.

    Peter Grodin was first seen aboard the Prometheus as its Weapons Officer. This is consistent with the work he did afterward, that is, working with the Drone Weapon in Antarctica and the weapons satellite on Atlantis. As per that episode, he was in presumably hostile hands along with the rest of the Prometheus crew for four days, however this is unknown.

    Peter Grodin was among the team of Dr. Weir, which studied the Ancient technology (of which he was an expert) in the Antarctica outpost. He was first seen studying a Drone Weapon. When the team discovered the whereabouts of Atlantis, he was among the expedition. There Dr. Grodin was usually seen in the control room of the city, acting as an aide to Dr. Weir.

    In the following year Dr. Grodin often worked as a personal assistent of Dr. Weir, often informing her about the latest activities in the city. He also watched the city from his plans in the control room and guided teams if there was a problem in the city. For example when an energy life form roamed through the city he guided Lt. Ford and another soldier through the city.


    Dr. Grodin met his fate when he went with Dr. Rodney McKay and Lt. Miller to the Ancients' weapons array satellite they had previously discovered, 15 hours away from Atlantis. When trying to make the satellite work to defend themselves against the incoming Wraith Hive ships, Grodin got trapped inside the satellite while McKay and Miller were outside in the Puddle jumper ship.

    They managed to destroy one of the Hive ships with the satellite, but McKay and Miller were unable to rescue Grodin before the Wraith destroyed the satellite, killing him.



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    Dave Kleinman


    Captain Dave Kleinman, USAF, is the Bridge officer aboard the Daedalus. He's played by Kirby Morrow.



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    Markham

    Sergeant Markham was a USMC non-commissioned officer played by Joseph May.

    Markham was a carrier of the ATA gene and was an apparently reluctant and inexperienced Puddle Jumper pilot. He piloted the puddle jumper carrying injured Maj. Sheppard back to Atlantis and along with Sgt. Stackhouse, was trapped inside the event horizon for almost a full thirty-eight minutes when the craft became stuck in the Gate.

    Markham was killed, along with Smith, while defending the city from a Wraith dart fighter.


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    Miller

    Lt. Miller is an USMC pilot played by Rob Avery.


    Miller piloted the Puddle Jumper that took Dr. McKay and Dr. Grodin to the Ancient's weapons array satellite. He entered the satellite with them and later took Dr. McKay out so he can reconfigure the satellite using a space suit. He was able to take the Puddle Jumper away, saving himself and McKay, but he could not do anything to save Grodin.


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    Parrish

    Dr. Parrish is a botanist played by Jonathan Young.

    During a mission with Major Lorne to P3M-736, they discovered a Wraith corpse that led them to find out Lt. Ford was on the planet.




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    Stackhouse


    Sergeant Stackhouse is a fictional USMC non-commissioned officer played by Boyan Vukelic.

    Stackhouse was first introduced in the two-part series premiere, "Rising". He was left behind on Atlantis during the original mission to Athos, and was seen greeting the Athosian refugees when they were brought back to the city by Maj. Sheppard. He was later part of Maj. Sheppard's rescue mission, where he was left in charge of a secondary squad, guarding the Puddle Jumper and later provided a distraction while Sheppard and his team freed those taken prisoner upon the hive ship

    Back in Atlantis, he was placed in command of his own team .

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    Marshall Sumner


    Colonel Marshall Sumner was an USMC officer played by Robert Patrick. He was the military commander of the Atlantis expedition.

    Col. Sumner did not like Major John Sheppard or the fact that he has been pushed into the expedition. He made it clear to him that he wasn't here by Sumner's will and later admitted to Lt. Aiden Ford that he had a problem with Sheppard's record.

    Minutes after their arrival at Atlantis, they found out the power source of the shield that was protecting the underwater city by keeping the sea at bay was failing. Col. Sumner led a mission to planet Athos in search of a safe place to evacuate Atlantis personnel. Once there, he was captured by the Wraith.

    In the Wraith's hiveship, the Keeper choose him as a "meal". Although he tried to resist, she found out he came from a new, big "feeding ground": Earth. She tried to force him to reveal Earth's location by draining him of his life force, but he resisted.

    When Major Sheppard found him, the Wraith Keeper had already drained him of most of his life force, and he decided to end Sumner's suffering by putting a bullet through his heart. It seemed a wise decision at the time, but it later earned Sheppard the temporary enmity of Col. Dillion Everett.

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