John Pyper-Ferguson

Rugged Australian-born Canadian actor John Pyper-Ferguson established himself as a firm fan favorite within the updated "Battlestar Galactica" universe following an extensive career as a character actor specializing in playing manly men of the American West. Born in a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, John moved to Vancouver, British Columbia with his parents, where his mother Kathleen trained as an Olympic swimmer. After graduating from the University of Alberta with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Performance, he starred in the prime-time Canadian drama series "Hamilton's Quest" (1986-88) as a young man searching for his birth parents. (On this and many other of his early projects, he was credited simply as John Ferguson.) While continuing to appear regularly on Canadian television, Pyper-Ferguson made his film debut with a small role in the low-budget horror sequel "Prom Night II" (1987), but quickly moved up to larger roles in high-profile films like the Mel Gibson action comedy "Bird On A Wire" (1990) and Clint Eastwood's critically-acclaimed revisionist western "Unforgiven" (1992).