Daniel Jackson, PhD, is a fictional character in the military science fiction franchise Stargate, and one of the main characters of the 1997 series Stargate SG-1. He is portrayed by James Spader in the 1994 film Stargate, and by Michael Shanks in Stargate SG-1 and other SG-1 derived media.

Daniel Jackson, Ph.D., is an archaeologist and linguist from Earth, and a member of Stargate Command's flagship team, SG-1. He has Ph.D. degrees in archaeology, anthropology and philology.

He is best known for his role as Daniel Jackson in the long-running military science fiction television series Stargate SG-1 and as Dr Charles Harris in the Canadian medical drama Saving Hope. He is also known for his work on low budget genre work filmed in Canada.

Daniel Jackson was born on July 8, in the year 1965, on the planet Earth, His initial purpose for joining SG-1 was to gain knowledge and find a way to separate his wife, Sha're, from her symbiote, Amaunet. However, despite her death in 1999, …

SG-1 's archaeological expert, responsible for cracking the code to first activate the Stargate. A student of language, mythology and ancient cultures, Jackson's knowledge and razor-sharp wit is key to encounters with alien civilizations and displaced human colonies across the galaxy.

Dr. Daniel Jackson is a male Tau'ri, a former ascended being, an archaeologist, a member of Stargate Command and a member SG-1. Jackson was born on July 8, 1965 in Olympia, Oregon.

Dr. Daniel Jackson : It's got a harness, it's domesticated [Taps Mastadge on shoulder. Mastadge is frightened and runs off dragging Dr. Daniel Jackson across the Desert]

DANIEL JACKSON. Daniel Jackson embodies the passion of SG-1, and brings to his team not only his skills as an exceptional linguist and archaeologist, but also a curiosity and a sense of wonder and discovery. Daniel was born on July 8, 1965, the son of archaeologists Dr. Melburn and Claire Jackson.

His is a visionary genius who opened Earth's Stargate, solving in two weeks a mystery which had defeated Catherine Langford's team for two years. After the first mission to Abydos in which he helped Col. Jack O'Neill defeat Ra, Daniel stayed behind …

Daniel Jackson has three university doctorates, in Archaeology, Anthropology, and Philology (the study of linguistic change over time) (9.17 "The Scourge").