Daniel Jackson is a character from the hit series, Stargate SG1. Daniel Jackson is a fictional character in both the science fiction feature film Stargate and the subsequent television series Stargate SG-1. The role was played by James Spader in the film version and is played by Michael Shanks in the TV series. Shanks also plays the character in the Stargate Atlantis pilot "Rising", Stargate: The Ark of Truth and the latest film Stargate: Continuum. Jackson has PhDs in Archaeology, Anthropology and Philology[1].