Actor Name:  Richard Hatch

Character Name:  Captain Apollo

Episode Appearances:  Main Cast

Character Bio:  Captain Apollo is the son of Commander Adama and brother to Athena. Like everyone from the Colonies, he suffered great losses during the Cylon attack—but his duty and dedication to the fleet give him a sense of purpose. Early on he loses his brother Zac during a patrol. Then he meets and becomes sealed to the newswoman Serina, but their time together is short. After she dies, he is left to care for her son, Boxey, as a single parent.

Serina’s death leaves a hole in Apollo’s life that he fills with one-way missions and pilot banter. When Commander Cain’s daughter Sheba joins the crew, he feels attracted to her but won’t admit it to himself—until she makes the first move.

Actor Bio:  Richard Hatch was born in Santa Monica, California, and was studying piano at the age of eight. After attending Harbor College in San Pedro, California, he joined a Los Angeles repertory company that took him to New York City in 1967. After acting in plays, he was cast in the soap opera All My Children. Since then he has racked up an impressive list of credits, including movies and guest shots on Murder, She Wrote, Hotel and Hawaii Five-O. Hatch played sidekick Dan Robbins on the last season of The Streets of San Francisco, but is best known for his turn as Apollo in Battlestar Galactica. Hatch is divorced with one son.

IMDB Link:  Richard Hatch 

Official Website:  Richard Hatch - official site 

One very important day in Hatch’s life was November 22, 1963. The assassination of President John F. Kennedy affected him profoundly. When he took an article about the slain president into his oral interpretation class, he was able to finally overcome his shyness and become a budding actor.

What he's doing now:  Hatch is very involved in series fandom, having been a leader in the push to revive Battlestar Galactica prior to the SciFi Channel’s production of the new series. He writes Battlestar Galactica novels (seven to date) and appears at fan events, including conventions and an annual cruise. His production company created the trailers for his pet projects Battlestar Galactica: The Second Coming and The Great War of Magellan.

Richard Hatch is also active in giving seminars on acting, self-expression and communication. At the moment, he’s working on the movie Starship II: Rendezvous with Ramses.

He appears as a recurring character, Tom Zarek, on the new Battlestar Galactica 2003 series.

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