Do we like Ben Browder?
Our score: 6 out of 10. Nothing harmful or dodgy turned up in what we could read, but there's little on the record about his causes or politics, so it's a cautious six.
Ben Browder is the sci-fi bloke who spent years as astronaut John Crichton on Farscape, then stepped into Stargate SG-1 as Cameron Mitchell. For a lot of fans that's two beloved shows in one career, which is a pretty tidy run.
Farscape was the big formative job. When it was cancelled in 2003 he said he was as surprised as everyone else, and a miniseries later wrapped up the story. Looking back in 2024, he talked about it as the hardest he had ever worked and credited the cast and crew for caring about the story and craft.
On the harm check, we went looking and came up short. Searches on LGBTQ+ and trans issues, women, migrants, vaccines, climate and politics turned up nothing from him, and no stories about the company he keeps. The honest read is that he keeps a low political profile, so we can't say much about his views, and we won't make any up.
On the good-person side, searches for lawsuits, allegations and court outcomes found nothing involving him. There's no tabloid mess to sort through either. What the interviews do show is a guy who talks warmly about the people he worked with and says decisions about any Farscape revival are not his to make.
There's a fun bit of trivia too. Stargate Atlantis producer Joseph Mallozzi has said Browder would have made a great lead in that show, but it never happened. It's colour rather than anything about character, and it's here because there's not much goss to give.
So: a pass on both tests, with a caution that this is a thin file. If he had a record of causes or kind acts we'd happily tell you, but we couldn't verify any, so we won't pad it. For a reader who loves Farscape, there's no reason to feel uneasy.