A much-respected and award-winning actor in his native Canada, Michael Hogan gained his largest audience in the United States after he was cast as Colonel Paul (and later Saul) Tigh in The Sci Fi Channel’s revamp of “Battlestar Galactica” (2004-08). Prior to that, he was a ubiquitous face on stage in Canada, and on television and in films on both sides of North America; most notably in a recurring role on “The L Word” (Showtime, 2004- ), which also featured his wife, actress Susan Hogan.

Though the exact date of Hogan’s birth was a matter of private record, the actor was born in Kirkland Lake,