10 Mind-Blowing Facts You Never Knew About Stargate
8. Christopher Judge Had A Lonely Make Up Experience
Make-up and costuming began life as a relatively straightforward process for the bulk of the main cast.
As most of them were portraying U.S.A.F. personnel, they wore standard milltary uniforms, along with a standard green battle uniform while on away missions through the gate. Richard Dean Anderson and Don S. Davis both received military grade haircuts on set (yes, Don S. Davis, with his famously flowing locks of hair).
Amanda Tapping kept her hair short until Stargate: The Ark of Truth, while Michael Shanks had slightly more freedom to do as he pleased, as his character was a civilian.
That left poor Christopher Judge as the odd one out.
To play the alien Jaffa warrior, he was initially covered in a gold sheen for much of the early seasons, along with the headpiece in his forehead, depicting the sigil of Apophis. He would also shave his head - daily - alone at home, until finally, for the show's eighth season he was allowed to begin growing it out. The gold paint was eventually phased out, and this was jokingly referred to later in the series.