Universe Season 1

The first season of Stargate Universe will air with a special three-part premiere starting October 2, 2009, with an additional seventeen episodes to add up to a total of 20 episodes on Syfy. British broadcaster Sky will also be airing the series in the Autumn of 2009. It has been confirmed that Richard Dean Anderson, Michael Shanks and Gary Jones will be appearing in a few Universe episodes. Gary Jones and Michael Shanks have been confirmed to make cameo appearances as Walter Harriman and Daniel Jackson respectively in the first episode, "Air", while Anderson has been confirmed to play Jack O'Neill in "Air", "Earth" and sporadically throughout the first season.

Main characters

 * Robert Carlyle as Doctor Nicholas Rush
 * Justin Louis as Colonel Everett Young
 * David Blue as Eli Wallace
 * Jamil Walker Smith as Sergeant Ronald Greer
 * Brian J. Smith as Lieutenant Matthew Scott
 * Alaina Huffman as Lieutenant Tamara Johansen
 * Elyse Levesque as Chloe Armstrong

Recurring characters

 * Lou Diamond Phillips as Colonel Zak Telford
 * Ming-Na as Camile Wray

Guest stars

 * Richard Dean Anderson as General Jack O'Neill
 * Gary Jones as Sergeant Walter Harriman
 * Michael Shanks as Doctor Daniel Jackson
 * Amanda Tapping as Colonel Samantha Carter