Bruce Boxleitner Biography

Fast Facts

• Nominated for a Saturn Award from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films in 1999 for "Babylon 5․"
• Won two Universe Reader's Choice Awards, in 1995 and 1996, from "Sci-Fi Universe Magaznine" in the category of Best Actor in a Genre TV Series for his work in "Babylon 5․"
• Avid supporter of Children's Hospice & Palliative Care Coalition and the National Space Society
• Has served on the National Board of Directors from Screen Actor Guild's Hollywood Division in 2002
• Inducted into the Hall of Great Western Performers at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City in 2012
• Won a Golden Boot Award in 1983, which are given to people who had significant involvement in the western genre in film and TV
• His big break came when he was cast opposite James Arness in the TV series "How the West Was Won․"
• Quote: "I think every leading man wants to be a character actor, and every character actor wants to be a leading man․"