Why Michael Shanks let Daniel’s beard grow out on Stargate SG-1 Dr. Daniel Jackson (Michael Shanks) holds Vala Mal Doran's (Claudia Black) face in Stargate SG-1 Episode 901.

After all, as Shanks himself teased during a GateWorld interview at the time, he and Browder were “a couple of 6-foot tall white guys with blue eyes and brown hair” — not exactly the ideal ...