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series]] Richard Hatch (b. May 21 , 1945 in Santa Monica, California ) is an American actor best known for his role of Captain Apollo on the original Battlestar Galactica Movie and Television Series , for which he received a Golden Globe Award nomination. He began his theatrical career with the Los Angeles Repertory Theater. He starred off-Broadway in several plays and musicals and won the Obie Award for his work in ''PS Your Cat Is Dead'' in Chicago . He also has appeared in the American Soap Opera s '' All My Children '' and '' Santa Barbara ''. He is currently in a recurring role as Tom Zarek in the second version of '' Battlestar Galactica ''. Before Battlestar Galactica, he replaced Michael Douglas in '' The Streets Of San Francisco '' and won Germany 's Bravo Award (the equivalent of an Emmy Award ) for the role. He has also starred in such movies as ''The Hatfields and The McCoys'' with Jack Palance , ''Addie and The Kings Of Hearts'' with Jason Robards , ''Last Of The Belles'' with Susan Sarandon , and the cult classic ''Deadman's Curve'' where he portrayed Jan Berry of the musical group Jan And Dean . Hatch can also be heard in numerous television commercials and other voice-overs. He is the author of seven ''Battlestar Galactica'' novels and wrote, co-directed and executive-produced a '''' that won acclaim at science-fiction conventions. He produced the trailer to pressure Universal into creating a new series of Battlestar Galactica, which would have been direct continuation of the original series. Original actors John Colicos (Baltar) and Jack Stauffer (Bojay) appeared in the trailer, and also, presumably, would have appeared in any revival, along with Hatch himself. Hatch also believed that he could persuade Dirk Benedict to return and play Starbuck. In the event though, Battlestar Galactica returned to television screens as a re-imagining, rather than the sequel for which Hatch had campaigned. Hatch was, initially at least, bitterly disappointed by this turn of events and originally was highly critical of the prospective new series on his web site. Hatch developed a respect, however, for the reimagined version show runner, Ronald D. Moore , when Moore showed up at Galacticon (a Battlestar Galactica fan convention) and was willing to take questions and answers from a very hostile audience. This new found respect for Moore created a thawing in the relationship and eventually paved the way for Hatch to again grace the screen in the new Battlestar Galactica series. In 2003 , he was offered and accepted a recurring role in the new '' Battlestar Galactica '' series. He plays Tom Zarek , a terrorist turned politician, who spent twenty years in prison for blowing up a government building. In an irony (probably intended by the show's producers) Hatch/Zarek spends most of his first episode in heated debate with Captain Apollo, the role that Hatch had played in the original series. Most Battlestar Galactica fans agreed that Hatch was rather good in his new role. The new show's producers brought the character back towards the end of season 1, and also for a number of episodes in season 2. When not acting, Richard lectures and conducts workshops on acting, self-expression, and communication throughout the world. EXTERNAL LINKS
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