Tahmoh Penikett

Date of Birth : 20 May 1975

Location : Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada

Height : 6’ 2½" (1.89 m)

Mini Biography

He is the son of former Yukon premier Anthony David John Penikett (Tony). A graduate of the Victoria Motion picture school, Tahmoh also studied at the Lyric School of Acting in Vancouver. Tahmoh and his family (his father, and his twin sisters Sarah and Stephanie) make their home in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Trivia

His character Helo in the Battlestar Galactica miniseries was not supposed to return for the regular run of the show. Audience response to Helo was so strong the producers created an entire subplot for the character in the second series, set on the destroyed homeworld of Caprica.

His father, John, is of British descent and his mother, Lulla, is an aboriginal Canadian from the White River First Nation in the Yukon.