Jacob Carter was a fictional character on Stargate SG-1, portrayed by Carmen Argenziano from 1998 to 2005.
General Carter (Ret.) was a USAF general and the widowed father of Samantha Carter and also of a son named Mark.
Jacob Carter is a frequently recurring character who is Samantha Carter's father and the Tok'ra liaison to Earth. Jacob's relationship with his children was rocky. His wife was killed in a car accident when Sam and Mark were y...
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Jacob Carter was a fictional character on Stargate SG-1, portrayed by Carmen Argenziano from 1998 to 2005.
General Carter (Ret.) was a USAF general and the widowed father of Samantha Carter and also of a son named Mark.
Jacob Carter is a frequently recurring character who is Samantha Carter's father and the Tok'ra liaison to Earth. Jacob's relationship with his children was rocky. His wife was killed in a car accident when Sam and Mark were younger, after Jacob was late in picking her up. Mark particularly resented his father, blaming him for his mother's death (a sentiment Jacob also shared) and it would be years before they talked again. Carter was a close friend of General George Hammond and managed to pull strings to have Samantha Carter transferred to NASA, hoping to give Samantha her dream of going to space. (Logically, he did not know of the existence of either the SGC or the Stargate itself.) Samantha had rejected the offer, but was unable to tell him the real reasons...
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