Tahmoh Penikett (pronounced [ˈtaʔmo ˈpɛnɨkɨt]; born May 20, 1975 in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada) is a Canadian actor best known for his role as Karl "Helo" Agathon on the Sci Fi Channel's television program Battlestar Galactica.
He also co-stars as Paul Ballard in Joss Whedon's series Dollhouse on the Fox network as of the spring of 2009.
Penikett is the son of former Yukon premier Tony Penikett, who is of British ancestry, and Lulla Sierra Johns, ...
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Tahmoh Penikett (pronounced [ˈtaʔmo ˈpɛnɨkɨt]; born May 20, 1975 in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada) is a Canadian actor best known for his role as Karl "Helo" Agathon on the Sci Fi Channel's television program Battlestar Galactica.
He also co-stars as Paul Ballard in Joss Whedon's series Dollhouse on the Fox network as of the spring of 2009.
Penikett is the son of former Yukon premier Tony Penikett, who is of British ancestry, and Lulla Sierra Johns, of the White River First Nation in the Yukon. He has two siblings, twin sisters Sarah and Stephanie. He graduated from the Victoria Motion Picture School and studied at the Lyric School of Acting in Vancouver.
Among his early acting work were stints on assorted Canadian TV series such as Cold Squad. He also appeared on the TV show Smallville, in the episode "Resurrection" in Season 3, and in the Season 6 episodes "Nemesis" and "Prototype". He portrayed a police officer for a predominantly gay neighborhood in the 2004 The L Word episode "Losing...
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