Canadian actor Michael Shanks has an estimated net worth of $215 million in 2013.

Michael Garrett Shanks was born on December 15, 1970 in Vancouver, British Columbia,Canada. After obtaining his theatre degree from the  University of British Columbia, he started appearing in several stage productions. Since 2003, he has been married to actress Lexa Doig, with whom he has two children named Mia Tabitha Shanks (b.2004), and Samuel David Shanks (b.2006). He has another child, named Tatiana, with actress and model Vaitiare Bandera.

Debuting in 1993, Michael Shanks has starred in numerous projects, including A Family Divided, The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon, Stargate SG-1, Escape From Mars, Suspicious River, Mr. Fortune's Smile, The Artist's Circle, Suddenly Naked, All Around the Town, Door To Door, Sumuru, Under the Mistletoe, Swarmed, Burn Notice, Judicial Indiscretion, Mega Snake, Stargate: The Ark of Truth, The Lost Treasure of the Grand Canyon, Stargate: Continuum, Living Out Loud, Desperate Escape, Arctic Blast, Tactical Force, Faces In The Crowd, Red Riding Hood, The Pastor's Wife, Christmas Lodge, Saving Hope, 13 Eerie and Mr. Hockey: The Gordie Howe Story.