What nationality is Christopher Judge?
Daniel Moore
Updated on January 05, 2026
Douglas Christopher Judge is an American actor best known for playing Teal’c in the Canadian-American military science fiction television series Stargate SG-1, and Kratos in the 2018 video game God of War.
What nationality is Christopher Judge?
The judge was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. Judge received a scholarship from the University of Oregon and played defensive back and safety for the Ducks from 1982 to 1985. He led in kickoff return yardage for 1983-84 and interceptions in 1984 and earned the Casanova Award in 1982, given to the freshman or newcomer of the year.
While at Oregon, Judge was a Pacific-10 Conference Selection in 1984 and played in the 1985 Hula Bowl.
Judge won a contest to host a radio show in Oregon, and in his senior year he won a regional contest to host the West Coast FOX KLSR Morning Show, an “MTV talk show type thing”; he used this experience to get an agent and move to Los Angeles.
