Career: Beau gained his first major role in 1967's The Incident, and followed it with leading roles in Gaily, Gaily and The Landlord before settling for smaller, more interesting character parts. Notable films include Two Minute Warning, The Fifth Musketeer, Silver Dream Racer, The Hotel New Hampshire and The Fabulous Baker Boys, in which he co-starred with brother Jeff. He has also worked extensively on TV, winning numerous Emmys and Golden Globes for his work in The Second Civil War, The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Mom and Without Warning: The James Brady Story. He appeared in American sitcom My Name Is Earl, playing the titular character's father. More recently, he has played a recurring role in the drama Masters of Sex and a lead role in sitcom The Millers.

Career: In 1976, Anderson began a five-year stint in the daytime soap General Hospital. He also starred in a TV production of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and guested on various series. In 1985 he landed the title role in adventure series MacGyver, which was a global hit. Various hit-and-miss TV series followed, before he was cast as a heroic pilot in the blockbuster miniseries Pandora's Clock. A year later he made his debut as Jack O'Neill in the series Stargate: SG-1, a spin-off from the hit 1994 film. He left that show in 2008 to spend more time with his daughter, and has since appeared in five episodes of the TV series Fairly Legal.