Dean Devlin

Biography

Dean Devlin (born August 27, 1962) is an American screenwriter, producer, television and film director and former actor. He is the founder of production company Electric Entertainment. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dean Devlin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Career Overview

Dean Devlin has 82 screen credits in a career dating back to 1974. Their work spans 5 cinematic universes — most prominently Universal Soldier with 3 titles. Signature works include Stargate SG-1, Independence Day, Universal Soldier. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For: Writing
Gender: male
Known Credits: 82
Birth Date: 1962-08-27 00:00:00
Birth Place: New York City, New York, USA

Known For

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 5 universes

Frequent Collaborators

John Storey (3 collaborations)
Mirron E. Willis (2 collaborations)
David Pressman (2 collaborations)
Steve Giannelli (2 collaborations)
Michael Winther (2 collaborations)
Derek Webster (2 collaborations)
Jack Moore (2 collaborations)
Rance Howard (2 collaborations)
Sayed Badreya (2 collaborations)
Frank Welker (2 collaborations)

Credits

actors (30 credits)
- Carolco, un rêve hollywoodien
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2026
- Guns, Genes & Fighting Machines: The Making of "Universal Soldier"
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2026
- Roland Emmerich - Weltenzerstörer, Weltenerbauer
  Self - screenwriter, producer
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2025
- Meister der Apokalypse - Roland Emmerich
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2025
- Another Day: The Making of 'Independence Day: Resurgence'
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2016
- Stargate: History Made
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2009
- Little Manila: Filipinos in California's Heartland
  Narrator
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2008
- 40 Years of Star Trek
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2006
- Guns, Genes & Fighting Machines: The Making of 'Universal Soldier'
  Himself
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2004
- The Force Is with Them: The Legacy of 'Star Wars'
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2004
- Cellular
  Cab Driver (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2004
- Dialing Up "Cellular"
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2004
- The Patriot: True Patriots
  Himself
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2000
- Independence Day: Creating Reality
  Himself - Producer
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2000
- Predators from Beyond Neptune
  Himself
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1999
- Godzilla, King of the Monsters
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1998
- Independence Day: The ID4 Invasion
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1996
- The Making of 'Independence Day'
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1996
- Total Exposure
  Adult Bookstore Manager
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1991
- Moon 44
  Tyler
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1990
- 3:15 the Moment of Truth
  Gum Chewer
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1986
- L.A. Law
  
  - Gibbon Take (1986) ... Jeffrey Sullivan actor actors
  
  - Slum Enchanted Evening (1986) ... Jeffrey Sullivan actor actors
  
  - The Princess and the Wiener King (1986) ... Jeffrey Sullivan actor actors
  
  1986
- North Beach and Rawhide
  Pedro Sanchez
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1985
- Real Genius
  Milton
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1985
- The Wild Life
  Liquor Store Clerk
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1984
- Fame
  
  - U.N. Week (1983) ... actor actors
  
  1982
- Hill Street Blues
  
  - The Other Side of Oneness (1984) ... actor actors
  
  - Grace Under Pressure (1984) ... actor actors
  
  1981
- My Bodyguard
  Boy
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1980
- Alice
  
  - Jolene Lets the Cat Out of the Bag (1983) ... actor actors
  
  1976
- Happy Days
  
  - I Drink, Therefore I Am (1983) ... actor actors
  
  1974
creators (2 credits)
- The Librarians: The Next Chapter
  
  creator
  
  creators
  
  2025
- The Ark
  
  creator
  
  creators
  
  2023
production (22 credits)
- The Librarians: The Next Chapter
  
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  - And the Unfinished Business (2025) ... executive producer production
  
  - And the Graffiti of the Gods (2025) ... executive producer production
  
  - And Going Medieval (2025) ... executive producer production
  
  - And the Feast of the Vampir (2025) ... executive producer production
  
  - And the Hangover from Hell (2025) ... executive producer production
  
  2025
- The Ark
  
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  - Fortunate (2024) ... executive producer production
  
  - It Will Be Over Soon (2024) ... executive producer production
  
  - It Should Have Been You (2024) ... executive producer production
  
  - Cycle of Violence (2024) ... executive producer production
  
  - We Don't Kill Our Own (2024) ... executive producer production
  
  2023
- The Deal
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  2022
- Leverage: Redemption
  
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  - The Side Job (2025) ... executive producer production
  
  - The Polygeist Job (2025) ... executive producer production
  
  - The Cooling Off the Mark Job (2025) ... executive producer production
  
  - The Shakedown in Clone-Town Job (2025) ... executive producer production
  
  - The Swipe Right Job (2025) ... executive producer production
  
  2021
- Almost Paradise
  
  - Something Walker This Way Comes (2020) ... executive producer production
  
  - A Wedding to Die For (2020) ... executive producer production
  
  - Lone Wolf (2020) ... executive producer production
  
  - Uncle Danny (2020) ... executive producer production
  
  - Rise of the Kalangay (2020) ... executive producer production
  
  2020
- Bad Samaritan
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  2018
- The Outpost
  
  - The Dragman is Coming (2018) ... producer production
  
  - The Vex Rezicon (2018) ... producer production
  
  - Beyond the Wall (2018) ... producer production
  
  - The Colipsum Conundrum (2018) ... producer production
  
  - The Book of Names (2018) ... producer production
  
  2018
- Geostorm
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  2017
- Independence Day: Resurgence
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  2016
- The Librarians
  
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  - And the Echoes of Memory (2018) ... executive producer production
  
  - And the Trial of the One (2018) ... executive producer production
  
  - And Some Dude Named Jeff (2018) ... executive producer production
  
  - And a Town Called Feud (2018) ... executive producer production
  
  - And the Hidden Sanctuary (2018) ... executive producer production
  
  2014
- Leverage
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  - The Long Goodbye Job (2012) ... producer production
  
  - The Toy Job (2012) ... producer production
  
  - The Corkscrew Job (2012) ... producer production
  
  - The White Rabbit Job (2012) ... producer production
  
  - The Low Low Price Job (2012) ... producer production
  
  2008
- The Librarian: The Curse of the Judas Chalice
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  2008
- Blank Slate
  
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  2008
- Flyboys
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  2006
- Cellular
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  2004
- The Librarian: Quest for the Spear
  
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  2004
- Eight Legged Freaks
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  2002
- The Patriot
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  2000
- Godzilla: The Series - Monster War
  
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  1999
- Godzilla
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  1998
- Independence Day
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  1996
- Stargate
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  1994
writing (18 credits)
- The Librarians: The Next Chapter
  
  - And the Unfinished Business (2025) ... writer writing
  
  - And Going Medieval (2025) ... writer writing
  
  - And the Deadly Drekavac (2025) ... writer writing
  
  2025
- The Ark
  
  - Everyone Wanted to Be on This Ship (2023) ... writer writing
  
  2023
- Leverage: Redemption
  
  - The Fractured Job (2022) ... writer writing
  
  - The Too Many Rembrandts Job (2021) ... story writing
  
  2021
- Almost Paradise
  
  - The Magellan Cross (2023) ... writer writing
  
  - It's Personal (2020) ... writer writing
  
  - Finding Mabuhay (2020) ... writer writing
  
  2020
- Stargate Origins: Catherine
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2018
- Stargate Origins
  
  characters
  
  writing
  
  - Episode 10 (2018) ... characters writing
  
  - Episode 9 (2018) ... characters writing
  
  - Episode 8 (2018) ... characters writing
  
  - Episode 7 (2018) ... characters writing
  
  - Episode 6 (2018) ... characters writing
  
  2018
- Geostorm
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2017
- Independence Day: Resurgence
  
  story
  
  writing
  
  2016
- The Librarians
  
  - And the Rise of Chaos (2016) ... writer writing
  
  2014
- Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning
  
  characters
  
  writing
  
  2012
- Stargate SG-1: Children of the Gods
  
  characters
  
  writing
  
  2009
- Leverage
  
  - The Homecoming Job (2008) ... writer writing
  
  - The Nigerian Job (2008) ... story writing
  
  2008
- Universal Soldier: The Return
  
  characters
  
  writing
  
  1999
- Godzilla
  
  story
  
  writing
  
  1998
- Stargate SG-1
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  - Unending (2007) ... writer writing
  
  - Dominion (2007) ... writer writing
  
  - Family Ties (2007) ... writer writing
  
  - Talion (2007) ... writer writing
  
  - Bad Guys (2007) ... writer writing
  
  1997
- Independence Day
  
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  1996
- Stargate
  
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  1994
- Universal Soldier
  
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  1992
directing (9 credits)
- The Librarians: The Next Chapter
  
  - And the Deadly Drekavac (2025) ... director directing
  
  2025
- The Ark
  
  - Everyone Wanted to Be on This Ship (2023) ... director directing
  
  2023
- Leverage: Redemption
  
  - The Grand Complication Job (2025) ... director directing
  
  - The Fractured Job (2022) ... director directing
  
  - The Debutante Job (2022) ... director directing
  
  - The Harry Wilson Job (2) (2021) ... director directing
  
  - The Mastermind Job (2021) ... director directing
  
  2021
- Almost Paradise
  
  - The Magellan Cross (2023) ... director directing
  
  - Something Walker This Way Comes (2020) ... director directing
  
  2020
- Bad Samaritan
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2018
- Geostorm
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2017
- The Librarians
  
  - And the Echoes of Memory (2018) ... director directing
  
  - And the Disenchanted Forest (2018) ... director directing
  
  - And the Self-Fulfilling Prophecy (2016) ... director directing
  
  - And the Rise of Chaos (2016) ... director directing
  
  - And the Sword in the Stone (2) (2014) ... director directing
  
  2014
- Leverage
  
  - The Long Goodbye Job (2012) ... director directing
  
  - The Frame-Up Job (2012) ... director directing
  
  - The Rundown Job (2012) ... director directing
  
  - The Last Dam Job (2) (2012) ... director directing
  
  - The Radio Job (1) (2012) ... director directing
  
  2008
- Independence Day
  
  second unit director
  
  directing
  
  1996
camera (1 credits)
- The Librarians
  
  - And the Crown of King Arthur (1) (2014) ... director of photography camera
  
  2014