Editing Michael Shanks (section)

==Personal life==
Shanks has a daughter<ref>{{cite web|url=http://twitter.com/michaelshanks/status/763372615113342977|title=Michael wishing Tatiana happy birthday on Twitter|archive-url=https://archive.today/20250125033042/https://x.com/michaelshanks/status/763372615113342977?mx=2|archive-date=January 25, 2025}}</ref> from his relationship with model and actress [[Vaitiare Bandera]], who portrayed [[Miscellaneous alien characters in Stargate#Sha're|Sha're]], his character's wife on ''Stargate SG-1''.<ref>"Sha're Shares: Interview with Vaitiare Bandera", ''Stargate SG1 Official Magazine'' No. 8, Jan/Feb 2006, Titan Magazines publishers.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.michaelshanks-online.com/archives/msol/msfeet.shtml|title=Michael Shanks - MSOL Interview|last=MSOL|website=www.michaelshanks-online.com|access-date=2017-09-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428164942/http://www.michaelshanks-online.com/archives/msol/msfeet.shtml|archive-date=2019-04-28|url-status=dead}}</ref>

On August 2, 2003, Shanks married actress [[Lexa Doig]], whom he met in 2001 while guest-starring on the series ''[[Andromeda (TV series)|Andromeda]]''. (They would also work together on ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'', when Doig was cast as [[List of Tau'ri characters in Stargate SG-1#Carolyn Lam|Dr Carolyn Lam]], a recurring character in seasons nine and ten). They have two children.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.cbc.ca/player/TD+Kids+Book+Club+Video/ID/2065793035/ |title = Actors Michael Shanks and Lexa Doig on Great Kids Books |work = CBC/Radio-Canada |date = 2011-07-22}}</ref>

Shanks enjoys playing ice hockey, and once considered playing professionally. He was on the ''Stargate SG-1'' hockey team, competing against the teams of other Vancouver-based productions such as ''[[Smallville]]'', and also displayed his aptitude for the sport in the 2006 television film ''Under the Mistletoe'', in which he played the part of a school hockey coach. This aptitude was also highlighted in his 2013 role as the title character in the television film ''[[Mr. Hockey: The Gordie Howe Story]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/04/25/gordie-howe-movie_n_3155316.html |title = Gordie Howe, Mr Hockey, Played By Stargate's Michael Shanks In New Film |work = Huffington Post Canada |date = 2013-04-25}}</ref>