Dr. Nicholas Rush



Dr. Nicholas Rush is one of the main characters in the 2009-2011 sci-fi series Stargate Universe. He is played by Robert Carlyle who has also played Gaz Schofield, Hamish Macbeth and Rumplestitlskin.

Rush was born and raised in Glasgow, Scotland and his father was a shipyard worker. He studied at Oxford University and worked two jobs and eventually married a woman named Gloria who passed away before the events of the series.

In 2009, Rush was stationed at the Icarus Base to do research on the ninth chevron but the base was attacked. Rush and Eli Wallace were able to figure out how to dual the ninth chevron and end up sending themselves and the remaining Icarus personal to an Ancient ship known as the Destiny which was situated in a far away galaxy with no way of returning to Earth.