He rose to fame as an action hero who saved the world with a Swiss Army knife and a tape on the hit 80s TV show MacGyver.
These days, Richard Dean Anderson lives in a Malibu estate with a $30 million ($A45 million) retirement.
Reports indicate that the actor settled on a residence to design and build his own Mid-west style home, which was previously featured in Architectural Digest.
“Rick lives outside of Malibu by the beach,” a source told Closer Weekly.
“He has a big house and his dream house there some years ago.”
Anderson bought the original four-bedroom home in 1987 for $US1.06 million ($A1.5 million) before it was demolished.
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Richard Dean Anderson is most famous for playing MacGyver.
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Anderson lives as a semi-recluse in the Malibu area. Image: Google Maps
Stargate SG-1 also has two other facilities: one in northern Minnesota and one in Vancouver.
She has reportedly been dividing her time between three households since retiring from the small screen more than a decade ago.
According to the source, Anderson spent the first few years of his retirement focusing on raising his daughter, Wylie, who was 15 at the time. He shares Wylie with his ex Apryl A. Prose.
“Now she’s grown up and in the business herself and Rick is very supportive of everything she does,” the insider revealed.
“He is a producer and a director so working together is something they have talked about, if he ever wants him to do something it will be yes, he is a great father and would do anything for him, he is very proud!”
Anderson also has two other locations. Photo: Norm Oorloff
Action Star Past
The actor is best known for his starring role in MacGyver, which aired on ABC from 1985-1992.
In addition to Anderson, the show also starred Dana Elcar as Pete Thornton and Bruce McGill as Jack Dalton.
The game followed secret agent Angus MacGyver, who worked as a troubleshooter for the Phoenix Foundation in Los Angeles and as an agent of the United States government agency the Department of Foreign Services (DXS).
Years after the original MacGyver ended, the show was rebooted on CBS in 2016.
The MacGyver reboot, which starred Lucas Till in the lead role, aired on the network until 2021.
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Richard Dean Anderson starred as Jack O’Neill in the Stargate SG-1 series. Image: Provided
Acting Career
Prior to his starring role on MacGyver, Anderson made his television debut starring in the soap opera General Hospital as Jeff Webber.
She went on to make guest appearances on The Facts of Life, Today’s FBI and The Love Boat before landing prominent roles in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and Emerald Point NAS.
Anderson cemented his star status when he booked the role of MacGyver, although he continued to act after the show ended.
The actor starred as Jack O’Neill in the series Stargate SG-1 from 1997-2007, while he also played the role in several episodes of the spin-off series Stargate Atlantis and Stargate Universe.
His most recent television acting credit was in a 2013 episode of Don’t Trust the B – Apartment 23, in which he appeared as himself.
Portions of this story first appeared in the US Sun and are republished with permission.
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