MacGyver isn't the only character that Richard Dean Anderson brings his personality to. Jack O'neill and mac are very different on almost evry point dealing with the surface. Jack is an airman, a general in the Air Force... so he uses guns. Jack isn't likely to think too hard to get the team out of a mess, that's Sam's job. (Sam's the girl). What common traits Jack and Mac share are loyalty and the persistent need to do right by people. Honor above all else. jack took in an enemy with the prescience to change sides when it was apparent that the enemy leader was not as he appeared. Jack doesn't leave his people behind. And if someone smudges the name of the SGC (Star Gate Command) Jack is going to clean it up. Usually with the smudger's face. But hey, it's war. Jack is a Pit Bull while Mac is like a Newfie.
The point in all of this is that Jack/Mac are parts of the man that portrays them. There are things in RDA's filmography that I will never accept because I just didn't feel the stalker thing from him. I didn't feel that he got into the part that required him to be half drunk through most of his days. It didn't ring true. And most of those projects, to me, were the network trying to keep RDA on the air because he was a huge draw. He is too nice. I agree with him that he couldn't be the Jack O'neill that Kurt Russel was. Kurt Russel's O'Neill wouldn't have looked twice at Teal'c. Russel's O'Neill served the air force. RDA's O'Neill serves humanity.
That is the mark of a real hero. In his private life RDA is an avid supporter of humanity. In character and out, he is a hero.
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