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Jacob Carter is a retired U.S. Air Force General and the father of Samantha Carter on the TV Series Stargate SG-1. The character is played by Carmen Argenziano. Jacob ultimately became a host to the Tok'ra symbiote Selmak and Earth's liasion to the Tok'ra high council.

Jacob first appeared in the episode "Secrets". He offered Sam the opportunity to join NASA hoping that Sam would follow through with her life-long dream of going into space. When Samantha inexplicably rejected his offer in favor of her continued work at Cheyenne Mountain with NORAD on deep space radar telemetry, Jacob was disappointed. His relationship with his daughter and son, Mark, had been strained for a while. Jacob then revealed he had terminal lymphoma and would only live a few months.

Jacob's estimation proved overly optimistic however and he was forced to enter the hospital. Knowing he was dying and not buying Sam's explanation, he requested an explanation from General Hammond about his daughter's top secret . . .