payne had numerous roles on the 2002-2005 science fiction series "stargate sg-1", and its 2004-2009 spin-off series "stargate atlantis", both shot in vancouver; these included kull warriors and an ashrak assassin on "stargate sg-1", and the wraith king in the "stargate atlantis" episode "sateda". payne appeared as nathan davidson, a married, sexually-repressed father in the 2008 film "mulligans", a role of which payne stated in 2016, "it is still one of my proudest efforts". he also appeared as dollar bill in "watchmen" (2009).