Jeffrey Sinclair
character in Babylon 5
Jeffrey Sinclair is a fictional character on the space opera television series titled Babylon 5. He is the original Commander of the Babylon 5 space station.
Portrayed by Michael O'Hare, the character appeared regularly on the first season of the show and made a number of guest appearances early in season two ("The Coming of Shadows") and returned in season three for a two-part episode ("War Without End").
In the second season, Sinclair was succeeded as space station Commander by John J. Sheridan (portrayed by Bruce Boxleitner.)
Role in Babylon 5
Character arc
Jeffrey Sinclair is introduced in the 1993 pilot film, Babylon 5: The Gathering, which takes place roughly one year before the first-season episode "Midnight on the Firing Line".
Jeffrey Sinclair was born on the Mars Colony. During the first season of Babylon 5, Sinclair states that his family had been fighter pilots "ever since the Battle of Britain" and that his father was a fighter pilot for EarthForce who participated in the last battle of the "Dilgar Invasion." Sinclair continued this family tradition by becoming a fighter pilot. The season one episode "By Any Means Necessary" establishes that Sinclair received Jesuit education as a young man.
Sinclair was promoted to fighter pilot and — less than a year later — promoted to squadron leader. Due to his rapid rise through the ranks, it was rumored that he was on the fast track to making admiral. In the made-for-television film, Babylon 5: In the Beginning, Sinclair fights during the last major battle in the Earth-Minbari War.
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