Can anyone tell me the name of the science fiction tv series about a ship whose crew woke up 500 years later?

Question

There were about 5 or 6 crew members and they woke up to find out that the war they knew had ended and the enemy had won. Also, I believe one of the crew members was a big muscular guy with long dred locks, or he may have been on another science fiction tv series, and if so, please tell me that series name. Thank you

Answer 1

The answer as someone else mentioned is Andromeda, starring 'Hercules' Kevin Sorbo.

The dread locked guy is from Stargate Atlantis, although tehre was someone who has a vague resemblance to him, but no dreads.

Answer 2

Red Dwarf...I love it

Edit: I gave you a really fast answer based on the dred locks observation.  That is Red Dwarf.  Here is something else to jog your memory..in Red Dwarf, a British series, there was also a black actor who played the ship's cat.  The cat had evolved into a human while the rest of the crew was in stasis.  The cat was very into how he looked, and was preening all the time.  It was def a comedy, and hilarious.  GL

Answer 3

Sounds like it could be the tv series Firefly. There was a film released in 2005 called Serenity that was based on the tv series.

Answer 4

"Andromeda" (2000)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0213327/