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British American screenwriter, comedian, musician, director, and actor
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Christopher Haden Guest, 5th Baron Haden Guest (born 5 February 1948), known professionally as Christopher Guest, is a British American actor, comedian, screenwriter and director. Guest has written, directed, and starred in his series of comedy films shot in mockumentary style. The series of films began with This Is Spinal Tap (which he did not direct) and continued with Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show, A Mighty Wind, For Your Consideration, and Mascots. Guest holds a hereditary British peerage as the 5th Baron Haden Guest, and has publicly expressed a desire to see the House of Lords reformed as a democratically elected chamber. Though he was initially active in the Lords, his career there was cut short by the House of Lords Act 1999, which removed the right of most hereditary peers to a seat in the parliament. When using his title, he is normally styled as Lord Haden Guest. Guest is married to the actress Jamie Lee Curtis.

Guest was born in New York City, the son of Peter Haden Guest, a British United Nations diplomat who later became the 4th Baron Haden Guest, and his second wife, the former Jean Pauline Hindes, an American former vice president of casting at CBS. Guest's maternal grandparents were Jewish emigrants from Russia. Both of Guest's parents had become atheists, and Guest himself had no religious upbringing. Guest later began performing with bluegrass bands until he took up rock and roll. Guest went to Bard College for a year

Guest began his career in theatre during the early 1970s with one of his earliest professional performances being the role of Norman in Michael Weller's Moonchildren for the play's American premiere at the Arena Stage in Washington, DC, in November 1971. Guest continued with the production when it moved to Broadway in 1972. The following year, he began making contributions to The National Lampoon Radio Hour for a variety of National Lampoon audio recordings. He both performed comic characters (Flash Bazbo—Space Explorer, Mr. Rogers, music critic Roger de Swans, and sleazy record company rep Ron Fields) and wrote, arranged, and performed numerous musical parodies (of Bob Dylan, James Taylor, and others). He was featured alongside Chevy Chase and John Belushi in the off Broadway revue National Lampoon's Lemmings. Two of his earliest film roles were small parts as uniformed police officers in the 1972 film The Hot Rock and 1974's Death Wish. Guest played a small role in the 1977 All in the Family episode "Mike and Gloria Meet", where in a flashback sequence Mike and Gloria recall their first blind date, set up by Michael's college buddy Jim (Guest), who dated Gloria's girlfriend Debbie (Priscilla Lopez). Guest also had a small but important role in it Happened One Christmas, the 1977 gender reversed TV remake of the Frank Capra classic it's a Wonderful Life, starring Marlo Thomas as Mary Bailey (the Jimmy Stewart role), with Cloris Leachman as Mary's guardian angel and Orson Welles as the villainous Mr. Potter. Guest played Mary's brother Harry, who returned from the Army in the final scene, speaking one of the last lines of the film: "A toast! To my big sister Mary, the richest person in town!"

Guest's biggest role of the first two decades of his career is likely that of Nigel Tufnel in the 1984 Rob Reiner film This Is Spinal Tap. Guest made his first appearance as Tufnel on the 1978 sketch comedy program The TV Show. Along with Martin Short, Billy Crystal, and Harry Shearer, Guest was hired as a one year only cast member for the 1984–85 season on NBC's Saturday Night Live. Among the films performed in this manner, which have been written and directed by Guest, include Waiting for Guffman (1996), about a community theatre group, Best in Show (2000), about the dog show circuit, A Mighty Wind (2003), about folk singers, For Your Consideration (2006), about the hype surrounding Oscar season, and Mascots (2016), about a sports team mascot competition. Guest had a guest voice over role in the animated comedy series SpongeBob SquarePants as SpongeBob's cousin, Stanley. Guest again collaborated with Reiner in A Few Good Men (1992), appearing as Dr. Stone. In the 2000s, Guest appeared in the 2005 biographical musical Mrs Henderson Presents and in the 2009 comedy The Invention of Lying. He is also currently a member of the musical group The Beyman Bros, which he formed with childhood friend David Nichtern and Spinal Tap's current keyboardist C. J. Vanston. Their debut album Memories of Summer as a Child was released on January 20, 2009. In 2010, the United States Census Bureau paid $2.5 million to have a television commercial directed by Guest shown during television coverage of Super Bowl XLIV. Guest holds an honorary doctorate from and is a member of the board of trustees for Berklee College of Music in Boston. In 2013, Guest was the co writer and producer of the HBO series Family Tree, in collaboration with Jim Piddock, a lighthearted story in the style he made famous in This is Spinal Tap, in which the main character, Tom Chadwick, inherits a box of curios from his great aunt, spurring interest in his ancestry. On August 11, 2015, Netflix announced that Mascots, a film directed by Guest and co written with Jim Piddock, about the competition for the World Mascot Association championship's Gold Fluffy Award, would debut in 2016. Guest replayed his role as Count Tyrone Rugen in the Princess Bride Reunion on September 13, 2020.

Guest became the 5th Baron Haden Guest, of Great Saling, in the County of Essex, when his father died in 1996. He succeeded upon the ineligibility of his older half brother, Anthony Haden Guest, who was born before his parents married. According to an article in The Guardian, Guest attended the House of Lords regularly until the House of Lords Act 1999 barred most hereditary peers from their seats. In the article Guest remarked:

Year Title Actor Screenwriter Director Producer Role Notes 1971 The Hospital Resident Uncredited 1972 The Hot Rock Policeman 1973 National Lampoon Lemmings Musical arranger 1974 Death Wish Patrolman Jackson Reilly 1975 The Fortune Boy Lover Tarzoon: Shame of the Jungle Chief M'Bulu / Short / Nurse Voice only 1978 Girlfriends Eric 1979 The Last Word Roger1980 The Long Riders Charley Ford The Missing Link No Lobes English version; voice 1981 Heartbeeps Calvin Likely Stories, Vol. 1 All roles (segment "Dead Ringer") 1983 Likely Stories, Vol. 3 Frankie (segment "Split Decision") 1984 This Is Spinal Tap Nigel Tufnel Composer, musician 1985 Martin Short: Concert for theNorth Americas Rajiv Vindaloo 1986 Little Shop of Horrors The First Customer 1987 Beyond Therapy Bob The Princess Bride Count Tyrone Rugen,the six fingered man 1988 Sticky Fingers Sam 1989 The Big Picture 1992 A Few Good Men Dr. Stone 1994 The Return of Spinal Tap Nigel Tufnel 1996 Waiting for Guffman Corky St. Clair 1998 Almost Heroes Small Soldiers Slamfist/Scratch It Voices 2000 Best in Show Harlan Pepper 2003 A Mighty Wind Alan Barrows 2005 Mrs Henderson Presents Lord Cromer 2006 For Your Consideration Jay Berman 2009 Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian Ivan the Terrible The Invention of Lying Nathan Goldfrappe 2012 Her Master's Voice 2016 Mascots Corky St. Clair TBA Spinal Tap II Nigel Tufnel Filming

Year Title Actor Screenwriter Director Producer Role Notes 1975 Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell Variety series The Lily Tomlin Special TV special 1976 The Billion Dollar Bubble Al Green TV film TVTV Looks at the Oscars TV special TVTV: Super Bowl TV special The TVTV Show Various TV special 1977 It Happened One Christmas Harry Bailey TV film The Andros Targets Gordon Hamilton Episode: "A Currency for Murder" All in the Family Jim Episode: "Mike and Gloria Meet"1978 Laverne & Shirley Greg Harris Episode: "Bus Stop" Peeping Times Television special 1979 Blind Ambition Jeb Stuart Magruder Miniseries The Chevy Chase National Humor Test Various Television special 1980 Haywire The T. V. Director Television film 1982 Million Dollar Infield Bucky Frische Television film A Piano for Mrs. Cimino Philip Ryan Television film St. Elsewhere H. J. Cummings 2 episodes 1984–85 Saturday Night Live Various 19 episodes 1986 Shelley Duvall's Tall Tales & Legends Episode: "Johnny Appleseed" 1989 Trying Times Episode: "The Sad Professor" Billy Crystal: Midnight Train toMoscow The Voice Stand up special I, Martin Short, Goes Hollywood Antoninus DiMentabella 1991 Morton & Hayes El Supremo / Crooner /Dr. Von Astor Directed 5 episodes;acted 3 episodes;composed theme music Amnesty International's Big 3 0 Nigel Tufnel Television special 1992 The Simpsons Nigel Tufnel Episode: "The Otto Show"Voice 1993 Animaniacs Umlatt Episode: "King Yakko"Voice Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman Television film; composer 1999 Dilbert The Dupey Episode: "The Dupey"Voice 2003 MADtv Nigel Tufnel Episode: season 8, episode 21 2007, 2021 SpongeBob SquarePants Stanley S. SquarePants / Clem Clam 2 episodes: "Stanley S. SquarePants", "Goofy Scoopers"Voice 2009 Stonehenge: 'Tis a Magic Place Nigel Tufnel 3 episodes 2012 84th Academy Awards Focus Group Member Directed focus group segment 2013 Family Tree Dave Chadwick /Phineas Chadwick 8 episodes; also co creatorcomposed credits theme

Guest has worked multiple times with certain actors, notably with frequent writing partner Eugene Levy, who has appeared in five of his projects. Other repeat collaborators of Guest include Fred Willard (7 projects); Michael McKean, Bob Balaban, and Ed Begley Jr. (6 projects each); Parker Posey, Jim Piddock, Michael Hitchcock and Harry Shearer (5 projects each); Catherine O'Hara, Larry Miller, John Michael Higgins, Jane Lynch, and Jennifer Coolidge (4 projects each). rowspan=2 This Is Spinal Tap The Big Picture Waiting for Guffman Almost Heroes Best in Show A Mighty Wind For Your Consideration Family Tree Mascots Bob Balaban Ed Begley Jr. Jennifer Coolidge John Michael Higgins Michael Hitchcock Eugene Levy Jane Lynch Michael McKean Larry Miller Catherine O'Hara Jim Piddock Parker Posey Harry Shearer Fred Willard

Year Award Category Film Result 1976 Primetime Emmy Award Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Variety or Music Special Ann ElderShared with Earl Pomerantz, Jim Rusk, Lily Tomlin, Rod Warren, George Yanok The Lily Tomlin Special 1995 International Fantasy Film Award Best Film Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman 1998 Independent Spirit Award Best Male Lead Waiting for Guffman Best ScreenplayShared with Eugene Levy Lone Star Film & Television Award Best Director 2001 DVD Exclusive Award Best DVD Audio Commentary This Is Spinal Tap American Comedy Award Funniest Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture Best in Show Golden Satellite Award Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical Independent Spirit Award Best Director Writers Guild of America Award Best Screenplay Written Directly for the ScreenShared with Eugene Levy 2003 Seattle Film Critics Award Best MusicShared with John Michael Higgins, Eugene Levy, Michael McKean, Catherine O'Hara, Annette O'Toole, Harry Shearer, Jeffrey C. J. Vanston A Mighty Wind 2004 Grammy Award Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual MediaShared with Eugene Levy, Michael McKean A Mighty Wind