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Lance Guest | |
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 Lance Guest (age 57) at the Chiller Theatre Expo (2017). | |
| Born | Lance R. Guest July 21, 1960 |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1981–present |
| Spouse | Danna Guest |
Lance R. Guest (born July 21, 1960) is an American film and television actor, best known for his starring role in 1984's The Last Starfighter .
Guest developed a serious interest in acting as a freshman while attending Saratoga High School, located in Saratoga, California, and later majored in theater while attending UCLA. He has starred in many theatrical films, including his role as Jimmy alongside actress Jamie Lee Curtis in Halloween II (1981), and also starred in Neil Simon's I Ought to Be in Pictures . His most notable role was in the science fiction film The Last Starfighter (1984) as Alex Rogan, and as Beta, a robot sent to replace Alex while he was in space. He has starred in Jaws: The Revenge (1987) as Michael Brody. Guest played Cosmo Cola in Stepsister from Planet Weird (2000). He played Hugo Archibald in The Jennie Project (2001). Also that year, he appeared in Mach 2 (2001).[ citation needed ]
Guest's starring television roles included Lou Grant (1981–1982) and Knots Landing (1991). Guest has guest-starred on St. Elsewhere , The Wonder Years , Party of Five , JAG , NYPD Blue , The X-Files , Becker , Life Goes On , House , and Jericho .[ citation needed ]
Guest has starred on Broadway as Johnny Cash in the musical Million Dollar Quartet , a fictionalized depiction of the only time Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley ever recorded music as a group. [1]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1981 | Halloween II | Jimmy | |
| 1982 | I Ought to Be in Pictures | Gordon | |
| 1984 | The Last Starfighter | Alex Rogan / Beta Alex | |
| Just the Way You Are | Jack the Answering Service Guy | ||
| 1985 | Waiting to Act | Body Snatcher Guy | |
| 1987 | Jaws: The Revenge | Michael Brody | |
| 1988 | The Wizard of Loneliness | John T. | |
| 1997 | Plan B | Jack Sadler | |
| 2001 | Mach 2 | Keith Dorman | |
| 2007 | Shadowbox | Morell - Shadow Man | Short |
| 2008 | The Least of These | Mark Roberts | |
| 2009 | 21 and a Wake-Up | Dr. Oscar Kimber | |
| 2014 | Late Phases | James Griffin | |
| 2017 | Traces | Nelson | |
| 2022 | In Search of Tomorrow | Himself | Documentary |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1981 | Dallas | Student | 1 Episode: The Mark of Cain |
| Why Us? | Hugh Whitaker | TV Short | |
| Please Don't Hit Me, Mom | Michael Reynolds | TV film | |
| 1981–1982 | Lou Grant | Lance Reinecke / Mark | 7 Episodes |
| 1982–1983 | St. Elsewhere | Orderly Sean Rooney | 4 Episodes: Down's Syndrome, Legionnaires: Part 1 & 2, Hearts |
| 1982–1985 | ABC Afterschool Special | Tim / Doug Henshaw | 2 Episodes: One Too Many, Between Two Loves |
| 1983 | Confessions of a Married Man | Arthur | TV film |
| 1984 | American Playhouse | Orson Ziegler | 1 Episode: The Roommate |
| 1985 | My Father, My Rival | Scott | TV film |
| 1988 | Favorite Son | David Ross | 1 Episode: Part One |
| 1991 | Knots Landing | Steve Brewer | 13 Episodes |
| 1992 | The Wonder Years | Mike Detweiller | 1 Episode: Politics as Usual |
| Life Goes On | Michael Romanov | 6 Episodes | |
| 1993 | Hart to Hart Returns | Peter McDowell | TV film |
| 1995 | All-American Girl | Leon | 1 Episode: Venus de Margaret |
| The X-Files | Kyle Lang | 1 Episode: Fearful Symmetry | |
| 1995–1996 | Party of Five | Mr. Allen Peck | 2 Episodes: Dearly Beloved, Unfair Advantage |
| 1997 | The Burning Zone | Russ Johnson | 1 Episode: Critical Mass |
| 1999 | Becker | Dr. Harvey Cohen | 1 Episode: Saving Harvey Cohen |
| Thanks | John the Blacksmith | 1 Episode: Marriage | |
| 2000 | Then Came You | Tom | 1 Episode: Then Came a Wedding |
| Stepsister from Planet Weird | Cosmo Cola | TV film | |
| 2001 | The Jennie Project | Hugo Archibald | TV film |
| JAG | Cmdr. Stacy Loftness | 2 Episodes: Adrift: Part 1 & 2 | |
| Bitter Winter | TV film | ||
| 2004 | NYPD Blue | Mercy Hawks | 1 Episode: Traylor Trash |
| 2006 | House | Lewis Bardach | 1 Episode: Safe |
| 2007 | Alibi | Peterson | TV film |
| 2008 | Jericho | Alex Utley | 1 Episode: Condor |
| Flu Bird Horror | Garrett | TV film | |
| 2010 | Late Show with David Letterman | Johnny Cash | 1 Episode: Evangeline Lilly/Sam Rockwell/Million Dollar Quartet/Aaron Kelly |
| Late Night with Jimmy Fallon | Johnny Cash | 1 Episode: No. 2.104 | |
| 2012 | All-American New Year's Eve 2013 | Johnny Cash | TV film |
| 2014 | Christmas Eve, 1914 | John Gilliam | TV film |
| 2022 | The Patient | Paul | 1 Episode: The Cantor’s Husband |
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