Lance Guest

Lance Guest
Guest in 2024
Born	Lance R. Guest (1960-07-21) July 21, 1960 (age 64) Saratoga, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1981–present
Spouse	Danna Guest

Lance R. Guest (born July 21, 1960) is an American actor. Known for his film work throughout the 1980s and various television roles thereafter, he made his screen debut with a supporting role in Halloween II (1981). This was followed by headline parts in The Last Starfighter (1984) and Jaws: The Revenge (1987). Between 2010 and 2012, Guest appeared both on and off-Broadway in the musical Million Dollar Quartet , playing Johnny Cash.

Biography

Guest at the Wizard World Toronto (2012)

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]

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
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

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
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	Cassie & Co.	David Cooper	1 Episode
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

References

1. Fick, David. "Million Dollar Quartet Opens Tonight". Musical Cyberspace, April 11, 2010

External links

• Lance Guest at IMDb