Nicholas Guest | |
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Born | New York City, U.S. | May 5, 1951
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1978–present |
Spouses | Jill Ellen Demby (m. 1980;div. 1989)Pamela Ann Seamon (m. 1989) |
Children | 2 |
Parent(s) | The 4th Baron Haden-Guest Jean Pauline Hindes |
Relatives | Christopher Guest (brother) Elissa Haden Guest (sister) Anthony Haden-Guest (half-brother) Jamie Lee Curtis (sister-in-law) |
Nicholas Haden-Guest (born May 5, 1951), [1] known as Nicholas Guest, is an American actor who has appeared in various movie and television roles, including that of headmaster Patrick James Elliot in the teen sitcom USA High . Since 2000, he has primarily worked as a voice actor.
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, Jean Pauline Hindes, a former vice president of casting at CBS. [2] Guest's maternal grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Russia. His paternal grandfather, the 1st Baron Haden-Guest, was a Labour Party politician who was a convert to Judaism, and his paternal grandmother's father was Colonel Albert Goldsmid, a British officer who founded the Jewish Lads' and Girls' Brigade and the Maccabaeans. [2] [3] Both of Guest's parents had become atheists, and Guest had no religious upbringing. [3]
Nicholas Guest spent parts of his childhood in the United Kingdom. He is the brother of actor Christopher Guest and writer Elissa Haden Guest, the brother-in-law of actress Jamie Lee Curtis and the half brother of the British-American writer Anthony Haden-Guest. [4]
Guest married Jill Ellen Demby on May 11, 1980, but they divorced in 1989. With Demby he had his first daughter. On November 26, 1989, he married Pamela Ann Guest (née Seamon), an actress and casting director, with whom he had his second daughter.[ citation needed ]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1993 | Animaniacs | Paul | Voice, episode: "Puttin' on the Blitz" [5] |
1999–2000 | Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles | Zander Barcalow | Voice, recurring role |
1999 | Godzilla: The Series | Chad Gordon | Voice, episode: "Freeze" |
2000 | Batman Beyond | Jack | Voice, episode: "King's Ransom" [5] |
2001 | Rave Master | Hebi | Voice, 3 episodes (English dub) [5] |
2001 | Power Rangers Time Force | Taylor | 3 episodes |
2001–2003 | The Mummy | Ardeth Bay | Voice, recurring role |
2002 | The Zeta Project | Dr. Jacobs | Voice, episode: "The Wrong Morph" [5] |
2003 | The Big O | Army Police | Voice, English dub; episode: "The War of Paradigm City" |
2003 | Justice League | Bill Brooks | Voice, episode: "Only a Dream" Pt. 1 [5] |
2004 | Static Shock | Scientist #2 | Voice, episode: "No Man's an Island" [5] |
2005 | Justice League Unlimited | Dino Trooper | Voice, episode: "Chaos at the Earth's Core" [5] |
2006 | Ben 10 | Clancy | Voice, episode: "Side Effects" [5] |
2008–2011 | Sons of Anarchy | John Teller | Recurring role |
2009–2011 | Batman: The Brave and the Bold | Martian Manhunter, Question | Voice, 8 episodes [5] |
2015 | Sleepy Hollow | William Howe | 2 episodes [6] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1980 | The Long Riders | Robert Ford | |
1982 | Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan | Cadet | |
1983 | Trading Places | Harry | |
1984 | Cloak & Dagger | Taxi Driver | |
1984 | Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind | Additional voices | 2005 English dub |
1988 | Appointment with Death | Lennox Boynton | |
1989 | National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation | Todd Chester | |
1989 | Tunnels | Ron Bellard | |
1993 | Brainsmasher... A Love Story | Detective Smith | |
1993 | The Joy Luck Club | Hairdresser | |
1994 | Kickboxer 4 | Casey Ford | |
1994 | Puppet Master 5: The Final Chapter | Tom Hendy | |
1995 | The Land Before Time III: The Time of the Great Giving | Hyp's Father | Voice, direct-to-video [5] |
1996 | The Late Shift | Robert Iger | |
1998 | Twice Upon a Time | Bed and Breakfast Manager | |
2001 | Cowboy Bebop: The Movie | Rasheed | Voice [5] |
2003 | Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines | Additional voices | |
2003 | The Tale of Despereaux | Additional voices | |
2005 | Racing Stripes | Additional voices | |
2006 | Barnyard | Additional voices | |
2006 | Over the Hedge | Additional voices | |
2008 | Fly Me to the Moon | Fly Buddy | Voice [5] |
2009 | Astro Boy | French Waiter Robot | Voice [5] |
2010 | Dante's Inferno: An Animated Epic | Demon Priest | Voice |
2010 | Tangled | Additional voices | |
2011 | Rio | Additional voices | |
2012 | ParaNorman | Hippie Ghost, Mobster Ghost | Voice [5] |
2013 | Frozen | Additional voices | |
2013 | Saving Santa | Blitzen, Shortbeard | Voice [5] |
2014 | Big Hero 6 | Additional voices | |
2014 | Mr. Peabody & Sherman | French Peasants | Voice [5] |
2014 | Penguins of Madagascar | Flight Attendant | Voice [5] |
2018 | Scooby-Doo! & Batman: The Brave and the Bold | Martian Manhunter | Voice, direct-to-video [5] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1993 | Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist | Srini Lalkala Bagdnish, Hop Singh | [5] |
2000 | Vampire: The Masquerade – Redemption | Christof Romuald | |
2000 | Ground Control | M, additional voices | [5] |
2002 | Star Trek: Bridge Commander | Lt. Felix Savalai | |
2002 | Blood Omen 2 | Marcus | [5] |
2003 | Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits | Windalf | [5] |
2005 | SWAT 4 | Hadeon Koshka, Gary Altman, Highground | [5] |
2007 | Ben 10: Protector of Earth | Clancy | [5] |
2008 | Speed Racer: The Videogame | Hydra Forces | [5] |
2016 | Titanfall 2 | General Marder | [5] |
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Anthony Haden-Guest is a British-American writer, reporter, cartoonist, art critic, poet, and socialite who lives in New York City and London. He is a frequent contributor to major magazines and has had several books published.
Anthony Stewart Head is an English actor and singer. Primarily a performer in musical theatre, he rose to fame in the UK in the 1980s following his role in the Gold Blend couple television advertisements for Nescafé, which led to major roles in several television series. He is best known for his roles as Rupert Giles in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003), the Prime Minister in Little Britain (2003–2006), Uther Pendragon in Merlin (2008–2012), and Rupert Mannion in Ted Lasso (2020–2023), as well as voicing Herc Shipwright in BBC Radio 4's Cabin Pressure.
Haden is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
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