Nicholas Haden-Guest (born May 5, 1951),[1] known as Nicholas Guest, is a British-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.
Nicholas Guest | |
|---|---|
 Guest in 2019 | |
| Born | May 5, 1951 New York City, U.S. |
| 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) |
Personal life
editGuest 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]
Filmography
editTelevision
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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] |
Film
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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] |
Video games
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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] |
Music video
edit- 1989 - "Janie's Got a Gun" by Aerosmith - Father
References
edit- ^ "Son to the Peter Haden Guests". The New York Times. 13 May 1951. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
- ^ a b Witchel, Alex (12 November 2006). "The Shape-Shifter". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 November 2006.
- ^ a b Rosen, Steven (16 November 2006). "Want to spoof Purim and the Oscars? Be our Guest!". The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles. 21 (39). Retrieved 16 November 2006.
- ^ "Jean Guest Obituary (2017) - New York Times". Legacy.com. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z "Nicholas Guest (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 23 October 2023. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
- ^ Frith, Vanessa (5 October 2015). "'Sleepy Hollow' Season 3: Bones Crossover Plot Revealed! How Will Science & The Supernatural Mix [VIDEO]". Enstarz. Retrieved 14 March 2016.