Christopher Guest

Christopher Guest
Background Information
Full Name	Christopher Haden-Guest
aka	The Lord Haden-Guest
Born	5 February 1948 (age 77) New York City, U.S.
Occupation	Actor director
Nationality	American British
Relatives
Spouse	Jamie Lee Curtis ​(m. 1984)​
Children	2

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. He wrote and acted in the rock satire This Is Spinal Tap (1984), and later directed a string of satirical mockumentary films such as Waiting for Guffman (1996), Best in Show (2000), A Mighty Wind (2003), For Your Consideration (2006), and Mascots (2016). His acting credits include roles in Death Wish (1974), Little Shop of Horrors (1986), The Princess Bride (1987), and A Few Good Men (1992). For one season (1984-85), he was a regular cast member on the long running NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live.

Filmography

Year	Title	Actor	Screenwriter	Director	Producer	Role	Notes
1971	The Hospital	Yes	No	No	No	Resident	Uncredited
1972	The Hot Rock	Yes	No	No	No	Policeman
1973	National Lampoon Lemmings	Yes	Yes	No	No		Musical arranger
1974	Death Wish	Yes	No	No	No	Patrolman Jackson Reilly
1975	The Fortune	Yes	No	No	No	Boy Lover
	Tarzoon: Shame of the Jungle	Yes	No	No	No	Chief M'Bulu / Short / Nurse	Voice only
1978	Girlfriends	Yes	No	No	No	Eric
1979	The Last Word	Yes	No	No	No	Roger
1980	The Long Riders	Yes	No	No	No	Charley Ford
	The Missing Link	Yes	No	No	No	No Lobes	English version; voice
1981	Heartbeeps	Yes	No	No	No	Calvin
	Likely Stories, Vol. 1	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	All roles (segment "Dead Ringer")
1983	Likely Stories, Vol. 3	Yes	Yes	No	No	Frankie (segment "Split Decision")
1984	This Is Spinal Tap	Yes	Yes	No	No	Nigel Tufnel	Composer, musician
1985	Martin Short: Concert for the North Americas	Yes	No	No	No	Rajiv Vindaloo
1986	Little Shop of Horrors	Yes	No	No	No	The First Customer
1987	Beyond Therapy	Yes	No	No	No	Bob
	The Princess Bride	Yes	No	No	No	Count Tyrone Rugen, the six-fingered man
1988	Sticky Fingers	Yes	No	No	No	Sam
1989	The Big Picture	No	Yes	Yes	No
1992	A Few Good Men	Yes	No	No	No	Dr. Stone
1994	The Return of Spinal Tap	Yes	No	No	No	Nigel Tufnel
1996	Waiting for Guffman	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Corky St. Clair
1998	Almost Heroes	No	No	Yes	No
	Small Soldiers	Yes	No	No	No	Slamfist/Scratch-It	Voices
2000	Best in Show	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Harlan Pepper
2003	A Mighty Wind	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Alan Barrows
2005	Mrs Henderson Presents	Yes	No	No	No	Lord Cromer
2006	For Your Consideration	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Jay Berman
2009	Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian	Yes	No	No	No	Ivan the Terrible
	The Invention of Lying	Yes	No	No	No	Nathan Goldfrappe
2012	Her Master's Voice	No	No	No	Yes
2016	Mascots	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Corky St. Clair
2025	Spinal Tap II	Yes	Yes	No	No	Nigel Tufnel	Filming