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.

Nicholas Guest
Guest in 2019
Born (1951-05-05) May 5, 1951 (age 72)
OccupationActor
Years active1978–present
Spouses
Jill Ellen Demby
(m. 1980; div. 1989)
Pamela Ann Seamon
(m. 1989)
Children2
Parent(s)The 4th Baron Haden-Guest
Jean Pauline Hindes
RelativesChristopher Guest (brother)
Elissa Haden Guest (sister)
Anthony Haden-Guest (half-brother)
Jamie Lee Curtis (sister-in-law)

Personal life edit

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]

Filmography edit

Television 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

References edit

  1. ^ "Son to the Peter Haden Guests". The New York Times. 13 May 1951. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
  2. ^ a b Witchel, Alex (12 November 2006). "The Shape-Shifter". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 November 2006.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Jean Guest Obituary (2017) - New York Times". Legacy.com. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  5. ^ 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 opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.
  6. ^ 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.

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