Christopher Guest
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The Right Honourable The Lord Haden-Guest |
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At the Vancouver Film School, 2008
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| Member of the House of Lords as Baron Haden-Guest |
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In office 8 April 1996 – 11 November 1999 |
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Christopher Haden-Guest February 5, 1948 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Citizenship | United States United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British-American |
| Spouse(s) | Jamie Lee Curtis (m. 1984) |
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Nicholas Guest (brother) Anthony Haden-Guest (half-brother) Tony Curtis (father-in-law) Janet Leigh (mother-in-law) Kelly Curtis (sister-in-law) |
| Children | 2 |
| Residence | Santa Monica, California, U.S. |
| Education | The High School of Music & Art |
| Alma mater | New York University |
| Occupation | Actor, comedian, director, screenwriter, musician |
Christopher Haden-Guest, 5th Baron Haden-Guest (born February 5, 1948), better known as Christopher Guest, is an English-American screenwriter, composer, musician, director, actor, and comedian who holds dual British and American citizenship. He is most widely known in Hollywood for having written, directed and starred in a series of comedy films shot in mock-documentary (mockumentary) style. Scenes and character backgrounds are written, but actors have no rehearsal time and the ensemble improvise scenes while filming them. This series of films began with This Is Spinal Tap (directed by Rob Reiner), and continued with Waiting for Guffman, Best In Show, A Mighty Wind, For Your Consideration; and Mascots. Guest also had a featured role as the evil six-fingered Count Rugen in the film The Princess Bride.
He holds a hereditary British peerage as the 5th Baron Haden-Guest, and has publicly expressed a desire to see the House of Lords reformed as a democratically elected chamber. Though he was initially active in the Lords, his career there was cut short by the House of Lords Act 1999, which removed the right of most hereditary peers to a seat in the parliament. When using his title, he is normally styled as Lord Haden-Guest. Guest is married to the actress and author Jamie Lee Curtis.
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