Christopher Guest

ActorWriterProducerDirectorSound Feb 5 (age 78) New York City, New York, USA 1971–2025 (54 year career)

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Biography

Christopher Haden-Guest, 5th Baron Haden-Guest (born February 5, 1948), known professionally as Christopher Guest, is an American and British actor, comedian, screenwriter and director. Guest has written, directed, and starred in his series of comedy films shot in mockumentary style. He co-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…

Known For

Film

The Princess Bride

Count Rugen

Film

A Few Good Men

Dr. Stone

Film

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian

Ivan the Terrible

Film

This Is Spinal Tap

Nigel Tufnel

Film

Little Shop of Horrors

The First Customer

Film

Small Soldiers

Slamfist / Scratch-It (voice)

Film

The Invention of Lying

Nathan Goldfrappe

Film

Death Wish

Patrolman Reilly

Filmography

Acting (75)

Movies (55)

Spinal Tap II: The End Continues

2025

as Nigel Tufnel

6.4

A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion

as Count Rugen

Mascots

as Corky St. Clair

Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead

as Self - Actor

Misery Loves Comedy

as Self

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian

2009

as Ivan the Terrible

6.2

Unwigged & Unplugged: An Evening with Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer

2009

as Self

8.0

The Invention of Lying

2009

as Nathan Goldfrappe

6.2

Stonehenge: 'Tis a Magic Place

2009

as Nigel Tufnel

Spinal Tap: Back from the Dead

2009

as Nigel Tufnel

6.0

Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project

2007

as Self

6.8

For Your Consideration

2006

as Jay Berman

5.8

Mrs. Henderson Presents

2005

as Lord Cromer

6.6

Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found

2005

as Self

A Mighty Wind

2003

as Alan Barrows

6.8

As You Wish: The Story of 'The Princess Bride'

as Self

Best in Show

as Harlan Pepper

Catching Up with Marty DiBergi

2000

as Nigel Tufnel

5.0

Small Soldiers

1998

as Slamfist / Scratch-It (voice)

Waiting for Guffman

as Corky St. Clair

A Few Good Men

as Dr. Stone

Metallica: A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica

1992

as Nigel Tufnel

7.8

A Spinal Tap Reunion: The 25th Anniversary London Sell-Out

1992

as Nigel Tufnel / Alan Barrows

6.1

Amnesty International's Big 30

as Nigel Tufnel

Partners in Life

as El Supremo

Hard 'N Heavy Volume 8

1990

as Self

Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary

1989

as Self

7.6

I, Martin Short, Goes Hollywood

1989

as Antoninus DiMentabella

Sticky Fingers

as Sam

The Princess Bride

as Count Rugen

Beyond Therapy

as Bob

Little Shop of Horrors

1986

as The First Customer

7.0

Billy Crystal: Don't Get Me Started

1986

as Chip Dimentebella

4.0

Martin Short: Concert for the North Americas

This Is Spinal Tap

as Nigel Tufnel

A Piano for Mrs. Cimino

1982

as Philip Ryan

7.8

The Million Dollar Infield

1982

as Bucky Frische

Heartbeeps

1981

as Calvin

4.3

Likely Stories Vol. 1

1981

Spinal Tap: The Final Tour

as Nigel Tufnel

The Long Riders

as Charlie Ford

Haywire

as The TV Director

The Missing Link

as No Lobes

The Chevy Chase National Humor Test

The Last Word

as Roger

Girlfriends

as Eric

How to Survive the '70s and Maybe Even Bump Into Happiness

1978

The Billion Dollar Bubble

1978

as Al Green

7.0

It Happened One Christmas

as Harry Bailey

The Fortune

as Boy Lover

Death Wish

as Patrolman Reilly

Lemmings

as Various

The Hot Rock

as Policeman

The Hospital

as Resident (uncredited)

6.6

Spinal Tap at Stonehenge: The Final Finale

as Nigel Tufnel

Television (20)

Family Tree

2013

as Dave Chadwick

6.4

Ricky Gervais Meets...

2006

as Christopher Guest

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

2003

as Nigel Tufnel

5.4

SpongeBob SquarePants

1999

as Stanley S. Squarepants (voice)

Where Are They Now?

as Self

Dilbert

as The Dupey (voice)

The Early Show

as Nigel Tufnel

The View

as Self

E! True Hollywood Story

Animaniacs

as Umlatt (voice)

The Simpsons

as Nigel Tufnel (voice)

8.0

St. Elsewhere

1982

as H.J. Cummings

5.6

CBS News Sunday Morning

1979

as Self

6.9

Blind Ambition

1979

as Jeb Stuart Magruder

The Andros Targets

as Gordon Hamilton

Laverne & Shirley

Saturday Night Live

as Self - Various Characters

7.0

Saturday Night Live

1975

as Self

7.0

Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell

All in the Family

as Jim

Crew (42)

Movies (37)

Spinal Tap II: The End Continues

2025

Characters

6.4

Spinal Tap II: The End Continues

2025

Producer

6.4

Spinal Tap II: The End Continues

Writer

Sunlight

Executive Producer

Alok: Biology!

Executive Producer

Loudon Wainwright III: Surviving Twin

Director

Mascots

Director

Mascots

Writer

Nina Conti: Her Master's Voice

Executive Producer

The Thick of It

Director

For Your Consideration

2006

Director

5.8

For Your Consideration

2006

Musician

5.8

For Your Consideration

Writer

A Mighty Wind

Director

A Mighty Wind

Writer

Best in Show

Director

Best in Show

Screenplay

Best in Show

Writer

Ohh Nooo!!! Mr. Bill's Classics!

2000

Director

Almost Heroes

Director

Waiting for Guffman

Director

Waiting for Guffman

Lyricist

Waiting for Guffman

Original Music Composer

7.0

Waiting for Guffman

1997

Writer

7.0

Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman

1994

Director

4.7

Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman

1994

Original Music Composer

4.7

A Spinal Tap Reunion: The 25th Anniversary London Sell-Out

1992

Producer

6.1

A Spinal Tap Reunion: The 25th Anniversary London Sell-Out

Writer

The Big Picture

Director

The Big Picture

Screenplay

The Big Picture

Story

Johnny Appleseed

Director

This Is Spinal Tap

1984

Original Music Composer

7.4

This Is Spinal Tap

1984

Writer

7.4

Spinal Tap: The Final Tour

1981

Writer

5.7

The Chevy Chase National Humor Test

1979

Writer

Peeping Times

1978

Writer

4.0

Television (5)

Morton & Hayes

Writer

Tall Tales & Legends

Director

Saturday Night Live

Director

Saturday Night Live

Writer

Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell

1975

Writer

1.0