Lance Guest
| Lance Guest | |
|---|---|
 Guest at the 2012 Wizard World Toronto | |
| Born |
Lance R. Guest July 21, 1960 Saratoga, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1981-present |
| Spouse(s) |
Danna Guest 1981–present |
Lance R. Guest (born July 21, 1960) is an American film and television actor.
Biography
Guest developed a serious interest in acting in the ninth grade while attending Saratoga High School, and he majored in theater while attending UCLA. He has starred in many theatrical films including his role as Jimmy alongside actress Jamie Lee Curtis in Halloween II, and also starred in Neil Simon's I Ought to Be in Pictures. His most notable role is in the 1984 science fiction film The Last Starfighter as Alex Rogan, and as Beta, a robot sent to replace Alex while he was in space. In 1987, he starred in Jaws: The Revenge as Michael Brody. In 2000, Guest played Cosmo Cola in Stepsister from Planet Weird. In 2001, he played Hugo Archibald in The Jennie Project. Also that year, he appeared in Mach 2.
His starring television roles included Lou Grant from 1981–1982 and Knots Landing in 1991. He has guest starred on St. Elsewhere, The Wonder Years, Party of Five, JAG, NYPD Blue, The X-Files, Becker, Life Goes On, House and Jericho.
Lance has starred on Broadway as Johnny Cash in the musical Million Dollar Quartet, a fictionalized depiction of a unique moment in music history: the one and only time Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash and Elvis Presley ever met and recorded music as a group.
Filmography
Films
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Halloween II | Jimmy | |
| 1982 | I Ought to Be in Pictures | Gordon | |
| 1984 | The Last Starfighter | Alex Rogan / Beta Alex | |
| Just the Way You Are | Jack the Answering Service Guy | ||
| 1985 | Waiting to Act | Body Snatcher Guy | |
| 1987 | Jaws: The Revenge | Michael Brody | |
| 1988 | The Wizard of Loneliness | John T. | |
| 1997 | Plan B | Jack Sadler | |
| 2001 | Mach 2 | Keith Dorman | |
| 2007 | Shadowbox | Morell - Shadow Man | Short |
| 2008 | The Least of These | Mark Roberts | |
| 2009 | 21 and a Wake-Up | Dr. Oscar Kimber | |
| 2014 | Late Phases | James Griffin | |
| 2016 | Traces | Nelson | |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Dallas | Student | 1 Episode: The Mark of Cain |
| Why Us? | Hugh Whitaker | TV Short | |
| Please Don't Hit Me, Mom | Michael Reynolds | TV film | |
| 1981-82 | Lou Grant | Lance Reinecke / Mark | 7 Episodes |
| 1982-83 | St. Elsewhere | Orderly Sean Rooney | 4 Episodes: Down's Syndrome, Legionnaires: Part 1 & 2, Hearts |
| 1982-85 | ABC Afterschool Special | Tim / Doug Henshaw | 2 Episodes: One Too Many, Between Two Loves |
| 1983 | Confessions of a Married Man | Arthur | TV film |
| 1984 | American Playhouse | Orson Ziegler | 1 Episode: The Roommate |
| 1985 | My Father, My Rival | Scott | TV film |
| 1988 | Favorite Son | David Ross | 1 Episode: Part One |
| 1991 | Knots Landing | Steve Brewer | 13 Episodes |
| 1992 | The Wonder Years | Mike Detweiller | 1 Episode: Politics as Usual |
| Life Goes On | Michael Romanov | 6 Episodes | |
| 1993 | Hart to Hart Returns | Peter McDowell | TV film |
| 1995 | All-American Girl | Leon | 1 Episode: Venus de Margaret |
| Life Goes On | Kyle Lang | 1 Episode: Fearful Symmetry | |
| 1995-96 | Party of Five | Mr. Allen Peck | 2 Episodes: Dearly Beloved, Unfair Advantage |
| 1997 | The Burning Zone | Russ Johnson | 1 Episode: Critical Mass |
| 1999 | Becker | Dr. Harvey Cohen | 1 Episode: Saving Harvey Cohen |
| Thanks | John the Blacksmith | 1 Episode: Marriage | |
| 2000 | Then Came You | Tom | 1 Episode: Then Came a Wedding |
| Stepsister from Planet Weird | Cosmo Cola | TV film | |
| 2001 | The Jennie Project | Hugo Archibald | TV film |
| JAG | Cmdr. Stacy Loftness | 2 Episodes: Adrift: Part 1 & 2 | |
| Bitter Winter | TV film | ||
| 2004 | NYPD Blue | Mercy Hawks | 1 Episode: Traylor Trash |
| 2006 | House | Lewis Bardach | 1 Episode: Safe |
| 2007 | Alibi | Peterson | TV film |
| 2008 | Jericho | Alex Utley | 1 Episode: Condor |
| Flu Bird Horror | Garrett | TV film | |
| 2010 | Late Show with David Letterman | Johnny Cash | 1 Episode: Evangeline Lilly/Sam Rockwell/Million Dollar Quartet/Aaron Kelly |
| Late Night with Jimmy Fallon | Johnny Cash | 1 Episode: No. 2.104 | |
| 2012 | All-American New Year's Eve 2013 | Johnny Cash | TV film |
| 2014 | Christmas Eve, 1914 | John Gilliam | TV film |