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Christopher Guest
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Director, Screenwriter, Actor, Songwriter
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February 5, 1948 in New York City, NY
Biography:An alumnus of New York City's High School of Music and Arts and Bard College, actor/writer/director "Christopher Guest" made his initial Broadway appearance in the 1970 revival of Room Service; two years later, he co-starred in Moonchildren. Guest's early acting accomplishments have tended to become obscured in the light of his extensive work for the National Lampoon folks: he wrote several articles for the Lampoon magazine, and was a writer/performer for the organization's radio programs, record albums, and stage reviews. His extensive comic talents went largely untapped in such "mainstream" acting assignments as the made-for-TV "Blind Ambition" (1982), in which he portrayed Nixon intimate Jeb Stuart Magruder, and the theatrical feature "The Long Riders" (1982), in which he was co-starred with his younger brother "Nicholas".

In 1982, Guest played divorced suburbanite Bucky Frische in "Million... Full Biography

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Nov. 16, 2008, 9:00 AM EST
Comedy based on Criss Angel in the works
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