Lance Guest

Guest developed a serious interest in acting as a freshman while attending Saratoga High School,^[1] located in Saratoga, California, and later majored in theater while attending UCLA.^[2] He has starred in many theatrical films, including his role as Jimmy alongside actress Jamie Lee Curtis in Halloween II (1981),^[3] and also starred in [1980] The Roommate {John Updike} and Neil Simon's I Ought to Be in Pictures.^[4] His most notable role was in the science fiction film The Last Starfighter (1984) as Alex Rogan, and as Beta, a robot sent to replace Alex while he was in space.^[5][6] Guest has starred in Jaws: The Revenge (1987) as Michael Brody.^[7] Guest played Cosmo Cola in Stepsister from Planet Weird (2000).^[8] In 2001, he played Hugo Archibald in The Jennie Project (2001).^[9] Also that year, he appeared in Mach 2 (2001).^[10]

Guest's starring television roles included Lou Grant (1981–1982)^[11] and Knots Landing (1991).^[12] Additionally, he has made guest appearances on St. Elsewhere,^[13] The Wonder Years, Party of Five, JAG, NYPD Blue, The X-Files, Becker, Life Goes On, House, and Jericho.^[10]

Guest starred as Johnny Cash in the Broadway musical Million Dollar Quartet, a fictionalized depiction of the only time Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley recorded music together.^[14]