Lance Guest
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Lance Guest | |
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| Born | Lance R. Guest July 21, 1960 Saratoga, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1981–present |
Lance R. Guest (born July 21, 1960) is an American actor. Known for his film work throughout the 1980s and various television roles thereafter, he made his screen debut with a supporting role in Halloween II (1981). This was followed by headline parts in The Last Starfighter (1984) and Jaws: The Revenge (1987). Between 2010 and 2012, Guest appeared both on and off-Broadway in the musical Million Dollar Quartet, playing Johnny Cash.
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]
