Christopher Guest

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actor comedian film actor film director film producer human musician satirist screenwriter stage actor television actor voice actor

Christopher Guest is an English-American actor, writer, director, and musician best known for his work in mockumentary-style comedies such as "This Is Spinal Tap" and "Best in Show."

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	actor ⓘ comedian ⓘ film actor ⓘ film director ⓘ film producer ⓘ human ⓘ musician ⓘ satirist ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ voice actor ⓘ
actedIn	A Mighty Wind ⓘ Best in Show ⓘ For Your Consideration ⓘ Little Shop of Horrors ⓘ Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian ⓘ Small Soldiers ⓘ The Princess Bride ⓘ This Is Spinal Tap ⓘ Waiting for Guffman ⓘ
awardReceived	Grammy Award ⓘ Primetime Emmy Awards ⓘ surface form: Primetime Emmy Award
birthName	Christopher Haden-Guest ⓘ
citizenship	United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
countryOfBirth	United States of America ⓘ
coWrote	A Mighty Wind ⓘ Best in Show ⓘ For Your Consideration ⓘ Mascots ⓘ This Is Spinal Tap ⓘ Waiting for Guffman ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1948-02-05 ⓘ
directed	A Mighty Wind ⓘ Best in Show ⓘ For Your Consideration ⓘ Mascots ⓘ Waiting for Guffman ⓘ
educatedAt	Bard College ⓘ LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts ⓘ surface form: High School of Music & Art New York University ⓘ
ethnicOrigin	Jewish ⓘ
familyName	Guest ⓘ
genre	comedy ⓘ mockumentary ⓘ
givenName	Christopher ⓘ
influenced	modern improvisational comedy films ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
memberOf	House of Lords ⓘ Spinal Tap ⓘ
name	Christopher Guest self-link ⓘ
nobleTitle	Baron Haden-Guest ⓘ
notableCharacter	Corky St. Clair ⓘ Harlan Pepper ⓘ Nigel Tufnel ⓘ
notableWork	A Mighty Wind ⓘ Best in Show ⓘ For Your Consideration ⓘ Mascots ⓘ This Is Spinal Tap ⓘ Waiting for Guffman ⓘ
numberOfChildren	2 ⓘ
occupation	actor ⓘ composer ⓘ film director ⓘ film producer ⓘ musician ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth	New York City ⓘ
playsInstrument	guitar ⓘ mandolin ⓘ
politicalAffiliation	Crossbench ⓘ
positionHeld	member of the House of Lords ⓘ
residence	Los Angeles ⓘ
spouse	Jamie Lee Curtis ⓘ
startTimeOfMarriage	1984 ⓘ
subjectOf	mockumentary-style comedies ⓘ
termEnd	1999 ⓘ
termStart	1996 ⓘ
title	5th Baron Haden-Guest ⓘ

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The Princess Bride → castMember → Christopher Guest ⓘ

Fred Willard → workedWith → Christopher Guest ⓘ

Mrs Henderson Presents → castMember → Christopher Guest ⓘ

Jamie Lee Curtis → spouse → Christopher Guest ⓘ

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Bob Balaban → workedWith → Christopher Guest ⓘ

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Best in Show → director → Christopher Guest ⓘ

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Waiting for Guffman → director → Christopher Guest ⓘ

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A Mighty Wind → director → Christopher Guest ⓘ

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A Mighty Wind → musicBy → Christopher Guest ⓘ

For Your Consideration → director → Christopher Guest ⓘ

For Your Consideration → screenwriter → Christopher Guest ⓘ

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Nicholas Guest → sibling → Christopher Guest ⓘ

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Christopher Guest → name → Christopher Guest self-link ⓘ

Jennifer Coolidge → workedWith → Christopher Guest ⓘ