Christopher Guest
Christopher Haden - Guest, 5th Baron Haden - Guest ( born February 5, 1948 in New York, New York, USA), commonly known as Christopher Guest, is an Anglo - American actor, author, director, composer and musician.
Life
Guest was born in New York, the son of the British UN diplomat Peter Haden - Guest and Jean Pauline Hindes his second wife, a former vice president of CBS. He is married to actress Jamie Lee Curtis since 1984. After the death of his father in 1996, inherited the title of Baron Haden - Guest Guest, of Saling in the County of Essex. His older half-brother Anthony could not inherit the title, because he was born before the marriage of his parents. Guest has two adopted children, who can perform the following from the title of the Father styling though, but are also not entitled to inherit. Expected heir ( Heir Presumptive ) is therefore the younger brother of Guest, actor Nicholas Guest.
Christopher Guest was famous for his parodies of documentaries ( engl: mockumentary ). The special thing about these movies is that they occur without a fixed script, but the actors on the basis of an action guide improvise their roles. The most famous film of this kind is This is Spinal Tap, which was directed by Rob Reiner in 1984. Guest entwicklelte the story of a British heavy metal band that made a comeback in the U.S. tried jointly with his co- star in the film Michael McKean, Harry Shearer and Rob Reiner. They also wrote the title of the imaginary band Spinal Tap.
In the same style has incurred three more films that developed each Guest with Eugene Levy. In 1996, Waiting for Guffman in the cinemas, having the casting in a small town for a musical theme. Guest directed, wrote the music and played a major role.
2000 was devoted to Guest in a mockumentary the subject dog shows in the movie Best in Show. Again led Guest Director and took a leading role.
A Mighty Wind in 2003 engaged in again with a musical theme. In this pseudo - documentary is about a revival concert fictional folk stars of the 1960s. In addition to directing and starring Guest wrote with Eugene Levy, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer, the music for the film. The title song was awarded the 2004 Grammy.
In 2006, the film For Your Consideration, the distance increased from the documentary style of the previous films, but was denied by the same group as followed. The film revolves on an Oscar changed the lives of those involved in the film Home for Purim to the rumor mill in Hollywood and as the view.
In the United States Guest was also known for his appearances on the NBC show Saturday Night Live, where he was an integral strain 1984-1985.
Filmography (selection)
R = Director, B = script, = D performer, M = music