Christopher Guest Biography, Age, Height, Wife, Net Worth, Family

Age, Biography and Wiki

Christopher Guest is an American actor, writer, director, and musician. He is best known for his mockumentary films, such as This Is Spinal Tap, Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show, A Mighty Wind, and For Your Consideration. He has also appeared in numerous films, including The Princess Bride, This Is Spinal Tap, and A Few Good Men. Guest was born in New York City, the son of Peter Haden-Guest, a British diplomat, and his second wife, Jean Pauline Hindes, an American. He was raised in both the United States and England. He attended The High School of Music & Art in New York City and The New School in New York City. Guest began his career as an actor in the 1970s, appearing in the films National Lampoon's Animal House and The Long Riders. He then began writing and directing his own films, beginning with This Is Spinal Tap in 1984. He has since written and directed several other mockumentary films, including Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show, A Mighty Wind, and For Your Consideration. Guest has also appeared in numerous films, including The Princess Bride, This Is Spinal Tap, and A Few Good Men. He has also appeared in television shows, such as Saturday Night Live, The Simpsons, and Curb Your Enthusiasm. Guest is married to actress Jamie Lee Curtis. They have two children, Annie and Thomas. As of 2021, Christopher Guest's net worth is estimated to be $20 million.

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Christopher Guest Height, Weight & Measurements

At 75 years old, Christopher Guest height is 5' 11" (1.8 m) .

Who Is Christopher Guest's Wife?

His wife is Jamie Lee Curtis (18 December 1984 - present) ( 2 children)

Christopher Guest Net Worth

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Timeline

During an interview with his wife Jamie Lee Curtis, on The Graham Norton Show (2007), she mentions that he drives a Tesla with both the volume and Air Con dials going all the way up to 11.

In 2005, announced his intention to stop making mockumentary films, because he doesn't find them funny anymore.

Was the muse for an Asian-American short comedic film entitled Pax Importi Modellus: The Rise of the Import Model (2004), which has gained international attention.

Attended the House of Lords regularly until the passage of the House of Lords Act 1999 barred most hereditary peers from their seats.

He made a return to heavy metal with Spinal Tap: The Final Tour (1998) and Catching Up with Marty DiBergi (2000) before turning his comedic pen to the world of championship dog shows for the sensational comedy Best in Show (2000).

Guest became the 5th Baron Haden-Guest, of Saling in the County of Essex, when his father died in 1996.

In 1992, they released Spinal Tap: Break Like the Wind - The Videos (1992), plus A Spinal Tap Reunion: The 25th Anniversary London Sell-Out (1992).

Guest had a minor acting role in the courtroom drama of A Few Good Men (1992), before returning to poke fun at wannabe actors in the howlingly funny Waiting For Guffman (1996) with Guest taking center stage as high-strung choreographer Corky St. Clair.

Half-brother of journalist Anthony Haden-Guest, the bibulous English socialite and journalist satirized by Tom Wolfe in The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990).

Has two adopted children: daughter Annie Guest (born in December 1986) and son Thomas Guest (born in March 1996). Under the terms of the letters patent that created the Barony of Haden-Guest, they cannot inherit the title, but they can use the courtesy title of the Honourable before their first names.

When a publicity photo of Guest and his co-stars from This Is Spinal Tap (1984) ran in Rolling Stone magazine, Jamie Lee Curtis saw the picture, fell in love and gave her phone number to Guest's agent. They dated and eventually married.

shows, and when filming Million Dollar Infield (1982), Guest became acquainted with writer-director Rob Reiner and the two collaborated, along with Michael McKean and Harry Shearer, to pen the script and music for the sleeper hit This Is Spinal Tap (1984).

The mockumentary also starred Guest as dizzy lead guitarist Nigel Tufnel, whose most famous line is surely, "These go to eleven," when referring to the volume settings on the band's rather unique Marshall amplifiers!Guest then busied himself for several years in the 1980's as a regular performer on Saturday Night Live (1975) and, along with fellow Spinal Tap band members lead singer David St. Hubbins, aka Michael McKean; and bassist Derek Smalls, aka Harry Shearer, they regularly appeared as Spinal Tap.

He received his dramatic arts training at New York City's High School of Arts and Music and at Bard College, and Guest first appeared in minor film roles in a mixture of film genres, including The Hot Rock (1972), Death Wish (1974), National Lampoon Television Show: Lemmings Dead in Concert (1973), and The Long Riders (1980). However, he was also dabbling in writing for several T. V.

He has appeared in four films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: The Hospital (1971), Girlfriends (1978), This Is Spinal Tap (1984) and The Princess Bride (1987).

He has been a skilled guitarist since the 1960s and has displayed his talents in both Spinal Tap projects and A Mighty Wind (2003). He actually became acquainted with frequent co-stars and on-screen band mates Michael McKean and Harry Shearer at music venues before the three decided to make a career as comedic actors.

The five films that most influenced the director Christopher Guest: La Strada (1954) - Federico Fellini, Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb (1964) - Stanley Kubrick, Broadway Danny Rose (1984) - Woody Allen, Cul-de-sac (1966) - Roman Polanski, Sherlock Jr. (1924) - Buster Keaton.

U. S. -born actor, director, writer, musician, and composer best known for his mockumentaries, poking fun at heavy metal music, small town theatre, dog shows, folk music and film-making itself, Christopher Haden-Guest was born February fifth, 1948, in New York City. His mother, Jean Pauline (Hindes), was a vice president of casting at CBS. His father, Peter Haden-Guest, was a UN diplomat who was a member of the British House of Lords, and was the fourth Baron of Saling in the County of Essex. Christopher's mother, who was American, was the daughter of Russian Jewish immigrants. Christopher's father, who was British, had English and Dutch-Jewish ancestry. Christopher's paternal great-grandfather, Colonel Albert Goldsmid, was a British officer.

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