Nicholas Haden-Guest (born May 5, 1951), known as Nicholas Guest, is an American actor who has appeared in various movie and television roles, including that of headmaster Patrick James Elliot in the teen sitcom USA High. Since 2000, he has primarily worked as a voice actor.
Personal life Guest was born in New York City, the son of Peter Haden-Guest, a British United Nations diplomat who later became the 4th Baron Haden-Guest, and his second wife, Jean Pauline Hindes, a former vice president of casting at CBS. Guest's maternal grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Russia. His paternal grandfather, Leslie Haden-Guest, was a Labour Party politician who was a convert to Judaism, and his paternal grandmother's father was Colonel Albert Goldsmid, a British officer who founded the Jewish Lads' and Girls' Brigade and the Maccabaeans. Both of Guest's parents were atheists, and Guest had no religious upbringing.
Nicholas Guest spent parts of his childhood in the United Kingdom. He is the brother of actor Christopher Guest and writer Elissa Haden Guest, the brother-in-law of actress Jamie Lee Curtis and the half brother of the British-American writer Anthony Haden-Guest.
Guest married Jill Ellen Demby on May 11, 1980 and they divorced in 1989. With Demby he had his first daughter. On November 26, 1989, he married Pamela Ann Guest (née Seamon), an actress and casting director, with whom he had his second daughter.
Filmography
Television YearTitleRoleNotes1993AnimaniacsPaulVoice, episode: "Puttin' on the Blitz" A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.1999–2000Roughnecks: Starship Troopers ChroniclesZander BarcalowVoice, recurring role1999Godzilla: The SeriesChad GordonVoice, episode: "Freeze"2000Batman BeyondJackVoice, episode: "King's Ransom"2001Rave MasterHebiVoice, 3 episodes (English dub)2001Power Rangers Time ForceTaylor3 episodes2001–2003The MummyArdeth BayVoice, recurring role2002The Zeta ProjectDr. JacobsVoice, episode: "The Wrong Morph"2003The Big OArmy PoliceVoice, English dub; episode: "The War of Paradigm City"2003Justice LeagueBill BrooksVoice, episode: "Only a Dream" Pt. 12004Static ShockScientist #2Voice, episode: "No Man's an Island"2005Justice League UnlimitedDino TrooperVoice, episode: "Chaos at the Earth's Core"2006Ben 10ClancyVoice, episode: "Side Effects"2008–2011Sons of AnarchyJohn TellerRecurring role2009–2011Batman: The Brave and the BoldMartian Manhunter, QuestionVoice, 8 episodes2010Ben 10: Ultimate AlienSimonsVoice, 1 episodes2015Sleepy HollowWilliam Howe2 episodes2016-2019Madam SecretaryPresident Salnikov3 episodes2017-2018MacGyverRobotVoice, 2 episodes2025The American RevolutionAdditional Voices4 episodes
Film YearTitleRoleNotes1980The Long RidersRobert Ford1982Star Trek II: The Wrath of KhanCadet1983Trading PlacesHarry1984Cloak & DaggerTaxi Driver1984Nausicaä of the Valley of the WindAdditional voices2005 English dub1988Appointment with DeathLennox Boynton1989National Lampoon's Christmas VacationTodd Chester1989TunnelsRon Bellard1993Brainsmasher... A Love StoryDetective Smith1993The Joy Luck ClubHairdresser1994Kickboxer 4Casey Ford1994Puppet Master 5: The Final ChapterTom Hendy1995The Land Before Time III: The Time of the Great GivingHyp's FatherVoice, direct-to-video1996The Late ShiftRobert Iger1998Twice Upon a TimeBed and Breakfast Manager2001Cowboy Bebop: The MovieRasheedVoice2003Terminator 3: Rise of the MachinesAdditional voices2003The Tale of DespereauxAdditional voices2005Racing StripesAdditional voices2006BarnyardAdditional voices2006Over the HedgeAdditional voices2008Fly Me to the MoonFly BuddyVoice2009Astro BoyFrench Waiter RobotVoice2010Dante's Inferno: An Animated EpicDemon PriestVoice2010TangledAdditional voices2011RioAdditional voices2012ParaNormanHippie Ghost, Mobster GhostVoice2013FrozenAdditional voices2013Saving SantaBlitzen, ShortbeardVoice2014Big Hero 6Additional voices2014Mr. Peabody & ShermanFrench PeasantsVoice2014Penguins of MadagascarFlight AttendantVoice2018Scooby-Doo! & Batman: The Brave and the BoldMartian ManhunterVoice, direct-to-video
Video games YearTitleRoleNotes1993Freddy Pharkas: Frontier PharmacistSrini Lalkala Bagdnish, Hop Singh2000Vampire: The Masquerade – RedemptionChristof Romuald2000Ground ControlM, additional voices2002Star Trek: Bridge CommanderLt. Felix Savalai2002Blood Omen 2Marcus2003Arc the Lad: Twilight of the SpiritsWindalf2005SWAT 4Hadeon Koshka, Gary Altman, Highground2007Ben 10: Protector of EarthClancy2008Speed Racer: The VideogameGothorm Danneskjold, Gray Ghost2016Titanfall 2General Marder
Music video 1989 - "Janie's Got a Gun" by Aerosmith - Father
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