Christopher Guest

Biography

Born 02/05/1948

A titled Englishman born and raised in New York, an unsettlingly deadpan interview subject capable of passionate and frenetic onscreen portrayals, a successful screenwriter and director who does his best work by allowing his actors to improvise every scene, and seemingly average by all outward...
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Filmography

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Awards

In 2005, received The National Board of Review Award for Best Ensemble
In 2004, received Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or other Visual Media
In 2003, received Critics' Choice Award for Best Song

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Highlights

In 2009, Portrayed 'Ivan the Terrible' in "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian"
In 2006, Co-wrote, directed and co-starred in Academy Awards parody, "For Your Consideration"
In 2003, Co-Wrote (with Eugene Levy), directed and co-starred in "A Mighty Wind"; earned an Independent Spirit Award nomination for his screenplay

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Family & Companions

Albert Goldsmid: great-grandfather (Paternal great-grandfather was a British Jew who founded the Jewish Lads' and Girls' Brigade)
Peter Haden Guest: father (A British UN diplomat from 1946 to 1972; inherited the title 4th Baron Haden-Guest in 1987; died in 1996 at age 82)

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