US-born actor, director, writer, musician, and composer best known for his hilarious mockumentaries, poking fun at heavy metal music, small town theater, dog shows and folk music. Christopher Haden-Guest was born February 5th, 1948, in New York City to an American mother and a British father, Peter Haden-Guest, the fourth Baron of Saling in the County of Essex...See full bio »
2003A Mighty Wind
(writer: "Old Joe's Place", "Just That Kinda Day", "Skeletons of Quinto", "Barnyard Symphony", "A Mighty Wind" / performer: "Irv's Blues")
2000Best in Show
(writer: "Louisiana Nights" / performer: "Louisiana Nights")
1996Waiting for Guffman
(writer: "Covered Wagons, Open-toed Shoes", "Stool Boom", "A Penny For Your Thoughts", "Nothing Ever Happens On Mars" / performer: "Corky's Funky Dance", "A Penny For Your Thoughts")
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Michael McKean/Chaka Khan/The Folksmen
(1984)
(writer: "Blood On The Coal", "Old Joe's Place", "Barnyard Symphony" / performer: "Barnyard Symphony" / as Alan Barrows)
1984This Is Spinal Tap
(writer: "Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You Tonight", "Gimme Some Money", "Big Bottom", "All The Way Home", "Hell Hole", "Cups And Cakes", " Listen To The Flower People", "Rock & Roll Creation", "Heavy Duty", "Stonehenge", "Sex Farm", "Lick My Love Pump", "The Mule Died", "A Grateful Nation" / performer: "Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You Tonight", "Gimme Some Money", "Big Bottom", "All The Way Home", "Hell Hole", "Cups And Cakes", "Heartbreak Hotel", " Listen To The Flower People", "Rock & Roll Creation", "Heavy Duty", "Stonehenge", "Sex Farm", "Lick My Love Pump", "The Mule Died", "A Grateful Nation")
1973Lemmings
(video documentary)
(writer: "Positively Wall Street", "Pizza Man", "Colorado", "Highway Toes" / performer: "Positively Wall Street", "Highway Toes" / arranger: "Lemmings Lament", "Positively Wall Street", "Pizza Man", "Colorado", "Papa Was a Running-Dog Lackey of the Bourgeoisie", "Highway Toes", "Lonely at the Bottom", "Megadeath")
I don't work with high-concept things that start with a premise, "Wouldn't it be funny if there was this spy who met a ..." For me, it could be, "What about people who sell shoes? That must be a bizarre world ... when they meet at conventions and talk about shoes."
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Trivia:
Guest became the 5th Baron Haden-Guest, of Saling in the County of Essex, when his father died in 1996.
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Trademark:
Has a remarkable ability to alter his appearance and voice, making each of his characters completely unique
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