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John de Lancie
de Lancie at the 2012 Summer BronyCon
BornJonathan de Lancie, Jr.
(1948-03-20) March 20, 1948 (age 76)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)Stand-up comedian, actor, director, producer, writer, singer
Years active1976–present
SpouseMarnie Mosiman (?-present)
ChildrenKeegan de Lancie
Owen de Lancie (sons)
Parent(s)John de Lancie<br
Websitehttp://www.delancie.com

Jonathan de Lancie, Jr. (born March 20, 1948), known as John de Lancie, is an American stand-up comedian, actor, director, producer, writer, singer, musician, voice artist, and comedian, best known for his role as Q in Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and Star Trek: Voyager and Discord in My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic. He has been featured in several recurring roles on television series, including Frank Simmons in Stargate SG-1 and Donald Margolis in Breaking Bad.

Early life

De Lancie was born Jonathan de Lancie, Jr. in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on March 20, 1948 to John de Lancie, who was principal oboist of the Philadelphia Orchestra from 1954 to 1977, and Andrea de Lancie.

Career

Acting

Star Trek

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de Lancie portrayed Q, a recurring character in several of the Star Trek franchise. Q is one of the few characters appearing in multiple series of the franchise: In 8 episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation ("Encounter at Farpoint," "Hide and Q," "Q Who," "Deja Q," "Qpid," "True Q," "Tapestry," "All Good Things..."), in one episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine ("Q-Less"), and in 3 episodes of Star Trek: Voyager ("Death Wish," "The Q and the Grey," "Q2"). De Lancie's son Keegan appeared with his father as Q's son in one episode of Star Trek: Voyager ("Q2").

Film

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De Lancie's film credits include The Hand that Rocks the Cradle, Get Smart, Again!, The Fisher King, Bad Influence, The Onion Field, Taking Care of Business, Fearless, Arcade, Multiplicity, Woman on Top, Good Advice, The Big Time, Pathology, Evolver, Reign Over Me, My Apocalypse, Crank, Crank 2, and You Lucky Dog.

Other television roles

de Lancie at a convention on July 22, 2006
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De Lancie has appeared in many other television series. He was a popular actor on Days of Our Lives as Eugene. He also co-starred in Michael Piller's creation Legend and had recurring roles in Stargate SG-1 as an NID agent. He has also appeared as Dr. Deroy in three television films of Emergency!. Additionally, de Lancie has also guest starred in multiple television series, including Breaking Bad, The West Wing, Charmed, Andromeda, The Unit, MacGyver, Law & Order: LA, Torchwood: Miracle Day, Touched by an Angel, Mission: Impossible (1980s Revival), and Special Unit 2.

He has voiced characters in several animated series, including Duck Dodgers, The Angry Beavers, Max Steel, Duckman, Invader Zim, and Discord, who appears in My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic and was actually inspired by Q from Star Trek.

Stage

de Lancie at a performance in 2007
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He has been a member of the American Shakespeare Festival, the Seattle Repertory Company, South Coast Repertory, the Mark Taper Forum, and the Old Globe (where he performed Arthur Miller's Resurrection Blues). De Lancie has performed and directed for Los Angeles Theater Works, the producing arm of KCRW-FM and National Public Radio, where the series The Play's the Thing originates. He appeared in Star Trek: The Music, a touring company, with Robert Picardo. He and Picardo narrate around the orchestral performance, explaining the history of the music in Star Trek. De Lancie performed Pierre Curie in Alan Alda's play Radiance: The Passion of Marie Curie in 2001 at the Geffen Theater in Los Angeles.

Documentary

de Lancie on November 24, 2009

While on stage at the 2012 Ottawa ComicCon, de Lancie announced that he had made plans to co-produce a documentary about "bronies" (older, usually male teenage and adult fans of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic).

With the help of director Laurent Malaquais and producer Michael Brockhoff, began a Kickstarter campaign to help fund the documentary, now titled Bronies: The Extremely Unexpected Adult Fans of My Little Pony. The Kickstarter campaign began on May 13, 2012 and by June 10, 2012 had reached a grand total of $322,022.

Personal life

With Marnie Mosiman, de Lancie has two sons named Keegan de Lancie (born October 31, 1984) and Owen de Lancie (born May 16, 1987).

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1977 SST Death Flight Bob Connors
1979 The Onion Field LAPD Lieutenant #2
1990 Bad Influence Howard
1990 Taking Care of Business Ted Bradford Jr.
1991 The Fisher King TV Executive
1992 The Hand that Rocks the Cradle Dr. Victor Mott
1993 Arcade Difford
1993 Fearless Jeff Gordon
1994 Without Warning Barry Steinbrenner Television film
1995 Evolver Russell Bennett
1996 Multiplicity Ted
1997 Trekkies Himself
1998 Saving Private Ryan Letter-Reader Voice
Uncredited
1998 You Lucky Dog
1999 Final Run George Bouchard
2000 Woman on Top Alex Reeves
2001 Nicolas Dr. Fisher
2001 Good Advice Ted
2002 The Big Time
2007 Reign Over Me Nigel Pennington
2007 Teenius Principal Senseman
2008 My Apocalypse Nathan Eastman
2008 Pathology Dr. Quentin Morris
2009 Crank: High Voltage Fish Halman
2009 Gamer Chief of Staff
2013 Bronies: The Extremely Unexpected Adult Fans of My Little Pony Himself Co-producer

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1977 McMillan & Wife Powell
1977–1978 The Six Million Dollar Man Various Characters
1978–1979 Emergency! Dr. Deroy
1978 The Bastard Lt. Stark
1979 Battlestar Galactica Officer Episode: "Experiment in Terra"
1981 Nero Wolfe Tom Irwin Episode: "Might as Well Be Dead"
1982–1986 Days of Our Lives Eugene Bradford
1983 The Thorn Birds Alastair MacQueen Miniseries
1986 The New Twilight Zone The Dispatcher Episode: "Dead Run"
1986 MacGyver Brian Ashford Episode: "The Escape"
1986 Murder, She Wrote Binky Holborn Episode: "If the Frame Fits"
1987–1994 Star Trek: The Next Generation Q 8 episodes
1988 Mission: Impossible Matthew Drake Episode: "The Killer"
1989 Get Smart, Again! Major Preston Waterhouse Uncredited
1989 The Nutt House Norman Shrike Episode: "Pilot"
1991 L.A. Law Mark Chelios Episode: "The Beverly Hill Hangers"
1992 Civil Wars
1993 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Q Episode: "Q-Less"
1993 Batman: The Animated Series Eagleton
1995 Legend Janos Bartok
1996 Picket Fences District Attorney Episode: "Three Weddings and a Meltdown"
1996 Touched by an Angel Justinian Jones Episode: "Jones vs. God"
1997 Duckman Tyler Fitzgerald Episode: "From Brad to Worse"
1996–2001 Star Trek: Voyager Q 3 episodes
1999 The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest Dr. Quest
2000 Angry Beavers The Yak in the Sack Episode: "Yak in the Sack"
2000 The Outer Limits Donald Finley Episode: "The Gun"
2000 The West Wing Al Kiefer 2 episodes
2000 Sports Night Bert Stors Episode: "April is the Cruelest Month"
2001 Andromeda Sid Barry 1 episode
2001 Special Unit 2 King of the Links Episode: "The Eve"
2001 The Practice Walter Bannish
2001 Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future Gerard Hamilton Episode: "The Surrender of Earth"
2002 Andromeda Sam Profitt 1 episode
2001–2002 Stargate SG-1 Colonel Frank Simmons / Goa'uld 5 episodes
2003 Judging Amy Dr. Eagan Episode: "Picture of Perfect"
2003 Duck Dodgers Sinestro Episode: "The Green Loontern"
2004–2005 Charmed Odin
2005 The Closer Dr. Dawson Episode: "Flashpoint
2005 Invader Zim Agent Darkbootie Voice
2 episodes
2009 Greek Himself Episode: "The Dork Knight"
2009–2010 Breaking Bad Donald Margolis 4 episodes
2011 Law & Order: LA Judge Avery Staynor Episode "Carthay Circle"
2011 Franklin & Bash Gallen Episode "Bachelor Party"
2011 Torchwood: Miracle Day Agent Allen Shapiro
2011 Young Justice Mister Twister Voice
Episode: "Welcome to Happy Harbor"
2011–present My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic Discord Voice
10 episodes
2012 NTSF:SD:SUV:: Leonardo da Vinci Episode: "Time Angels"
2012 The Secret Circle Royce Armstrong Episode: "Crystal"
2014 The Mentalist Edward Feinberg Episode: "Silver Wings of Times"

References

  1. "John de Lancie biography at". Filmreference.com. 1948-03-20. Retrieved 2012-10-13.
  2. "John De Lancie Announces Brony Documentary (Ottawa Comiccon)". YouTube. 2012-05-13. Retrieved 2012-10-13.
  3. ^ "BronyCon: The Documentary by Michael Brockhoff — Kickstarter". Kickstarter.com. 2012-05-14. Retrieved 2012-10-13.

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