Christopher Guest - Famous Screenwriter

Christopher Guest Net Worth

$60,000,000

Christopher Guest, 5th Baron Haden-Guest, has a net worth of $60 million. He is a famous American-British actor, comedian, director, screenwriter, producer, and musician best known for his mockumentary films such as ‘Waiting for Guffman,’ ‘Best in Show,’ ‘A Mighty Wind,’ ‘For Your Consideration,’ and ‘Mascots.’

Key facts:

  • Christopher Guest is an American-British actor, comedian, director, screenwriter, producer, and musician.
  • He is best known for writing, directing, and starring in the mockumentary films 'Waiting for Guffman' (1996), 'Best in Show' (200), 'A Mighty Wind' (2003), 'For Your Consideration' (2006), and 'Mascots' (2016).
  • Guest's films often feature improvised dialogue, and he frequently collaborates with actors such as Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, Fred Willard, Jane Lynch, Michael McKean, Jennifer Coolidge, and John Michael Higgins.
  • He was a cast member on 'Saturday Night Live' from 1984 to 1985.
  • Guesta has also appeared in films such as 'The Princess Bride' (1987), 'A Few Good Men' (1992), 'Freaky Friday' (2003), 'Mrs. Henderson Presents' (2005), 'Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian' (2009), and 'The Invention of Lying' (2009), and has guest-starred on TV shows like 'All in the Family' (1977), 'Laverne & Shirley' (1978), and 'St. Elsewhere' (1982).

Basic Information About Christopher Guest

CategoryCelebrities β€Ί Comedians
ProfessionsScreenwriter, Composer, Musician, Film director, Actor, Comedian, Television producer, Television Director, Film Score Composer, Film Producer
Net worth$60,000,000
Date of birth1948-02-05 (76 years old)
Place of birthNew York City
NationalityUnited States of America
Curiosities and TrademarksHas a remarkable ability to alter his appearance and voice, making each of his characters completely unique
SpouseJamie Lee Curtis - (18 DecemberΒ 1984 - present)Β (2 children)
GenderMale
Height5 ft 10 in (1.8 m)
Social Mediaβ†—οΈŽ Wikipedia β†—οΈŽ IMDb

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Christopher Guest awards

Award Name State Movie / Series Name Year
Independent Spirit Award - Best DirectorNomineeBest in Show2001
Golden Satellite Award - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Comedy or MusicalNomineeBest in Show2001
WGA Award (Screen) - Best Screenplay Written Directly for the ScreenNomineeBest in Show2001
Video Premiere Award - Best DVD Audio CommentaryWinnerThis Is Spinal Tap2001
Critics Choice Award - Best SongWinnerA Mighty Wind2004
Independent Spirit Award - Best ScreenplayNomineeA Mighty Wind2004
FFCC Award - Best Ensemble CastWinnerA Mighty Wind2004
Grammy - Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual MediaWinnerA Mighty Wind2004
LAFCA Award - Best MusicNomineeA Mighty Wind2004
Seattle Film Critics Award - Best MusicWinnerA Mighty Wind2003
Comedy Film Honor - Best DirectorWinnerA Mighty Wind2004
Grand Special Prize - NomineeFor Your Consideration2007
Gotham Independent Film Award - Best Ensemble PerformanceNomineeFor Your Consideration2006
Stinker Award - Worst On-Screen HairstyleNomineeFor Your Consideration2006

Christopher Guest roles

Movie / Series Role
Best in ShowDirector
Best in ShowWriter
Best in ShowHarlan Pepper
Little Shop of HorrorsThe First Customer
This Is Spinal TapWriter
This Is Spinal TapNigel Tufnel
A Few Good MenDr. Stone
The Princess BrideCount Rugen
Night at the Museum: Battle of the SmithsonianIvan the Terrible
Death WishPatrolman Reilly
The Invention of LyingNathan Goldfrappe
Small SoldiersSlamfist / Scratch-It (voice)
The Long RidersCharlie Ford
Waiting for GuffmanDirector
Waiting for GuffmanWriter
Waiting for GuffmanCorky St. Clair
A Mighty WindDirector
A Mighty WindWriter
A Mighty WindAlan Barrows
Almost HeroesDirector
The Hot RockPoliceman
For Your ConsiderationDirector
For Your ConsiderationWriter
For Your ConsiderationJay Berman
The FortuneBoy Lover
AnimaniacsUmlatt 1 episode, 1993
The SimpsonsNigel Tufnel 1 episode, 1992
SpongeBob SquarePantsStanley S. SquarePants 1 episode, 2007
Saturday Night LiveDirector
Saturday Night LiveWriter
Saturday Night LiveWriter
Saturday Night LiveVarious / ... 18 episodes, 1984-1985
St. ElsewhereH.J. Cummings 2 episodes, 1982
Family TreeDirector
Family TreeWriter
Family TreeWriter
Family TreeDave Chadwick / ... 3 episodes, 2013
All in the FamilyJim 1 episode, 1977
CBS News Sunday MorningSelf 1 episode, 2003
The Daily ShowNigel Tufnel / ... 3 episodes, 1997-2009
The Tonight Show with Jay LenoNigel Tufnel / ... 2 episodes, 2000-2009
Laverne & ShirleyGreg Harris 1 episode, 1978
Late Night with Conan O'BrienAlan Barrows / ... 2 episodes, 1997-2003
Late Night with Jimmy FallonNigel Tufnel 1 episode, 2009

Christopher Guest's Quotes

  • No. I don't talk about the family. This is kind of an on-going thing that gets, honestly, to be kind of tiresome, only because, you know, you meet people in Boston and they say, 'Boy, what's it like to wake up with Jamie Lee Curtis?' Well, you know what? We've been married for 12 years, and we have kids, and it's not like we're living some bizarre life here. We go home and we wear sweatpants and the baby takes a dump and we change the diaper. I don't mean to put you off here, but I just tend not to talk about it.
  • Comedy is like music. You have to know the key and you have to find players with good chops.
  • People want me to be funny all the time. They think I'm being funny no matter what I say or do and that's not the case. I rarely joke unless I'm in front of a camera. It's not what I am in real life. It's what I do for a living.
  • I spent more time in America, but I developed a very English sense of humour. I clicked into it deeply with Peter Sellers, who is still probably my favourite comedian. I loved The Goons and then I got into "Beyond the Fringe" and by accident I met Jonathan Miller and those guys. And, of course, they led straight to [Monty] Python.
  • "Silliness framed in intelligence. Even when it's stupid, you know intelligent people are doing it and that makes it a different joke. Stupid comedy over here [in America] is just plain stupid. It's moronic and I don't find it funny at all." - when asked to define the tradition of English humor.

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Interesting Facts about Christopher Guest

  1. Guest became the 5th Baron Haden-Guest, of Saling in the County of Essex, when his father died in 1996.
  2. Older brother of actor Nicholas Guest, who is heir presumptive to the family title. (As Christopher's children are adopted, they cannot inherit the barony).
  3. Half-brother of journalist Anthony Haden-Guest, the bibulous English socialite and journalist satirized by Tom Wolfe in The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990).
  4. 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.
  5. His idol growing up was comedian Peter Sellers.
  6. 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.
  7. Brother-in-law of actress Kelly Curtis and Pamela Guest.
  8. Son-in-law of Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh.
  9. Guest shoots 10-minute scenes to let the improvisations unfold organically and ends up with about 60 hours of film, which is then edited down over a year and a half to 90 minutes.
  10. Christopher's father, Peter Haden-Guest, was a British hereditary lord, an actor, and a dancer, who ended up a UN diplomat. Christopher's father's family was a mix of English, Dutch Jewish, German Jewish, and Scottish ancestry (including distant American-born ancestors). Christopher's mother, Jean Pauline (Hindes), was the daughter of Russian Jewish immigrants.
  11. His character from This Is Spinal Tap (1984), Nigel Tuffnel, is partially a spoof of British rocker Jeff Beck
  12. In 2005, announced his intention to stop making mockumentary films, because he doesn't find them funny anymore.
  13. Lived in New York in the 1960s.
  14. 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.
  15. Christopher dropped the Haden from his surname when he started going to acting auditions in his 20s; he thought it sounded long-winded and distracting.
  16. Attended the House of Lords regularly until the passage of the House of Lords Act 1999 barred most hereditary peers from their seats.
  17. Uncle of Elizabeth Guest and Julia Guest.
  18. 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.
  19. 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.
  20. When he went to pick up his Tesla car with wife Jamie Lee Curtis, the technician instructed them to check out the air conditioning and audio controls, each of which maxed out at "11." Apparently Tesla CEO Elon Musk was a huge fan of the film This Is Spinal Tap (1984) and had the controls exclusively customized for the couple.

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  • Date taken: 9 July 2013, 14:02:48

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