JOHN DE LANCIE

:''For the oboist, see John de Lancie (oboist)''
'John de Lancie' (born March 20, 1948) is an American character actor. He is known for his recurring role as "Q" on the various ''Star Trek'' series, and as Frank Simmons in ''Stargate SG-1''.
He is married to actress-singer Marnie Mosiman, and they have two sons, Keegan and Owen.

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Acting career

Television

''Star Trek''

Subsequent television roles

Films

Selected filmography

Stage career

Audio dramas

Video games

Music career

Writing career

External links

Acting career

Television

He has appeared in numerous television shows including; Hill Street Blues, The West Wing, Sports Night, Judging Amy, The Closer, Legend, LA Law, Picket Fences, Civil Wars, The Practice,Charmed and Touched by an Angel. De Lancie played Eugene Bradford on the NBC soap opera ''Days of Our Lives'' from 1982 to 1986. He also starred in a first season episode of ''MacGyver'', "The Escape", where he played a gunrunner.

''Star Trek''

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De Lancie is best known as guest star on both the first and last episodes of '' as the iconic all-powerful "Q". Along with Jonathan Frakes, Marina Sirtis, Armin Shimerman, Michael Ansara and Richard Poe, he is one of only six actors to play the same character on three different ''Star Trek'' series. He played Q in '', '' and ''. De Lancie's son, Keegan de Lancie, appeared with his father as Q's son in '''s seventh season episode, "Q2". His other son, Owen de Lancie, appeared in "Star Trek World Tour" (1998).

Subsequent television roles

De Lancie co-starred in ''Star Trek'' writer Michael Piller's short-lived creation ''Legend'' as eccentric scientist Janos Bartok. He had a recurring role as NID Colonel Frank Simmons on ''Stargate SG-1''. He has also appeared as Beka Valentine's Uncle Sid in Gene Roddenberry's ''Andromeda'', as pollster Al Kiefer on ''The West Wing'', and as an Elder on ''Charmed''.
He voiced the villain Sinestro on the "The Green Loontern" episode of ''Duck Dodgers''.

Films

His film credits include, The Hand that Rocks the Cradle, The Fisher King, Bad Influence, The Onion Field, Taking Care of Business, Fearless, Multiplicity, Women on Top, Nicholas, Good Advise, Patient 14, The Big Time. Empty City Teenius and Pathology.

Selected filmography

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'Year'	'Title'	'Role'	'Other notes'
2007	''You''	Dick
	''Teenius''	Principal Senseman
	''Reign Over Me''	Nigel Pennington
2002	''The Big Time''
2001	''Good Advice''	Ted
	''Nicolas''	Dr. Fisher
2000	''Woman on Top''	Alex Reeves
1996	''Multiplicity''	Ted
1993	''Fearless''	Jeff Gordon
1992	''The Hand that Rocks the Cradle''	Dr. Victor Mott
1991	''The Fisher King''	TV executive
1990	''Bad Influence''	Howard
1979	''The Onion Field''	LAPD Lieutenant #2

Stage career

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 recently 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 recently returned from a national tour of the "Scopes Monkey Trial".

Audio dramas

De Lancie was co-owner, with Leonard Nimoy, of "Alien Voices," a production company devoted to the radio-style dramatization of classic science fiction. Mr. DeLancie produced, co-wrote and directed audio dramatizations of: "The Time Machine", "Journey to the Center of the Earth", "The Lost World", "The Invisible Man", and "The First Men in the Moon"; as well as three television specials for the Sci-Fi Channel.

Video games

De Lancie provided the voice of the character Antonio Malochio in the PC game Interstate '76, and as the angel Trias in the video game ''.

Music career

John de Lancie's father, of the same name, was principal oboist of the Philadelphia Orchestra for many years. He died in May 2002.
In the world of music, de Lancie has performed as narrator with a number of major orchestras including: Kurt Masur, Sir Colin Davis and the New York Philharmonic; Esa Pekka Salonen and the Los Angeles Philharmonic; Charles Dutoit and the Philadelphia Orchestra and The Montreal Symphony. His repertoire includes: "Peer Gynt", "King David", "The Bourgeois Gentleman", "The Lincoln Portrait", "St. Joan", "Midsummer Night's Dream", "Oedipus Rex", "Young People's Guide to the Orchestra", "The Soldier's Tale", "The Nightingale" and, of course, "Peter and the Wolf."
De Lancie was the host of the Los Angeles Philharmonic "Symphonies for Youth" for four years where he helped conceptualize student concerts, "Don't Educate — Stimulate". In addition, he's written and directed ten Symphonic Plays: these ninety-minute programs are fully staged productions with orchestra; titles include "Romeo and Juliet", "Midsummer Night's Dream (Korngold score), "Bourgeois Gentleman" and "The Abduction from the Seraglio". They were produced with the Milwaukee, St. Paul Chamber, Ravinia, Los Angeles, and Pasadena Orchestras.
De Lancie was also the writer/director/host of "First Nights," an adult concert series at Disney Hall with the Los Angeles Philharmonic which explored the life and music of Stravinsky, Beethoven, Mahler, Schumann, and Prokofiev. These were fully integrated, fully staged productions.
De Lancie makes frequent appearances with the Pasadena Symphony, which holds concerts of orchestrated music in the Fall and the Spring. In Spring 2004, he gave pre-concert lectures where the symphony is held in Pasadena, California at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium.
He was also the writer/director/host of “First Nights”, an adult concert series at Disney Hall with the LA Philharmonic which explored the life
and music of Stravinsky, Beethoven, Mahler, Schumann, and Prokofiev. These were fully integrated, fully staged productions. John de Lancie has performed and directed for L.A. Theater Works, the producing arm of KCRW-FM and National Public Radio, where the series, “The Plays the Thing”, originates. He recently returned from a national tour of the Scopes Monkey Trial. He was co-owner, with Leonard Nimoy, of Alien Voices; a production company devoted to the dramatization of classic science fiction.
In 2006 De Lancie made his opera directoral debut with The Atlanta Opera performing Puccini's "Tosca" on May 18 to May 21.

Writing career

John de Lancie co-wrote the Star Trek novel ''I, Q'' with Peter David. He also co-wrote the novel Soldier of Light with Tom Cool.

External links

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★ StarTrek.com biography