Christopher Guest

Guest became the fifth Baron Haden-Guest of Saling (near Braintree), when his father died in 1996. He was buried in Westminster Abbey. They have two children: Anne (born 1986) and Thomas (born March 1996). One of Irving's sons, Laurence Irving, was a dramatist. He married Jamie Lee Curtis in 1984. He and Ellen Terry continued to work together until 1902, but the Lyceum had to be sold in 1898. He also appeared as Count Rugen in The Princess Bride. In 1895, he became the first actor ever to receive a knighthood.

He went on to write, act in, and direct several other heavily improvised mockumentaries:. He played all the major Shakespearean roles, including Hamlet, Macbeth and Othello, and by 1878, when he entered into a partnership with the actress Ellen Terry and became manager of the Lyceum Theatre, London, he was already famous. Guest made his first appearance as Tufnel on the 1980 album Lenny and the Squigtones by "Lenny and Squiggy"' (comedians Michael McKean and David Lander). His first appearances were in Scotland and the north of England, and he did not tread the London stage until 1866. He is best known for his portrayal of Nigel Tufnel in the mockumentary movie This is Spinal Tap, and his time as a cast member on NBC's Saturday Night Live (1984-1985). He was born at Keinton Mandeville in the English county of Somerset, and worked as a clerk in London before becoming an actor. Christopher Guest (born February 5, 1948, New York, New York) is a British-American actor, writer, director, composer, and musician. John Henry Brodribb Irving (February 6, 1838–October 13, 1905), better known as Sir Henry Irving, was one of the most famous stage actors of all time.

A Mighty Wind (2003) - as Alan Barrows. Best in Show (2000) - as Harlan Pepper. Clair. Waiting for Guffman (1996) - as Corky St.