John de Lancie

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This article is about the American actor. For his father, the oboist, see John de Lancie (oboist).

John de Lancie
John de Lancie, 2007
Born	March 20, 1948 (1948-03-20) (age 60) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

John de Lancie (born March 20, 1948) is an American actor. He is known for his recurring role as Q on the various Star Trek series, and as Frank Simmons in Stargate SG-1.

1 Personal life
2 Acting career
3 Music career
4 Writing career
5 Filmography
6 References
7 External links

[edit] Personal life

De Lancie was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of Andrea and John de Lancie, who was principal oboist of the Philadelphia Orchestra from 1948 to 1977, and in his time one of the best known oboists worldwide.^[1]^[2] He is married to actress-singer Marnie Mosiman, and they have two sons, Keegan and Owen.

[edit] Acting career

[edit] 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, Battlestar Galactica (1978), Emergency!, 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.

[edit] Star Trek

John de Lancie as Q in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.

De Lancie is best known as guest star on both the first and last episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation 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 Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (Season 1, Episode 7), and Star Trek: Voyager. De Lancie's son, Keegan de Lancie, appeared with his father as Q's son in Star Trek: Voyager's seventh season episode "Q2". His other son, Owen de Lancie, appeared in Star Trek World Tour (1998).

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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, Nicolas, Good Advice, Patient 14, The Big Time, Teenius, Pathology, Evolver, and Reign Over Me.

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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. 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. In addition, he played the lead in Yuri Rasovsky's award-winning audio version of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari.

[edit] 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 Planescape: Torment. He also played Q in the PC Video Games Star Trek: Borg and Star Trek: The Game Show.

[edit] Music career

In the world of music, John de Lancie Jr. 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 "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 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, and 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 directorial debut with The Atlanta Opera performing Puccini's "Tosca" on May 18 to May 21.

In September 2007, De Lancie provided dramatic narration to the Cleveland Orchestra's performance of Peer Gynt.^[3]

[edit] Writing career

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.

[edit] Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2007	Teenius	Principal Senseman
2007	Reign Over Me	Nigel Pennington
2002	The Big Time
2001	Good Advice	Ted
2001	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