Lance Guest


Lance R. Guest is an American film and television actor, best known for his starring role in 1984's The Last Starfighter.

Biography

Guest developed a serious interest in acting as a freshman while attending Saratoga High School, and he majored in theater while attending UCLA. He has starred in many theatrical films, including his role as Jimmy alongside actress Jamie Lee Curtis in Halloween II, and also starred in Neil Simon's I Ought to Be in Pictures. His most notable role was in the science fiction film The Last Starfighter as Alex Rogan, and as Beta, a robot sent to replace Alex while he was in space. He has starred in as Michael Brody. Guest played Cosmo Cola in Stepsister from Planet Weird. He played Hugo Archibald in The Jennie Project. Also that year, he appeared in Mach 2.
Guest's starring television roles included Lou Grant and Knots Landing. Guest has guest-starred on St. Elsewhere, The Wonder Years, Party of Five, JAG, NYPD Blue, The X-Files, Becker, Life Goes On, House, and Jericho.
Guest has starred on Broadway as Johnny Cash in the musical Million Dollar Quartet, a fictionalized depiction of the only time Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley ever recorded music as a group.

Filmography

Films

YearTitleRoleNotes
1981Halloween IIJimmy
1982I Ought to Be in PicturesGordon
1984The Last StarfighterAlex Rogan / Beta Alex
1984Just the Way You AreJack the Answering Service Guy
1985Waiting to ActBody Snatcher Guy
1987Michael Brody
1988The Wizard of LonelinessJohn T.
1997Plan BJack Sadler
2001Mach 2Keith Dorman
2007ShadowboxMorell - Shadow ManShort
2008The Least of TheseMark Roberts
200921 and a Wake-UpDr. Oscar Kimber
2014Late PhasesJames Griffin
2017TracesNelson

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1981DallasStudent1 Episode: The Mark of Cain
1981Why Us?Hugh WhitakerTV Short
1981Please Don't Hit Me, MomMichael ReynoldsTV film
1981-82Lou GrantLance Reinecke / Mark7 Episodes
1982-83St. ElsewhereOrderly Sean Rooney4 Episodes: Down's Syndrome, Legionnaires: Part 1 & 2, Hearts
1982-85ABC Afterschool SpecialTim / Doug Henshaw2 Episodes: One Too Many, Between Two Loves
1983Confessions of a Married ManArthurTV film
1984American PlayhouseOrson Ziegler1 Episode: The Roommate
1985My Father, My RivalScottTV film
1988Favorite SonDavid Ross1 Episode: Part One
1991Knots LandingSteve Brewer13 Episodes
1992The Wonder YearsMike Detweiller1 Episode: Politics as Usual
1992Life Goes OnMichael Romanov6 Episodes
1993Hart to Hart ReturnsPeter McDowellTV film
1995All-American GirlLeon1 Episode: Venus de Margaret
1995The X-FilesKyle Lang1 Episode: Fearful Symmetry
1995-96Party of FiveMr. Allen Peck2 Episodes: Dearly Beloved, Unfair Advantage
1997The Burning ZoneRuss Johnson1 Episode: Critical Mass
1999BeckerDr. Harvey Cohen1 Episode: Saving Harvey Cohen
1999ThanksJohn the Blacksmith1 Episode: Marriage
2000Then Came YouTom1 Episode: Then Came a Wedding
2000Stepsister from Planet WeirdCosmo ColaTV film
2001The Jennie ProjectHugo ArchibaldTV film
2001JAGCmdr. Stacy Loftness2 Episodes: Adrift: Part 1 & 2
2001Bitter WinterTV film
2004NYPD BlueMercy Hawks1 Episode: Traylor Trash
2006HouseLewis Bardach1 Episode: Safe
2007AlibiPetersonTV film
2008JerichoAlex Utley1 Episode: Condor
2008Flu Bird HorrorGarrettTV film
2010Late Show with David LettermanJohnny Cash1 Episode: Evangeline Lilly/Sam Rockwell/Million Dollar Quartet/Aaron Kelly
2010Late Night with Jimmy FallonJohnny Cash1 Episode: No. 2.104
2012All-American New Year's Eve 2013Johnny CashTV film
2014Christmas Eve, 1914John GilliamTV film