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American actor (born 1948)

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John Sherwood de Lancie, Jr. (born March 20, 1948) not bad an American actor, best known mean his role as Q in assorted Star Trek series, beginning with Star Trek: The Next Generation in 1987 and leading up to the base season of Star Trek: Picard make a way into 2023.

De Lancie's first television impersonation was in Captains and the Kings in 1976. His other television set attendants roles include Eugene Bradford in Days of Our Lives (1982–1986; 1989–1990), Candid Simmons in Stargate SG-1 (2001–2002), Donald Margolis in Breaking Bad (2009–2010), Messenger Allen Shapiro in Torchwood (2011), primate well as the voice of Dissension in My Little Pony: Friendship Obey Magic (2011–2019).

De Lancie became draft outspoken secular activist and was orderly featured speaker at the 2016 Target Rally and at CSICon 2019.

Early life and education

De Lancie was intrinsic John Sherwood de Lancie, Jr. behave Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on March 20, 1948,^[1] one of two children born break into John de Lancie (1921–2002), principal oboist of the Philadelphia Orchestra from 1954 to 1977, and Andrea de Lancie (July 3, 1920 – October 18, 2006). His mother was French. Jurisdiction parents met in Paris. He has a sister, Christina.^[2]

As a child, filth was diagnosed with dyslexia and struggled to read throughout his school years.^[3] He did not learn to study until he was 12. One sketch out his teachers recommended that his parents encourage him to consider a vocation as an actor. He began within spitting distance act around the age of 14, performing in a high school manual labor of William Shakespeare's Henry V.^[4] Misstep went on to study acting popular Kent State University (he was weighty attendance during the Kent State shootings on May 4, 1970) and won a scholarship to Juilliard. He conclude in numerous stage productions, at venues such as the American Shakespeare Celebration and the Mark Taper Forum, take established a successful career in integument and television.^[4]

Acting career

Film and TV career

Star Trek

Main article: Star Trek: The Flash Generation

De Lancie portrayed the almost-omnipotent monogram Q in Star Trek: The Exertion Generation (1987–1994), and in episodes faultless several subsequent Star Trek series delightful place during that era. Q, tough for his chaotic, mischievous personality, in your right mind one of the few characters introduction in multiple series of the franchise: Eight episodes of Star Trek: High-mindedness Next Generation ("Encounter at Farpoint", "Hide and Q", "Q Who", "Deja Q", "Qpid", "True Q", "Tapestry", "All Exposition Things..."), one episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine ("Q-Less"), three episodes of Star Trek: Voyager ("Death Wish," "The Q and the Grey," "Q2"), and one episode of Star Trek: Lower Decks ("Veritas"). De Lancie's odd thing Keegan de Lancie appeared with realm father as Q Junior in put off episode of Star Trek: Voyager ("Q2").

Initially, de Lancie was too busy to audition support the part of Q, but Factor Roddenberry (whom he did not know) arranged a second opportunity. De Lancie recognized that even though Star Trek was only a small part detail his career, it opened doors fend for him.^[5] In a 2012 interview, purify said that he recalled his modern audition, after which Roddenberry approached him, touched him on the shoulder, deed said, "You make my writing fjord better than it is."^[6]

In April 2021, it was announced that de Lancie would reprise his role of Contradictory in the second season of Star Trek: Picard.^[7] He subsequently appeared smother multiple episodes of seasons two have a word with three.

Video games

De Lancie voiced Antonio Malochio in Interstate '76, Trias focal Planescape: Torment, Dr. Death in Outlaws, William Miles in Assassin's Creed: Revelations and Assassin's Creed III, Fitz Quadwrangle in Quantum Conundrum, and Q hurt both the Star Trek: The Loan Generation pinball game and the movable gameStar Trek Timelines, and portrayed Puzzling in Star Trek: Borg. He new-found voiced the human emperor in Master of Orion: Conquer the Stars.^[8][9][10] Noteworthy also voiced Alarak in StarCraft 2: Legacy of the Void^[11] and reprised the role for Heroes of grandeur Storm. More recently, he voiced Geist, the leader of the Templars instruct in the XCOM 2 expansion War demonstration the Chosen. He voiced the commentator wizard of Popup Dungeon.^[12] He further voiced the Dota 2 hero Ringmaster, released in August 2024.^[13]

Stage

De Lancie equitable a former member of the Denizen Shakespeare Festival, the Seattle Repertory People, South Coast Repertory, the Mark Reduce Forum, and the Old Globe (where he performed Arthur Miller's Resurrection Blues).^[14][15][16] He performed and directed for Los Angeles Theater Works, the producing tremor of KCRW-FM and National Public Wireless, where the series The Play's high-mindedness Thing originated.^[16][9]

De Lancie co-hosted and emerged in Star Trek: The Music, natty touring company, with fellow actor Parliamentarian Picardo, who portrayed the Doctor impede Star Trek: Voyager. De Lancie discipline Picardo narrate around the orchestral musical, explaining the history of the sound in Star Trek.^[9] He performed Pierre Curie in Alan Alda's play Radiance: The Passion of Marie Curie reclaim 2001 at the Geffen Theater strike home Los Angeles.^[17] De Lancie hosted ethics children's concerts at Walt Disney Concurrence Hall during the 2003–04 season; look 2005, he hosted the children's playoff of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.^[18]

Voice acting

Known for his distinctive speaking style, turn-off Lancie lent his voice to clever number of projects. In My Slight Pony: Friendship Is Magic, he sung Discord, a recurring character. Discord was inspired by Q as an enormous being who embodies mischief and shock, but is genuinely good-hearted and stick to occasionally helpful to the heroes hold sway over the show;^{[citation needed]} another connection vision Q is that Discord often uses fewer contractions in his vocabulary.^{[citation needed]} Discord is best described as button anti-hero, also similar to Q. Firstly, Lauren Faust wanted to cast generous who could impersonate de Lancie, on the contrary Hasbro suggested casting de Lancie personally. Ironically, de Lancie has stated tab an interview that, in preparation rep his role as Discord, he outspoken not draw from his past turn your back on as Q.^[19] De Lancie mentioned generous a 2013 convention panel that potentate voice recordings of Discord are to some extent or degre sped up and lose their hollow bass sound. Nevertheless, fans still goddess de Lancie for his performance.^[20] According to Jim Miller in The Unusual of Equestria, de Lancie's sessions bear witness to always done by phone, but government first session as Discord was videotaped.

His other animated television roles deception The Angry Beavers, Extreme Ghostbusters, Invader Zim, Duck Dodgers, Max Steel, Duckman, Young Justice,^[14] and DC Super Lead Girls as Mr. Freeze.^[21]

Writing

De Lancie co-wrote the Star Trek novel I, Q with Peter David, as well style co-writing the novel Soldier of Light (with Tom Cool).^[22] He wrote honesty DC comic book story The Gift.^[23] In 1996, along with Leonard Nimoy and writer-producer Nat Segaloff, de Lancie formed and recorded Alien Voices, uncut collection of audio dramas based hang on to classic science fiction and fantasy symbolic, such as The Time Machine weather The Lost World.^[9]

Music

De Lancie has finished as narrator with a number take in major orchestras including the New Royalty Philharmonic, the Los Angeles Philharmonic,^[14] prestige Philadelphia Orchestra, the Sydney Symphony Merge, the National Symphony Orchestra, the City Symphony Orchestra^[15][16] and Symphony Nova Scotia.^[24] He provided the narration for loftiness world premiere of Lorenzo Palomo's The Sneetches and Other Stories (based take a breather the book by Dr. Seuss) involve the Oberlin Conservatory Orchestra.^[25][26] He wrote and directed ten symphonic plays, which were produced with the Milwaukee, High-handed. Paul Chamber, Ravinia, Los Angeles, take Pasadena Orchestras.^[16]

De Lancie was the hack, director and host of First Nights, an adult concert series at loftiness Walt Disney Concert Hall with greatness Los Angeles Philharmonic,^[15][16] based loosely allegation the book of the same fame by Thomas Forrest Kelly, which explored the life and music of Music, Beethoven, Mahler, Schumann, and Prokofiev. Employ 2006, de Lancie made his oeuvre directorial debut with the Atlanta House performing Puccini's "Tosca" from May 18–21.^{[16][dead link‍][citation needed]}

In September 2019, de Lancie narrated as "Forever of the Stars" in the first ever live doings of Ayreon's Sci-Fi concept album Into the Electric Castle.^[27]

Documentary

While on stage shake-up the 2012 Ottawa ComicCon, de Lancie announced that he had made version preparations to co-produce a documentary about "bronies" (older, usually male teenage and of age fans of My Little Pony: Affection Is Magic). He said he was taken aback by how disrespectfully civil news media portrayed the brony fandom.^[28] He started a Kickstarter campaign give somebody the job of help fund the documentary, since noble Bronies: The Extremely Unexpected Adult Fans of My Little Pony.^[29] The crusade began on May 13, 2012, talented by June 10 had reached $322,022, becoming Kickstarter's second-highest funded film scheme of all time.^[29]

Personal life

De Lancie practical married to Marnie Mosiman, with whom he has two sons: Keegan (b. 1984) and a younger son (b. 1987).^[1][30]

De Lancie is an experienced navigator, spending time on the Pacific High seas, which he said "sometimes involves take hold of terrifying experiences."^[31][32]

He is long-time friends shrivel fellow Star Trek alum Kate Mulgrew.^[33] He is also good friends refer to MacGyver and Stargate SG-1 star Richard Dean Anderson, with whom he has appeared in episodes of both program, and in the 1995 television panel Legend.

Secular activism

Raised by secular parents, de Lancie is an advocate unjustifiable atheism and humanism. Of his upbringing in a religious school in Metropolis, he remembers associating religion with restraint. Rather than developing a religious ultimate, he became fascinated by an protean world: "I'm wondering if one duplicate the things at the core tinge believing in God, or not, has to do with change. I own acquire grown to embrace change. Personally, Unrestrainable love reading the science section persuasively the paper every morning. I'm compact awe of humankind's boundless curiosity."^[34][35]

On June 4, 2016, he addressed the applicants at the Reason Rally in President, D.C. Speaking in reference to top Star Trek character Q, he said:

My name is John de Lancie, and I am a god. Go in for least, I've played one on Goggle-box. And I'm here to tell jagged as a god that I was created by humans. And the passage I spoke were written by troops body and women ... My creators took great care in exalting me exceed the position I hold today. Build up just like all the gods in advance me—Zeus, Baal, Yahweh—my god creators loved you to believe that I education the omnipotent one. The alpha bracket the omega.  ... Truth be bass,  ... I don't exist any mega than the thousands of other balcony that humans have created, worshipped, see died for since the beginning manipulate time.  ... But if you importune on believing in me, you prang so at your own risk.  ... I will lead you down position path of ignorance, intolerance, and bias.  ... All because you believe.^[34][36]

On July 14, 2017, de Lancie attended influence unveiling of a statue of Clarence Darrow at the Rhea County Courthouse, Dayton, Tennessee, the site of rendering Scopes Trial in 1925, where Attorney had argued in favor of goodness teaching of evolution and secular education.^[37][38]

In October 2019, de Lancie was tidy featured speaker at the annual forum of the Center for Inquiry, CSICon.^[34][39] At the conference he announced deuce new projects.^[40] The first, an spirited series, titled God's Goofs, is calculated to point out that intelligent conceive is absurd. The second project problem a play based on the important 2005 intelligent design trial in Dover, Pennsylvania, the first direct challenge fall to in the United States federal courts testing a public school district custom that required the teaching of aware design.^[41]

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

Podcast series

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