What is Christopher Guest?
{{Infobox person |name = Christopher Guest |image = guest4.jpg |imagesize = |image_alt = |caption = Guest speaking at [[Vancouver Film School]] in 2008 |pseudonym = |birth_name = Christopher Haden-Guest |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1948|2|5}} |birth_place = [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], [[United States of America|US]] |death_date = |death_place = |occupation = Actor, comedian, director, musician, screenwriter |education = [[The High School of Music & Art]] |alma_mater = [[New York University]] |years_active = 1971–present |nationality = British-American |citizenship = United States<br />United Kingdom |subject = |spouse = [[Jamie Lee Curtis]] (1984–present; 2 children) |domesticpartner = |relations = [[Tony Curtis]] (father-in-law),<br />[[Janet Leigh]] (mother-in-law),<br />[[Kelly Curtis]] (sister-in-law) |notable_works = ''[[This Is Spinal Tap]]''<br>''[[The Princess Bride (film)|The Princess Bride]]''<br>''[[Best in Show (film)|Best In Show]]''<br>''[[A Mighty Wind]]''<br>''[[For Your Consideration (film)|For Your Consideration]] |signature = |website = |footnotes = |current_members = |past_members = |module = }} '''Christopher Haden-Guest, 5th Baron Haden-Guest''' (born February 5, 1948), usually simply known as '''Christopher Guest''', is an [[English people|English]]-[[Americans|American]] actor, comedian, director, musician, and screenwriter. He is known for his work in ''[[This Is Spinal Tap]]'', ''[[The Princess Bride (movie)|The Princess Bride]]'', ''[[Best in Show]]'', ''[[A Mighty Wind]]'', and in ''[[For Your Consideration]]''. He has won an [[Emmy Award]]. ==Early life== Guest was born on February 5, 1948 in [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]].<ref>{{cite book|editor-link=Charles Mosley (genealogist)|editor-last=Mosley |editor-first=Charles |title=Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage|volume=II|edi