Overview
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US-born actor, director, writer, musician, and composer best known for... more
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Awards:
Won Primetime Emmy.
Another
7 wins
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10 nominations
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Alternate Names:
Lord Haden-Guest | Spinal Tap | Nigel Tufnel
Filmography
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Archive Footage - "The Daily Show" .... Nigel Tufnel (2 episodes, 2000-2009)
... aka A Daily Show with Jon Stewart (USA: new title)
... aka Jon Stewart (Australia)
... aka The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (USA: new title)
... aka The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Global Edition (International: English title: cut version)
- Episode dated 28 July 2009 (2009) TV episode .... Nigel Tufnel
- Episode dated 7 September 2000 (2000) TV episode .... Nigel Tufnel - "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" .... Nigel Tufnel (1 episode, 2009)
- Episode #1.86 (2009) TV episode (as Spinal Tap) .... Nigel Tufnel - Glastonbury 2009 (2009) (TV) (as Spinal Tap) .... Nigel Tufnel
- "The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien" .... Nigel Tufnel (1 episode, 2009)
- Episode #1.11 (2009) TV episode (as Spinal Tap) .... Nigel Tufnel - "SpongeBob SquarePants" .... Stanley S. SquarePants (1 episode, 2007)
... aka SpongeBob (USA: short title)
- Stanley S. SquarePants/To Save a Squirrel (2007) TV episode .... Stanley S. SquarePants - "CNN Newsroom" .... Nigel Tufnel (1 episode, 2007)
- Episode dated 7 July 2007 (2007) TV episode .... Nigel Tufnel - "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" .... Alan Barrows (1 episode, 2003)
... aka Late Night with Conan O'Brien (Australia)
- Episode dated 18 September 2003 (2003) TV episode .... Alan Barrows - "MADtv" .... Alan Barrows (1 episode, 2003)
- Episode #8.21 (2003) TV episode .... Alan Barrows - "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" .... Nigel Tufnel (1 episode, 2000)
... aka Jay Leno (Australia)
- Episode dated 4 October 2000 (2000) TV episode .... Nigel Tufnel
- "Dilbert" .... The Dupey (1 episode, 1999)
- The Dupey (1999) TV episode (voice) .... The Dupey - D.O.A. (1999) (TV)
- Brit Awards 1998 (1998) (TV) .... Nigel Tufnel - Presenter
- "Animaniacs" .... Umlatt (1 episode, 1993)
... aka Animaniacs (UK)
... aka Steven Spielberg Presents Animaniacs (USA: complete title)
- King Yakko (1993) TV episode (voice) .... Umlatt - Halloween Jam at Universal Studios (1992) (TV) .... Nigel Tufnel
- American Bandstand's 40th Anniversary Special (1992) (TV) (uncredited) .... Nigel Tufnel - Member of Spinal Tap
- "The Simpsons" .... Nigel Tufnel (1 episode, 1992)
- The Otto Show (1992) TV episode (voice) .... Nigel Tufnel - "Tonight with Jonathan Ross" .... Nigel Tufnel (2 episodes, 1992)
- Episode dated 8 April 1992 (1992) TV episode .... Nigel Tufnel
- Episode dated 27 March 1992 (1992) TV episode .... Nigel Tufnel - "Morton & Hayes" .... Crooner / ... (3 episodes, 1991)
- Oafs Overboard (1991) TV episode .... El Supremo
- Society Saps (1991) TV episode .... Crooner
- Daffy Dicks (1991) TV episode .... Dr. Von Aston - Partners in Life (1990) (TV) .... El Supremo
- Midnight Train to Moscow (1989) (TV)
... aka Billy Crystal: Midnight Train to Moscow (USA) - I, Martin Short, Goes Hollywood (1989) (TV) .... Antoninus DiMentabella
- Billy Crystal: Don't Get Me Started - The Billy Crystal Special (1986) (TV) .... Chip Dimentebella
... aka On Location: Billy Crystal - Don't Get Me Started (USA: series title) - "Saturday Night Live" .... Various / ... (19 episodes, 1984-1985)
... aka NBC's Saturday Night (USA: complete title)
... aka SNL (USA: informal title)
... aka SNL 25 (USA: alternative title)
... aka Saturday Night (USA: first season title)
... aka Saturday Night Live '80 (USA: sixth season title)
... aka Saturday Night Live 15 (USA: fifteenth season title)
... aka Saturday Night Live 20 (USA: twentieth season title)
... aka Saturday Night Live 25 (USA: twentiefifth season title)
- Howard Cosell/Greg Kihn (1985) TV episode .... Saturday Night News Anchor / Various
- Christopher Reeve/Santana (1985) TV episode .... Saturday Night News Anchor / Various
- Mr. T and Hulk Hogan/The Commodores (1985) TV episode .... Various
- SNL Film Festival (1985) TV episode .... Various
- Pamela Sue Martin/Power Station (1985) TV episode .... Saturday Night News Anchor / Various
(14 more) - Martin Short: Concert for the North Americas (1985) (TV) .... Rajiv Vindaloo
- Close Ties (1983) (TV) .... Ira
- "Likely Stories, Vol. 3" (1983) TV series .... Frankie
- "St. Elsewhere" .... H.J. Cummings (2 episodes, 1982)
- Legionnaires: Part 2 (1982) TV episode .... H.J. Cummings
- Legionnaires: Part 1 (1982) TV episode .... H.J. Cummings - A Piano for Mrs. Cimino (1982) (TV) .... Philip Ryan
- Million Dollar Infield (1982) (TV) .... Bucky Frische
- Likely Stories, Vol. 1 (1981) (TV)
- Haywire (1980) (TV) .... The T.V. Director
- The T.V. Show (1979) (TV) .... Various Characters
- "Blind Ambition" (1979) TV mini-series .... Jeb Stuart Magruder
... aka The John Dean Story - "Laverne & Shirley" .... Greg Harris (1 episode, 1978)
... aka Laverne & Shirley & Company (USA: syndication title)
... aka Laverne & Shirley & Friends (USA: syndication title)
... aka Laverne DeFazio & Shirley Feeney (USA: first season title)
- Bus Stop (1978) TV episode .... Greg Harris - It Happened One Christmas (1977) (TV) .... Harry Bailey
- "All in the Family" .... Jim (1 episode, 1977)
- Mike and Gloria Meet (1977) TV episode .... Jim - The TVTV Show (1976) (TV) .... Various
- "Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell" .... Various (3 episodes, 1975)
- Episode dated 8 November 1975 (1975) TV episode .... Various
- Episode dated 11 October 1975 (1975) TV episode .... Various
- Pilot (1975) TV episode .... Various - The Lily Tomlin Special (1975) (TV) .... Various
- Guitar Hero II (2006) (VG) ("TONIGHT I'M GONNA ROCK YOU TONIGHT")
- "Supernatural" (1 episode, 2006)
- Simon Said (2006) TV episode (writer: "Stonehenge") - For Your Consideration (2006) (writer: "The Purim Song", "Stand Up", "You Were Never There for Me")
- A Mighty Wind (2003) (writer: "Old Joe's Place", "Just That Kinda Day", "Skeletons of Quinto", "Barnyard Symphony", "A Mighty Wind", "Blood On The Coal") (performer: "Irv's Blues")
- Best in Show (2000) (writer: "Louisiana Nights") (performer: "Louisiana Nights")
- Waiting for Guffman (1996) (writer: "Covered Wagons, Open-toed Shoes", "Stool Boom", "A Penny For Your Thoughts", "Nothing Ever Happens On Mars") (performer: "Corky's Funky Dance", "A Penny For Your Thoughts")
- Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman (1993) (TV) (writer: "Too Many Nights", "Down in Louisiana") (performer: "Too Many Nights", "Down in Louisiana")
- "Beavis and Butt-Head" (1 episode, 1993)
- Stewart's House (1993) TV episode (writer: "The Majesty of Rock") - Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (1991) (writer: "GIMME SOME MONEY")
- Soundgarden: Louder Than Live (1990) (V) (writer: "Big Bottom / Earache My Eye" (Medley))
- The Big Picture (1989) (writer: "The Whites of Their Eyes")
- "Saturday Night Live" (2 episodes, 1984)
... aka NBC's Saturday Night (USA: complete title)
... aka SNL (USA: informal title)
... aka SNL 25 (USA: alternative title)
... aka Saturday Night (USA: first season title)
... aka Saturday Night Live '80 (USA: sixth season title)
... aka Saturday Night Live 15 (USA: fifteenth season title)
... aka Saturday Night Live 20 (USA: twentieth season title)
... aka Saturday Night Live 25 (USA: twentiefifth season title)
- Michael McKean/Chaka Khan/The Folksmen (1984) TV episode (writer: "Blood On The Coal", "Old Joe's Place", "Barnyard Symphony") (performer: "Barnyard Symphony")
- Barry Bostwick/Spinal Tap (1984) TV episode (writer: "Christmas with the Devil", "Big Bottom") - This Is Spinal Tap (1984) (writer: "Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You Tonight", "Gimme Some Money", "Big Bottom", "All The Way Home", "Hell Hole", "Cups And Cakes", "(Listen To The) Flower People", "Rock & Roll Creation", "Heavy Duty", "Stonehenge", "Sex Farm", "Lick My Love Pump", "The Mule Died", "A Grateful Nation") (performer: "Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You Tonight", "Gimme Some Money", "Big Bottom", "All The Way Home", "Hell Hole", "Cups And Cakes", "Heartbreak Hotel", "(Listen To The) Flower People", "Rock & Roll Creation", "Heavy Duty", "Stonehenge", "Sex Farm", "Lick My Love Pump", "The Mule Died", "A Grateful Nation")
... aka This is Spinal Tap®: A Rockumentary by Martin Di Bergi (USA: complete title)
- Lemmings (1973) (V) (writer: "Positively Wall Street", "Pizza Man", "Colorado", "Highway Toes") (performer: "Positively Wall Street", "Highway Toes") (arranger: "Lemmings Lament", "Positively Wall Street", "Pizza Man", "Colorado", "Papa Was a Running-Dog Lackey of the Bourgeoisie", "Highway Toes", "Lonely at the Bottom", "Megadeath")
... aka National Lampoon Lemmings (USA: video box title)
... aka National Lampoon's Lemmings (USA: complete title)
- A Night at the Office (2009) (TV) .... Himself
- "WUSA Eyewitness News" .... Himself (1 episode, 2009)
... aka The 11 PM Report (USA: alternative title)
... aka WDVM Eyewitness News (USA: new title)
... aka WTOP Eyewitness News (USA: new title)
... aka WUSA 9 News (USA: new title)
- Episode dated 13 May 2009 (2009) TV episode .... Himself - "Entertainment Tonight" .... Nigel Tufnel (1 episode, 2009)
... aka E.T. (USA: informal title)
... aka ET Weekend (Australia: weekend title)
... aka Entertainment This Week (weekend title)
... aka This Week in Entertainment (USA: weekend title)
- Episode dated 1 May 2009 (2009) TV episode .... Nigel Tufnel - "Breakfast Television" .... Himself (2 episodes, 2009)
- Episode dated 21 April 2009 (2009) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 17 April 2009 (2009) TV episode .... Himself - "Countdown w/ Keith Olbermann" .... Himself (1 episode, 2009)
- Episode dated 7 April 2009 (2009) TV episode .... Himself - "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" .... Himself (1 episode, 2009)
... aka Jay Leno (Australia)
- Episode dated 1 April 2009 (2009) TV episode .... Himself - "Tavis Smiley" .... Himself (1 episode, 2009)
- Episode dated 20 March 2009 (2009) TV episode .... Himself - "New Heroes of Comedy" .... Himself (1 episode, 2008)
- Ricky Gervais (2008) TV episode .... Himself - "Fox News" .... Himself / ... (2 episodes, 1992-2007)
- Episode dated 30 August 2007 (2007) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 23 April 1992 (1992) TV episode .... Nigel Tufnel - Live Earth (2007) (TV) .... Nigel Tufnel
... aka Live Earth 7.7.07 (International: English title: poster title)
... aka Live Earth Alert (Netherlands: festival title)
... aka Live Earth: The Concerts for a Climate in Crisis (International: English title)
... aka SOS: The Movement for a Climate in Crisis (International: English title: poster title) - "Breakfast" .... Nigel Tufnel (1 episode, 2007)
- Episode dated 5 July 2007 (2007) TV episode .... Nigel Tufnel - "Channel 4 News" .... Nigel Tufnel (1 episode, 2007)
... aka ITN Channel 4 News (UK: informal title)
- Episode dated 5 July 2007 (2007) TV episode .... Nigel Tufnel - "Film '72" .... Himself (2 episodes, 2004-2007)
... aka Film '73 (UK: new title)
... aka Film '74 (UK: new title)
... aka Film '75 (UK: new title)
... aka Film '76 (UK: new title)
... aka Film '77 (UK: new title)
... aka Film '78 (UK: new title)
... aka Film '79 (UK: new title)
... aka Film '80 (UK: new title)
... aka Film '81 (UK: new title)
... aka Film '82 (UK: new title)
... aka Film '83 (UK: new title)
... aka Film '84 (UK: new title)
... aka Film '85 (UK: new title)
... aka Film '86 (UK: new title)
... aka Film '87 (UK: new title)
... aka Film '88 (UK: new title)
... aka Film '89 (UK: new title)
... aka Film '90 (UK: new title)
... aka Film '91 (UK: new title)
... aka Film '92 (UK: new title)
... aka Film '93 (UK: new title)
... aka Film '94 (UK: new title)
... aka Film '95 (UK: new title)
... aka Film '96 (UK: new title)
... aka Film '97 (UK: new title)
... aka Film '98 (UK: new title)
... aka Film '99 (UK: new title)
... aka Film 2000 (UK: new title)
... aka Film 2001 (UK: new title)
... aka Film 2002 (UK: new title)
... aka Film 2003 (UK: new title)
... aka Film 2004 (UK: new title)
... aka Film 2005 (UK: new title)
... aka Film 2006 (UK: new title)
... aka Film 2007 (UK: new title)
... aka Film 2008 (UK: new title)
... aka Film 2009 (UK: new title)
... aka Film of the Year (UK: teaser title)
... aka The Film Programme (UK: informal alternative title)
- Episode dated 5 February 2007 (2007) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 13 January 2004 (2004) TV episode .... Himself - Ricky Gervais Meets... Christopher Guest (2006) (TV) .... Himself
- "Late Show with David Letterman" .... Alan Barrows / ... (3 episodes, 2000-2006)
... aka Late Show Backstage (USA: title for episodes with guest hosts)
... aka Letterman (Australia)
... aka The Late Show (USA: informal short title)
- Episode dated 15 November 2006 (2006) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 8 April 2003 (2003) TV episode .... Alan Barrows
- Episode dated 7 September 2000 (2000) TV episode .... Nigel Tufnel - The 50 Greatest Comedy Films (2006) (TV) .... Himself
- The 76th Annual Academy Awards (2004) (TV) (uncredited) .... Himself
- Live from the Academy Awards (2004) (TV) .... Himself
- "Today" .... Himself (1 episode, 2003)
... aka The Today Show (Australia: alternative title)
- Episode dated 22 July 2003 (2003) TV episode .... Himself - "In Entertainment" .... Himself (1 episode, 2003)
- Episode dated 21 July 2003 (2003) TV episode .... Himself - "The Panel" .... Himself (1 episode, 2003)
- Episode #6.15 (2003) TV episode .... Himself - "The Charlie Rose Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 2003)
... aka Charlie Rose (USA: new title)
- Christopher Guest (2003) TV episode .... Himself - "Fox and Friends" .... Himself (1 episode, 2003)
... aka Fox and Friends First (USA: alternative title)
... aka Fox and Friends Weekend (USA: weekend title)
- Episode dated 8 May 2003 (2003) TV episode .... Himself - "At the Angelika" .... Himself (1 episode, 2003)
... aka At the IFC Center (USA: new title)
- Episode dated 1 April 2003 (2003) TV episode .... Himself - "CBS News Sunday Morning" .... Himself (1 episode, 2003)
... aka Sunday Morning
- Episode dated 13 April 2003 (2003) TV episode .... Himself - "The View" .... Alan Barrows (1 episode, 2003)
- Episode dated 10 April 2003 (2003) TV episode .... Alan Barrows - "Festival Pass with Chris Gore" (2002) TV series .... Himself
- "Dennis Miller Live" .... Himself (1 episode, 2002)
- Inconvenience (2002) TV episode .... Himself - The British Comedy Awards 2001 (2001) (TV) .... Himself
- "VH-1 Where Are They Now?" .... Nigel Tufnel (1 episode, 2000)
- This Is Spinal Tap (2000) TV episode .... Nigel Tufnel - "Showbiz Today" .... Himself (1 episode, 2000)
- Episode dated 27 September 2000 (2000) TV episode .... Himself - "The Early Show" .... Nigel Tufnel (1 episode, 2000)
- Episode dated 8 September 2000 (2000) TV episode .... Nigel Tufnel - "The List" .... Nigel Tufnel (1 episode, 2000)
- Episode dated 22 June 2000 (2000) TV episode .... Nigel Tufnel
- Saturday Night Live 25 (1999) (TV) (also archive footage) (uncredited) .... Himself
... aka SNL25: 25 Years of Laughs (USA: DVD title) - "The Directors" .... Himself (1 episode, 1999)
- The Films of Rob Reiner (1999) TV episode .... Himself - "E! True Hollywood Story" .... Himself (1 episode, 1999)
- Chris Farley (1999) TV episode .... Himself - "Celebrity Profile" .... Himself (1 episode)
- Jamie Lee Curtis (????) TV episode .... Himself - Just for Laughs: Montreal Comedy Festival (1999) (TV) .... Nigel Tufnel (2001) (2003)
- "HBO First Look" .... Interviewee: Voices of Slamfist / ... (1 episode, 1998)
- 'Small Soldiers': Size Doesn't Matter (1998) TV episode .... Interviewee: Voices of Slamfist / Scratch-It - "The Daily Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 1997)
... aka A Daily Show with Jon Stewart (USA: new title)
... aka Jon Stewart (Australia)
... aka The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (USA: new title)
... aka The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Global Edition (International: English title: cut version)
- Episode dated 28 January 1997 (1997) TV episode .... Himself - Cybermania '94: Ultimate Gamers Awards (1994) (TV) .... Himself-Presenter
- A Spinal Tap Reunion: The 25th Anniversary London Sell-Out (1992) (TV) .... Nigel Tufnel (Spinal Tap) / Alan Barrows (The Folksmen)
... aka The Return of Spinal Tap (video title) - "The Arsenio Hall Show" .... Nigel Tufnel (2 episodes, 1992)
- Episode dated 17 December 1992 (1992) TV episode .... Nigel Tufnel
- Episode dated 18 May 1992 (1992) TV episode .... Nigel Tufnel - The Freddie Mercury Tribute: Concert for AIDS Awareness (1992) (TV) .... Nigel Tufnel
... aka A Concert for Life: A Tribute to Freddie Mercury (UK: alternative title)
... aka The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert (UK: DVD title) - "Good Morning America" .... Nigel Tufnel (1 episode, 1992)
... aka G.M.A. (USA: promotional abbreviation)
- Episode dated 30 March 1992 (1992) TV episode .... Nigel Tufnel - "Headbangers Ball" .... Nigel Tufnel - Host (1 episode, 1992)
... aka MTV Headbangers Ball (USA: alternative title)
- Episode dated 28 March 1992 (1992) TV episode .... Nigel Tufnel - Host - "Rockline on MTV" .... Nigel Tufnel (1 episode, 1992)
- Episode dated 23 March 1992 (1992) TV episode .... Nigel Tufnel - The 19th Annual American Music Awards (1992) (TV) .... Nigel Tufnel - Presenter
- "MTV News: The Week in Rock" .... Nigel Tufnel (1 episode, 1991)
- Episode dated 11 October 1991 (1991) TV episode .... Nigel Tufnel - MTV Video Music Awards 1991 (1991) (TV) .... Nigel Tufnel - Presenter
- Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary (1989) (TV) .... Himself
- Billy Crystal: Don't Get Me Started - The Lost Minutes (1987) (TV) .... Chip Dimentebella
... aka The Lost Minutes of Billy Crystal (USA: alternative title) - David Letterman's Holiday Film Festival (1985) (TV) .... Himself (segment "The Making Of You Wouldn't Believe Our World")
- "The Joe Franklin Show" .... Nigel Tufnel (1 episode, 1984)
- Episode dated 1 February 1984 (1984) TV episode .... Nigel Tufnel
- Super Bowl (1976) (TV) .... Himself
... aka Superbowl (USA: closing credits title)
... aka TVTV Goes to the Superbowl (USA: video box title) - TVTV Looks at the Academy Awards (1976) (TV) .... Himself
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