John De Lancie
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John De Lancie is an American actor and writer, best known for his role as "Q" on the Star Trek franchise.
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John De Lancie provides examples of the following tropes:
- Deadpan Snarker: Common to many of his roles.
John De Lancie has performed in the following roles:
Comic Books
- He co-wrote DC Comics' 1990 Star Trek: The Next Generation Annual, No. 1: The Gift.
Film
- Bronies: The Extremely Unexpected Adult Fans of My Little Pony as himself. He also started a Kickstarted campaign to finance the film, and co-produced it.
Literature
- He is the co-author of the Star Trek novel I, Q with Peter David.
- He cowrote the novel Soldier of Light with Tom Cool.
Live-Action TV
- He has appeared as "Q" in the following Star Trek television shows:
- CIA Agent Shapiro on Torchwood: Miracle Day.
Music
- De Lancie was the writer, director and host of First Nights, an adult concert series at the Walt Disney Concert Hall with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, based loosely on the book of the same name by Thomas Forrest Kelly, which explored the life and music of Stravinsky, Beethoven, Mahler, Schumann, and Prokofiev.
- In 2006, de Lancie made his opera directorial debut with the Atlanta Opera performing Puccini's Tosca.
Theatre
- De Lancie is a former member of numerous theater companies, including the American Shakespeare Festival and the Los Angeles Theater Works, where he both performed and directed.
- He and Robert Picardo were co-hosts of the touring production Star Trek: The Music, where they explained the history of music in Star Trek in and around an orchestral performance of it.
- He played the role of Pierre Curie in Radiance: The Passion of Marie Curie in 2001.
Video Games
- Quantum Conundrum as the voice of Professor Fitz Quadwrangle.
- Antonio Malochio in Interstate '76
- Trias in Planescape: Torment
- Dr. Death in Outlaws
- William Miles in Assassin's Creed: Revelations and Assassin's Creed III
- Q in both Star Trek Timelines and Star Trek: Borg
- Master of Orion: Conquer the Stars: the human emperor
- Alarak in StarCraft II and Heroes of the Storm
Western Animation
- He voiced Discord in My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, a performance enhanced by the inclusion of deliberate references to Q that suggested the two might be one and the same.
Other Media
- He voiced Q for the Star Trek: The Next Generation pinball game.