John de Lancie

John De Lancie’s film credits include, The Hand that Rocks the Cradle, The Fisher King, and Bad Influence. De Lancie has appeared in numerous television shows including Torchwood, Breaking Bad, The Unit, Hill Street Blues, The West Wing, Shark, Without a Trace, Sports Night, Judging Amy, LA Law, Touched by an Angel, and The Closer, and appeared as "Q" in Star Trek.

He has been a member of The American Shakespeare Festival, The Seattle Repertory Company, The South Coast Repertory, The Mark Taper Forum, and the Old Globe where he recently performed Arthur Miller’s Resurrection Blues.

In the world of music, de Lancie has performed with: Kurt Masur, Sir Colin Davis and the New York Philharmonic; Vladimir Ashkenazy and the Cleveland Orchestra and National Orchestra; Esa Pekka Salonen and the Los Angeles Philharmonic; Charles Dutoit and the Philadelphia Orchestra and The Montreal Symphony.

De Lancie was the host of the L.A. Philharmonic "Symphonies for Youth" for four years. In addition, he’s written and directed ten Symphonic Plays: these ninety-minute programs are fully staged productions with orchestra; titles include Romeo and Juliet, Midsummer Night’s Dream (Korngold score), Bourgeois Gentleman, The Abduction from the Seraglio, and Carnival of the Animals. They were produced with the Milwaukee, St. Paul Chamber, Ravinia, LA, and Pasadena Orchestras.

De Lancie was also the writer/director/host of First Nights, an adult concert series at Disney Hall with the LA Philharmonic that explored the life and music of Stravinsky, Beethoven, Mahler, Schumann, and Prokofiev. De Lancie is a graduate of Kent State University and The Juilliard School.