Acting · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA · Born March 20, 1948
John de Lancie (born March 20, 1948) is an American actor. He has been active in screen and television roles since 1977 and has been featured for several recurring roles on American television series, including Q in Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager, Colonel Frank Simmons in Stargate SG-1, Donald Margolis in Breaking Bad, and Discord in My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic.
MovieThe Reality of Time
2024
MovieIDENTITEAZE
2024
as Steve
TVX-Men '97
2024
as Rama-Tut (voice)
TVMasters of the Universe: Revolution
2024
as Granamyr (voice)
MovieStar Trek: Picard - The IMAX Live Series Finale Event
2023
as Q (uncredited)
TVStar Trek: Strange New Worlds
2022
as Alien Parent (voice)
TVThe Shuttlepod Show
2022
as Self
TVDOTA: Dragon's Blood
2021
as Ritterfau (voice)
TVStar Trek: Lower Decks
2020
as Q (voice)
MovieAyreon: Electric Castle Live And Other Tales
2020
as Narrator
TVStar Trek: Picard
2020
as Q
MovieWhen the Train Stops
2019
as Jason Booth
MovieManipulated
2019
TVThe Ready Room
2019
as Self
MovieButtons
2018
as Dr. Johnson
MovieMy Little Pony: Best Gift Ever
2018
as Discord (voice)
MovieThe Late Batsby
2018
as Victor Freeze/Mr. Freeze (voice)
MovieResurrect
2018
as Warren
MovieOlaf's Frozen Adventure
2017
as Mr. Olsen (voice)
MovieRemembering Leonard: His Life, Legacy and Battle with COPD
2017
as Himself
TVJustice League Action
2016
as Brainiac (voice)
Movie50 Years of Star Trek
2016
as Self
MovieVisions
2015
as Victor Napoli
MovieHypnotized
2015
TVThe Librarians
2014
as Sesselman
MovieStar Trek: The Next Generation - All Good Things...
2014
as Q
MovieChaos on the Bridge
2014
as Self
MovieMy Little Pony Friendship Is Magic: Keys of Friendship
2014
as Discord
TVBronies 2 - More Unexpected Fans of My Little Pony
2014
TVThe Captains Close Up
2013
as Self
MovieBronies: The Extremely Unexpected Adult Fans of My Little Pony
2012
as Himself
MovieZombie Hamlet
2012
as Jerry
MovieCLONED: The Recreator Chronicles
2012
as Dr. Frank Miller
TVThe Secret Circle
2011
as Royce Armstrong
MovieThe Captains
2011
as Self
MovieUnderground Entertainment: The Movie
2011
as John
TVFranklin & Bash
2011
as Gallen
TVYoung Justice
2010
as Mr. Twister / Brom Stikk (voice)
TVMy Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
2010
as Discord (voice)
TVLaw & Order: LA
2010
as Avery Staynor
MovieGamer
2009
as Chief Of Staff
MovieElf Sparkle Meets Christmas the Horse
2009
as Santa Claus (voice)
MovieCrank: High Voltage
2009
as Fish Halman
TVThe Mentalist
2008
as Edward Feinberg
TVIn Plain Sight
2008
as Ran Bachman
MoviePathology
2008
as Dr. Quentin Morris
MovieMy Apocalypse
2008
as Nathan Eastman
TVBreaking Bad
2008
as Donald Margolis
TVGreek
2007
as Himself
MovieReign Over Me
2007
as Nigel Pennington
TVTorchwood
2006
as Allen Shapiro
TVShark
2006
as Warren Kovak
TVThe Unit
2006
as Elliott Gillum
TVThe Closer
2005
as Dr. Dawson
MovieDarklight
2004
as Faith Director Chapel
MovieThe Eavesdropper
2004
as Dr. Gene Kramer
TVDuck Dodgers
2003
as Sinestro (voice)
MovieBurl's
2003
as Mr Cooper
MovieThe Big Time
2002
as Vaughn Clay
TVWithout a Trace
2002
as Brian Gaghan
TVDan Dare: Pilot of the Future
2002
as Councilor Gerard Hamilton (voice)
Return to Area 51
2002
as Narrator
MovieGood Advice
2001
as Ted
TVThe Guardian
2001
as Frank Newburg
TVCrossing Jordan
2001
as Thaxton
TVSpecial Unit 2
2001
as King of the Links
TVThe Division
2001
as Tom Burke Sr.
MovieGen¹³
2000
as Colonel John 'Jack' Lynch (voice)
TVCSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
as Robert Lansdale
TVAndromeda
2000
as Uncle Sid Barry / Sam Profitt
MovieWoman on Top
2000
as Alex Reeves
TVSecret Agent Man
2000
as Marshall Gilder
MovieFinal Run
1999
as George Bouchard
TVThe West Wing
1999
as Al Kiefer
TVJudging Amy
1999
as Dr. Eagan
TVThe Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot
1999
MovieBorder Line
1999
as Rolf Berger
TVFamily Guy
1999
as Pewterschmidt Industries Executive (voice)
TVCharmed
1998
as Odin
TVSports Night
1998
as Bert Stors
The Lost World
1998
as Lord John Roxton
MovieSaving Private Ryan
1998
as Letter-reader (voice) (uncredited)
MovieYou Lucky Dog
1998
as Lyle Windsor
MovieTrekkies
1997
as Self
MovieFinal Descent
1997
as Capt. George W. Bouchard
TVWorking
1997
as Kevin
TVAlly McBeal
1997
as Jackson Poile
TVStargate SG-1
1997
as Frank Simmons
TVThe Angry Beavers
1997
TVFired Up
1997
as Mr. Lux
TVThe Practice
1997
as Walter Bannish
MovieStar Trek: 30 Years and Beyond
1996
as Self
TVThe Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
1996
as Dr. Benton Quest (voice)
MovieRaven Hawk
1996
as Stansfield
MovieMultiplicity
1996
as Ted
TVMurder One
1995
as Mitchell Garron, Esq.
TVLegend
1995
as Janos Bartok
TVThe Outer Limits
1995
as Donald Finley
MovieEvolver
1995
as Russell Bennett
TVStar Trek: Voyager
1995
as Q
MovieWithout Warning
1994
as Barry Steinbrenner
TVTouched by an Angel
1994
as Justinian Jones
MovieSchemes
1994
as Arthur Martin
MovieJourney's End - The Saga of Star Trek: The Next Generation
1994
as Self
MovieDeep Red
1994
as Thomas Newmeyer
TVDuckman
1994
as Tyler Fitzgerald (voice)
MovieFearless
1993
as Jeff Gordon
TVDave's World
1993
as Mr. McFadden
MovieArcade
1993
as Difford
TVStar Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993
as Q
TVBatman: The Animated Series
1992
as Eagleton (voice)
MovieMissing Pieces
1992
as Paul / Walter Thackary
MovieThe Hand That Rocks the Cradle
1992
as Dr. Victor Mott
MovieStar Trek: 25th Anniversary Special
1991
as Self
MovieThe Fisher King
1991
as TV Executive
MovieAngel of Death
1990
as Jeffrey
MovieTaking Care of Business
1990
as Ted Bradford Jr.
MovieBad Influence
1990
as Howard
TVChristine Cromwell
1989
TVThe Nutt House
1989
as Norman Shrike
MovieBlood Red
1989
as (uncredited)
MovieGet Smart, Again!
1989
as Maj. Waterhouse
TVMission: Impossible
1988
as Drake
TVTrial and Error
1988
TVStar Trek: The Next Generation
1987
as Q
MovieOn Fire
1987
as Bobby Holicker
TVL.A. Law
1986
as Mark Chelios
TVMatlock
1986
as Dr. Albert Levinson
TVMacGyver
1985
as Brian Ashford
TVThe Twilight Zone
1985
as (segment "Dead Run")
TVMurder, She Wrote
1984
as Binky Holborn
TVThe Thorn Birds
1983
as Alastair MacQueen
TVNero Wolfe
1981
as Tom Irwin
MovieThe Miracle of Kathy Miller
1981
as Dr. Christensen
MovieLoving Couples
1980
as Allan
MovieNightside
1980
as Willy Potts
MovieThe Onion Field
1979
as LAPD Lieutenant
MovieThe Lazarus Syndrome
1979
as EKG Doctor (uncredited)
TVLittle Women
1978
as Frank Vaughn
TVBattlestar Galactica
1978
as Officer
TVThe Bastard
1978
as Lt. Stark
MovieSST: Death Flight
1978
as Bob Connors
TVAspen
1977
as Ray Chilton
MovieThe Man with the Power
1977
as Clark
Legacy
1975
TVThe Six Million Dollar Man
1974
as Medic
TVPolice Story
1973
as Sgt. Ralski
TVEmergency!
1972
as Dr. DeRoy
TVLe Grand Échiquier
1972
as Self
