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This Is Spinal Tap
This Is Spinal Tap (officially spelled "Spın̈al Tap", with a non-functional umlaut over the letter n — n-diaeresis — and a dotless letter i) is a 1984 mock musical documentary directed by Rob Reiner about the fictional heavy metal band Spinal Tap. The film satirizes the wild personal behavior and...
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Rob Reiner
Robert Norman "Rob" Reiner (born March 6, 1947) is an American director, producer, writer, and political activist. As an actor, Reiner first came to national prominence as "Archie" and "Edith Bunker's" (played by Carroll O'Connor and Jean Stapleton,...
Christopher Guest
Nigel Tufnel (1948-) is the fictional lead guitarist of the rock band Spinal Tap featured in the 1984 mockumentary film This Is Spinal Tap. He is played by actor Christopher Guest.
Nigel's hobbies include collecting guitars; particularly noteworthy...
Michael McKean
David Ivor St. Hubbins (born August 13 1947) is a fictional character who is the lead singer and rhythm guitarist of the mock rock band Spinal Tap, which was the subject of "mockumentary" film This Is Spinal Tap (1984). David is played by actor...
Harry Shearer
Derek Albion Smalls (born 1941) is a fictional character played by Harry Shearer. He is the bassist for mock British heavy metal group Spinal Tap. He co-starred in the hit spoof rockumentary This is Spinal Tap with guitarists Nigel Tufnel ...
Fran Drescher
Francine Joy "Fran" Drescher (born September 30, 1957) is an Emmy- and Golden Globe Award-nominated American film and television actress, comedian, screenwriter, television director, producer, author, activist and political lobbyist best known for...
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Bruno Kirby
Bruno Kirby (April 28, 1949 – August 14, 2006) was an American film and television actor. He was perhaps best known for his roles in the Hollywood films City Slickers, When Harry Met Sally..., Good Morning, Vietnam, and The Godfather Part II.
Kirby...
Fred Willard
Fred Willard (born September 18, 1939) is an American comedian and actor known for his improvisational comedy skills. He is best known for his roles in the Christopher Guest mockumentary films This is Spinal Tap, Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show, A...
Joyce Hyser
Joyce Hyser (born December 20, 1957) is an American actress.
Hyser played in various films throughout the early 1980s, the last of which — Just One of the Guys (1985) — achieved some cult status. Hyser then mainly guest starred in many TV shows...
Andrew J. Lederer
Andrew J. Lederer is a New York-based comedian who has also starred in low-budget movies and worked in writing and production.
Growing up in New York City, Andrew appeared as a vocal soloist with the Brooklyn Borough-Wide Chorus, both in live...
Ed Begley, Jr.
Edward James "Ed" Begley, Jr. (born September 16, 1949) is an American actor, game show panelist and environmentalist. Begley is perhaps best known for his role as Dr. Mark Craig's intern, Dr. Victor Ehrlich on the television series St. Elsewhere,...
Patrick Macnee
Patrick Macnee (born 6 February 1922) is an English actor, best known for his role as the secret agent John Steed in the series The Avengers.
Macnee, the older of two sons (he has a younger brother, James), was born Daniel Patrick Macnee in...
June Chadwick
June Chadwick (born November 30, 1951 in Warwickshire, England, UK) is an English actress. Her most well-known TV roles are as Lydia in the science fiction TV series V: The Series, and as Lt. Joanna Parisi on the third season of the series Riptide....
Howard Hesseman
Howard Hesseman (born February 27, 1940) is an American actor.
Hesseman was born in Lebanon, Oregon, the son of Edna (née Forster) and George Henry Hesseman. His parents divorced when he was five, and he was raised by his mother and stepfather, a...
Sandy Helberg
Sandy Helberg (born May 28, year unknown) is an American actor.
Helberg was born in Frankfurt, Germany and grew up in Toledo, Ohio. He has starred in several comedy films, including three Mel Brooks films: High Anxiety, History of the World: Part 1...
Paul Benedict
Paul Benedict (September 17, 1938 – December 1, 2008) was an American actor who made numerous appearances in television and movies beginning in the 1960s. He is probably best recognized for his roles as The Number Painter on the PBS children's show...
