Biography
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.
Known For
Complete Filmography

The Reality of Time
2024
The Reality of Time takes viewers on an immersive journey through the mysteries of time, from the Big Bang to modern physics, ancient philosophy, and ...

IDENTITEAZE
2024
as Steve
Two strangers wake up in a mysterious white room with no way out or memory of their past. The two must unravel their identity while navigating a corpo...

Star Trek: Picard - The IMAX Live Series Finale Event
2023
as Q (uncredited)
Get ready to send off Jean-Luc Picard and his crew in style! On Wednesday, April 19, experience the last two episodes of Star Trek: Picard in IMAX, fo...

Ayreon: Electric Castle Live And Other Tales
2020
as Narrator
Over four nights at Tilburg's 013 venue (scene of the Ayreon Universe series of live shows in 2017) Lucassen, his band and one of modern progressive m...

When the Train Stops
2019
as Jason Booth
Clive Emerson is a young fugitive with a troubled past and a bleak future. When the law catches up with him, he’s taken into custody by U.S. Marshal P...

Manipulated
2019
Manipulated is a taut Drama, Mystery, Whodunnit with an ensemble cast. Diane Conrad, district attorney, is under extreme pressure to resolve a case th...

Buttons
2018
as Dr. Johnson
During a time of robber barons, child labor, and rising industry, two orphan girls get a little help from their unexpected guardian angels who turn th...

My Little Pony: Best Gift Ever
2018
as Discord
As the ponies prepare for another Hearth's Warming, families come together to celebrate the holiday; Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, Applejack, Rarity, and Ra...

The Late Batsby
2018
as Victor Freeze/Mr. Freeze (voice)
Batgirl is annoyed when her friends go to face a villain without her.

Resurrect
2018
as Warren
A film director gruelingly pushes a washed-up actress to her physical and mental breaking point to get the best performance of her career in this neo-...

Olaf's Frozen Adventure
2017
as Mr. Olsen (voice)
Olaf is on a mission to harness the best holiday traditions for Anna, Elsa, and Kristoff.

Remembering Leonard: His Life, Legacy and Battle with COPD
2017
as Himself
An intimate journey into the life and legacy of one of the most respected and beloved legendary icons, Leonard Nimoy. "Remembering Leonard" focuses o...

50 Years of Star Trek
2016
as Self
Over the last fifty years, America has been fascinated by Star Trek since it first aired in September of 1966. This 2-hour documentary celebrates the ...

Visions
2015
as Victor Napoli
After moving to a vineyard with her family, a pregnant woman experiences horrifying visions.

Hypnotized
2015
The story about a hypnotist whose stage act is to give contrasting personalities to his audience members: but during one of his shows, after hypnotizi...

Chaos on the Bridge
2014
as Self
Canadian acting legend William Shatner takes viewers inside the creation of Star Trek: The Next Generation, the bold attempt in 1986 to recreate the s...

My Little Pony Friendship is Magic: Keys of Friendship
2014
as Discord
Since her arrival in Ponyville, Twilight Sparkle has learned the true meaning and value of friendship. With her very best friends (Rainbow Dash, Rarit...

Bronies: The Extremely Unexpected Adult Fans of My Little Pony
2012
as Himself
A film profiling the unusual cross-demographic fandom of the ostensibly girl oriented television series "My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic"

Bronies: The Extremely Unexpected Adult Fans of My Little Pony
2012
Executive Producer
A film profiling the unusual cross-demographic fandom of the ostensibly girl oriented television series "My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic"

Zombie Hamlet
2012
as Jerry
Desperate filmmaker Osric Taylor dreams of making his civil war Hamlet but when production funding dries up, he agrees to take southern matron Hester ...

CLONED: The Recreator Chronicles
2012
as Dr. Frank Miller
When a group of teenagers stumble upon a secret lab, they become part of a deadly experiment - The Recreator - evil human clones. Craig, Tracy and Der...

The Captains
2011
as Self
The Captains is a feature-length documentary film written and directed by William Shatner. The film follows Shatner as he interviews the other actors ...

Gamer
2009
as Chief Of Staff
Mind-control technology has taken society by a storm, a multiplayer on-line game called "Slayers" allows players to control human prisoners in mass-sc...

Crank: High Voltage
2009
as Fish Halman
Chelios faces a Chinese mobster who has stolen his nearly indestructible heart and replaced it with a battery-powered ticker that requires regular jol...

Pathology
2008
as Dr. Quentin Morris
Medical student Ted Grey graduates at the top of his class and quickly joins an elite pathology program, whose top students invite him into their circ...

My Apocalypse
2008
as Nathan Eastman
In an apocalyptic future, a serial killer holds his family and another family hostage in an attempt to change his life.

Reign Over Me
2007
as Nigel Pennington
A man who lost his family in the September 11 attack on New York City runs into his old college roommate. Rekindling the friendship is the one thing t...

Darklight
2004
as Faith Director Chapel
Captured by a secret society known as the Faith and mentally controlled with a powerful spell, ancient demoness Lilith now lives as a young woman with...

The Eavesdropper
2004
as Dr. Gene Kramer
Fifteen deaf patients took part in an experimental clinical trail aimed at hearing restoration. Within days, fourteen of the fifteen participants in t...

Burl's
2003
as Mr Cooper
When a young boy encounters three drag queens outside Burl's Diner in L.A. he decides that perhaps its time he checked out Mom's closet...

The Big Time
2002
as Vaughn Clay
In 1948 Manhattan, a diverse group of people are committed to making the fledgling Empire Network a success. Among them: a naive young woman who's hir...
Return to Area 51
2002
as Narrator
For decades the secrecy around Area 51 has shrouded the airbase in mystery. Despite endless speculation about secret military test-flights and extra-t...
Return to Area 51
2002
Producer
For decades the secrecy around Area 51 has shrouded the airbase in mystery. Despite endless speculation about secret military test-flights and extra-t...

Good Advice
2001
as Ted
An investment banker loses everything and must discover what's important in life.

Gen¹³
2000
as Colonel John 'Jack' Lynch (voice)
Caitlin Fairchild, a teenager offered a place in an institute for gifted children. She soon learns that the school isn't really a school, but rather a...

Woman on Top
2000
as Alex Reeves
Set to the intoxicating rhythms of Brazil, "Woman on Top" is a spicy, sexy comedy about the magic of food, love and music. Meet Isabella, a sultry enc...

Final Run
1999
as George Bouchard
The Grand Royale is a new high-tech passenger train with a computerized engine. On its maiden voyage, it suffers a severe technical failure, killing t...

Border Line
1999
as Rolf Berger
Allison Westlin, a Los Angeles-based immigration lawyer and single mother, investigates a murder with the help of private detective Mario Sparks and I...
The Lost World
1998
as Lord John Roxton
Arthur Conan Doyle's "Lost World" performed live as a filmed audio drama.
The Lost World
1998
Screenplay
Arthur Conan Doyle's "Lost World" performed live as a filmed audio drama.

You Lucky Dog
1998
as Lyle Windsor
Jack Morgan is a dog therapist, once famous for being able to read his dog's mind. Although Jack cannot read the minds of other dogs, he still operate...

Trekkies
1997
as Self
Denise Crosby takes a first look at the huge fans of "Star Trek" from around America and how the series has affected and shaped their lives.

Final Descent
1997
as Capt. George W. Bouchard
An airliner collides with a light plane just after takeoff, causing its elevators to jam in the full climb position. It will crash as soon as the fuel...

Raven Hawk
1996
as Stansfield
A Native-American woman, who was framed for the murders of her parents years before, returns to her reservation to seek revenge.

Multiplicity
1996
as Ted
Construction worker Doug Kinney finds that the pressures of his working life, combined with his duties to his wife Laura and daughter Jennifer leaves ...

Evolver
1995
as Russell Bennett
A teenage boy gets a robotic opponent after winning a laser tag contest; however the robot is not what it seems!

Without Warning
1994
as Barry Steinbrenner
A television program is interupted by a news network announcing that three meteors have hit the United States, France and China. At first it seems nat...

Schemes
1994
as Arthur Martin
In this intricate tale of deception, extortion, and murder, a successful architect learns that although beautiful strangers may be dangerous, it is fr...

Star Trek: The Next Generation - All Good Things...
1994
as Q
Q returns as Capt. Picard finds himself continually shifting into the past, future, and present, and he must use that to discover a threat to humanity...

Journey's End - The Saga of Star Trek: The Next Generation
1994
as Self
Your destination: the 24th century. Your mission: to voyage where few have gone before--behind the scenes of Star Trek: The Next Generation! Join Jona...

Deep Red
1994
as Thomas Newmeyer
After a young girl is accidently infected with an alien substance known as "Deep Red", the astonishing results attract the attention of the illustriou...

Fearless
1993
as Jeff Gordon
After a terrible air disaster, survivor Max Klein emerges a changed person. Unable to connect to his former life or to wife Laura, he feels godlike an...

Arcade
1993
as Difford
Alex Manning and her friends decide to visit the local video arcade known as "Dante's Inferno" where a new virtual reality arcade game called "Arcade"...

Missing Pieces
1992
as Paul / Walter Thackary
As sole heir to a relative's estate, Wendel is surprised to learn that the only thing he's been left is a riddle. However, he and his musician friend,...

The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
1992
as Dr. Victor Mott
A suburban family chooses seemingly sweet Peyton Flanders as their newborn's nanny. Only much later does the infant's mother, Claire Bartel, realize P...

Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special
1991
as Self
This documentary is hosted by William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy and they take us through the history of Star Trek. We also get to see bloopers from th...

The Fisher King
1991
as TV Executive
Two troubled men face their terrible destinies and events of their past as they join together on a mission to find the Holy Grail and thus to save the...

Angel of Death
1990
as Jeffrey
Escaped convict Gary Nicholson falls in love becomes obsessed with artist Laura Hendricks. He vows to protect her and her six-year-old son from any an...

Taking Care of Business
1990
as Ted Bradford Jr.
An uptight advertising exec has his entire life in a filofax organizer which mistakenly ends up in the hands of a friendly convict who poses as him.

Bad Influence
1990
as Howard
Wimpy young executive Michael is about to get pulverized by a jealous boyfriend in a bar when a handsome, mysterious stranger steps in—and then disapp...

Get Smart, Again!
1989
as Maj. Waterhouse
KAOS has invented a weather machine so Maxwell Smart and Agent 99 are called back into action to foil this evil plan.

On Fire
1987
as Bobby Holicker
Joe is an arson investigator for the fire department. He has a loving and devoted wife and has two just as loving and devoted sons. Things couldn't be...

The Miracle of Kathy Miller
1981
as Dr. Christensen
With the support of her parents, an Arizona adolescent overcomes severe injuries to run in a 10K race.

Loving Couples
1980
as Allan
Walter is a successful doctor, and so is his wife Evelyn. Wealthy and good-looking, they should be a happily married couple, but they're not. Walter ...

Nightside
1980
as Willy Potts
Danny Dandoy is a good-humored, streetwise cop working the dusk-to-dawn shift in Los Angeles with his somewhat naive new partner, Macey, in this propo...

The Onion Field
1979
as LAPD Lieutenant
An LA police officer is murdered in the onion fields outside of Bakersfield. However, legal loopholes could keep his kidnappers from receiving justice...

The Bastard
1978
as Lt. Stark
Phillipe Charboneau is the illegitimate son of an English duke. When he travels from France to England to claim his inheritance, he incurs the wrath o...

The Lazarus Syndrome
1978
as EKG Doctor (uncredited)
An adulterous newspaper reporter, who has just experienced a heart attack, pesters a doctor into investigating the questionable medical practices taki...

The Man With the Power
1977
as Clark
A man whose father was an alien from another planet inherits his father's supernatural powers. He is assigned to guard a beautiful Indian princess who...

SST: Death Flight
1977
as Bob Connors
On its maiden flight, the crew of America's first supersonic transport learns that it may not be able to land, due to an act of sabotage and a deadly ...
Legacy
1975
Director Karen Arthur's 1976 tale of a woman's mental breakdown stars Joan Hotchkis.