ACTOR
John de Lancie
- Known for
- Woman on Top (2000), The Six Million Dollar Man (1974), The Thorn Birds (1983), Fearless (1993)
19 archived facts 4 topics 1 source Last reviewed Oct 2026
John de Lancie is an actor best known for Woman on Top, The Six Million Dollar Man and The Thorn Birds.
All facts (19)
- #001
The Star Trek character "Q" took his name from British fan Janet Quarton and from the late Gene Roddenberry's close friend.
- #002
In a 2012 interview, John de Lancie recalled his first audition for the role of Q; afterwards the series' legendary creator Gene Roddenberry approached him, touched his shoulder and said, "You're making my writing better than it is."
- #003
He was both the first and the last credited guest star to appear in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987).
- #004
He appeared eight times in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) across its seven seasons.
- #005
He is good friends with Richard Dean Anderson, star of MacGyver (1985) and Stargate SG-1 (1997). They appeared together in episodes of both series as well as in Legend (1995).
- #006
He is good friends with our fellow "Star Trek" alumnus Kate Mulgrew.
- #007
Along with Jonathan Frakes, Marina Sirtis, Armin Shimerman, Michael Ansara, Richard Poe and Mark Allen Shepherd, he is one of seven actors to play the same character in three different live-action "Star Trek" series. He portrayed Q in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987), Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993) and Star Trek: Voyager (1995).
- #008
In addition to his acting career, he also hosted the Los Angeles Philharmonic's (2005) children's series.
- #009
In 1987 John DeLancie perhaps unknowingly continued an interesting tradition. In the 1960s, the original Star Trek and the original Mission: Impossible often used the same roster of character actors as guest stars, since both were creations of Desilu Studios. When Mission: Impossible and Star Trek were relaunched, DeLancie played the villain in both pilots.
- #010
Along with Marc Alaimo, Rosalind Chao, Jeffrey Combs, Michael Dorn, Jonathan Frakes and Tim Russ, he is one of six actors to appear in ten different seasons of "Star Trek": Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) Seasons One, Four, Six and Seven, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993) Season One, and Star Trek: Voyager (1995) Seasons Two, Three and Seven.
- #011
He is known to the public (and to many science fiction fans) for his iconic role as Q in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987), Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993) and Star Trek: Voyager (1995).
- #012
The first hint of the role of Q came when he appeared in Little Women Part I (1978) alongside William Shatner, who played Captain James T. Kirk in the original Star Trek (1966) series and the later films.
- #013
He speaks French fluently.
- #014
He grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the same city as Star Trek: Voyager (1995) star Robert Picardo.
- #015
He is the son of Andrea and John Sherwood Keegan de Lancie Sr.; the latter was principal oboist of the Philadelphia Orchestra from 1954 to 1977.
- #016
He was a famous spokesman for Compaq computers. His son Keegan de Lancie (full birth name: John Sherwood Keegan de Lancie III) appears in advertisements for Dell computers.
- #017
He is the father of Keegan de Lancie and Owen de Lancie.
- #018
After appearing in two airline-disaster-themed films, Death Flight (for TV) and Fearless (opposite Jeff Bridges), he became famous for playing a troubled air traffic controller in Breaking Bad (as Jane's grieving father).
- #019
In Mr. Monk Stays in Bed (2005) there is a character named John DeLancy.
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