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.

Filmography

• 2024IDENTITEAZE — Steve
• Masters of the Universe: Revolution — Granamyr (voice)
• 2024The Reality of Time
• X-Men '97 — Rama-Tut (voice), Rama-Tut / Kang (voice)
• 2023Star Trek: Picard - The IMAX Live Series Finale Event — Q (uncredited)
• Star Trek: Strange New Worlds — Q (voice)
• DOTA: Dragon's Blood — Ritterfau (voice)
• 2020Ayreon: Electric Castle Live And Other Tales — Narrator
• Star Trek: Lower Decks — Q (voice)
• Star Trek: Picard — Q
• 2019Manipulated
• 2019When the Train Stops — Jason Booth
• 2018Buttons — Dr. Johnson
• 2018My Little Pony: Best Gift Ever — Discord (voice)
• 2018Resurrect — Warren
• 2018The Late Batsby — Victor Freeze/Mr. Freeze (voice)
• 2017Olaf's Frozen Adventure — Mr. Olsen (voice)
• Justice League Action — Brainiac (voice)
• 2015Hypnotized
• 2015Visions — Victor Napoli
• Bronies 2 - More Unexpected Fans of My Little Pony
• 2014My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic: Keys of Friendship — Discord
• 2014Star Trek: The Next Generation - All Good Things... — Q
• The Librarians — Sesselman
• 2012Bronies: The Extremely Unexpected Adult Fans of My Little Pony — Himself, Executive Producer
• 2012CLONED: The Recreator Chronicles — Dr. Frank Miller
• 2012Zombie Hamlet — Jerry
• Franklin & Bash — Gallen
• NTSF:SD:SUV:: — Leo Da Vinci
• The Secret Circle — Royce Armstrong
• 2011Underground Entertainment: The Movie — John
• Law & Order: LA — Avery Staynor
• My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic — Discord (voice)
• Young Justice — Mr. Twister / Brom Stikk (voice)
• 2009Crank: High Voltage — Fish Halman
• 2009Elf Sparkle Meets Christmas the Horse — Santa Claus (voice)
• 2009Gamer — Chief Of Staff
• Breaking Bad — Donald Margolis
• In Plain Sight — Ran Bachman
• 2008My Apocalypse — Nathan Eastman
• 2008Pathology — Dr. Quentin Morris
• The Mentalist — Edward Feinberg
• 2007Reign Over Me — Nigel Pennington
• Shark — Warren Kovak
• The Unit — Elliott Gillum
• Torchwood — Allen Shapiro
• The Closer — Dr. Dawson
• 2004Darklight — Faith Director Chapel
• 2004The Eavesdropper — Dr. Gene Kramer
• 2003Burl's — Mr Cooper
• Duck Dodgers — Sinestro (voice)
• Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future — Councilor Gerard Hamilton (voice)
• 2002Return to Area 51 — Narrator, Producer
• 2002The Big Time — Vaughn Clay
• Without a Trace — Brian Gaghan
• Crossing Jordan — Thaxton
• 2001Good Advice — Ted
• Special Unit 2 — King of the Links
• The Division — Tom Burke Sr.
• The Guardian — Frank Newburg
• Andromeda — Uncle Sid Barry / Sam Profitt
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — Robert Lansdale
• Secret Agent Man — Marshall Gilder
• 2000Woman on Top — Alex Reeves
• 1999Border Line — Rolf Berger
• Family Guy — Pewterschmidt Industries Executive (voice)
• 1999Final Run — George Bouchard
• Judging Amy — Dr. Eagan
• The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot
• The West Wing — Al Kiefer
• Charmed — Odin
• 1998Gen¹³ — Colonel John 'Jack' Lynch (voice)
• 1998Saving Private Ryan — Letter-reader (voice) (uncredited)
• Sports Night — Bert Stors
• 1998The Lost World — Lord John Roxton, Screenplay
• 1998You Lucky Dog — Lyle Windsor
• Ally McBeal — Jackson Poile
• 1997Final Descent — Capt. George W. Bouchard
• Fired Up — Mr. Lux
• Stargate SG-1 — Frank Simmons
• The Angry Beavers
• The Practice — Walter Bannish, Dr. Walsh
• Working — Kevin
• 1996Multiplicity — Ted
• 1996Raven Hawk — Stansfield
• The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest — Dr. Benton Quest (voice)
• 1995Evolver — Russell Bennett
• Legend — Janos Bartok
• Murder One — Mitchell Garron, Esq.
• 1995Never Say Never: The Deidre Hall Story — John de Lancie (uncredited)
• Star Trek: Voyager — Q
• The Outer Limits — Donald Finley
• 1994Deep Red — Thomas Newmeyer
• Duckman — Tyler Fitzgerald (voice)
• 1994Schemes — Arthur Martin
• Touched by an Angel — Justinian Jones
• 1994Without Warning — Barry Steinbrenner
• 1993Arcade — Difford
• Dave's World — Mr. McFadden
• 1993Fearless — Jeff Gordon
• Star Trek: Deep Space Nine — Q
• Batman: The Animated Series — Eagleton (voice)
• 1992Missing Pieces — Paul / Walter Thackary
• 1992The Hand That Rocks the Cradle — Dr. Victor Mott
• 1991The Fisher King — TV Executive
• 1990Angel of Death — Jeffrey
• 1990Bad Influence — Howard
• 1990Taking Care of Business — Ted Bradford Jr.
• 1989Blood Red — (uncredited)
• Christine Cromwell
• 1989Get Smart, Again! — Maj. Waterhouse
• The Nutt House — Norman Shrike
• Mission: Impossible — Drake
• Trial and Error
• 1987On Fire — Bobby Holicker
• Star Trek: The Next Generation — Q
• 1986Houston: The Legend of Texas — John Van Fossen
• L.A. Law — Mark Chelios
• Matlock — Dr. Albert Levinson
• MacGyver — Brian Ashford
• The Twilight Zone — (segment "Dead Run")
• Murder, She Wrote — Binky Holborn
• The Thorn Birds — Alastair MacQueen
• Nero Wolfe — Tom Irwin
• 1981The Miracle of Kathy Miller — Dr. Christensen
• 1980Loving Couples — Allan
• 1980Nightside — Willy Potts
• 1979The Lazarus Syndrome — EKG Doctor (uncredited)
• 1979The Onion Field — LAPD Lieutenant
• Battlestar Galactica — Officer
• Little Women — Frank Vaughn
• 1978SST: Death Flight — Bob Connors
• The Bastard — Lt. Stark
• Aspen — Ray Chilton
• 1977The Man with the Power — Clark
• 1975Legacy
• The Six Million Dollar Man — Medic, Diver, Sergeant Chapman
• Police Story — Sgt. Ralski
• Emergency! — Dr. DeRoy
• Days of Our Lives — Eugene Bradford

Appearances as themselves (13)

• The Shuttlepod Show — Self
• The Ready Room — Self
• 2017Remembering Leonard: His Life, Legacy and Battle with COPD — Himself
• 201650 Years of Star Trek — Self
• 2014Chaos on the Bridge — Self
• The Captains Close Up — Self
• 2011The Captains — Self
• Greek — Himself
• 1997Trekkies — Self
• 1996Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond — Self
• 1994Journey's End - The Saga of Star Trek: The Next Generation — Self
• 1991Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special — Self
• Le Grand Échiquier — Self