Which american born actor, director and writer starred in the rock music comedy This is Spinal Tap?
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This Is Spinal Tap This Is Spinal Tap (stylized as This Is Spın̈al Tap) is a 1984 American rock music mockumentary comedy film directed, co-written, scored by, and starring Rob Reiner, and co-starring Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer. The film portrays the fictional British heavy metal band Spinal Tap. The film satirizes the wild personal behavior and musical pretensions of hard rock and heavy metal bands, as well as the hagiographic tendencies of rock documentaries of the time. The three main members of Spinal Tap—David St. Hubbins, Derek Smalls and Nigel Tufnel—are played by actors McKean, Shearer, and Guest, respectively. The three actors play their musical instruments and speak with mock English accents throughout the movie. Reiner appears as Marty Di Bergi, the maker of the documentary. Other actors in the movie are Tony Hendra as group manager Ian Faith, and June Chadwick as St. Hubbins' interfering girlfriend Jeanine. Actors Paul Shaffer, Fred Willard, Fran Drescher, Bruno Kirby, Howard Hesseman, Ed Begley, Jr., Patrick Macnee, Anjelica Huston, Vicki Blue, Dana Carvey, Billy Crystal and Linnea Quigley all play supporting roles or make cameo appearances in the movie.
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Rob Reiner Robert Reiner (born March 6, 1947) is an American actor, writer, director, producer, and activist. As an actor, Reiner first came to national prominence with the role of Michael Stivic on "All in the Family" (1971–79). That role earned him two Emmy Awards during the 1970s. As a director, Reiner was recognized by the Directors Guild of America (DGA) with nominations for the coming of age comedy-drama film "Stand by Me" (1986), the romantic comedy "When Harry Met Sally..." (1989), and the military courtroom drama "A Few Good Men" (1992). He also directed the psychological horror-thriller "Misery" (1990), the romantic comedy fantasy adventure "The Princess Bride" (1987) and the heavy metal mockumentary "This Is Spinal Tap" (1984).
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Scott Shaw Scott Shaw (born September 23, 1958) is an American actor, author, film director, film producer, journalist, martial artist, musician, photographer, and professor.
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Andy Dugan Andy Dugan (born December 16, 1981) is an American actor and filmmaker. He has worked on a variety of branded content as well, writing, directing, and producing short films, commercials, music videos, web serials, and marketing campaigns.
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Brian Unger (born November 30, 1965) is an American actor, comedian, writer, producer, and commentator.
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Darien Sills-Evans Darien Sean Evans, better known by his stage name, Darien Sills-Evans, (October 11, 1974) is an American actor, writer, comedian, and director.
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Rob Sitch Robert Ian "Rob" Sitch (born 17 March 1962) is an Australian director, producer, screenwriter, actor and comedian.
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Ernest Thompson Ernest Thompson (born Richard Ernest Thompson; November 6, 1949) is an American writer, actor, and director.
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Joey Sagal Joey Sagal (born February 12, 1957) is an American actor and screenwriter who has played Elvis Presley and George Clooney in movies and on television. He is the son of film director Boris Sagal.
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Wayne Federman Wayne Federman (born June 22, 1959) is an American comedian, actor, author, comedy writer, and musician. He is noted for numerous stand-up comedy appearances in clubs, theaters, and on television; a biography of "Pistol" Pete Maravich; and supporting comedic acting roles in "The X-Files", "The Larry Sanders Show", "Curb Your Enthusiasm", "Community", "Legally Blonde", "50 First Dates", "The 40-Year-Old Virgin", and "Step Brothers". He was the head monologue writer for NBC's "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" in its first season.
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Fred Willard Frederick Charles "Fred" Willard (born September 18, 1939) is an American actor, comedian, voice actor and writer, best known for his improvisational comedy. He is known for his roles in the Rob Reiner mockumentary film "This Is Spinal Tap", the Christopher Guest mockumentary films "Waiting for Guffman", "Best in Show", "A Mighty Wind", "For Your Consideration", and "Mascots", and the "" films. He is an alumnus of The Second City. He received three Emmy nominations for his recurring role on the TV series "Everybody Loves Raymond" as Robert Barone's father-in-law, Hank MacDougall. In 2010 he received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for his role on the ABC TV series "Modern Family" as Phil Dunphy's father, Frank Dunphy.
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Dax Shepard Dax Randall Shepard (born January 2, 1975) is an American actor, writer and director. He is best known for his work in the feature films "Without a Paddle" (2004), "" (2005), "Employee of the Month" (2006), "Idiocracy" (2006), "Let's Go to Prison" (2006), "Hit and Run" (2012), and "CHiPs" (2017), the last pair of which he also wrote and directed, and the MTV practical joke reality series "Punk'd" (2003). He portrayed Crosby Braverman in the NBC comedy-drama series "Parenthood" from 2010 to 2015.
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Sam Slovick Samuel J. "Sam" Slovick (born June 23, 1958) is an American actor, musician, and writer.
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Brent David Fraser Brent David Fraser (born February 21, 1967) is an American actor and musician. He was born in Bremerton, Washington.
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Jay Leggett Jay Michael Leggett (August 9, 1963 – November 23, 2013) was an American actor, improvisational comedian, producer, director, and screenwriter.
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Charles Baker (actor) Charles Edward Baker (born February 27, 1971) is an American actor, writer, and director. He is known for playing Skinny Pete on the AMC series "Breaking Bad", and currently has a recurring role on the NBC series "The Blacklist".
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Silas Howard Silas Howard is an American director, scriptwriter and actor. He started as a guitar player in the punk queer band Tribe 8 and eventually pursued a career in cinema. Co-writing, directing and acting his first feature film "By Hook or By Crook" in 2001, with Harry Dodge, he fell in love with visual storytelling and went on to get a MFA in directing in UCLA. He has since then written and directed many projects. He began directing episodes during the second season of Transparent, making him the show's first trans director.
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Daniel Zelman Daniel Luke Zelman (born June 16, 1967) is an American actor, screenwriter, television producer, and director.
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John C. Reilly John Christopher Reilly (born May 24, 1965) is an American actor, comedian, singer, screenwriter, and producer.
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Kevin Shinick Kevin Thomas Shinick (born March 19, 1969) is an American writer, actor, producer, director and voice artist, as well as a comic book creator. He played a role as the ACME Time Net Squadron Leader of the PBS series "Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego?" and was the creator, head writer and producer of the Cartoon Network animated sketch comedy series "MAD" for its entire four seasons, consisting of 103 episodes. He served as Creative Director of Adult Swim's "Robot Chicken", and continues to serve as a writer, co-producer and voice talent for the show's DC Comics specials. He won a 2010 Emmy award for writing on the show's "Full-Assed Christmas Special".
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André De Shields André De Shields (born January 12, 1946 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American actor, singer, director, dancer, novelist, choreographer, lyricist, composer and college professor.
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Patrick Muldoon Patrick Muldoon (born September 27, 1968) is an American actor and musician.