Keegan de lancie star trek voyager
Keegan de Lancie, son of John de Lancie (Q), made an appearance at Wizard World Philly 2010 where he spoke about his life after playing Q’s son on Star Trek: Voyager.
Unlike many actors, de Lancie was more interested in another career and he headed to college and pursued that goal, ending up working for the International Organization for Migration (IOM) a United Nations Agency.
It was not difficult to make the transition from acting to college and then the U.N., according to de Lancie. “To be honest, that was always my interest,” he said. “So I did some acting, some singing, what have you, in high school, but my academic interests were always international development, diplomacy, and conflict resolution. I went from high school to college, studied that in college, and then straight to the Middle East to work.”
De Lancie rarely does conventions due to his schedule, but was able to meet up with his father for Wizard World Philly 2010. “I had an interview with the State Department in Washington, so I was there last week,” said de Lancie. “And then I was in the country and decided I’d come up and see, my parents were coming to the East Coast, so I figured I’d visit them. So really it’s sort of serendipitous that this happened at the same time and that I was in the country for it. So we came to do it together because we’re already together.”
Was his father relieved that de Lancie decided on a different career path than acting? “I think so, yes,” said de Lancie. “Very much.”
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Keegan de Lancie
John Keegan de Lancie (born October 31, 1984) is an American actor and the son of John de Lancie and Marnie Mosiman. He is best known for his role as Q (or Q Junior) in Star Trek: Voyager, where he played the son of Q, portrayed by his father John de Lancie in the episode "Q2."
He also appeared in several other popular television shows such as Ally McBeal and The Drew Carey Show. Keegan has one brother named Owen de Lancie (born 1987).
Early life and education
[change | change source]Keegan went to Amman, Jordan, on a Fulbright scholarship to study Iraqi refugees. He previously worked for the International Organization for Migration and helped Iraqi Christians move to Iraq's Kurdish regions to avoid violence against them. He currently serves as a member of the U.S. Foreign Service.
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Keegan de Lancie
Birth name:
John Keegan de Lancie
Place of birth:
Los Angeles, California, USA
According to an interview with the elder John de Lancie, the younger de Lancie was required to undergo the same interview and audition process for the role of Q (Junior) as any other actor. The younger de Lancie read for the part of Q (Junior) against several competitors and was determined by the Voyager casting director to be the best actor for the part, having also done very well in the audition. The senior de Lancie has mainly clarified this in interviews to dispel any rumors that his son had earned the role as a cameo or strictly due to being the son of the primary Q actor.
He also had roles in the movies Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday, Exit to Eden (with Iman and Stephanie Niznik), and The Velocity of Gary (with Olivia d'Abo), as well as episodes of The Drew Carey Show and Ally McBeal (with Renee E. Goldsberry).
In 2009, he graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a BA in Peace, War and Defense Studies as well as Arab Cultures. After graduation, he spent another year at the Qasid Institute taking classes in Arabic literature, media and classical grammar. From 2008 to 2009, he was also a Fulbright Fellow at the US Department of State and is currently serving as a US Foreign Service Officer.
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