{"name": "John de Lancie", "bio": {"type": "/type/text", "value": "John Sherwood de Lancie, Jr. (born March 20, 1948) is an American actor, director, producer, writer, educator, and comedian, best known for his role as the alien Q in various *Star Trek* series (1987\u2013present), beginning with *Star Trek: The Next Generation*. His other television series roles include Eugene Bradford in *Days of Our Lives* (1982\u20131986; 1989\u20131990), Frank Simmons in *Stargate SG-1* (2001\u20132002), Donald Margolis in Breaking Bad (2009\u20132010), Agent Allen Shapiro in *Torchwood* (2011), as well as the voice of Discord in *My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic* (2011\u20132019). In the 2010s, de Lancie received credit for his public support of bronies of the *My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic* fandom. He has become an outspoken secular activist and was a featured speaker at the 2016 Reason Rally and CSICon 2019. \r\n\r\n**Source**: [John de Lancie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_de_Lancie) on Wikipedia"}, "personal_name": "John De Lancie", "alternate_names": ["John Sherwood de Lancie, Jr.", "John Lancie de", "de Lancie; John"], "source_records": ["bwb:9780743400794"], "type": {"key": "/type/author"}, "photos": [14346861], "remote_ids": {"isni": "0000000078398806", "wikidata": "Q550778", "viaf": "103436740", "musicbrainz": "98b91034-2ca5-42ef-888c-8f25b6461b0b", "goodreads": "127639", "imdb": "nm0209496", "lc_naf": "n95026954"}, "links": [{"title": "Author's website", "url": "https://www.johndelancie.com", "type": {"key": "/type/link"}}], "birth_date": "20 Mar 1948", "key": "/authors/OL30774A", "latest_revision": 16, "revision": 16, "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2008-04-01T03:28:50.625462"}, "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2025-08-01T04:03:05.887848"}}