1955-02-21 St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
Allen Kelsey Grammer (born February 21, 1955) is an American actor. He gained fame for his role as psychiatrist Dr. Frasier Crane on the NBC sitcom Cheers (1984–1993) and its spin-off Frasier (1993–2004). At nearly 20 years, this is one of the longest-running roles played by a single live-action actor in U.S. television history. He's received numerous accolades including a total of five Emmy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Tony Award. He was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2000. Grammer, having trained as an actor at Juilliard and the Old Globe Theatre, made his professional acting debut as Lennox in the 1981 Broadway revival of Macbeth. The following year, he portrayed Cassio acting opposite Christopher Plummer and James Earl Jones in Othello. In 1983, he acted alongside Mandy Patinkin in the original off-Broadway production of Stephen Sondheim's musical Sunday in the Park with George. He's since starred in the leading roles in productions of both Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street and My Fair Lady. On film, he is known for his role as Dr. Hank McCoy / Beast in the superhero film X-Men: The Last Stand (2006). His other roles include Down Periscope (1996), The Pentagon Wars (1998), and Swing Vote (2008). He is also known for his voice roles in Anastasia (1997), Toy Story 2 (1999), and as Sideshow Bob in The Simpsons. He has appeared in the sitcoms 30 Rock, Modern Family, and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. For his role as the corrupt mayor in the political series Boss (2011–2012), he received a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama. In 2010, Grammer returned to Broadway in the musical revival of La Cage aux Folles, where he received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical. In 2016, Grammer won a Tony Award for Best Musical as producer of a musical revival of The Color Purple. In 2019, he starred as Don Quixote in a production of Man of La Mancha at the London Coliseum. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kelsey Grammer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Office Race | Coach B | 2023-09-04 | |
The Marvels | Dr. Henry 'Hank' McCoy / Beast | 2023-11-08 | |
Jesus Revolution | Chuck Smith | 2023-02-23 | |
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The God Committee | Dr. Andre Boxer | 2021-07-02 | |
Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans | Blinky (voice) | 2021-07-21 | |
Charming the Hearts of Men | The Congressman | 2021-08-13 | |
The Space Between | Micky Adams | 2021-04-23 | |
Money Plane | Darius 'The Rumble' Grouch | 2020-09-29 | |
Grand Isle | Detective Jones | 2019-12-06 | |
7 Guardians of the Tomb | Mason | 2018-01-19 | |
Like Father | Harry Hamilton | 2018-08-03 | |
United We Fan | Self (archive footage) | 2018-04-28 | |
Bunyan and Babe | The Amazing Blackstone / Norm Blandsford (voice) | 2017-01-12 | |
The Paley Center Salutes NBC's 90th Anniversary | Host | 2017-02-19 | |
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows | Self | 2016-02-21 | |
Storks | Hunter (voice) | 2016-09-22 | |
Breaking the Bank | Charles | 2016-06-03 | |
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising | Shelby's Dad | 2016-05-04 | |
Killing Jesus | King Herod | 2015-04-05 | |
Entourage | Kelsey Grammer | 2015-06-03 | |
Baby, Baby, Baby | Sebastian | 2015-10-30 | |
Best of Enemies | Self | 2015-07-31 | |
Mariah Carey's Merriest Christmas | Self | 2015-12-19 | |
One Day in Auschwitz | Narrator (voice) | 2015-02-01 | |
Evolution Within Extinction | Self | 2014-09-30 | |
Think Like a Man Too | Lee Fox (uncredited) | 2014-06-20 | |
The Making of The Expendables 3 | Self | 2014-11-25 | |
T.J. Miller: Farm Hippie | Self | 2014-09-30 | |
X-Men: Days of Future Past | Hank McCoy / Beast (uncredited) | 2014-05-15 | |
The Expendables 3 | Bonaparte | 2014-08-07 | |
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return | The Tin Man (voice) | 2014-05-08 | |
Reach Me | Angelo Aldo Brandini | 2014-03-14 | |
Transformers: Age of Extinction | Harold Attinger | 2014-06-25 | |
FOX 25th Anniversary Special | Self | 2012-04-22 | |
Until They Are Home | Narrator | 2012-08-31 | |
I Don't Know How She Does It | Clark Cooper | 2011-09-16 | |
Crazy on the Outside | Frank | 2010-01-08 | |
Fame | Mr. Martin Cranston | 2009-09-23 | |
Middle Men | Frank Griffin | 2009-05-17 | |
An American Carol | General George S. Patton | 2008-10-03 | |
Swing Vote | President Andrew Boone | 2008-08-01 | |
X-Men: The Last Stand | Dr. Henry 'Hank' McCoy / Beast | 2006-05-24 | |
Kings of Comedy USA | Self (archive footage) | 2006-10-23 | |
Even Money | Detective Brunner | 2006-03-01 | |
The Good Humor Man | Mr. Skibness | 2005-03-16 | |
A Christmas Carol | Ebenezer Scrooge | 2004-11-28 | |
Teacher's Pet | Dr. Ivan Krank (voice) | 2004-01-16 | |
Frasier: Analyzing the Laughter | Dr. Frasier Crane | 2004-05-13 | |
No Safe Place: Six Lives Forever Changed | Narrator | 2003-01-01 | |
The Big Empty | Agent Banks | 2003-05-16 | |
Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor | George Washington | 2003-01-13 | |
Barbie of Swan Lake | Rothbart (voice) | 2003-09-27 | |
The Very Best of America's Funniest Comedians | Self (archive footage) | 2003-05-13 | |
NBC 75th Anniversary Special | Self | 2002-05-05 | |
Mr. St. Nick | Nick St. Nicholas | 2002-10-17 | |
America: A Tribute to Heroes | Self | 2001-09-21 | |
Laughing Out Loud: America's Funniest Comedians | Self (archive footage) | 2001-03-20 | |
Just Visiting | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | 2001-04-06 | |
The Sports Pages | Howard Greene | 2001-01-07 | |
15 Minutes | Robert Hawkins | 2001-03-01 | |
Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration | Self | 2000-06-06 | |
Standing on Fishes | Richard Verk | 1999-08-07 | |
The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story | Narrator | 1999-10-08 | |
Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas | Narrator (voice) | 1999-10-31 | |
Toy Story 2 | Stinky Pete the Prospector (voice) | 1999-10-30 | |
Animal Farm | Snowball (voice) | 1999-10-03 | |
Bartok the Magnificent | Zozi (voice) | 1999-09-07 | |
The Real Howard Spitz | Howard Spitz | 1998-08-28 | |
The Pentagon Wars | General Partridge | 1998-02-28 | |
Galaxies Are Colliding | Peter | 1998-01-06 | |
Anastasia | Vladimir (voice) | 1997-11-20 | |
Neil Simon's London Suite | Sydney Nichols | 1996-09-15 | |
Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen | Quote Reader | 1996-01-01 | |
Down Periscope | Lt. Commander Tom Dodge | 1996-03-01 | |
Kelsey Grammer Salutes Jack Benny | 1995-11-30 | ||
Runaway Brain | Dr. Frankenollie (voice) | 1995-08-11 | |
The Innocent | Det. Frank Barlow | 1994-09-25 | |
Beyond Suspicion | Ron McNally | 1993-11-22 | |
Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Special | Self | 1990-07-01 | |
The Earth Day Special | Dr. Frasier Crane | 1990-04-22 | |
Mickey's 60th Birthday | Dr. Frasier Crane | 1988-11-13 | |
Dance 'Til Dawn | Ed Strull | 1988-10-23 | |
Paul Reiser: Out on a Whim | Self | 1987-12-05 | |
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