Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
February 21, 1955
Place of Birth:
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
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Kelsey Grammer
Biography
Allen Kelsey Grammer (born February 21, 1955) is an American actor and producer. He gained fame as the psychiatrist Dr. Frasier Crane on the NBC sitcom Cheers (1984–1993) and its spin-off Frasier (1993–2004, and again from 2023 to 2024). At over 20 years on-air, this is one of the longest-running roles played by a single live-action actor in primetime television history. He has received numerous accolades, including six Emmy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Tony Award.
Having trained as an actor at Juilliard and the Old Globe Theatre, Grammer made his professional acting debut as Lennox in the 1981 Broadway revival of Macbeth. The following year, he portrayed Cassio as the opposite of Christopher Plummer and James Earl Jones in Othello. In mid-1983, he acted alongside Mandy Patinkin in the original off-Broadway production of Stephen Sondheim's musical Sunday in the Park with George. He has since starred in the leading roles in productions of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, My Fair Lady, Big Fish, and Finding Neverland.
On film, he is known for his role as Dr. Hank McCoy / Beast in the superhero films X-Men: The Last Stand (2006), X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) and The Marvels (2023). 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 (1990–present). He took guest roles in the sitcoms 30 Rock (2010–2012), Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (2016), and Modern Family (2017). For his performance as the corrupt mayor in the Starz political series Boss (2011–2012), he received a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama.
In early 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 mid-2016, Grammer won a Tony Award for Best Musical as producer of a musical revival of The Color Purple. In early 2019, he starred as Don Quixote in a production of Man of La Mancha at the London Coliseum. In late 2023, The Telegraph described Grammer as one of "the finest actors" of his generation. He was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in mid-2001.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Frasier | Frasier Crane |
| 2023 | Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter | Self |
| 2022 | Sherri | Self - Guest |
| 2022 | Flowers in the Attic: The Origin | Garland Foxworth |
| 2022 | Kelsey Grammer's Historic Battles for America | Self |
| 2021 | Dr. Death | Dr. Geoffrey Skadden (voice) |
| 2021 | Dr. Death | Dr. Geoffrey Skadden |
| 2021 | The Ghost and Molly McGee | Abraham Lincoln (voice) |
| 2020 | Stars in the House | Self |
| 2020 | Wizards: Tales of Arcadia | Blinky (voice) |
| 2019 | You're Not a Monster | John Seward |
| 2019 | Proven Innocent | Gore Bellows |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson Show | |
| 2019 | Carol's Second Act | Richard Kenney |
| 2018 | Firing Line with Margaret Hoover | Self |
| 2017 | The Last Tycoon | Pat Brady |
| 2017 | The Nineties | Self |
| 2017 | Porters | Mendel Dolem |
| 2016 | Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia | Blinky (voice) |
| 2015 | Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt | Kelsey Grammer (voice) |
| 2014 | Partners | Allen Braddock |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self |
| 2011 | Boss | Mayor Tom Kane |
| 2010 | Who Do You Think You Are? | Self |
| 2009 | The Jay Leno Show | Self |
| 2009 | Hank | Hank Pryor |
| 2009 | Modern Family | Keifth |
| 2008 | Pioneers of Television | Self - Narrator (voice) |
| 2008 | Shatner's Raw Nerve | Self |
| 2007 | Back to You | Chuck Darling |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton Show | Self |
| 2006 | Web Junk 20 | |
| 2006 | 30 Rock | Kelsey Grammer |
| 2006 | Generation Boom | |
| 2006 | Rachael Ray | |
| 2005 | Medium | Bob Sherman / Angel of Death |
| 2005 | Kelsey Grammer Presents The Sketch Show | |
| 2005 | The Reichen Show | Self - Guest |
| 2004 | The Tony Danza Show | Self |
| 2004 | Father of the Pride | Self (voice) |
| 2004 | Project Runway | Self |
| 2003 | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Self |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | |
| 2003 | Celebrities Uncensored | Self |
| 2003 | Gary the Rat | Gary Andrews |
| 2001 | Good Day Live | Self |
| 2000 | Girlfriends | Kelsey Grammer |
| 1999 | Stark Raving Mad | Professor Tuttle |
| 1997 | The View | Self |
| 1997 | Just Shoot Me! | Narrator (voice) |
| 1997 | Fired Up | Tom Whitman |
| 1996 | The Daily Show | Self |
| 1994 | The American Revolution | Benedict Arnold |
| 1993 | Frasier | Frasier Crane |
| 1993 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | |
| 1991 | Baby Talk | |
| 1991 | Roc | |
| 1990 | Wings | Frasier Crane |
| 1989 | The Simpsons | Sideshow Bob (voice) |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | Self |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | Self - Guest |
| 1987 | Star Trek: The Next Generation | Captain Morgan Bateson |
| 1987 | J.J. Starbuck | |
| 1986 | Crossings | Craig Lawson |
| 1984 | Kate & Allie | |
| 1983 | Kennedy | Stephen Smith |
| 1982 | Cheers | Frasier Crane |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Host |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Presenter |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Nominee/Presenter/Performer |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Winner |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Presenter |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee/Presenter |
| A Dog's Life |