
Kelsey Grammer
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Biography
Allen Kelsey Grammer (born February 21, 1955) is an American actor, comedian, and producer. He gained fame for his role as the psychiatrist Dr. Frasier Crane on the NBC sitcom Cheers (1984–1993) and its spin-off Frasier (1993–2004, and again from 2023–present). At more than 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 a total of six Emmy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Tony Award.
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 has 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/BBeast 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. He took guest roles in the sitcoms 30 Rock, Modern Family, and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. For his performance as the corrupt mayor in the Starz political series Boss (2011–2012), he received a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor—TV 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 Colour Purple. In 2019, he starred as Don Quixote in a production of Man of La Mancha at the London Coliseum. In 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 2000.
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Medium

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Tony Awards

The Simpsons

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

The Graham Norton Show

Project Runway

Golden Globe Awards

Modern Family

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Saturday Night Live

Celebrities Uncensored

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

Just Shoot Me!

The Jay Leno Show

Girlfriends

The Daily Show

Father of the Pride

Wings

Carol's Second Act

Who Do You Think You Are?

J.J. Starbuck

Kate & Allie

Dr. Death

30 Rock

Fired Up

Stark Raving Mad

X-Men: Days of Future Past

The Marvels

Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising

The Making of The Expendables 3

Kennedy

The Expendables 3

Wizards: Tales of Arcadia

Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Special

Middle Men

Cheers

X-Men: The Last Stand

The Good Humor Man

Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia

Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans

Transformers: Age of Extinction

Father Christmas Is Back

Toy Story 2

Grand Isle

Money Plane

Proven Innocent

T.J. Miller: Farm Hippie

Anastasia

Storks

7 Guardians of the Tomb

The Last Tycoon

Bartok the Magnificent

Jesus Revolution

Wanted Man

Teacher's Pet

Like Father

Down Periscope

Frasier

The Pentagon Wars

Frasier

One Day in Auschwitz

Frasier: Analyzing the Laughter

A Dog's Life

The Sports Pages

Christmas in Paradise

Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas

Murder Company

Partners

The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story
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