Kelsey Grammer
Kelsey Grammer
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kelsey Grammer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Actor
as Sideshow Bob (voice)
as General Haskel
as Brynner
as Lars
as Dr. Henry 'Hank' McCoy / Beast
as Coach B
as Chuck Smith
as Frasier Crane
as Brian Conway
as James Christmas
as Robert Thompson
as Self - Guest
as Garland Foxworth
as James Christmas
as The Congressman
as Blinky (voice)
as Dr. Andre Boxer
as Micky Adams
as Abraham Lincoln (voice)
as Dr. Geoffrey Skadden (voice)
as Dr. Geoffrey Skadden
as Darius 'The Rumble' Grouch
as Blinky (voice)
as Self
as Detective Jones
as John Seward
as Richard Kenney
as Gore Bellows
as Harry Hamilton
as Self (archive footage)
as Mason
as Blinky Galadrigal (voice) (uncredited)
as The Amazing Blackstone / Norm Blandsford (voice)
as Mendel Dolem
as Pat Brady
as Self
as Blinky Galadrigal (voice)
as Hunter (voice)
as Charles
as Shelby's Dad
as Blinky (voice)
as Sebastian
as Self
as Kelsey Grammer
as King Herod
as Narrator (voice)
as Kelsey Grammer (voice)
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Bonaparte
as Harold Attinger
as Lee Fox (uncredited)
as Hank McCoy / Beast (uncredited)
as The Tin Man (voice)
as Angelo Aldo Brandini
as Allen Braddock
as Narrator
as Self
as Clark Cooper
as Mayor Tom Kane
as Frank
as Self
as Mr. Martin Cranston
as Frank Griffin
as Hank Pryor
as Keifth
as Self
as General George S. Patton
as President Andrew Boone
as Self
as Narrator
as Detective Brunner
as Chuck Darling
as Self
as Self (archive footage)
as Dr. Henry 'Hank' McCoy / Beast
as Kelsey Grammer
as Mr. Skibness
as Self - Guest
as Bob Sherman / Angel of Death
as Ebenezer Scrooge
as Dr. Frasier Crane
as Dr. Ivan Krank (voice)
as Self
as Self
as Self (voice)
as Rothbart (voice)
as Agent Banks
as Self (archive footage)
as George Washington
as Narrator
as Self
as Gary Andrews
as Self
as Nick St. Nicholas
as Self
as Self
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
as Self (archive footage)
as Robert Hawkins
as Howard Greene
as Self
as Kelsey Grammer
as Narrator (voice)
as Prospector (voice)
as Narrator
as Snowball (voice)
as Zozi (voice)
as Richard Verk
as Professor Tuttle
as Howard Spitz
as General Partridge
as Peter
as Vladimir (voice)
as Self
as Tom Whitman
as Narrator (voice)
as Sydney Nichols
as Lt. Commander Tom Dodge
as Quote Reader
as Self
as Dr. Frankenollie (voice)
as Det. Frank Barlow
as Benedict Arnold
as Ron McNally
as Frasier Crane
as Self - Guest
as Dr. Frasier Crane
as Frasier Crane
as Sideshow Bob (voice)
as Dr. Frasier Crane
as Ed Strull
as Self - Guest
as Self
as Captain Morgan Bateson
as Stephen Smith
as Frasier Crane
as Self - Host
as Self - Presenter
as Self - Nominee/Presenter/Performer
as Self - Nominee
as Self - Winner
as Self - Presenter
Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Producer
as Producer
as Producer
as Producer
as Producer
as Producer
as Producer
as Producer
as Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
as Director