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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kelsey Grammer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kelsey Grammer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Medium
The Kelly Clarkson Show
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Tony Awards
The Simpsons
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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
Dog Whisperer
Wings
Carol's Second Act
Who Do You Think You Are?
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
J.J. Starbuck
Kate & Allie
Dr. Death
30 Rock
Fired Up
Stark Raving Mad
Father of the Pride
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Entourage
The Marvels
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
The Making of The Expendables 3
Avengers: Doomsday
Wizards: Tales of Arcadia
Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Special
The Expendables 3
Middle Men
Kennedy
Cheers
The Good Humor Man
X-Men: The Last Stand
Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia
Toy Story 2
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Grand Isle
Father Christmas Is Back
Money Plane
Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans
Proven Innocent
T.J. Miller: Farm Hippie
Storks
Anastasia
7 Guardians of the Tomb
The Last Tycoon
Jesus Revolution
Teacher's Pet
Like Father
Wanted Man
Bartok the Magnificent
Frasier
Frasier
Murder Company
Trollhunters: New Year's Eve Countdown
The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story
Frasier: Analyzing the Laughter
Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas
A Dog's Life
Christmas in Paradise
The Sports Pages
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
One Day in Auschwitz
Partners
Down Periscope
The Pentagon Wars
Production Credits
Partners
Phat Tuesdays: The Era of Hip Hop Comedy
The Game
Medium
Girlfriends
Frasier
Fired Up
Everybody Hates Chris
Frasier
Frasier: Analyzing the Laughter
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