Allen Kelsey Grammer (born February 21, 1955) is an American actor, producer, and singer. 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 to 2024). With 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 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.
In 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 on May 22, 2001.
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1989 • TV
1996 • TV
1987 • TV
1993 • TV
2014 • Movie
2023 • Movie
as Harold Attinger
as Dr. Henry 'Hank' McCoy / Beast
as Hank McCoy / Beast (uncredited)
as Bonaparte
as Vladimir (voice)
as Hunter (voice)
as Snowball (voice)
as Robert Hawkins
as Detective Brunner
as Rothbart (voice)
as Dr. Frankenollie (voice)
as Ron McNally
as Lt. Commander Tom Dodge
as Frank Griffin
as Lee Fox (uncredited)
as Zozi (voice)
as Frank
as Brynner
as Dad
as Chuck Smith
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as Sideshow Bob (voice)
25 episodes
as Self
1 episodes
as Captain Morgan Bateson
1 episodes
as Frasier Crane
264 episodes
as Self - Guest
4 episodes
as Self - Host
2 episodes
as Kelsey Grammer
3 episodes
as Self
1 episodes
as Frasier Crane
201 episodes
as Bob Sherman / Angel of Death
1 episodes
as Self - Presenter
1 episodes
as Self
4 episodes
as Self - Guest
1 episodes
as Frasier Crane
1 episodes
as Self
3 episodes
as Blinky (voice)
52 episodes
as Self
2 episodes
as Self
3 episodes
as Self - Guest
2 episodes
as Kelsey Grammer
1 episodes
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