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Allen Kelsey Grammer (born 1955) is an acclaimed American actor and producer, best known for his long-standing role as the psychiatrist Dr. Frasier Crane on the NBC sitcom Cheers and its spin-off Frasier. He has won six Emmy Awards and three Golden Globes. Trained at Juilliard, Grammer’s stage work includes acclaimed roles in Sweeney Todd and La Cage aux Folles. On film, he is known for playing Dr. Hank McCoy/Beast in the X-Men series and upcoming Avengers: Doomsday. He also voices Sideshow Bob in The Simpsons and holds a Hollywood Walk of Fame star.

Early life, family and education

Kelsey Grammer was born on Saint Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands.67 Grammer's mother, Sally Cranmer (1928–2008), was a dancer who performed under the name of Sally Sullivan.8 His father, Frank Allen Grammer Jr. was a musician who owned a coffee shop, Greer's Place;910 and owned and edited a magazine, Virgin Islands View.11 Kelsey had a younger sister, Karen, and four half-siblings from his father's second marriage.

Grammer's personal life has been shaped by many family tragedies. Following his parents' divorce, Grammer was raised in New Jersey by his mother and maternal grandparents, Gordon and Evangeline Cranmer.12 The family later relocated to Pompano Beach, Florida. When Grammer was twelve years old, his grandfather died of cancer.13 In 1968, his father was murdered in Saint Thomas during a wave of racial violence following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.141516 In 1975, his sister was kidnapped, raped, and murdered in Colorado Springs, Colorado, by spree killer Freddie Glenn.17 In 1980, his two teenage half-brothers died in a scuba diving accident.18

Grammer attended Pine Crest School, a private preparatory school in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.19 It was there that he first began to sing and perform on stage.20 Grammer later won a scholarship to study drama at the Juilliard School, where he was a member of Group 6 from 1973 to 1975.2122 However, after his sister's murder, Grammer failed to attend classes and was eventually expelled.23

Grammer described himself as "a Caribbean kid", and he enjoys vacationing in the Bahamas, the US Virgin Islands, and British Virgin Islands.24

Career

1977–1983: Theatre work and early roles

After leaving Juilliard, Grammer had a three-year internship with the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego in the late 1970s before a stint in 1980 at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis. Grammer acted as the Burglar in the LA production of the George Bernard Shaw play Too True to Be Good in 1977. In 1980 he starred in the Roundabout Theatre Company's production of A Month in the Country. He made his Broadway debut in 1981 as "Lennox" in Macbeth, taking the lead role when Philip Anglim withdrew after receiving negative reviews. Grammer then played Michael Cassio in the 1982 Broadway revival of Othello, alongside James Earl Jones and Christopher Plummer. That same year he portrayed Codename Lazar in the Public Theatre production of the David Hare play Plenty. In 1983, he performed in the demo of the Stephen SondheimJames Lapine production Sunday in the Park with George, starring Mandy Patinkin.

1984–1993: Breakthrough with Cheers

In 1984, Grammer first appeared as Dr. Frasier Crane in the NBC sitcom Cheers. Grammer's Broadway co-star and former Juilliard classmate, Mandy Patinkin, suggested Grammer to the New York casting director. He was supposed to appear for only six episodes, but ended up as a regular cast member.25 The character of Frasier first appears in the third season and continues to appear until the final season of the series in May 1993. Frasier Crane also had a crossover appearance in the 1992 Wings episode "Planes, Trains, & Visiting Cranes".

Grammer has provided the voice of Sideshow Bob on The Simpsons, starting in the 1990 episode "Krusty Gets Busted". He won a fifth Emmy Award for his work in the episode "The Italian Bob".26 Bob has appeared in twenty-three episodes of the show, the most recent being 2024's "The Yellow Lotus".

From April to June 1992, he played the title role in Richard II, staged at the Mark Taper Forum at the Los Angeles Music Center.27

1993–2004: Stardom and acclaim with Frasier

In September 1993, the character became the protagonist of spin-off Frasier. In the show, Frasier has moved from Boston to Seattle and works as a radio psychiatrist alongside his producer Roz (Peri Gilpin). In addition to starring, Grammer also directed more than 30 episodes, and sang the closing theme "Tossed Salads and Scrambled Eggs". In 2001, he negotiated a $700,000-per-episode salary for Frasier. The show was nominated for, and won, numerous awards during its 11-year run, concluding in May 2004. The show met instant success, and received five Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Comedy Series. This record has never been broken, with Modern Family tying the record.28 Grammer himself received 10 Primetime Emmy Award nominations for his role in Frasier, winning four times, tying him with Carroll O'Connor, Michael J. Fox and Jim Parsons for the most wins for Primetime Emmy Award for Best Actor in a Comedy Series. His 20-year run playing Dr. Frasier Crane (in both Cheers and Frasier) ties a length set by James Arness in playing Marshal Matt Dillon on Gunsmoke from 1955 to 1975,29 but it was surpassed by Richard Belzer in playing Det. John Munch on Homicide: Life on the Street and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit since 1993. Then, in February 2021, it was announced that Grammer would reprise the character in a revival set to air on the streaming service Paramount+.30

In 1995, Grammer voiced Dr. Frankenollie in the Mickey Mouse short Runaway Brain, and it was nominated for Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. He later starred in the lead role as Lt. Commander Thomas "Tom" Dodge in the film Down Periscope (1996), and voiced Vladimir "Vlad" Vasilovich in the 20th Century Fox's critically acclaimed animated movie Anastasia (1997). In 1999, Grammer voiced the main antagonist Stinky Pete in Pixar's Golden Globe Award-winning Toy Story 2 (1999). He also provided voice work for several other animated television series and direct-to-video films, such as Barbie of Swan Lake, Bartok the Magnificent, the title character in the short-lived animated series Gary the Rat, and the narrator of Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas. He also voiced Dr. Ivan Krank in Disney's Teacher's Pet (2004). In 2004, he played Ebenezer Scrooge in the musical television film A Christmas Carol.

Grammer's voice has been featured in many commercials. In 1998, he appeared in a commercial for Honey Nut Cheerios, where he voices the wolf in Little Red Riding Hood. Since 2006, Grammer has provided the voice for television commercials advertising Hyundai. In 2008, Grammer reprised his role of Dr. Frasier Crane in a commercial for Dr Pepper (Frasier and Cheers co-star Bebe Neuwirth also reprised her role as Lilith Sternin in the same commercial, albeit in voice only). In 2000, Grammer again played Macbeth on Broadway, in a production that closed after only 10 days.31

2005–present: Continued acclaim

In 2005, Grammer produced an American adaptation of the British show The Sketch Show, which aired on Fox. The main cast consisted of Malcolm Barrett, Kaitlin Olson, Mary Lynn Rajskub and Paul F. Tompkins, as well as Lee Mack from the British version of the show. Grammer appeared in only short opening and closing segments in each episode. Many of the sketches from the British version were re-created. Only six episodes of the show were made, and it was cancelled after just four of them had aired. In 2007, Grammer starred with Patricia Heaton in the American sitcom Back to You, which Fox cancelled after its first season. His next lead role, ABC's Hank, was cancelled after only five episodes had aired. Grammer later commented, "Honestly, it just wasn't very funny."32

On April 18, 2010, Grammer made his Broadway musical debut playing the role of Georges in a revival of the Jerry Herman/Harvey Fierstein musical La Cage aux Folles at the Longacre Theatre. Grammer starred alongside Douglas Hodge for which they both were nominated for Tony Awards for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical. Grammer was said to have been "delivering an assured and charming leading turn."33 In 2011 and 2012, Grammer found temporary success in the Starz drama series Boss as a fictional mayor of Chicago, based on former mayor Richard J. Daley. It premiered in October 2011.34 It was his first dramatic TV series.35 At the 2012 Golden Globe Awards Grammer won the award for Best Actor in a Television Series Drama for his role. The show ran for 18 episodes over two seasons.36 From 2010 to 2012, Grammer guest starred as a comical version of himself in three episodes of the NBC show 30 Rock alongside Jane Krakowski and Jack McBrayer.

In 2011, he was originally announced to provide the voice of Henry J. Waternoose III in the prequel to Monsters, Inc., Monsters University, and he was meant to replace James Coburn, following Coburn's death in 2002. The character, however, got cut from the film.

In 2014, Grammer came back to sitcom television when he appeared in Partners with comedian Martin Lawrence. The Lionsgate-produced show was written and executive produced by Robert L. Boyett and Robert Horn, known for writing hit shows like Family Matters, Living Single, Full House, Designing Women, and Perfect Strangers. Despite this, the show was cancelled after its first season. Later that same year, Grammer starred in several films such as Bonaparte in The Expendables 3 (2014) and as Harold Attinger in Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014). He appeared as both the narrator and Herod the Great, in the National Geographic TV film Killing Jesus. In 2015, Grammer and John Lithgow lent their voices to the critically acclaimed documentary Best of Enemies as William F. Buckley Jr. and Gore Vidal, respectively.37 The documentary surrounds the events around the televised debates between intellectuals Vidal and Buckley during the 1968 United States presidential election. The film premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival and was shortlisted for the Academy Award for Best Documentary but did not make the final cut.38

In March 2015, Grammer originated the roles of Charles Frohman and Captain Hook in the Broadway premiere of the musical Finding Neverland, continuing with the roles through June.39 In February 2016 he made an appearance in the West End production of Big Fish.40 In 2016, Grammer won a Tony Award as a producer of The Color Purple.41 In 2019, Grammer starred as Don Quixote in a production of Man of La Mancha at the London Coliseum. That same year he starred as Harry Hamilton in the Netflix film Like Father (2018), alongside Kristen Bell, and as a detective opposite Nicolas Cage in Grand Isle (2019).

Grammer reprised his role as Frasier Crane in the 2023 revival of Frasier on Paramount+.42 The show was renewed for a second season with Peri Gilpin from the original series returning for a recurring role.43 Grammer reprised his role as Dr. Hank McCoy / Beast in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film The Marvels (2023) during an post-credits scene.44 It was announced in 2025 that Grammer would also reprise the role in the upcoming MCU film Avengers: Doomsday (2026).45

Personal life

Grammer has been married four times, and has seven children and one grandchild, Emmett.46 His first marriage, to a dance instructor, Doreen Alderman,47 lasted from 1982 to 1990, although they were separated for the last six years of that period.48 They have one daughter, the actress Spencer Grammer (born October 9, 1983).49 Through Spencer, Grammer has one grandson, born on October 10, 2011.50

After his divorce from Alderman, Grammer had a daughter, Kandace Greer Grammer (born February 15, 1992), with a hair and makeup stylist, Barrie Buckner. Kandace was later a cast member on MTV's show Awkward.5152

His second marriage, to Leigh-Anne Csuhany in September 1992,53 lasted one year. When Csuhany was three months pregnant, Grammer filed for an annulment and evicted her from their home;54 Grammer claimed she was abusive and fired a gun at him.5556 The pregnancy ended in a miscarriage.

In 1994, he met 28-year-old Tammi Baliszewski at a bar in Manhattan Beach, California. In December 1994, they appeared together on the cover of People magazine, announcing their engagement and Grammer's substance abuse problems.57

In August 1997, Grammer married the dancer and model Camille Donatacci. They met on a blind date in 1996.58 They have a daughter, Mason, born October 2001, and a son, Jude, born August 2004, both born to a surrogate mother.59 During their marriage, several of Grammer and Donatacci's homes were featured in magazines, including ones in Malibu (February 2001, InStyle), Maui (May 2004, InStyle), Long Island (April 2008, InStyle), Bachelor Gulch (Architectural Digest),60 and Bel Air, Los Angeles (Architectural Digest). In New York City, they lived at 15 Central Park West.6162 On July 1, 2010, it was announced that Camille had filed for divorce.63 The pair's divorce was finalized on February 10, 2011.64

On August 12, 2010, Grammer announced that he was going to be a father to a fifth child, this time with his girlfriend, Kayte Walsh, an English flight attendant 25 years his junior and daughter of the former footballer Alan Walsh.65 In October, Grammer announced that Walsh had miscarried six weeks earlier.66 The couple announced their engagement in December 201067 and married at the Plaza Hotel in New York City on February 25, 2011, two weeks after the dissolution of Grammer's third marriage.68 Grammer and Walsh have a daughter, born July 2012,69 and two sons, born July 201470 and November 2016.71 On January 18, 2023, it was reported that Grammer had purchased a house in his wife's hometown of Portishead, Somerset, England.72

In 2001, Grammer described himself as religious and believed in God, but he said he does not adhere to any particular religion.73

Murder of Karen Grammer

On July 1, 1975, Grammer's younger sister, 18-year-old Karen Grammer, was raped and murdered by spree killers, Freddie Glenn, and two other men. Grammer identified his sister's body and informed their mother shortly after. According to Grammer, his bouts of alcoholism and drug abuse were driven, in part, by guilt and depression over his sister's death, as the pair had been close in childhood.74

In a 2012 interview with Oprah Winfrey, Grammer said he would be willing to forgive the perpetrators if they would take responsibility for the crime, though they all claimed innocence. In the same interview, Grammer expressed his loss of faith for several years after Karen's death.75 He subsequently forgave Glenn in a 2014 parole hearing after being convinced of Glenn's contrition, but refused to support his release, saying that it would "be a betrayal of my sister's life".76 He named his daughter Spencer Karen Grammer in part for his sister.77

Karen Grammer's murder and the investigation by the Colorado Springs Police Department was the subject of the episode "Animal Nature" of the Investigation Discovery series Homicide Hunter.78

Grammer's 2025 book Karen: A Brother Remembers is about his sister's life and murder, and its effect on his life.79

Politics

Grammer is a supporter of the Republican Party, and he endorsed the Tea Party movement on economic issues such as small government and lower taxes;80 City A.M. described him as "one of Hollywood's best-known Republicans, a rare spark of red in a blue sea of Democrats".81

A New York magazine profile published in 2010 described Grammer as "pro-choice".82 In 2015, however, his wife posted an Instagram photo of Grammer wearing a T-shirt from the anti-abortion group Abort73.83

Grammer has expressed disbelief on the scientific consensus on climate change, comparing the California wildfires to alleged global cooling from his youth and criticized the 2011 and 2018 climate meetings.848586 Additionally, he stated in a 2016 interview with The Guardian that the person he admired most was Vladimir Putin "because he is so comfortably who he is".87 In 2019, he issued a statement in support of Brexit.88

Grammer has criticized Washington politicians, stating: "I don't think Washington did us any favors for the last 50, 60 years, I think they've all been sort of the same party, the same bunch of clowns".89 He has expressed an interest in some day running for United States Congress,90 Mayor of New York City,91 and the presidency.92 In an interview with radio talk show host Frank Morano in August 2021, he indicated that he was no longer interested in running for office.93 Grammer was a guest at President George W. Bush's first inauguration.94 Grammer endorsed Rudy Giuliani in the 2008 presidential primary and later campaigned for John McCain in the general election.9596 Grammer also promoted RightNetwork, a conservative start-up American television network.97 He endorsed Michele Bachmann for the Republican nomination for president in 2012.98 Grammer later endorsed Mitt Romney after he had won the Republican nomination.99 He initially supported Ben Carson's candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016, although later stating he would gladly vote for Republican candidate Donald Trump in the upcoming election.100

In a December 2023 interview with BBC's Today to promote the new series of Frasier, Grammer confirmed he still supports Trump.101 Grammer expressed support for Trump again in a May 2025 interview with '"The Times.102

Health problems

Grammer has a history of substance abuse.103 In 1988, he was charged with drunk driving and cocaine possession and sentenced to 30 days in jail.104 In August 1990, Grammer was charged again with cocaine possession and was sentenced to three years' probation, fined $500, and required to perform 300 hours of community service.105 In January 1991, Grammer was given an additional two years' probation for violating his original probation through additional cocaine use.106 In September 1996, he crashed his Dodge Viper sports car while intoxicated, and subsequently checked into the Betty Ford Center for 30 days.107 Grammer's personal problems affected his work. The cast and producers of both Frasier and Cheers held interventions to help him; co-star Bebe Neuwirth and writer Ken Levine cited delays with rehearsals and filming due to his erratic behavior.108 The writer Dan O'Shannon recalled:109

He would ooze into the studio, his life all out of sorts. Jimmy would say "Action," and he would snap into Frasier and expound in this very erudite dialogue and be pitch-perfect. And Jimmy would yell "Cut!" and he would ooze back into Kelsey—glazed-over eyes, half asleep, going through whatever he was going through. It was the most amazing transformation I'd ever seen.110

Grammer credits his religious faith for helping him confront his personal problems.111

On May 31, 2008, while paddleboarding with his then-wife Camille in Hawaiʻi, Grammer had a heart attack. Their personal assistant, Scott MacLean, was essential in saving his life.112 Grammer was discharged on June 4, 2008, and was said to be "resting comfortably" at his Hawaii residence.113 Seven weeks after the attack, Grammer told Entertainment Tonight that, although his spokesman described the attack as mild, it was more severe as his heart had stopped.114 Grammer thought Fox's decision to cancel his TV sitcom Back to You contributed to his health problems, saying: "It was a very stressful time for me, and a surprise that it was cancelled. But you know, everything that doesn't kill us—which it almost did—makes us stronger!"115

Legal issues

In 1988, Grammer was arrested for possession of one-quarter gram of cocaine, after being pulled over in a traffic stop for driving with expired plates in North Hollywood, California. A year earlier, he had been arrested for a DUI in Van Nuys, California, and would go on to serve 14 days of a 30-day sentence. Grammer later served 10 days of community service after failing to comply with the requirements of his parole in 1990. Later in the same year, Grammer was sentenced to 90 days of house arrest, ordered to pay a $500 fine, underwent drug and alcohol abuse counseling, and performed 300 hours of community service for his 1988 cocaine possession case.116

In 1995, Grammer was accused of having sex with his child's underage babysitter. A grand jury chose not to indict the actor, stating: "The young woman's delay of more than a year in pressing charges against Mr. Grammer made it difficult to support her claim." Grammer released a statement shortly afterward, saying: "I have said from the outset that there was no basis for the allegations."117 In 1996, Grammer's ex-girlfriend, Cerlette Lamme, sued him for defamation of character and invasion of privacy over content he included in his autobiography So Far....118

In 1998, Grammer filed a lawsuit against Internet Entertainment Group (IEG), which Grammer claimed had stolen from his home a videotape of him in bed with a woman. IEG counter-sued Grammer, denying it was in possession of such a tape, and Grammer's suit was dropped.119 IEG President Seth Warshavsky later said, "We have been presented with another Kelsey Grammer tape. But we have no plans to air it. We are still evaluating it at this time."120

Acting credits

Key
CDenotes productions that have not yet been released

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1992Galaxies Are CollidingPeter
1995Runaway BrainDr. FrankenollieVoice; short film
1996Down PeriscopeTom Dodge
1997AnastasiaVladimirVoice
1998The Real Howard SpitzHoward Spitz
1999Standing on FishesVerk
Bartok the MagnificentZoziVoice; Direct-to-video
Mickey's Once Upon a ChristmasNarrator
Toy Story 2Stinky Pete the ProspectorVoice
200115 MinutesRobert Hawkins
Just VisitingNarratorUncredited
God Lives Underwater: FameRobert HawkinsShort film
2003The Big EmptyAgent Banks
Barbie of Swan LakeRothbartVoice; direct-to-video
2004Teacher's PetDr. Ivan KrankVoice
2005The Good Humor ManMr. Skibness
2006Even MoneyDetective Brunner
X-Men: The Last StandDr. Hank McCoy / Beast
2007The Simpsons MovieSideshow BobVoice, scenes deleted121
2008Swing VotePresident Andrew Boone
An American CarolGeorge S. Patton
2009Middle MenFrank Griffin
FameMr. Martin Cranston
2010Crazy on the OutsideFrank
2011I Don't Know How She Does ItClark Cooper
2013Monsters UniversityHenry J. Waternoose IIIVoice, deleted scene122
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's ReturnTin ManVoice
2014X-Men: Days of Future PastDr. Hank McCoy / BeastUncredited cameo
Think Like a Man TooLee Fox
The Expendables 3Bonaparte
Transformers: Age of ExtinctionHarold Attinger
Reach MeAngelo AldoBrandini
Breaking the BankCharles Bunbury
2015EntourageHimselfCameo
Best of EnemiesWilliam F. Buckley Jr.Voice; Documentary
2016Neighbors 2: Sorority RisingMr. Robek, Shelby's DadCameo
StorksHunterVoice
2017Bunyan and BabeThe Amazing Blackstone / Norman Blandsford
2018Guardians of the TombMason
Like FatherHarry Hamilton
2019Grand IsleDetective Jones
2020Money PlaneDarius Emmanuel Grouch III, aka "The Rumble"
2021The Space BetweenMicky Adams
The God CommitteeDr. Andre Boxer
Trollhunters: Rise of the TitansBlinky GaladrigalVoice
Charming the Hearts of MenCongressman
Father Christmas Is BackJames Christmas
Miss Willoughby and the Haunted BookshopRobert Windsor
2022High ExpectationsCoach Harrison Davis
2023Jesus RevolutionChuck Smith
The MarvelsDr. Hank McCoy / BeastCameo
2024Wanted ManBrynner
Murder CompanyGeneral Haskel
The Most Wonderful Time of the YearSideshow BobVoice; short film
2025Wish You Were Here123Dad
2026Avengers: DoomsdayDr. Hank McCoy / BeastFilming124

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1979Ryan's HopeWaiterUncredited; Episode: "#1.1051"
1982Another WorldHead ParamedicEpisode: "#1.4498"
MacbethLennoxTelevision film
1983KennedyStephen Smith5 episodes
1984Kate & AllieDavid HamillEpisode: "Allie's First Date"
George WashingtonLieutenant Stewart1 episode
1984–1993CheersDr. Frasier Crane203 episodes
1986CrossingsCraig Lawson2 episodes
1987You Are the JuryStuart CooperEpisode: "The State of Oregon vs. Stanley Manning"
J.J. StarbuckPierce MorganEpisode: "Murder in E Minor"
1988Mickey's 60th BirthdayDr. Frasier CraneTelevision special
Dance 'til DawnEd StrullTelevision film
1989227Mr. AndersonEpisode: "For Sale"
Top of the HillUnknownTelevision movie
1990The Tracey Ullman ShowMr. BrennaEpisode: "Maria and the Mister"
The Magical World of DisneyDr. Frasier CraneEpisode: "Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Celebration"
The Earth Day SpecialTelevision special
1990–presentThe SimpsonsSideshow BobVoice; 25 episodes
1991Baby TalkRussellEpisode: "One Night with Elliot"
1991–1998Saturday Night LiveHimself3 episodesHost (2 episodes)Cameo (Episode: "Kirstie Alley/Tom Petty")
1992WingsDr. Frasier CraneEpisode: "Planes, Trains and Visiting Cranes"
Star Trek: The Next GenerationCapt. Morgan BatesonEpisode: "Cause and Effect"
1993RocDetective RushEpisode: "To Love and Die on Emerson Street (Part 2)"
Appointment for a KillingRon McNallyTelevision film
1993–2004FrasierDr. Frasier Crane264 episodes
1994The InnocentDet. Frank BarlowTelevision film
1995BiographyGeorge WashingtonDocumentaryEpisode: "Benedict Arnold: Triumph and Treason"
1996London SuiteSydney NicholsTelevision film
1997Fired UpTom Whitman2 episodes
1998The Pentagon WarsGeneral PartridgeTelevision film
Just Shoot Me!NarratorVoice; Episode: "How the Finch Stole Christmas"
1999Animal FarmSnowballVoice; Television film
2000Stark Raving MadProfessor TuttleEpisode: "The Grade"
2001The Sports PagesHoward GreeneTelevision filmSegment "How Doc Waddems Finally Broke 100"
2002Mr. St. NickNick St. NicholasTelevision film
2003Benedict Arnold: A Question of HonorGeorge Washington
BeckerRick CooperEpisode: "But I've Got Friends I Haven't Used Yet"
Gary the RatGary AndrewsVoice; 13 episodes
2004A Christmas Carol: The MusicalEbenezer ScroogeTelevision film
Sesame StreetHimself
2005The Sketch ShowVarious characters6 episodes
2006MediumBob Sherman Angel of DeathEpisode: "Death Takes a Policy"
2007–2008Back to YouChuck Darling17 episodes
2009HankHank Pryor10 episodes
2010The TroopDr. CraniusVoice; Episode: "Do Not Talk to Dr. Cranius"
2010–201230 RockHimself3 episodes
2011–2012BossMayor Tom Kane18 episodes
2014PartnersAllen Braddock10 episodes
2015Killing JesusKing Herod/NarratorTelevision film
2016Unbreakable Kimmy SchmidtHimselfVoice; Episode: "Kimmy Kidnaps Gretchen!"
2016–2017The Last TycoonPat Brady9 episodes
2016–2018Trollhunters: Tales of ArcadiaBlinky GaladrigalVoice; 52 episodes
2017Modern FamilyKeifthEpisode: "Ringmaster Keifth"
PortersMendel DolemEpisode: "#1.1"
2018–20193Below: Tales of ArcadiaBlinky GaladrigalVoice; 2 episodes
2019ArrowNarratorVoice; Episode: "Emerald Archer" (uncredited)125
Proven InnocentGore Bellows13 episodes
You're Not a MonsterJohn SewardVoice; 10 episodes
2020Carol's Second ActRichardEpisode: "R.I.P. Dr. Herman"126
Wizards: Tales of ArcadiaBlinky GaladrigalVoice; 9 episodes
2021Dr. DeathDr. Geoffrey Skadden4 episodes
The Ghost and Molly McGeeAbraham Lincoln's ghost (voice)Episode: "Not So Honest Abe"
2022Flowers in the Attic: The OriginGarland FoxworthEpisode: "Part One: The Marriage"
The 12 Days of Christmas EveBrian ConwayTelevision film127
2023–2024FrasierDr. Frasier Crane20 episodes128

Theatre

YearTitleRoleVenueRef.
1981MacbethLennoxVivian Beaumont Theatre, Broadway129
1982OthelloMichael CassioWinter Garden Theatre, Broadway130
PlentyCodename LazarThe Public Theater, Off-Broadway
1983Quartermaine's TermsMark SacklingPlayhouse 91, Off-Broadway
Sunday in the Park with GeorgeA Soldier / Alex / Young Man on the BankPlaywrights Horizons, Off-Broadway
1992Richard IIKing Richard IIMark Taper Forum, Los Angeles
1999Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet StreetSweeney ToddAhmanson Theatre, Los Angeles
2000MacbethMacbethColonial Theater, Boston
Music Box Theatre, Broadway131
2007My Fair LadyProfessor Henry HigginsAvery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center
2010–2011La Cage aux FollesGeorgesLongacre Theatre, Broadway132
2015–2016Finding NeverlandCharles Frohman / Captain James HookLunt-Fontanne Theatre, Broadway133
2015–2017The Color PurpleProducerBernard B. Jacobs Theatre, Broadway134
2017Big FishEdward BloomThe Other Palace, Off West End
2018Beauty and the BeastLumièreHollywood Bowl, Los Angeles
2019Man of La ManchaDon Quixote / Miguel de CervantesLondon Coliseum, West End
2024CandideProfessor PanglossWichita Grand Opera

Video games

YearTitleVoice role
1999Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear to the RescueStinky Pete the Prospector
2002Quest for the CodeMucus Airgon
2007The Simpsons GameSideshow Bob

Production work

Director

YearTitleNotes
1996–2004Frasier36 episodes
2001Neurotic TendenciesPilot
2005Out of Practice2 episodes
2006My Ex LifePilot
2007Everybody Hates ChrisEpisode: "Everybody Hates the Last Day"
2009Hank2 episodes
Alligator PointPilot
2014Partners2 episodes
2023–2024Frasier8 episodes

Producer

YearTitleContributionNotes
1993–2004FrasierExecutive producer262 episodes
1994The InnocentTelevision film
1995Kelsey Grammer Salutes Jack BennyTelevision documentary
1997–1998Fired Up28 episodes
2000–2008Girlfriends172 episodes
2001Neurotic TendenciesPilot
2002–2003In-Laws15 episodes
2003Gary the Rat12 episodes
Alligator PointPilot
2004The Soluna ProjectPilot
2005The Good Humor ManFeature film
Kelsey Grammer Presents: The Sketch Show6 episodes
World Cup Comedy6 episodes
2005–2011Medium129 episodes
2006–2009The Game64 episodes
2007Dash 4 CashPilot
2007–2008Back to You17 episodes
2009–2010Hank6 episodes
2010The Kelsey Grammer Bill Zucker Comedy HourProducerPilot
2011–2012BossExecutive producer18 episodes
2014Partners10 episodes
2018Light as a Feather13 episodes
2022Phat Tuesdays: The Era Of Hip Hop Comedy3 episodes
2023–2024Frasier20 episodes

Awards and nominations

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Kelsey Grammer

Grammer has won many awards and accolades, particularly for Frasier. He was the first American actor to be nominated for multiple Emmy awards for portraying the same character on three different television shows: Cheers, Frasier, and Wings. In 2010, Grammer received his first Tony Award nomination for Best Actor in a Musical for his performance in La Cage Aux Folles opposite Douglas Hodge. He later won the Best Revival of a Musical, as a producer for The Color Purple, in 2016.135 In 2001, he was presented with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for television. He received a nomination from the Directors Guild of America Award in 1999, for directing the Frasier episode "Merry Christmas, Mrs. Moskowitz". At the Golden Globes, he has received nine nominations and won three, two for Frasier and one for Boss.

Further reading

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References

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