Name : Kelsey Grammer
Birth Name : Allen Kelsey Grammer
Birth Place : St. Thomas, Virgin Islands
Date of Birth : 02/21/1995
Zodiac Sign : Pisces
Height : 6' 1" (1.85 m)
Profession : Actor; producer; director
Years active : 1980–present
Spouse : Doreen Alderman (1982–1990)Leigh-Anne Csuhany (1992–1993)Camille Donatacci (1997–2010)
BIOGRAPHY
Tragedy continued when his sister was abducted and violently murdered when Grammer was 20. Five years later, he lost two half brothers in a diving accident.As a young man, he sought comfort in acting and studied drama at the Juilliard School for two years before dropping out to pursue a successful stage career.
After appearing on various television series and soap operas, Grammer landed the role of Dr. Frasier Crane on the NBC sitcom Cheers in 1984. As Shelley Long's pompous, self-absorbed love interest, Grammer's character became a regular and he stayed with the show until its finale in 1993.His character was resurrected with the spin-off Frasier the following year, moving from Boston to Seattle where the psychiatrist hosted his own radio show. Grammer has won three Emmys and four Golden Globes for his performance on the series. In 2003, Grammer announced that Frasier's 11th season would be the series' last.
He co-starred with sitcom veteran Patricia Heaton on the FOX series Back to You from 2007-2008. His velvety smooth voice has also landed him several memorable voiceover roles, including an Emmy win for the voice of Sideshow Bob on The Simpsons.Grammer recently completed the film Swing Vote, in which Grammer stars as a Republican incumbent whose bid for President comes down to one man's vote. He has also been cast as an eccentric billionaire in a new comedy pilot that ABC is considering called Roman's Empire.
Grammer has a daughter, Spencer, with dance instructor Doreen Alderman, whom he divorced in 1990. He was married to former exotic dancer Leigh-Anne Cushany for a year in 1992. He has another daughter, Greer, with Barrie Buckner. He married model Camille Donatacci in 1997; they have a daughter, Mason Olivia, and a son, Jude Gordon.
As a Television Actor
His television career began in the early 1980s when he portrayed Stephen Smith in the NBC miniseries Kennedy. Grammer came to broader public attention as Dr. Frasier Crane in the NBC sitcom Cheers. Grammer's former Juilliard classmate and Broadway co-star Patinkin suggested Grammer to the New York casting director, and he got what was supposed to be a six-episode job but ended up as a regular cast member. The character became the center of the spin-off Frasier, arguably the most successful spinoff in TV history. In addition to starring, he also directed many episodes, especially during the second half of the series. In 2008, Grammer reprised his role of Dr. Frasier Crane in a commercial for Dr Pepper.
In 2001, he negotiated a US$700,000-per-episode salary for Frasier, and his 20-year run playing Dr. Frasier Crane ties a length set by James Arness in playing Marshall Matt Dillon on Gunsmoke from 1955 to 1975.
In 2005, he returned to series television on Fox, by attempting to create an American adaptation of The Sketch Show, a British sketch show. 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 recreated, such as the "California Dreamin'," "English Course," and "Sign Language" sketches. Only six episodes of the show were made, and it was canceled after only four of them had aired.
In addition to being producer, he guest-starred as the Angel of Death on Medium.
In 2007, Grammer returned to the sitcom format as the central character in the American sitcom Back to You, co-starring with Patricia Heaton. It was canceled by Fox after its first season.
Grammer's ABC sitcom Hank was canceled in its first season on November 11, 2009, with Grammer saying at the end, "Honestly, it just wasn't very funny."
He is currently in negotiations to host the American version of the British panel game, Quite Interesting.
Film & Voice Work
His film work includes the role of Dr. Hank McCoy (also known as the Beast) in X-Men: The Last Stand, and he was the voice of Snowball in the live-action film adaptation of the George Orwell book Animal Farm. Grammer co-starred in the movie Swing Vote, playing the Republican incumbent. He played General George S. Patton in An American Carol.
Grammer's voice has been featured in commercials. One of the earliest was a 1998 commercial for Honey Nut Cheerios, where he played the voice of the wolf in Little Red Riding Hood. He was the voice of the original GEICO gecko, a talking reptile created by The Martin Agency in 1999. In the commercial, the gecko pleads for people to stop calling him in error, mistaking gecko for GEICO. Since 2006, Grammer has provided the voice for television commercials advertising the Hyundai Sonata, Hyundai Santa Fe, Hyundai Veracruz and Hyundai Azera.
His production company, Grammnet Productions, produces the CW sitcoms Girlfriends and The Game, the NBC drama Medium, and is involved in many other projects.
Stage Work
After leaving Juilliard, he 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, Minnesota. He made his Broadway debut in 1981, as "Lennox," in Macbeth, taking the lead role when Philip Anglim withdrew after receiving negative reviews. In 1983, he performed on the demo of the Stephen Sondheim–James Lapine production Sunday in the Park with George, starring Mandy Patinkin. Also featured on the demo was Christine Baranski, who later starred as Mrs. Lovett to Grammer's Sweeney Todd in the 1999 LA Reprise! production of Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. Grammer then played Michael Cassio in a Broadway revival of Othello, with James Earl Jones and Christopher Plummer.
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, for which he was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical, losing to his co-star Douglas Hodge.
MOVIES LIST
Runaway Brain (1995)
Down Periscope (1996)
Anastasia (1997)
The Real Howard Spitz (1998)
Animal Farm (1999)
New Jersey Turnpikes (1999)
Standing on Fishes (1999)
Toy Story 2 (1999)
Bartok the Magnificent (1999)
Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas (1999)
15 Minutes (2001)
Just Visiting (2001)
The Big Empty (2003)
Barbie of Swan Lake (2003)
Teacher's Pet (2004)
The Good Humor Man (2005)
X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)
Even Money (2007)
Swing Vote (2008)
An American Carol (2008)
Fame (2009)
Crazy on the Outside (2010)
Bunyan and Babe (2010)
Middle Men (2010)
Alligator Point (2010)
TELEVISION SHOWS
Macbeth (1982)
Kennedy (1983)
Kate & Allie (1984)
George Washington (1984)
Another World (1984 - 1993)
Cheers (1984 - 1993)
Crossings (1986)
Biography (1987)
J.J. Starbuck (1987)
Dance 'til Dawn (1988)
Top of the Hill (1989)
227 (1989)
The Tracey Ullman Show (1990)
The Simpsons (1990 - present)
Baby Talk (1991)
Wings (1992)
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1992)
Roc (1993)
Beyond Suspicion (1993)
Mike & Spike (1993)
Frasier (1993 - 2004)
The Innocent (1994)
The John Larroquette Show (1995)
London Suite (1996)
Fired Up (1997)
The Pentagon Wars (1998)
Just Shoot Me! (1998)
Animal Farm (1999)
Stark Raving Mad (2000)
Neurotic Tendencies (2001)
Girlfriends (2000 - 2008)
The Sports Pages (2001)
Mr. St. Nick (2002)
In-Laws (2002 - 2003)
Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor (2003)
Becker (2003)
Gary the Rat (2003)
A Christmas Carol (2004)
The Soluna Project (2004)
Kelsey Grammer Presents: The Sketch Show (2005)
Out of Practice (2005)
Medium (2006)
My Ex Life (2006)
The Game (2006 -2009)
Dash 4 Cash (2007)
Everybody Hates Chris (2007)
Back to You (2007 - 2008)
Hank (2009)
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills (2010)
30 Rock (2010)
AWARDS
Emmy (1994)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series (Frasier)
Emmy (1995)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series (Frasier)
American Comedy Award (1995)
Funniest Male Performer in a TV Series (Frasier)
Golden Globe (1996)
Best Performance by an Actor in a TV-Series Comedy/Musical (Frasier)
American Comedy Award (1996)
Funniest Male Performer in a TV Series (Frasier)
Emmy (1998)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series (Frasier)
Golden Globe (2001)
Best Performance by an Actor in a TV-Series Comedy/Musical (Frasier)
Emmy (2004)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series (Frasier)
Emmy (2006)
Outstanding Voice-Over Performance (The Simpsons)
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