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Kelsey Grammer(I)

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  • Actor
  • Music Department
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Kelsey Grammer at an event for X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)
The true story of a national spiritual awakening in the early 1970's and its origins within a community of teenage hippies in Southern California.
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A six-time Emmy Award winner, Kelsey Grammer was born in Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, to Sally (Cranmer), a singer, and Frank Allen Grammer, Jr., a musician and restaurateur, who were from the mainland. He was raised in New Jersey and Florida. Grammer was drawn to the works of William Shakespeare and spent two years at the prestigious Juilliard School. He then dove into the world of regional theater, eventually making the leap to Broadway with roles in "Macbeth" and "Othello." He joined the cast of the situation comedy Cheers (1982) in 1984.

Grammer is the first actor in television history to receive multiple Emmy nominations for performing the same role on three series. He received two nominations for his original portrayal of Dr. Frasier Crane on Cheers (1982), another for his guest appearance in that role on Wings (1990), and nine nominations (earning four awards) as Outstanding Actor for his work on Frasier (1993). Over the years, Dr. Frasier Crane has become one of television's most endearing and enduring characters. In addition to his Emmy Awards, Grammer has won two Golden Globe Awards, two American Comedy Awards and a People's Choice Award for his portrait. Grammer's distinctive voice has been heard in several hit animated features, including the voice of Stinky Pete in Disney's hit Toy Story 2 (1999) and a role in Anastasia (1997). On television, he has also been seen in several mini-series and movies. In 1996, he hosted an hour-long salute to Jack Benny for which he served as executive producer. He also starred in HBO's award-winning comedy The Pentagon Wars (1998). Grammer's autobiography, "So Far," was published in fall 1995.
BornFebruary 21, 1955
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BornFebruary 21, 1955
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  • Won 5 Primetime Emmys

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Kelsey Grammer and Jean Smart in Frasier (1993)
Kelsey Grammer and Alana Boden in Flowers in the Attic: The Origin (2022)
Kelsey Grammer, Julia Goldani Telles, and Jackson White in The Space Between (2021)
Kelsey Grammer and Jackson White in The Space Between (2021)
Kelsey Grammer in The Space Between (2021)
Kelsey Grammer in Saturday Night Live (1975)
Kelsey Grammer in Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)
Kelsey Grammer, Thomas Lennon, and Charles Parnell in Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)
Kelsey Grammer and Sheila Reid in A Christmas Carol: The Musical (2004)
Kelsey Grammer, Ruthie Henshall, and Leah-Verity White in A Christmas Carol: The Musical (2004)
Geraldine Chaplin and Kelsey Grammer in A Christmas Carol: The Musical (2004)
Geraldine Chaplin and Kelsey Grammer in A Christmas Carol: The Musical (2004)

Known for

Kirstie Alley, Woody Harrelson, Ted Danson, Kelsey Grammer, John Ratzenberger, George Wendt, and Rhea Perlman in Cheers (1982)
Cheers
7.9
TV Series
  • Dr. Frasier Crane
Kelsey Grammer, David Hyde Pierce, John Mahoney, Peri Gilpin, and Jane Leeves in Frasier (1993)
Frasier
8.2
TV Series
  • Producer
Mark Wahlberg, Peter Cullen, Nicola Peltz Beckham, and Jack Reynor in Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)
Transformers: Age of Extinction
5.6
  • Harold Attinger
  • 2014
Antonio Banderas, Harrison Ford, Mel Gibson, Dolph Lundgren, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, Wesley Snipes, Kelsey Grammer, Jet Li, Jason Statham, Terry Crews, Randy Couture, Glen Powell, Kellan Lutz, Ronda Rousey, and Victor Ortiz in The Expendables 3 (2014)
The Expendables 3
6.1
  • Bonaparte
  • 2014

Credits

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Producer

  • Untitled Alec Baldwin/Kelsey Grammer Project
    • Pre-production
  • Frasier
    • In Production
  • Kelsey Grammer in Kelsey Grammer's Historic Battles for America (2022)
    Kelsey Grammer's Historic Battles for America
  • The 12 Days of Christmas Eve (2022)
    The 12 Days of Christmas Eve
  • Christmas in Paradise (2022)
    Christmas in Paradise
  • Phat Tuesdays (2022)
    Phat Tuesdays
  • The Game (2021)
    The Game
  • The God Committee (2021)
    The God Committee
  • Golden Brooks, Jill Marie Jones, Tracee Ellis Ross, and Persia White in Girlfriends (2000)
    Girlfriends
  • You're Not A Monster Full Series
    You're Not a Monster
  • Haley Ramm and Liana Liberato in Light as a Feather (2018)
    Light as a Feather
  • Christina Milian in Christina Milian Turned Up (2015)
    Christina Milian Turned Up
  • Legends & Lies (2015)
    Legends & Lies
  • Kelsey Grammer and Martin Lawrence in Partners (2014)
    Partners
  • Brandy Norwood, Coby Bell, Pooch Hall, Tia Mowry-Hardrict, Wendy Raquel Robinson, and Hosea Chanchez in The Game (2006)
    The Game
  • Kelsey Grammer in Boss (2011)
    Boss
  • Kelsey Grammer, David Koechner, Melinda McGraw, Jordan Danger, and Nathan Gamble in Hank (2009)
    Hank

Actor

  • Jesus Revolution
    • In Production
  • Paper Empire
    • Post-production
  • Neighborhood Watch
    • Pre-production
  • Frasier
    • In Production
  • Untitled Alec Baldwin/Kelsey Grammer Project
    • Pre-production
  • Wanted Man
    • Post-production
  • Edge of Justice
    • In Development
  • The 12 Days of Christmas Eve (2022)
    The 12 Days of Christmas Eve
  • Christmas in Paradise (2022)
    Christmas in Paradise
  • Flowers in the Attic: The Origin (2022)
    Flowers in the Attic: The Origin
  • High Expectations (2022)
    High Expectations
  • Kelsey Grammer and Nathalie Cox in Miss Willoughby and the Haunted Bookshop (2021)
    Miss Willoughby and the Haunted Bookshop
  • Black Box (2021)
    Black Box
  • The Game (2021)
    The Game
    • (voice)
  • John Cleese, Elizabeth Hurley, Kelsey Grammer, Caroline Quentin, Talulah Riley, and April Bowlby in Father Christmas Is Back (2021)
    Father Christmas Is Back
  • The Ghost and Molly McGee (2021)
    The Ghost and Molly McGee
    • (voice)
  • The Lower Bottoms (2021)
    The Lower Bottoms
  • Sean Astin, Kelsey Grammer, and Anna Friel in Charming the Hearts of Men (2021)
    Charming the Hearts of Men
  • Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans (2021)
    Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans
    • (voice)
  • Christian Slater, Alec Baldwin, and Joshua Jackson in Dr. Death (2021)
    Dr. Death
  • The God Committee (2021)
    The God Committee
  • Kelsey Grammer and Jackson White in The Space Between (2021)
    The Space Between

Music Department

  • Kelsey Grammer, David Hyde Pierce, John Mahoney, Peri Gilpin, and Jane Leeves in Frasier (1993)
    Frasier
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Ep 1: Night of the Living
Clip 4:38
Ep 1: Night of the Living
Fame: "Hold Your Dream"
Clip 0:47
Fame: "Hold Your Dream"
Fame: "Graduation Drums"
Clip 0:45
Fame: "Graduation Drums"
Fame: "Get on the Floor"
Clip 0:57
Fame: "Get on the Floor"
Fame: "Black & Gold"
Clip 0:53
Fame: "Black & Gold"
Fame: "Halloween Dance"
Clip 0:43
Fame: "Halloween Dance"
Fame: "Out Here on My Own"
Clip 0:56
Fame: "Out Here on My Own"
Fame: "Caf Jam"
Clip 0:48
Fame: "Caf Jam"
Fame: "If You Want Fame"
Clip 1:12
Fame: "If You Want Fame"
Baby, Baby, Baby
Clip 1:20
Baby, Baby, Baby
Baby, Baby, Baby
Clip 1:06
Baby, Baby, Baby
Storks
Clip 0:50
Storks

Personal details

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    • February 21, 1955
    • St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
    • Kayte GrammerFebruary 25, 2011 - present (3 children)
    • (Sibling)
  • Other works
    Performed in "Hamlet" in Boston
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    • 1 Print Biography
    • 7 Interviews
    • 17 Articles
    • 2 Pictorials
    • 6 Magazine Cover Photos

Did you know

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    His father was murdered in 1968 in the Virgin Islands. His sister, Karen Elisa Grammer, was murdered in 1975 while finishing a shift working at a Red Lobster in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Had two stepbrothers (from his father's second marriage) that were killed in a shark/scuba accident.
  • Quotes
    Life is supposed to get tough.
    • Frequently portrays pompous, pretentious characters
    • Hank
      (2009)
      $175,000 /episode (2009-10)

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