Kelsey Grammer

Acting · Born 1955-02-21 in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands

Biography

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…

Filmography

• Anastasia as Vladimir (voice)
• Barbie of Swan Lake as Rothbart (voice)
• X-Men: Days of Future Past as Hank McCoy / Beast (uncredited)
• Toy Story 2 as Prospector (voice)
• Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans as Blinky (voice)
• Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas as Narrator (voice)
• Swing Vote as President Andrew Boone
• Animal Farm as Snowball (voice)
• 15 Minutes as Robert Hawkins
• Down Periscope as Lt. Commander Tom Dodge

TV

• The Simpsons as Sideshow Bob (voice)
• Star Trek: The Next Generation as Captain Morgan Bateson
• Frasier as Frasier Crane
• Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia as Blinky (voice)
• Modern Family as Keifth
• Wizards: Tales of Arcadia as Blinky (voice)
• Cheers as Frasier Crane
• Kate & Allie
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
• The Tony Danza Show as Self