Kelsey Grammer
From Cheers to Frasier and beyond, Kelsey Grammer's career spans decades of iconic roles.
Grammer has won four Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series for his role on Frasier.[1][2] He works as an actor and comedian, and his nationality is American; his most famous role is Dr. Frasier Crane, a character he portrayed on the television comedies Cheers and Frasier.[3][4][1][2]
Quick Facts
- Birth name
- Allen Kelsey Grammer
- Born
- 21 February 1955
- Birthplace
- Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
- Political party
- Republican
- Occupation
- Actor • comedian
- Years active
- 1977–present
- Children
- 8, including Spencer and Greer
Facts from the source article.
Life and work
He first appeared as Dr. Frasier Crane on the NBC sitcom Cheers in 1984, a role that began as a six-episode guest spot but became a regular cast member.[4] In September 1993, the character became the protagonist of the spin-off Frasier, set in Seattle where he works as a radio psychiatrist.[1] Beginning with the 1990 episode "Krusty Gets Busted," Grammer has voiced the character Sideshow Bob on The Simpsons; for his performance in the episode "The Italian Bob," he received a fifth Emmy Award.[5] As a producer of the 2016 revival of The Color Purple, Grammer won a Tony Award for Best Musical.[6][7]
In the Starz drama series Boss, Grammer played a fictional mayor of Chicago, and for that role he received the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Television Series Drama in 2012.[8][9]
What the cited sources add
A 2009 Hello! article notes that Grammer moved to New Jersey with his mother at age two after his parents divorced.[2] According to a tvseriesfinale.com article from 2009, Grammer was at least partly responsible for the cancellation of his sitcom Hank, knowing it was not working.[10] The same article quotes Grammer saying the commute from Malibu to the set made his "whole life suddenly was gone".[10]
References
- Wikipedia, "Kelsey Grammer" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Beachum, "'Modern Family' ties all-time Emmy record with 'Frasier' for series wins", Goldderby, August 25, 2014 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- "Kelsey Grammer", Hello!, October 8, 2009. facts only, no text reused. hellomagazine.com
- Wikipedia, "Kelsey Grammer" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Kelsey Grammer", TV Guide; "Kelsey Grammer: Film Actor, Theater Actor, Actor, Television Actor (1955–)", Biography.com (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Kelsey Grammer" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Kelsey Grammer Biography", Yahoo! Movies (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Kelsey Grammer" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "It's Evening in America", May 2012, p. 157 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Kelsey Grammer" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "And The 2010 Tony Award Nominees Are...", Deadline Hollywood, May 4, 2010 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Kelsey Grammer" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Finding Neverland", Internet Broadway Database (The Broadway League); "Kelsey Grammer", Internet Broadway Database (The Broadway League); "2016 Tony Award Winners: Full List Revealed", CBS News (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Kelsey Grammer" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "La Cage Aux Folles – Theater Review", The Hollywood Reporter, October 14, 2010 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Kelsey Grammer" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Roeder, "State to give boost to West Side film studio working on 'Boss'", Chicago Sun-Times, May 10, 2011; Bianco, "Kelsey Grammer rules on the unruly 'Boss'", USA Today, October 21, 2011 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Kimball, "Hank: Kelsey Grammer says He Scrapped the Cancelled Sitcom", tvseriesfinale.com, December 7, 2009. facts only, no text reused. tvseriesfinale.com
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