KELSEY GRAMMER

Award-Winning Television, Stage, Screen, Actor and Producer

Kelsey Grammer has excelled at the highest level in television, theater and film as an actor, producer and director.

An initial role as Dr. Frasier Crane on “Cheers” developed into the cornerstone of the Juilliard-trained actor’s career.  Grammer played the celebrated character in three different television series (“Cheers,” “Wings” and “Frasier”) over a span of 20 years, including season two of the “Frasier” revival  on Paramount+.

Grammer has won six Emmys, three Golden Globes and a SAG Award and has received a remarkable 18 Emmy nominations, eight Golden Globe nominations, 16 SAG nominations and one Tony nomination.

Born in St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands and raised in New Jersey and Florida, Grammer began acting in plays at Pine Crest Preparatory School in Fort Lauderdale, where his teenage stage success inspired him to apply to Juilliard. 

He developed an interest in Shakespeare and began his professional acting career at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego. He continued in regional theatre and finally made his way to New York with roles in the off-Broadway productions “Sunday in the Park with George,” “A Month in the Country” and the Obie Award-winning “Quartermaine's Terms.” He starred on Broadway in “Macbeth” and “Othello.” 

After gaining television success, Grammer returned to the stage and received critical acclaim as Professor Higgins in “My Fair Lady.”  He also performed the title role in “Richard II” and Lucio in “Measure for Measure” at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles. In 2010 Grammer earned a Tony nomination for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical, for his starring role in “La Cage aux Folles” on Broadway. In 2015 Grammer returned to the Broadway stage to star in “Finding Neverland.”  He reprised the role again in 2016.

Accomplished as a voice-over artist, Grammer has played the iconic character Sideshow Bob on “The Simpsons” since 1990, for which he won an Emmy in 2006.  As part of his extensive voiceover work, recent films include “Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans,” “Storks,” and “Bunyan and Babe.” He has also lent his voice to the feature films “Toy Story 2,” “Anastasia” and “Teacher’s Pet,” to the television series “Father of the Pride” and “Gary the Rat,” and to the Emmy-nominated “Animal Farm” for TNT. 

Recent film credits include Walt Disney Studios “The Marvels,” Lionsgate Films “Jesus Revolution.” Gravitas Ventures “Charming the Hearts of Men,” the Netflix original film “Like Father,” Arclight Films’ live action “Guardians of the Tomb,” Universal Pictures’ “Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising,” and Sony Picture Entertainment’s “Baby, Baby, Baby”.  

 Recent television credits include Peacock’s “Dr. Death,” the Amazon series “The Last Tycoon,”, The National Geographic Channel’s historical drama miniseries “Killing Jesus,” FX Network’s comedic series “Partners” and Starz drama “Boss,” in which he starred and was executive producer, for which he was honored with a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series for his portrayal of Mayor Tom Kane.

Grammer lives in the Los Angeles area and New York.