75 Facts About Kelsey Grammer

Allen Kelsey Grammer was born on February 21,1955 and is an American actor and producer.

Kelsey Grammer gained fame for his role as the psychiatrist Dr Frasier Crane on the NBC sitcom Cheers and its spin-off Frasier.

Kelsey Grammer has received numerous accolades including a total of six Emmy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Tony Award.

Kelsey Grammer has since starred in the leading roles in productions of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, My Fair Lady, Big Fish, and Finding Neverland.

Kelsey Grammer is known for his voice roles in Anastasia, Toy Story 2, and as Sideshow Bob in The Simpsons.

Kelsey Grammer took guest roles in the sitcoms 30 Rock, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, and Modern Family.

In early 2010, Kelsey Grammer returned to Broadway in the musical revival of La Cage aux Folles, where he received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical.

In mid-2016, Kelsey Grammer won a Tony Award for Best Musical as producer of a musical revival of The Color Purple.

Kelsey Grammer was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in mid-2001.

Kelsey Grammer was born on Saint Thomas in the US Virgin Islands.

Kelsey Grammer's mother, Sally Cranmer, was a dancer who performed under the name of Sally Sullivan.

Kelsey Grammer had a younger sister, Karen, and four half-siblings from his father's second marriage.

When Kelsey Grammer was twelve years old, his grandfather died of cancer.

Kelsey Grammer attended Pine Crest School, a private preparatory school in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Kelsey Grammer later won a scholarship to study drama at the Juilliard School, where he was a member of Group 6 from 1973 to 1975.

However, after his sister's murder, Kelsey Grammer failed to attend classes and was eventually expelled.

Kelsey Grammer described himself as "a Caribbean kid", and he enjoys vacationing in the Bahamas, the US Virgin Islands, and British Virgin Islands.

Kelsey Grammer acted as the Burglar in the LA production of the George Bernard Shaw play Too True to Be Good in 1977.

Kelsey Grammer made his Broadway debut in 1981 as "Lennox" in Macbeth, taking the lead role when Philip Anglim withdrew after receiving negative reviews.

Kelsey Grammer then played Michael Cassio in the 1982 Broadway revival of Othello, alongside James Earl Jones and Christopher Plummer.

In 1984, Kelsey Grammer first appeared as Dr Frasier Crane in the NBC sitcom Cheers.

Kelsey Grammer was supposed to appear for only six episodes, but ended up as a regular cast member.

Kelsey Grammer has provided the voice of Sideshow Bob on The Simpsons, starting in the 1990 episode "Krusty Gets Busted".

Kelsey Grammer won a fifth Emmy Award for his work in the episode "The Italian Bob".

Kelsey Grammer's 20-year run playing Dr Frasier Crane ties a length set by James Arness in playing Marshal Matt Dillon on Gunsmoke from 1955 to 1975, but it was surpassed by Richard Belzer in playing Det.

In 1995, Kelsey Grammer voiced Dr Frankenollie in the Mickey Mouse short Runaway Brain, and it was nominated for Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.

Kelsey Grammer later starred in the lead role as Lt.

In 1999, Kelsey Grammer voiced the main antagonist Stinky Pete in Pixar's Golden Globe Award-winning Toy Story 2.

Kelsey Grammer provided voice work for several other animated television series and direct-to-video films, such as Barbie of Swan Lake, Bartok the Magnificent, the title character in the short-lived animated series Gary the Rat, and the narrator of Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas.

Kelsey Grammer voiced Dr Ivan Krank in Disney's Teacher's Pet.

Since 2006, Kelsey Grammer has provided the voice for television commercials advertising Hyundai.

In 2008, Kelsey Grammer reprised his role of Dr Frasier Crane in a commercial for Dr Pepper.

In 2000, Kelsey Grammer again played Macbeth on Broadway, in a production that closed after only 10 days.

In 2005, Kelsey Grammer produced an American adaptation of the British show The Sketch Show, which aired on Fox.

Kelsey Grammer appeared in only short opening and closing segments in each episode.

In 2007, Kelsey Grammer starred with Patricia Heaton in the American sitcom Back to You, which Fox cancelled after its first season.

Kelsey Grammer starred alongside Douglas Hodge for which they both were nominated for Tony Awards for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical.

At the 2012 Golden Globe Awards Kelsey Grammer won the award for Best Actor in a Television Series Drama for his role.

From 2010 to 2012, Kelsey Grammer guest starred as a comical version of himself in three episodes of the NBC show 30 Rock alongside Jane Krakowski and Jack McBrayer.

In 2014, Kelsey Grammer came back to sitcom television when he appeared in Partners with comedian Martin Lawrence.

Later that same year, Kelsey Grammer starred in several films such as Bonaparte in The Expendables 3 and as Harold Attinger in Transformers: Age of Extinction.

Kelsey Grammer appeared as both the narrator and Herod the Great, in the National Geographic TV film Killing Jesus.

In March 2015, Kelsey Grammer originated the roles of Charles Frohman and Captain Hook in the Broadway premiere of the musical Finding Neverland, continuing with the roles through June.

In 2016, Kelsey Grammer won a Tony Award as a producer of The Color Purple.

In 2019, Kelsey Grammer starred as Don Quixote in a production of Man of La Mancha at the London Coliseum.

Kelsey Grammer reprised his role as Frasier Crane in the 2023 revival of Frasier on Paramount+.

Kelsey Grammer has been married four times, and has seven children and one grandchild, Emmett.

When Csuhany was three months pregnant, Kelsey Grammer filed for an annulment and evicted her from their home; Kelsey Grammer claimed she was abusive and fired a gun at him.

Kelsey Grammer and Walsh have a daughter, born July 2012, and two sons, born July 2014 and November 2016.

On January 18,2023, it was reported that Kelsey Grammer had purchased a house in his wife's hometown of Portishead, Somerset, England.

In 2001, Kelsey Grammer described himself as religious and believed in God, but he said he does not adhere to any particular religion.

Kelsey Grammer identified his sister's body and informed their mother shortly after.

Kelsey Grammer subsequently forgave Glenn in a 2014 parole hearing after being convinced of Glenn's contrition, but refused to support his release, saying that it would "be a betrayal of my sister's life".

Kelsey Grammer named his daughter Spencer Karen Grammer in part for his sister.

Kelsey Grammer is a supporter of the Republican Party, and he endorsed the Tea Party movement on economic issues such as small government and lower taxes; City AM described him as "one of Hollywood's best-known Republicans, a rare spark of red in a blue sea of Democrats".

In 2015 his wife posted an Instagram photo of Kelsey Grammer wearing a T-shirt from the anti-abortion group Abort73.

Kelsey Grammer has expressed disbelief on the scientific consensus on climate change, comparing the California wildfires to alleged global cooling from his youth and criticized the 2011 and 2018 climate meetings.

Kelsey Grammer has criticized Washington politicians, stating: "I don't think Washington did us any favors for the last 50,60 years, I think they've all been sort of the same party, the same bunch of clowns".

Kelsey Grammer endorsed Rudy Giuliani in the 2008 presidential primary and later campaigned for John McCain in the general election.

Kelsey Grammer endorsed Michele Bachmann for the Republican nomination for president in 2012.

Kelsey Grammer later endorsed Mitt Romney after he had won the Republican nomination.

Kelsey Grammer initially supported Ben Carson's candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016, although later stating he would gladly vote for Republican candidate Donald Trump in the upcoming election.

In January 1991, Kelsey Grammer was given an additional two years' probation for violating his original probation through additional cocaine use.

Kelsey Grammer was discharged on June 4,2008, and was said to be "resting comfortably" at his Hawaii residence.

Seven weeks after the attack, Kelsey Grammer told Entertainment Tonight that, although his spokesman described the attack as mild, it was more severe as his heart had stopped.

In 1988, Kelsey Grammer was arrested for possession of one-quarter gram of cocaine, after being pulled over in a traffic stop for driving with expired plates in North Hollywood, California.

Kelsey Grammer later served 10 days of community service after failing to comply with the requirements of his parole in 1990.

Later in the same year, Kelsey Grammer was sentenced to 90 days of house arrest, ordered to pay a $500 fine, underwent drug and alcohol abuse counseling, and performed 300 hours of community service for his 1988 cocaine possession case.

In 1998, Kelsey Grammer filed a lawsuit against Internet Entertainment Group, which Kelsey Grammer claimed had stolen from his home a videotape of him in bed with a woman.

IEG counter-sued Kelsey Grammer, denying it was in possession of such a tape, and Kelsey Grammer's suit was dropped.

Kelsey Grammer won numerous awards and accolades, particularly for his work on Frasier.

Kelsey Grammer was the first American actor to be nominated for multiple Emmy awards for portraying the same character on three different television shows.

In 2010, Kelsey Grammer received his first Tony Award nomination for Best Actor in a Musical for his performance in La Cage Aux Folles opposite Douglas Hodge.

Kelsey Grammer later won the Best Revival of a Musical, as a producer for The Color Purple, in 2016.

Kelsey Grammer received a nomination from the Directors Guild of America Award in 1999, for directing the Frasier episode "Merry Christmas, Mrs Moskowitz".