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Kelsey Grammer
Allen Kelsey Grammer is an American actor and comedian. He gained fame for his role as the Harvard-educated Boston psychiatrist Dr. Frasier Crane on the NBC sitcom Cheers (1984–1993) and its spin-off Frasier. 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 t…
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Born 21 February 1955 · Q196560
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2026· 5 entries
GeekTyrant: Kelsey Grammer Says Filming AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY Is Basically: “Pretend You’re in Hell”
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Fox News: Kelsey Grammer admits surprising reason 'Frasier' almost never happened
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Public attention spiked: 18,633 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.5× the usual 5,260, with 0 article edits. Coverage that week: “Kelsey Grammer Says He ‘Would Consider’ Running for Political Office: ‘I Have Wrestled With It’” (Yahoo).
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Yahoo: Kelsey Grammer Says He ‘Would Consider’ Running for Political Office: ‘I Have Wrestled With It’
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2025· 4 entries
Forbes: Kelsey Grammer On ‘Turbulence,’ Reprising Beast In ‘Avengers: Doomsday’
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Page Six: Kelsey Grammer’s daughter claps back at nepo baby label, recalls decade-long estrangement from actor
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That Grammer would also reprise the role in the upcoming MCU film Avengers: Doomsday (2026)
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Grammer hosted the "Smiles Under the Stars" charity gala for the Giving A Smile Foundation
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2024· 1 entry
Snopes rated the claim “Kelsey Grammer said "If you don't plug your EV into a solar panel or a windmill, you're just playing an expensive game of make-believe."” Labeled Satire.
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2023· 4 entries
It was reported that Grammer had purchased a house in his wife's hometown of Portishead, Somerset, England
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In a December 2023 interview with BBC's Today to promote the new series of Frasier, Grammer confirmed that he still supported Trump.
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“What I found in my life – with the sort of resident malaise that lives in my soul because of some of the things that happened – I have found that in those moments, Jesus is actually more present, more apparent, more readily available than I realised.”
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Grammer said that he considered himself a born-again follower of Jesus
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2021· 1 entry
Released album “The Space Between (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)”.
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2019· 2 entries
Issued a statement in support of Brexit
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Grammer starred as Don Quixote in a production of Man of La Mancha at the London Coliseum
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2016· 2 entries
Although later stating he would gladly vote for Republican candidate Donald Trump in the upcoming election
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Grammer won a Tony Award as a producer of The Color Purple
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2015· 3 entries
In 2015, however, his wife posted an Instagram photo of Grammer wearing a T-shirt from the anti-abortion group Abort73.
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Grammer and John Lithgow lent their voices to the critically acclaimed documentary Best of Enemies as William F
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However, his wife posted an Instagram photo of Grammer wearing a T-shirt from the anti-abortion group Abort73
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2014· 1 entry
Grammer came back to sitcom television when he appeared in Partners with comedian Martin Lawrence
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2012· 1 entry
“s murderers if they took responsibility for the crime; however, the accused perpetrators all claimed innocence. In the same interview, Grammer expressed his loss of faith for several years after Karen”
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2011· 4 entries
Two weeks after the dissolution of Grammer's third marriage
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And 2012, Grammer found temporary success in the Starz drama series Boss as a fictional mayor of Chicago, based on former mayor Richard J
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“delivering an assured and charming leading turn.”
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Was originally announced to provide the voice of Henry J
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2010· 5 entries
Grammer announced that he was going to be a father to a fifth child, this time with his girlfriend, Kayte Walsh, an English flight attendant 25 years his junior and daughter of the former soccer player Alan Walsh
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It was announced that Camille had filed for divorce
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Grammer made his Broadway musical debut playing the role of Georges in a revival of the Jerry Herman/Harvey Fierstein musical La Cage aux Folles at the Longacre Theatre
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Described Grammer as "pro-choice"
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Grammer received his first Tony Award nomination for Best Actor in a Musical for his performance in La Cage Aux Folles opposite Douglas Hodge
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2008· 3 entries
And was said to be "resting comfortably" at his Hawaii residence
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While paddleboarding with his then-wife Camille in Hawaiʻi, Grammer had a heart attack
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Grammer reprised his role of Dr
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2007· 1 entry
Grammer starred with Patricia Heaton in the American sitcom Back to You, which Fox cancelled after its first season
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2006· 1 entry
Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance for The Simpsons (2006).
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2005· 2 entries
Grammer produced an American adaptation of the British show The Sketch Show, which aired on Fox
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Released album “A Christmas Carol: A Musical”.
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2004· 2 entries
Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for Frasier (2004).
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Played Ebenezer Scrooge in the musical television film A Christmas Carol
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2001· 3 entries
Was presented with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for television
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Grammer described himself as religious and stated that he believed in God, but added that he did not adhere to any particular religion
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Negotiated a $700,000-per-episode salary for Frasier
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2000· 1 entry
Grammer again played Macbeth on Broadway, in a production that closed after only 10 days
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1999· 2 entries
Grammer voiced the main antagonist Stinky Pete in Pixar's Golden Globe Award-winning Toy Story 2 (1999)
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For directing the Frasier episode "Merry Christmas, Mrs
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1998· 3 entries
Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for Frasier (1998).
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Appeared in a commercial for Honey Nut Cheerios, where he voices the wolf in Little Red Riding Hood
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Grammer filed a lawsuit against Internet Entertainment Group (IEG), which Grammer claimed had stolen from his home a videotape of him in bed with a woman
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1996· 1 entry
Grammer's ex-girlfriend, Cerlette Lamme, sued him for defamation of character and invasion of privacy over content he included in his autobiography So Far
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1995· 4 entries
Released album “So Far...”.
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Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for Frasier (1995).
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Grammer was accused of having sex with his child's underage babysitter
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“I'm not sure sophisticated comedy has a place on television any more … I'd like to think it still does … But I'm not sure the networks are interested, I'm not sure anybody else is interested in sophisticated comedy any more.”
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1994· 2 entries
Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for Frasier (1994).
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Met 28-year-old Tammi Baliszewski at a bar in Manhattan Beach, California
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1988· 2 entries
Was charged with drunk driving and cocaine possession and sentenced to 30 days in jail
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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
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1984· 1 entry
Grammer first appeared as Dr
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1983· 1 entry
Performed in the demo of the Stephen Sondheim–James Lapine production Sunday in the Park with George, starring Mandy Patinkin
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1981· 1 entry
As "Lennox" in Macbeth, taking the lead role when Philip Anglim withdrew after receiving negative reviews
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1980· 2 entries
His two teenage half-brothers died in a scuba diving accident
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Starred in the Roundabout Theatre Company's production of A Month in the Country
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1975· 2 entries
Grammer's younger sister, 18-year-old Karen Grammer, was raped and murdered by Freddie Glenn and three other men
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His sister was kidnapped, raped, and murdered in Colorado Springs, Colorado, by spree killer Freddie Glenn
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1968· 1 entry
His father was murdered in Saint Thomas during a wave of racial violence following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr
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1955· 1 entry
Born 1955-02-21.
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