- Born
- Birth nameAllen Kelsey Grammer
- Nickname
- Kels
- Height6′ 1″ (1.85 m)
- A six-time Emmy Award winner, Kelsey Grammer was born in Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, to Sally (Cranmer), a singer, and Frank Allen Grammer, Jr., a musician and restaurateur, who were from the mainland. He was raised in New Jersey and Florida. Grammer was drawn to the works of William Shakespeare and spent two years at the prestigious Juilliard School. He then dove into the world of regional theater, eventually making the leap to Broadway with roles in "Macbeth" and "Othello." He joined the cast of the situation comedy Cheers (1982) in 1984.
Grammer is the first actor in television history to receive multiple Emmy nominations for performing the same role on three series. He received two nominations for his original portrayal of Dr. Frasier Crane on Cheers (1982), another for his guest appearance in that role on Wings (1990), and nine nominations (earning four awards) as Outstanding Actor for his work on Frasier (1993). Over the years, Dr. Frasier Crane has become one of television's most endearing and enduring characters. In addition to his Emmy Awards, Grammer has won two Golden Globe Awards, two American Comedy Awards and a People's Choice Award for his portrait. Grammer's distinctive voice has been heard in several hit animated features, including the voice of Stinky Pete in Disney's hit Toy Story 2 (1999) and a role in Anastasia (1997). On television, he has also been seen in several mini-series and movies. In 1996, he hosted an hour-long salute to Jack Benny for which he served as executive producer. He also starred in HBO's award-winning comedy The Pentagon Wars (1998). Grammer's autobiography, "So Far," was published in fall 1995.
- IMDb mini biography by: Catherine Grace
- SpousesKayte Grammer(February 25, 2011 - present) (4 children)Camille Grammer(August 2, 1997 - February 10, 2011) (divorced, 2 children)Leigh-Anne Csuhany(September 11, 1992 - 1993) (divorced)Doreen Alderman(May 30, 1982 - 1990) (divorced, 1 child)
- ChildrenFaith Evangeline Elisa GrammerKelsey Gabriel Elias GrammerMason Olivia GrammerJude Gordon GrammerAuden James Ellis GrammerChristopher
- ParentsFrank Allen Grammer Jr.Sally Grammer (Cranmer)
- RelativesKaren Elisa Grammer(Sibling)Half Sibling(Half Sibling)Half Sibling(Half Sibling)Emmett Emmanual Hesketh(Grandchild)Andy Grammer(Cousin)Red Grammar(Cousin)
- Frequently portrays pompous, pretentious characters
- Deep smooth baritone voice
- His father was murdered in 1968 in the Virgin Islands. His sister, Karen Elisa Grammer, was murdered in 1975 while finishing a shift working at a Red Lobster in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Had two stepbrothers (from his father's second marriage) that were killed in a shark/scuba accident.
- In memory of his sister who was raped and murdered, he named his daughter Spencer Karen (Karen was his sister's first name).
- On one episode of The Simpsons (1989), while he portrayed the recurring character Sideshow Bob, David Hyde Pierce supplied the voice of Kelsey's brother, mimicking the relationship between the two on Frasier (1993). This joke was repeated and extended a decade later, when Pierce once again played Bob's brother, and John Mahoney once again played their father.
- His favorite episode of Frasier (1993) was Ham Radio (1997).
- Life is supposed to get tough.
- I lost a lot of stuff when Karen died. It took about a year to get back to even thinking that there might be a reason to go on.
- I got fired when I was a dishwasher at Denny's. That set me back a little bit. You don't realize how important dishwashers are until you do the job.
- [on his role as Tom Kane the brutal mayor of Chicago on Boss (2011)] He's an exciting character and a lot of fun to play. Iago is one of the most liked characters in Shakespeare's canon and he's the most evil, most extraordinarily manipulative person in history. He says the worst, most politically incorrect things, even for the time the play is set in - and yet audiences adore that character. There's some similarity there with Tom Kane. The discovery of this man has been a discovery of things I've never done or said before.
- Actors are observers of human life, of human behavior. If you've any smarts and any powers of observation, you kind of know what's going on inside a person like Tom Kane, and you just bring it out naturally. It's part of who you are. That's what you're good at.
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