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Allen Kelsey Grammer (born February 21, 1955) is an Emmy-winning American actor who is best known for his two decade portrayal of psychiatrist Dr. Frasier Crane in the NBC sitcoms Cheers and Frasier. He has also worked as a producer, director, and writer.
Early life
CareerGrammer was classically trained at Juilliard School for two years, but after losing focus due to personal problems he was asked to leave. He had a three-year internship with the Old Globe Theater in San Diego in the late 1970s before a stint in 1980 at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He made his Broadway debut in 1981 as Lennox in Macbeth, taking the lead role when Philip Anglim withdrew after receiving negative reviews. In 1982 he appeared with Christine Baranski in the Stephen Sondheim-James Lapine production Sunday in the Park with George with Mandy Patinkin, and then a featured role of Cassio in a Broadway revival of Othello with James Earl Jones and Christopher Plummer. Grammer's television career began in 1983 when he portrayed Stephen Smith in the NBC mini-series Kennedy. Grammer came to broader public attention as Dr. Frasier Crane in the TV sitcom Cheers. Grammer's former Juilliard classmate and Broadway co-star Patinkin suggested Grammer to the New York casting director, and he got the job.[7] The character became the center of the successful spin off Frasier. Image:C-bob.gif Grammer provides the voice for the character Sideshow Bob on The Simpsons. Grammer won a number of Emmys and Golden Globes for his work on Frasier. He was the first American actor ever to be nominated for multiple Emmy awards for portraying the same character on three different television shows (Cheers, Frasier, and Wings). His US$1.6 million per episode salary for Frasier was the highest in the history of American television at the time, and his 20-year run playing Dr. Frasier Crane ties a record set by James Arness in playing Marshall Matt Dillon on Gunsmoke from 1955 to 1975.[8]
His most recent television work is on Fox's The Sketch Show. He also produces the CW sitcoms Girlfriends and The Game. Prior to that he guest starred as The Angel of Death on Medium, which he also produces. In film, his recent work includes the role of Dr. Hank McCoy (a.k.a. Beast) in X-Men: The Last Stand. Personal lifeRelationshipsGrammer has been married three times. His first marriage to dance instructor Doreen Alderman spanned eight years, from 1982 to 1990, and had one child, Spencer, an actress on the American soap opera As the World Turns. His second marriage, to stripper Leigh-Anne Csuhany in 1992, lasted one year. Grammer claims she was abusive and that, after talk of divorce, she attempted suicide by overdosing on Tylenol and wine, which resulted in the miscarriage of their child.[10] Also in 1992, Grammer had a daughter, Greer, with hair and makeup stylist Barrie Buckner.[6] His engagement to Tammi Alexander broke up due to rape allegations and her leaks to the tabloid press, and since August 1997 Grammer has been married to Camille Donatacci, a former Playboy model. They have a son and a daughter together via a surrogate mother.[6] Grammer and Donatacci have homes in Los Angeles, Colorado, and New York, and a holiday home in Maui. Substance abuseIn 1988 he was sentenced to 30 days in jail for drunk driving and cocaine possession, and an additional 10 days of community service with CalTrans.[11] He was again arrested for cocaine possession in August 1990 and sentenced to three years probation, fined $500 and given 300 hours community service.[11] In January 1991 he was given an additional two years probation for violating his original probation through additional cocaine use.[11] In September 1996 he flipped his car while under the influence of drugs or alcohol and subsequently checked in to the Betty Ford Clinic for 30 days. Grammer said of the incident:
Other notable incidentsAfter publishing his autobiography, So Far... in 1995, he was sued by a former girlfriend Cerlette Lamme for defamation of character and invasion of privacy.[7] In 1998, Grammer filed a lawsuit against Internet Entertainment Group, which Grammer claimed had stolen from his home a videotape of him having sex with former girlfriend Cerlette Lamme. IEG counter-sued Grammer, denying they were in possession of such a tape, and Grammer's suit was eventually dropped. He eventually paid Lamme $1 million for the tape.[12] In the mid-'90s Grammer was accused of statutory rape toward his child’s 15-year-old babysitter by the babysitter's parents, but a New Jersey grand jury declined to indict due to lack of physical evidence.[13] PoliticsOn September 21 2003, during an appearance on Hannity & Colmes on Fox News, Grammer expressed an interest in running for United States Congress as a Republican[14]. He indicated that it was something he would consider when his children were older. During an interview on the The Today Show, he told Matt Lauer that he wouldn't enter politics until he felt he was more knowledgeable on the subject.[citation needed] He was a celebrity guest at George W. Bush's first inauguration. His character on The Simpsons, Sideshow Bob, is also a Republican. Grammer in popular cultureOn the popular flash animated internet cartoon Homestarrunner.com, there is a secret main page[15] featuring the character Homsar who, when one rolls over the "characters" button, exclaims, "Kelsey Grammer". He is indirectly referred to on the UK comedy Little Britain where one of the main settings is known as Kelsey Grammar School. Quote
Selected film and television workImage:Moviebeast.jpeg Kelsey Grammer as the Beast, in X-Men: The Last Stand
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