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My Take
Kelsey Grammer achieved something close to impossible in television: he played Frasier Crane for more than twenty years across Cheers, Frasier, and the revival, and never let the character calcify. Four Emmys for the same role tells you the Academy kept finding new layers in his performance, which I find astonishing. Then there is the voice work, from The Simpsons to Toy Story 2, a baritone so distinctive it won its own Emmy in 2006. My take is that Grammer represents a vanishing breed: the actor as long-distance runner, committed to depth over novelty. He turned one pompous psychiatrist into cultural furniture we never want removed.
Overview
Allen Kelsey Grammer (born February 21, 1955) is an American actor. 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 (1993–2004, and again from 2023–2024). 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.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Kelsey Grammer
- Name (Japanese)
- ケルシー・グラマー
- Reading
- けるしー・ぐらまー
- Born
- February 21, 1955 (age 71)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Goat
- Origin
- Charlotte Amalie, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / dub actor / television actor / film actor / voice actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 1994 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
- 1995 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
- 1998 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
- 2004 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- 2006 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | The Simpsons | — | |
| Notable work | Anastasia | — | |
| Notable work | Toy Story 2 | — | |
| Notable work | Storks | — | |
| Notable work | Cheers | — | |
| Notable work | Frasier | — |
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.