KELSEY GRAMMER

Kelsey Grammer has played celebrated character Dr. Frasier Crane on three different television series (Frasier, Cheers and Wings) over a span of 20 years, tying James Arness of Gunsmoke for the record of longest running television character. He has won four Emmys, two Golden Globes and a SAG Award for the role and received an unparalleled total of 16 Emmy nominations, eight Golden Globe nominations and 16 SAG nominations.

Grammer voices the character Sideshow Bob on The Simpsons, and also lent his voice to Father of the Pride, Animal Farm and Gary the Rat in which he also served as executive producer and feature films Toy Story 2, Anastasia and Teacher's Pet. The actor stars in the soon to be released Even Money, a film directed by Mark Rydell and recently starred in the NBC production A Christmas Carol. Other credits include Benedict Arnold, for A & E; Mr. St. Nick, for ABC's Hallmark Hall of Fame; Fifteen Minutes, for New Line Cinema and Down Periscope for Twentieth Century Fox.

His Paramount-based production company, Grammnet, has produced several television series, including Medium and Girlfriends. In addition to producing, he's also directed numerous episodes of Frasier, one of which earned him a DGA nomination.

Grammer studied at the Juilliard School, followed by a three year stint at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego, performing in works by Shakespeare and George Bernard Shaw. Broadway credits include Macbeth and Othello. He also performed the title role of Richard II and Lucio in Measure for Measure at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles.