Other work
He returned to series television on Fox's The Sketch Show. 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 McKoy (a.k.a. Beast) in X-Men: The Last Stand and the film adaptation of the George Orwell classic book, Animal Farm. Kelsey will star in the upcoming movie Swing Vote, a film whose plot is based in part on the recent tight races for President of the United States, in which the vote is so tight that it comes down to one man's vote to determine the winner. Kelsey will play the Republican incumbent, a role that aligns with his own views.
In addition to his other voice-over work, Grammer's voice has also been featured in commercials. He was the voice of the original GEICO gecko, a talking reptile created by The Martin Agency in 1999. In the commercial, the gecko pleads for people to stop calling him in error, mistaking gecko for GEICO. Since 2006, Grammer has provided the voice for
More about Kelsey Grammer (From Wikipedia)
Stage
After leaving Juilliard, 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. read more...
Television
His television career began in the early 1980s when he portrayed Stephen Smith in the NBC mini-series Kennedy. Grammer came to broader public attention as Dr. Frasier Crane in the read more...
Voice Work
Grammer's smooth, deep voice and Mid-Atlantic accent makes him popular for voiceover work. He has provided the voice of Sideshow Bob on The Simpsons, winning an Emmy for his work read more...
Production Work
His production company, Grammnet Productions, produces the CW sitcoms Girlfriends and The Game, as well as being involved in many other projects.
read more...Other Work
He returned to series television on Fox's The Sketch Show. Prior to that he guest starred as The Angel of Death on Medium, which he also produces. In film, his recent work includes read more...
Awards
Grammer has received at least 45 nominations for major awards of which he won on 18 occasions. He has received fourteen individual Emmy Award nominations for four different television read more...
Family
Grammer has been married three times. His first marriage, to dance instructor Doreen Alderman, lasted from 1982 to 1990. They had one daughter, Spencer (born October 9, 1983), an read more...
Health Problems
Grammer suffered a heart attack on May 31, 2008. He told Jay Leno on the July 24, 2008 airing of The Tonight Show that he had to wait one and half hours for paramedics to arrive. read more...
Politics
He is a member of the Republican Party and has expressed an interest in someday running for United States Congress.
He was a celebrity guest at President George W. Bush's first read more...
Allen Kelsey Grammer (born February 21, 1955) is a five-time Emmy- and two-time Golden Globe-winning American actor best known for his two-decade portrayal of psychiatrist Dr. Frasier read more...