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Joel Grey

Photographer / Theatre Director / Actor | * 04/11/1932 (92) | Cleveland, Ohio (United States of America (USA))
Joel Grey (born Joel David Katz; April 11, 1932) is an American actor, singer, dancer, photographer, and theatre director. He is best known for portraying the Master of Ceremonies in the musical Cabaret On Broadway and in Bob Fosse's 1972 film adaptation. He has won an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Tony Award. He earned the Lifetime Achievement Tony Award in 2023. Grey's Tony-nominated roles include for the musical George M! (1968), Goodtime Charley (1975), and The Grand Tour (1979). After portraying Amos Hart in the Broadway revival of Chicago (1996), he originated the role of the Wizard of Oz in the musical Wicked (2003) and played Moonface Martin in the 2011 revival of Anything Goes. He directed the 2011 revival of Larry Kramer's The Normal Heart earning a Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play nomination. He earned a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture nomination for his role in Remo Williams: The Adventure ..."> ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Documentaries

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An officially "dead" cop is trained to become an extraordinary unique assassin in service of the U.S. President. ...

Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins

PG-13

1985 | 3.1/5 | 2h 1min
Comedy, Action, Adventure, Thriller
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A sex-addicted con-man pays for his mother's hospital bills by playing on the sympathies of those who rescue him from choking to death. ...

Choke

R

2008 | 3.1/5 | 1h 32min
Comedy, Drama
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Inside the Kit Kat Club of 1931 Berlin, starry-eyed singer Sally Bowles and an impish emcee sound the clarion call to decadent fun, while outside a certain political party grows into a brutal force. ...

Cabaret

PG

1972 | 3.7/5 | 2h 4min
Music, Drama, Romance / Love
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Selma, a Czech immigrant on the verge of blindness, struggles to make ends meet for herself and her son, who has inherited the same genetic disorder and will suffer the same fate without an expensive ...

Dancer in the Dark

R

2000 | 3.9/5 | 2h 21min
Drama, Crime
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Sydney Bristow, an agent who has been tricked to believe she is working for the U.S. government, is actually working for a criminal organization named the Alliance of Twelve. Upon learning this, Sydne ...

Alias

TV-14

2001 | 3.4/5 | 1h per episode
Action & Adventure, Drama
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Awards & Nominations for Joel Grey

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Play Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame Drama League Award Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor 3x Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical 2x Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles 3x Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Play Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play
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Movies with Joel Grey as Actor(42)

as Narrator2023 Witnesses to the Holocaust: The Trial of Adolf Eichmann
as Self (voice)2023 Being Mary Tyler Moore
as "SUNDAY" Legend2021 tick, tick... BOOM!
as Self (archive footage)2021 On Broadway
as himself2019 Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles
as himself2019 It Takes a Lunatic
as himself2014 Private Screenings: Robert Osborne
as Narrator2013 Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy
as himself2008 Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
as Phil2008 Choke
as Host (segment "Leading Men") / Emcee (segment "Cabaret")2003 Broadway's Lost Treasures
as himself2002 The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family'
as Dr. Mensley (segment "Reaching Normal")2001 On The Edge
as Amos Bellamy2000 The Fantasticks
as Oldrich Novy2000 Dancer in the Dark
as The Ghost of Christmas Past1999 A Christmas Carol
as himself1997 The Music of Kander & Ebb: Razzle Dazzle
1996 The Empty Mirror
as Simon1996 My Friend Joe
as Jimmie1995 Venus Rising
as Flea1995 The Dangerous
as Professor Marvel / The Gatekeeper / The Carriage Driver / The Palace Guard / The Wizard of Oz1995 The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True
as Willy Stone1993 The Music of Chance
as himself1992 Robert Altman's Players
as himself1992 The Player
as Burgel1991 Kafka
as Johnny Hyde1991 Marilyn and Me
as himself1990 Night Of 100 Stars III
as Chiun1985 Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins
as Jack Point1982 The Yeomen of the Guard
as Self - Host1980 Charlie Chaplin: The Little Tramp
as Lowenstein1976 The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
as The Producer (Nate Salisbury)1976 Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson
as Joshua Trundle (voice)1974 'Twas the Night Before Christmas
as Franklin Wills1974 Man on a Swing
as Master of Ceremonies1972 Cabaret
as Big Joe Brown1972 Man On A String
1972 The Recreation of an Era
as George M. Cohan1970 George M!
as Beagle1961 Come September
1957 Calypso Heat Wave
as Bender1952 About Face

TV Shows/Series with Joel Grey as Actor(44)

2024 'Twas the Night Before Christmas
as Morgan Bote2022 The Old Man
as Monty the Magnificent2009 Warehouse 13
as Dr. Alexander Ball2007 Private Practice
as Dr. Jude Bar-Shalo2006 Brothers and Sisters
as Dr. Singer2005 Grey's Anatomy
as Ezra Powell2004 House
as himself2004 Broadway: The American Musical
as Tom McQuilten2002 Short Cuts
as Guido2001 Further Tales of the City
as Milton Winters2001 Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Carl Meisner, Amnesia Victim2001 Crossing Jordan
as Another Mr. Sloane2001 Alias
as Hank Kasserman2000 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Doc1997 Buffy the Vampire Slayer
1995 The Outer Limits
as Caylem1995 Star Trek: Voyager
as Ronald1994 Touched by an Angel
1993 Blue Heelers
1991 Brooklyn Bridge
1986 Matlock
as Jack Point1984 The Compleat Gilbert & Sullivan
as Adam1978 Dallas
as Self - Special Guest Star1976 The Muppet Show
1976 Alice
as himself1976 Live from Lincoln Center
1971 The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
as Andrew MacBane1970 Night Gallery
as Self - Guest1968 The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest / Various Characters1967 The Carol Burnett Show
as Mike Yeager1967 Ironside
as Freddy Rockefeller1963 Vacation Playhouse
as Willy1960 Surfside 6
1959 The Bell Telephone Hour
1958 77 Sunset Strip
1958 Bronco
as Billy The Kid1957 Maverick
as Self - rehearsing for 'Jack and the Beanstalk'1956 The Steve Allen Show
as himself1956 The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956 Telephone Time
1954 December Bride
as himself1950 The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self - Panelist1950 What's My Line?
as himself1948 The Ed Sullivan Show

Full Name: Joel Katz
Born: Monday, 04/11 1932 (April) in Cleveland, Ohio (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 92 years + 12 days)
Zodiac sign: Aries (Chinese zodiac sign: Monkey)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: Beverly Hills High School, Alexander Hamilton High School
Spouses (current/former): Jo Wilder
Children: Jennifer Grey
Siblings: Ronald A. Katz
Father: Mickey Katz
Other names for Joel Grey (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Joel David Katz"
Joel Grey frequently works together with these people:
Marti Noxon (14x, Crew)
Charlton Heston (12x, Actor)
Jerry Lewis (12x, Actor)
Mickey Rooney (12x, Actor)
Peggy Lee (12x, Actress)
John Lovelady (12x, Cast)
Debbie Reynolds (11x, Actress)
Tony Randall (11x, Actor)
Harry Harvey (11x, Actor)
Carol Channing (11x, Actress)
Ethel Merman (11x, Actress)
Robert Altman (6x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:52083, Added: 05/17/2018, Last updated: 04/11/2024