Allen Kelsey Grammer is an American actor and producer, who is best known for his role as Dr. Frasier Crane in the NBC sitcoms Cheers, Wings, and Frasier. He is also well-known for voicing Sideshow Bob in the Fox animated sitcom The Simpsons, Vladimir in Don Bluth's 1997 animated fantasy film Anastasia, Zozi in the 1999 spin-off film Bartok the Magnificent, and Hunter the stork, the main antagonist of the 2016 WAG animated film Storks. Additionally, he portrayed an older Beast in the Marvel films X-Men: The Last Stand and X-Men: Days of Future Past, a role he later reprised in The Marvels. He also voiced Blinkous "Blinky" Galadrigal in the DreamWorks animated series Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia on Netflix.
For Disney, he voiced Stinky Pete in Disney/Pixar's 1999 film Toy Story 2, and reprised this role in the video game of the same name. He also voiced Doctor Frankenollie in the Mickey Mouse short Runaway Brain, Dr. Ivan Krank in Teacher's Pet: The Movie, and was the Narrator of Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas. He reprised his role as Frasier Crane in The Magical World of Disney television specials Mickey's 60th Birthday and Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Celebration. Additionally, he portrayed President Andrew Boone in the 2008 Touchstone Pictures film Swing Vote and voiced Abraham Lincoln in The Ghost and Molly McGee.
Roles[]
Narrator
(Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas)
(Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas)
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Kelsey Grammer behind the scenes of Toy Story 2.
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Kelsey Grammar at the 2010 Tony Awards.
Kelsey Grammer and Arsenio Hall at the 2014 UCLA Visionary Ball.
Kelsey Grammer visiting The Late Show Starring Stephen Colbert in February 2016.
Kelsey Grammer attending the IMDboat at the 2019 San Diego Comic Con.
Trivia[]
- He was originally going to voice Henry J. Waternoose in the 2013 Disney/Pixar film Monsters University (replacing James Coburn after his death), but the character was later dropped from the film for unknown reasons, only making a cameo in a picture in the ending credits.
- He was also, at one point, considered for the voice role of Jafar in Aladdin, but the role was ultimately given to Jonathan Freeman.[1]
