In an intimate fireside chat, Grammer brings his signature wit and charm to the stage. Whether talking about achieving his dreams or providing a behind the scenes look at some of his beloved roles, Grammer is sure to leave audiences entertained.

Kelsey Grammer has excelled at the highest levels in theatre, television, and film as an actor, producer and director. Grammer has won six Emmys, three Golden Globes, a SAG Award and a Tony Award and has received an unparalleled 18 Emmy nominations, eight Golden Globe nominations, 18 SAG nominations and two Tony nominations.

An initial role as Dr. Frasier Crane on Cheers developed into the cornerstone of the Juilliard-trained actor’s career.  Grammer played the celebrated character in three different television series (Cheers, Wings and Frasier) over a span of 20 years, tying the record for longest-running television character. Currently, Grammer can be seen in Paramount+’s long awaited, critically acclaimed Frasier, which marks the third act of the beloved character Dr. Frasier Crane; having premiered Oct. 12, 2023, new episodes are available every Thursday.

He was most recently seen in the wildly successful Jesus Revolution, playing real-life pastor Chuck Smith. Other recent films include Father Christmas is Back, The Space Between, The God Committee, and Charming the Hearts of Men, all available on VOD, and will next be seen in High Expectations. Other recent films include Money Plane, Grand Isle and Like Father.

As part of his illustrious voice-over career, Grammer was most recently heard reprising his role as the character Blinky in Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans, the film finale to Guillermo Del Toro’s Netflix series. He voiced Blinky for all three previous seasons and won his sixth Emmy Award in 2017. He was also recently heard in You’re Not a Monster, IMDB’s first scripted series; the short form, animated series in which he played a psychiatrist-turned-vampire who caters therapy to movie monsters seeking therapeutic help. He was also recently heard voicing a guest role on Disney Channel’s Ghost and Molly McGhee.

Through his production company, Grammnet NH Productions, Grammer is an executive producer on the new Amazon docuseries Phat Tuesdays exploring Goy Torry’s influential 90’s standup comedy showcase in Los Angeles, which helped launch careers of some of the most famous Black comedians in the industry; all three episodes will be available to stream on Feb. 4. In May 2021, Paramount+ announced new seasons of beloved CW show The Game also produced in conjunction with Grammnet. Grammer created Grammnet NH Productions nearly 30 years ago, a TV production company that has produced such hit television shows as the Emmy-winning Medium, for NBC, The Game, Girlfriends, for CW, the highly acclaimed series Boss for Starz, and You’re Not a Monster which marked the first short-form animated series for IMDB.

In May 2018, also through Grammnet (in conjunction with AwesomenessTV and Wattpad,) Grammer sold a 10-episode straight-to-series supernatural drama to Hulu called Light as a Feather, based on the story by Zoe Aarsen. Last year, the show's second season garnered 6 Daytime Emmy Award nominations. Other Grammnet producing credits include the NBC productions The Innocent, Kelsey Grammer Salutes Jack Benny,Fired Up, In-Laws, and Gary the Rat. For PAX, he produced World Cup Comedy. For FOX, he starred in and produced Kelsey Grammer Presents: The Sketch Show.

Accomplished as a voice-over artist, Grammer has played the iconic character Sideshow Bob on The Simpsons since 1990, for which he won an Emmy in 2006. As part of his extensive voiceover work, recent films include Warner Bros. animated film Storks and the adventurous and comedic animated film Bunyan and Babe. He has also lent his voice to the feature films Toy Story 2, Anastasia and Teacher’s Pet, to the television series Father of the Pride and Gary the Rat, and to the Emmy-nominated Animal Farm for TNT.

2019 saw Grammer return to London’s West End in Man of La Mancha. Grammer starred in the beloved role of Don Quixote. On stage, he was also recently seen at the Hollywood Bowl in Beauty and the Beast voicing Lumière alongside an all-star cast in a two-night limited run of a live performance of Alan Menken’s music that accompanied a screening of the classic, animated Disney film. He also joined the 2018 season of the L.A. Opera in a limited run of Leonard Bernstein’s operetta Candide, which ran from January–February 2018, playing the dual role of Pangloss and Voltaire. He made his London stage debut in a revised version of the Broadway musical Big Fish in November—December 2017. In 2010, Grammer earned a Tony nomination for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical for his starring role in La Cage aux Folles on Broadway. In 2015, Grammer returned to the Broadway stage to star in Finding Neverland. He reprised the role again in 2016.

Recent films include Arclight Films live-action Guardians of the Tomb, Universal Pictures’ Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising, Sony Picture Entertainment’s Baby, Baby, Baby, and a cameo appearance in Warner Home Video’s Entourage movie. In 2014, Grammer appeared in five films: Paramount’s fourth installment of the Transformers film series, Transformers: Age of Extinction, Twentieth Century Fox’s X-Men: Days of Future Past, Lionsgate’s The Expendables 3, Screen Gems’ Think Like a Man Too and Millennium Entertainment’s Reach Me. In 2014, he was also heard lending his voice to the iconic Tin Man in Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return, which was nominated for Best Feature at the 2013 Annecy International Animated Film Festival prior to its 2014 release.

Other recent television credits include FOX’s Proven Innocent, Amazon’s The Last Tycoon, The National Geographic Channel’s historical drama miniseries Killing Jesus, FX Network’s comedic series Partners and Starz drama Boss, in which he starred and was executive producer for which he was honored with a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series for his portrayal of Mayor Tom Kane. Grammer directed single episodes of Everybody Hates Chris, My Ex-Life and Out of Practice. He has also directed several episodes of Frasier, one of which earned him a DGA nomination. Grammer also starred and served as executive producer of the ABC comedy Hank.

Some of Grammer’s other acting credits include I Don’t Know How She Does It, MGM’s remake of Fame, Paramount Pictures’ Middle Men, Vivendi Universal’s An American Carol, Disney’s Swing Vote, FOX’s blockbuster hit X-Men: The Last Stand, FOX’s Back To You in which he also served as executive producer, A Christmas Carol for NBC, Benedict Arnold for A&E, Mr. St. Nick for ABC’s Hallmark Hall of Fame, Fifteen Minutes for New Line Cinema, Down Periscope for 20th Century Fox and Even Money for Yari Film Group.

Grammer began acting in plays at Pine Crest Preparatory School in Fort Lauderdale, where his teenage stage success inspired him to apply to Juilliard. He developed an interest in Shakespeare and began his professional acting career at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego. He continued in regional theatre, and finally made his way to New York with roles in the off-Broadway productions Sunday in the Park with George, A Month in the Country and the Obie Award-winning Quartermaine's Terms. He starred on Broadway in Macbeth and Othello. After gaining television notoriety, he returned to the stage and received critical acclaim as Professor Higgins in My Fair Lady. He also performed the title role in Richard II and Lucio in Measure for Measure at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles.

Before long he appeared in two TV miniseries: first as Stephen Smith in Kennedy(NBC, 1983) and next as Lieutenant Stewart in George Washington (CBS, 1984.) Grammer then landed the role of Dr. Frasier Crane in Cheers. Originally, the show’s creators wanted John Lithgow for a brief recurring role, but the actor was unavailable. Grammer's former Juilliard classmate Mandy Patinkin suggested him to the New York casting director and he got the job, parlaying six episodes into a career that would span decades.

Grammer was born in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands and was raised in New Jersey and Florida. He lives in the Los Angeles area and New York.