Kelsey Grammer Trivia

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  • His daughter, Spencer Grammer, was on the "One Hugs, The Other Doesn't" episode of "Cheers" (1982).
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  • On the Fox News debate show "Hannity & Colmes" (1996), he said that he would like to run for public office someday, perhaps U.S. Senator from California.
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  • As the character "Sideshow Bob", he provided the first-ever guest voice on "The Simpsons" (1989).
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  • When series production of "Frasier" (1993) ended, Kelsey Grammer tied the record for longest role (Frasier Crane) portrayed by at single actor on prime-time television ("Cheers" (1982) and "Frasier" (1993)), at 20 years (1984-2004) Grammer is tied with James Arness for "Marshall Matt Dillon" on "Gunsmoke" (1955) (1955-1975).
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  • Son, Jude Gordon Grammer (b. 28 August 2004) in Sacramento, California, via surrogate birth.
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  • Wife Camille Grammer appeared on his sitcom "Frasier" (1993), in the episode "Frasier: Halloween (#5.3)" (1997).
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  • Served 30 days in jail for violating probation on D.U.I. [1990]
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  • His father was murdered in the Virgin Islands; his sister was murdered after leaving a Red Lobster in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and his brother was killed in a shark attack.
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  • Has entertained the notion that he might involve himself in politics, and discussed running for political office during an interview on the Sean Hannity Radio Show (2005).
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  • His two best known roles are characters on television series: Frasier Crane and Sideshow Bob. Both characters have a brother played by David Hyde Pierce and a father played by John Mahoney.
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  • Daughter, Greer, born 1992, with Barrie Buckner.
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  • Took the role of Henry "Hank" McCoy/The Beast in X-Men: The Last Stand (2006), two years after his former TV brother, David Hyde Pierce, provided the uncredited voice of "Abe Sapien" in Hellboy (2004).
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  • Provided the voice of the Narrator for the Guthrie Theatre production of "Christmas Carol" in 2000
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  • Began his acting career at the Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis.
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  • Daughter, Mason Olivia Grammer, was delivered by a surrogate mother October 24, 2001 in Los Angeles and weighed in at 8 pounds, 5 ounces.
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  • He has filed a lawsuit against Hamptons real estate broker Bettie Wysor of Dunemere Real Estate who put him and his wife next door to a construction site. The couple rented a mansion next door to advertising executive Jay Chiat in the summer of 1998. Kelsey was uninformed of Chiat's extensive renovation, and is suing Wyson for $100,000 for failing to warn him but Wysor says that work on Chiat's house was finished by the time the Grammers moved in. She claims the couple only used their place for three of the four weeks they'd rented it for, and never complained to her about anything. [May 2000]
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  • Was the original voice for the Geico Gecko.
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  • His son was named after his maternal grandfather, Gordon Cranmer, who helped raise him and his sister. He passed away when Kelsey was 11.
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  • Has appeared in episodes of three different series with Ted Danson: "Cheers" (1982), "Frasier" (1993) and "Becker" (1998).
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  • Leigh McCloskey's roommate and Julliard classmate in New York City during the mid-1970s.
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  • When the producers of "Frasier" (1993) asked him about approaching Bebe Neuwirth about re-playing her character on "Frasier" (1993) as a regular, he said no. He claimed it was because "For this spin-off to work, Fraiser would have to be the only old, familiar thing there. Everything else would have to be brand-new".
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  • Appears as "Beast" in X-Men: The Last Stand (2006). George Buza, who was the voice of "Beast" in the animated television series, played a truck driver in the first X-Men (2000) film. Steve Bacic played a "Dr. Hank McCoy" in X2 (2003).
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  • Had to have his appendix removed, only a few weeks after his Toy Story 2 (1999) co-star, Tim Allen, also had to have his appendix removed. Expected to make full recovery. [October 1999]
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  • On one episode of "The Simpsons" (1989), while he portrayed the recurring character "Sideshow Bob", David Hyde Pierce supplied the voice of Kelsey's brother, mimicking the relationship between the two on "Frasier" (1993). This joke was repeated and extended a decade later, when Pierce once again played Bob's brother, and John Mahoney once again played their father.
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  • His favorite episode of "Cheers" (1982) was "Dinner at Eightish."
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  • Has his own production company, Grammnet Productions, which has a distribution deal with Paramount Pictures. They are behind the UPN hit, Girlfriends, of which Grammer is an executive producer, and his new comedy show on Fox-TV, debuting in March 2005.
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  • Attended high school at Pine Crest School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, one of the most prestigious high schools in the country.
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  • Is the only actor to be nominated for an Emmy for three TV shows, all for the same character (Frasier Crane in "Cheers" (1982), "Frasier" (1993) and a guest appearance on "Wings" (1990)).
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  • His favorite episode of "Frasier" (1993) was "Ham Radio".
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  • In memory of his sister who was raped and murdered, he named his daughter Spencer Karen. (Karen was his sister's first name)
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  • He filed suit against his former talent agency, Artists Agency, in order to recover $1.8 million in commissions. The current lawsuit comes on the heels of a Screen Actors Guild arbitration that has ordered him to pay the agency commissions withheld since 1998. Artists Agency is claiming that it has a right to claim ongoing profit participation in "Frasier" (1993), which means several million dollars in commissions with the show in syndication. He is charging that Artists Agency, which has represented him since the '80s, didn't win him the role of Frasier Crane on either "Cheers" (1982) or "Frasier" (1993). In 1996, he switched agencies but continued to pay commission up to 1998, after which Artists Agency began arbitration. The arbitrator's ruling, which was handed down August 4, 2000, upholds a renewal agreement he says he was forced into signing and orders him to pay withheld commissions. [August 2000]
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  • Signed a new 2 season deal for "Frasier" (1993). He will be getting about £1.1 million per episode. This makes him the highest paid TV star ever. [2001]
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  • A fictional place called "Kelsey Grammar School", which is in the comedy "Little Britain" (2003), is named after him.
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  • Daughter, Spencer Grammer, was born October 9, 1983, with Doreen Alderman.
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  • Spent a couple of weeks in the Betty Ford clinic for substance abuse. [October 1996]
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  • had a heart attack in 2008.
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