
Joel Grey
Highest Rated: 100% The Music of Chance (1993)
Lowest Rated: 39% Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985)
Birthday: Apr 11, 1932
Birthplace: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
A mercurial, multi-talented fixture of the Broadway stage since the 1950s, Oscar-winning actor Joel Grey rose to fame as the sinister Master of Ceremonies in Cabaret, which earned him both the Tony Award for the 1966 stage production and the Oscar for Bob Fosse's 1972 film adaptation. A consummate singer, dancer and skilled actor, Grey's greatest successes were on Broadway, where he starred in such memorable shows as "Stop The World - I Want To Get Off," "George M!," and "Wicked." His film output was somewhat less substantial, though he was a fixture of episodic television from the early 1970s through the new millennium, earning an Emmy nomination in 1991 for a guest role on "Brooklyn Bridge" (CBS, 1991-93). For many, Grey was first and foremost a Broadway star, and he would return to the Great White Way on numerous occasions, even into his late seventies with a critically praised revival of "Anything Goes" in 2011. Throughout all the facets of his career, from young hopeful to actor on the rise and Oscar winner to his prolific period as a character player in the 1990s and 2000s, Grey remained the symbol of elegance, economy and class both in front of and away from an audience.
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
Movies
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56% | 52% | Choke | Phil (Character) | $2.9M | 2008 |
69% | 91% | Dancer in the Dark | Oldrich Novy (Character) | $4.2M | 2000 |
No Score Yet | 72% | A Christmas Carol | The Ghost of Christmas Past (Character) | - | 1999 |
71% | 80% | The Empty Mirror | Josef Goebbels (Character) | $10.8K | 1997 |
No Score Yet | 99% | My Friend Joe | Simon (Character) | - | 1996 |
48% | 49% | The Fantasticks | Amos Babcock Bellomy (Character) | $44.8K | 1995 |
No Score Yet | 44% | Venus Rising | Jimmie (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet | 0% | The Dangerous | Flea (Character) | - | 1994 |
100% | 87% | The Music of Chance | Willy Stone (Character) | - | 1993 |
52% | 73% | Kafka | Burgel (Character) | $57.6K | 1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Marilyn and Me | Johnny Hyde (Character) | - | 1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Queenie | Aaron Diamond (Character) | - | 1987 |
39% | 58% | Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins | Chiun (Character) | $14.4M | 1985 |
79% | 68% | The Seven-Per-Cent Solution | Lowenstein (Character) | - | 1976 |
67% | 49% | Buffalo Bill and the Indians | Nate Salisbury (Cody's partner) (Character) | - | 1976 |
No Score Yet | 17% | Man on a Swing | Franklin WIlls (Character) | - | 1974 |
93% | 87% | Cabaret | Master of Ceremonies (Character) | - | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Man on a String | Big Joe Brown (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | George M! | George M. Cohan (Character) | - | 1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Calypso Heat Wave | Alex Nash (Character) | - | 1957 |
No Score Yet | 33% | About Face | Bender (Character) | - | 1952 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Great Performances | Guest | 2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Broadway Profiles | Unknown (Character) | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Theater Talk | Guest | 2017 |
38% | 77% | Maya & Marty | Music Performer | 2016 |
No Score Yet | 37% | Late Night With Seth Meyers | Guest | 2016 |
No Score Yet | 85% | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Hank Kasserman (Guest Star) | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Live From Lincoln Center | Music Performer | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Today | Guest | 2013 |
81% | 86% | Nurse Jackie | Dick Bobbitt (Guest Star) | 2012 |
84% | 76% | Grey's Anatomy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2009 |
51% | 80% | Private Practice | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2009 |
79% | 84% | Brothers & Sisters | Dr. Jude Bar-Shalom (Guest Star) | 2007 |
90% | 96% | House | Ezra Powell (Guest Star) | 2006 |
85% | 88% | Alias | Another Mr. Sloane (Guest Star) | 2005 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2003 |
92% | 98% | Oz | Lemuel Idzik (Guest Star) | 2003 |
82% | 92% | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | Doc (Guest Star) | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Touched by an Angel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2001 |
46% | No Score Yet | It's Like, You Know ... | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Outer Limits | Unknown (Character) | 1999 |
77% | 76% | Star Trek: Voyager | Caylem (Guest Star) | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dallas | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Matlock | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1991 |
33% | No Score Yet | Alice | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour | Guest | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Carol Burnett Show | Guest | 1974 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | What's My Line? | Guest | 1972 1968 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | That Show | Guest | 1968 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 77 Sunset Strip | Joey Kellogg (Guest Star) | 1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Surfside 6 | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bronco | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Producers' Showcase | Unknown (Character) | 1956 |
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