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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 as well as in the 1972 film adaptation. He has won an Academy Award, a Tony Award, and a Golden Globe Award.

Joel Grey
Grey at the 73rd Annual Peabody Awards in 2014
Born	Joel David Katz (1932-04-11) April 11, 1932 (age 90) Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Occupation	Actor dancer singer photographer theatre director
Years active	1951–present
Spouse	Jo Wilder ​ ​ (m. 1958; div. 1982)​
Children	2; including Jennifer
Parent	Mickey Katz (father)
Relatives	Ronald A. Katz (brother)

He also originated the role of George M. Cohan in the musical George M! in 1968 and the Wizard of Oz in the musical Wicked. He also starred as Moonface Martin and Amos Hart in the Broadway revivals of Anything Goes and Chicago, respectively.

Early life

Grey was born in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of Goldie "Grace" (née Epstein) and Mickey Katz, an actor, comedian, and musician. Both his parents were Jewish.[1][2][3] He attended Alexander Hamilton High School in Los Angeles, California.[4]

Career

Grey started his career, at age 10,[5] in the Cleveland Play House's Curtain Pullers children's theatre program in the early 1940s, appearing in productions such as Grandmother Slyboots, Jack of Tarts and a lead role in their mainstage production of On Borrowed Time.[6][7] By 1952, at age 20, he was appearing as a featured performer at the Copacabana nightclub in New York.

In the late 1950s and early 1960s, Grey appeared in several TV westerns including Maverick (1959), Bronco (1960) and Lawman (3 times in 1960 and 1961).

Grey originated the role of the Master of Ceremonies in the Broadway musical Cabaret in 1966 for which he won a Tony Award. Additional Broadway credits include Come Blow Your Horn (1961), Stop the World – I Want to Get Off (1962), Half a Sixpence (1965), George M! (1968), Goodtime Charley (1975), The Grand Tour (1979), Chicago (1996), Wicked (2003), and Anything Goes (2011).[8] In November 1995, he performed as the Wizard in The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True, a staged concert of the popular story at Lincoln Center to benefit the Children's Defense Fund. The performance was originally broadcast on Turner Network Television (TNT) in November 1995, and released on CD and video in 1996.[9]

Grey won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in March 1973 for his performance as the Master of Ceremonies in the 1972 film version of Cabaret.[10] His victory was part of a Cabaret near-sweep, which saw Liza Minnelli win Best Actress and Bob Fosse win Best Director, although it lost the Best Picture Oscar to The Godfather.[11] For that role, Grey also won a BAFTA award for "The Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles" and Best Supporting Actor awards from the Golden Globes, Kansas City Film Critics Circle, National Board of Review of Motion Pictures, National Society of Film Critics,[10] and a Tony Award for his original stage performance six years prior, making him one of only ten people who have won both a Tony Award and an Academy Award for the same role.[12]

He has performed at The Muny in St. Louis, Missouri, in roles such as George M. Cohan in George M! (1970 and 1992),[13] the Emcee in Cabaret (1971), and Joey Evans in Pal Joey (1983).[1] At the Williamstown Theatre Festival, Grey played the title role in their production of Platonov (1977).

Grey appeared as a panelist for the television game show What's My Line? in the 1967 season, as well as being the first Mystery Guest during its syndication in 1968. He was the guest star for the fifth episode of The Muppet Show in its first season in 1976, singing "Razzle Dazzle" from Chicago and "Willkommen" from Cabaret. He also played Master of Sinanju Chiun, Remo's elderly Korean martial arts master in the movie Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985), a role that garnered him a Saturn Award and a second Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Chiun's character was popular for the lines "Meat of cow kills", and "You move like a pregnant yak", from the movie. In 1991, he played Adam, a devil, in the final episode of the television series Dallas (1991).[14] That same year, Grey also appeared in the American Repertory Theatre's production of When We Dead Awaken at the Sao Paulo Biennale. In 1993 he starred in New York Stage & Film's production of John Patrick Shanley's A Fool and Her Fortune and received an "Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series" Emmy nomination for his recurring role as Jacob Prossman on the television series Brooklyn Bridge. In 1995, he made a guest appearance on Star Trek: Voyager as an aging rebel seeking to free his (deceased) wife[15] from prison.[16] In 1999, he starred in Brian Friel's Give Me Your Answer, Do! mounted by Roundabout Theatre Company.

In 2000, Grey played Oldrich Novy in the film Dancer in the Dark and had recurring television roles on Buffy the Vampire Slayer (as the evil reptilian demon Doc, 2001), Oz (as Lemuel Idzik, 2003) and Alias (as "Another Mr. Sloane", 2005). He played a wealthy, paroled ex-convict on Law & Order: Criminal Intent (episode "Cuba Libre", 2003). Grey also originated the role of the Wizard of Oz in the hit Broadway musical Wicked. He also appeared on the shows House and Brothers & Sisters (2007), on the latter of which he played the role of Dr. Bar-Shalom, Sarah and Joe's marriage counselor. He appeared as Izzie's high school teacher who needs treatment for dementia in Grey's Anatomy (2009).[16][17][18][19]

Grey returned to Broadway in spring 2011 as Moonface Martin in the Roundabout Theatre Company revival of Anything Goes at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre.[20] He also played Ned in the 1985 Off-Broadway production of Larry Kramer's The Normal Heart, and went on to co-direct the Tony Award-winning revival in 2011.[21]

In 2018, Grey directed a Yiddish-language production of Fiddler on the Roof, which originated at the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene, then transferred to Stage 42 Off-Broadway. The production became a surprise hit, running for over a year and winning the 2019 Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle awards for Best Musical Revival.[22]

Personal life

In 1958, Grey married Jo Wilder; they divorced in 1982. Together, they had two children: actress Jennifer Grey (star of the film Dirty Dancing) and chef James Grey.[1][23]

He is a photographer; his first book of photographs, Pictures I Had to Take, was published in 2003; its follow-up, Looking Hard at Unexpected Things, was published in 2006.[24] His third book, 1.3 – Images from My Phone, a book of photographs taken with his camera phone, was published in 2009.[25] An exhibition of his work was held in April 2011 at the Museum of the City of New York, titled "Joel Grey/A New York Life."[26] His fourth book, The Billboard Papers: Photographs by Joel Grey, came out in 2013 and depicts the many-layered billboards of New York City.[27]

In January 2015, Grey discussed his sexuality in an interview with People, stating: "I don't like labels, but if you have to put a label on it, I'm a gay man."[28] Grey writes about his family, his acting career, and the challenges of being gay in his 2016 memoir, Master of Ceremonies.[29]

Work

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1952	About Face	Bender
1957	Calypso Heat Wave	Alex Nash
1961	Come September	Beagle
1972	Cabaret	Master of Ceremonies
1974	Man on a Swing	Franklin Wills
1976	The Seven-Per-Cent Solution	Lowenstein
1976	Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson	Nate Salsbury
1985	Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins	Master of Sinanju Chiun
1991	Kafka	Burgel
1992	Tom and Jerry: The Movie	Narrator
1992	The Player	Himself	Cameo
1993	The Music of Chance	Willy Stone
1994	The Dangerous	"Flea"
1995	Venus Rising	Jimmie
1996	The Empty Mirror	Joseph Goebbels
1996	My Friend Joe	Simon
2000	The Fantasticks	Amos Babcock Bellamy
2000	Dancer in the Dark	Oldrich Novy
2001	Reaching Normal	Dr. Mensley
2008	Choke	Phil
2021	Tick, Tick... Boom!	"Sunday" Legend

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1951–1954	The Colgate Comedy Hour	Himself	4 episodes
1954	Pond's Theater	Performer	Episode: "Forty Weeks of Uncle Tom"
1956	Jack and the Beanstalk	Jack	Producers' Showcase
1957	Telephone Time	Ray	Episode: "The Intruder"
1957	December Bride	Jimmy	3 episodes
1957	The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom	Himself	4 episodes
1958	The Court of Last Resort	Floyd Todd	Episode: "The Todd-Loomis Case"
1958	Little Women	Theodore "Laurie" Laurence	Television film
1959	Maverick	Billy "The Kid"	Episode: "Full House"
1960	Bronco	Samson "Runt" Bowles	Episode: "Masquerade"
1960	The Ann Sothern Show	Billy Wilton	Episode: "Billy"
1960	Surfside 6	Willy	Episode: "The Clown"
1960–1961	Lawman	Owny O'Reilly	3 episodes
1961	Westinghouse Playhouse	Herbie	Episode: "Nanette's Teenage Suitor"
1961	77 Sunset Strip	Joey Kellogg	Episode: "Open and Close in One"
1966	My Lucky Penny	Freddy Rockefeller	Pilot
1966	Vacation Playhouse	Freddy Rockfeller	Episode: "My Lucky Penny"
1970	George M!	George M. Cohan	Television movie
1971	Ironside	Mike Jaeger	Episode: "A Killing at the Track"
1972	Night Gallery	Andrew MacBane	Episode: "There Aren't Any More MacBanes"
1972	Man on a String	Joe "Big Joe" Brown	Television film
1973	The $10,000 Pyramid	Himself / Celebrity Guest	Season One: August 13–17, 1973 Peggy Cass vs. Joel Grey[30]
1974	'Twas the Night Before Christmas	Narrator / Mr. Trundel (voice)	Television film
1974	The Carol Burnett Show	Gary	Segment: "Carol and Sis"
1976	The Muppet Show	Himself (guest)	Episode: "Joel Grey"
1981	Paddington	Himself	Host
1982	Alice	Himself	2 episodes
1982	The Yeomen of the Guard	Jack Point	Television film
1987	Queenie	Aaron Diamond	2 episodes
1991	Matlock	Tommy DeLuca	Episode: "The Critic"
1991	Dallas	Adam	Episode: "Conundrum"
1992–1993	Brooklyn Bridge	Jacob Prossman	2 episodes
1995	The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True	Narrator / The Wizard / Various Roles	Television benefit performance for the Children's Defense Fund
1995	Star Trek: Voyager	Caylem	Episode: "Resistance"
1999–2000	The Outer Limits	Dr. Neil Seward / Gideon Banks	2 episodes
1999	A Christmas Carol	Ghost of Christmas Past	Television film
2001	Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Doc	3 episodes
2001	Touched by an Angel	Ronald	2 episodes
2001	Further Tales of the City	Guido	3 episodes
2003	Oz	Lemuel Idzik	6 episodes
2003	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Milton Winters	Episode: "Cuba Libre"
2005	Alias	Another Mr. Sloane	3 episodes
2005	Crossing Jordan	Carl Meisner, Amnesia Victim	Episode: "Forget Me Not"
2006	House	Dr. Ezra Powell	Episode: "Informed Consent"
2007	Brothers & Sisters	Dr. Jude Bar-Shalom	Episode: "Love Is Difficult"
2008	Phineas and Ferb	Beppo (voice)	Episode: "The Monster of Phineas-n-Ferbenstein/Oil on Candace"
2009	Private Practice	Dr. Alexander Ball	Episode: "Nothing to Fear"
2009	Grey's Anatomy	Dr. Singer	Episode: "New History"
2012	Nurse Jackie	Dick Bobbitt	Episode: "Day of the Iguana"
2013	Warehouse 13	Monty, The Magnificent	Episode: "The Sky's the Limit"
2014	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Hank Kasserman	Episode: "Keep Calm and Carry On"
2014	Park Bench with Steve Buscemi	Himself	Episode: "Benchmark"
2022	The Old Man	Morgan Bote	3 episodes

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Notes/Venue
1951	Borscht Capades	Performer	Credited as Joel Kaye Royale Theatre, Broadway
1956	The Littlest Revue	Performer	Phoenix Theatre, Broadway
1961	Come Blow Your Horn	Buddy Baker	Brooks Atkinson Theatre, Broadway
1962	Stop the World – I Want to Get Off	Littlechap	Shubert Theatre, Broadway
1965	Half a Sixpence	Arthur Kipps	Broadhurst Theatre, Broadway
1966	Cabaret	Master of Ceremonies
1968	George M!	George M. Cohan	Palace Theatre, Broadway
1975	Goodtime Charley	Charley
1977	Marco Polo Sings a Solo	Stony McBride	The Public Theatre, Off-Broadway
1979	The Grand Tour	S.L. Jacobowsky	Palace Theatre, Broadway
1985	The Normal Heart	Ned Weeks	The Public Theatre, Off-Broadway
1987	Cabaret	Master of Ceremonies	Imperial Theatre, Broadway
1991	When We Dead Awaken	Performer	American Repertory Theatre
1996	Chicago	Amos Hart	Richard Rodgers Theatre, Broadway
1999	Give Me Your Answer, Do!	Jack Donovan	Roundabout Theatre Company
2003	Wicked	The Wizard of Oz	George Gershwin Theatre, Broadway
2011	Anything Goes	"Moonface" Martin	Stephen Sondheim Theatre, Broadway
2011	The Normal Heart	—	Director John Golden Theatre, Broadway
2016	The Cherry Orchard	Firs	American Airlines Theatre, Broadway
2018	Fiddler on the Roof (Fidler Afn Dakh)	—	Director; American premiere of the play in Yiddish National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref(s)
1972	Academy Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Cabaret	Won	[31]
1972	British Academy Film Awards	Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles		Won	[32]
1975	Drama Desk Awards	Outstanding Actor in a Musical	Goodtime Charley	Nominated	[33]
1979			The Grand Tour	Nominated	[34]
1988			Cabaret	Nominated	[35]
1997		Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical	Chicago	Won	[36]
2000		Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play	Give Me Your Answer, Do!	Nominated	[37]
2011		Outstanding Director of a Play	The Normal Heart	Won	[38]
2019		Outstanding Director of a Musical	Fiddler on the Roof (Fidler Afn Dakh)	Nominated	[39]
1972	Golden Globe Awards	Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture	Cabaret	Won	[40]
1985			Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins	Nominated
1968	Grammy Awards	Best Musical Theater Album	Cabaret	Won	[41]
1998			Chicago	Won
2012			Anything Goes	Nominated
1972	National Board of Review Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Cabaret	Won[lower-alpha 1]	[42]
1972	National Society of Film Critics Awards	Best Supporting Actor		Won[lower-alpha 2]	[43]
1993	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series	Brooklyn Bridge	Nominated	[44]
1967	Tony Awards	Best Featured Actor in a Musical	Cabaret	Won	[45]
1969		Best Leading Actor in a Musical	George M!	Nominated	[46]
1975			Goodtime Charley	Nominated	[47]
1979			The Grand Tour	Nominated	[48]
2011		Best Direction of a Play	The Normal Heart	Nominated	[49]

For his continued support of Broadway, Grey was named a Givenik Ambassador.[50]

He was presented with a lifetime achievement award on June 10, 2013, by The National Yiddish Theatre – Folksbiene.[51]

Grey won the Oscar Hammerstein Award for Lifetime Achievement in Musical Theatre on December 5, 2016, presented by the York Theatre Company in New York City. The theatre said, in part: "we are thrilled to celebrate the extraordinary Joel Grey, whose artistry — for over half a century — has become an indelible part of Broadway history."[52]

Grey was honored as The New Jewish Home's Eight Over Eighty Gala 2015 honoree.

Grey was presented with the Teddy Kollek Award by the World Jewish Congress in November 2019.[53]

See also

• List of LGBT Academy Award winners and nominees

Notes

References

Sources

• Parrish, James Robert; Terrace, Vincent (1989). The Complete Actors' Television Credits, 1948–1988. Vol. 1. p. 212. ISBN 0-8108-2204-0.

External links

• Joel Grey at IMDb
• Joel Grey at the Internet Broadway Database
• Joel Grey at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
• Joel Grey at Playbill Vault
• Joel Grey papers, 1904-2001 (bulk 1949-2001), held by the Billy Rose Theatre Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
• Joel Grey – Downstage Center interview at American Theatre Wing.org
• TonyAwards.com Interview with Joel Grey

На других языках

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[de] Joel Grey

Joel Grey, eigentlich Joel David Katz, (* 11. April 1932 in Cleveland, Ohio) ist ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler und Sänger. Seine bekannteste Rolle ist die des Conférenciers in dem Musical Cabaret, wofür er sowohl den Tony Award als auch den Oscar gewann.

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- [en] Joel Grey

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[es] Joel Grey

Joel David Katz (Cleveland, Ohio; 11 de abril de 1932), más conocido como Joel Grey, es un actor estadounidense de teatro, cine y televisión.

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[ru] Грей, Джоэл

Джо́эл Грей (англ. Joel Grey, род. 11 апреля 1932 (1932-04-11), Кливленд, Огайо, США) — американский актёр, певец, танцор, режиссёр и фотограф. Обладатель премий «Оскар», «Тони» и «Золотой глобус».

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