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Allen Kelsey Grammer (born February 21, 1955) is an American actor, producer, and singer. He gained fame for his role as the psychiatrist Dr. Frasier Crane on the NBC sitcom Cheers (1984–1993) and its spin-off Frasier (1993–2004, and again from 2023 to 2024). With more than 20 years on air, this is one of the longest-running roles played by a single live-action actor in primetime television history. He has received numerous accolades, including a total of six Emmy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Tony Award. Grammer, having trained as an actor at Juilliard and the Old Globe Theatre, made his professional acting debut as Lennox in the 1981 Broadway revival of Macbeth. The following year, he portrayed Cassio acting opposite Christopher Plummer and James Earl Jones in Othello. In mid-1983, he acted alongside Mandy Patinkin in the original off-Broadway production of Stephen Sondheim's musical Sunday in the Park with George. He has since starred in the leading roles in productions of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, My Fair Lady, Big Fish, and Finding Neverland. In film, he is known for his role as Dr. Hank McCoy / Beast in the superhero films X-Men: The Last Stand (2006), X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) and The Marvels (2023). His other roles include Down Periscope (1996), The Pentagon Wars (1998), and Swing Vote (2008). He is also known for his voice roles in Anastasia (1997), Toy Story 2 (1999), and as Sideshow Bob in The Simpsons (1990–present). He took guest roles in the sitcoms 30 Rock (2010–2012), Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (2016), and Modern Family (2017). For his performance as the corrupt mayor in the Starz political series Boss (2011–2012), he received a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama. In early 2010, Grammer returned to Broadway in the musical revival of La Cage aux Folles, where he received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical. In mid-2016, Grammer won a Tony Award for Best Musical as producer of a musical revival of The Color Purple. In early 2019, he starred as Don Quixote in a production of Man of La Mancha at the London Coliseum. In late 2023, The Telegraph described Grammer as one of "the finest actors" of his generation. He was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on May 22, 2001. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kelsey Grammer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Phantom Ronin is a 2027 American science fiction action martial arts film based on the character of the same name from Midnight Shroud. Produced by Legendary Pictures and The Stone Quarry and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing, it is the second installment in the Global Ninja Warrior Universe and a prequel to Midnight Shroud. Directed by Colin Trevorrow and written by Chad Stahelski and Zack Snyder, the film stars Rina Sawayama, reprising her role as Akira Takahashi / Phantom Ronin, with Anna Akana returning as Haruna Okamoto / Kurokage, alongside Willem Dafoe, Sydney Sweeney, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Kelsey Grammer, Jeremy Renner, David Harbour, Michael Jai White, and Ken Watanabe. Set in the Afghanistan War during the 2010s, the film explores Akira's origin story and depicts her early, close relationship with her sister Haruna, who, as Kurokage, would endure as the archenemy of Phantom Ronin, and also explores her relationship with Aurelia Kane. The film had its world premiere at the 84th Venice International Film Festival on November 6th, 2027, and opened in theaters on December 10th; the film was met with largely positive reviews, with praise for the tone, the performances of Sawayama and Akana, action sequences, score, direction, and thematic elements, with many deeming the film to be both "emotionally draining" and one of the best origin stories. Phantom Ronin was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Cinematography, and has been named as one of Sawayama's greatest performances as Phantom Ronin. A follow-up, which will be a sequel to Midnight Shroud, is in development.
