Joel Grey

Joel Grey

Known for
Acting
Born
April 11, 1932 (age 94)
Birthplace
Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Joel Grey (born April 11, 1932) is an American stage and screen actor, singer, and dancer, best known for his role as the Master of Ceremonies in both the stage and film adaptation of the Kander & Ebb musical Cabaret. He has won the Academy Award, Tony Award and Golden Globe Award. He also originated the role of the Wizard in the acclaimed musical Wicked.

Known For

Photos

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Filmography

2025
Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story poster

Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story

Movie · as Self

2023
Being Mary Tyler Moore poster

Being Mary Tyler Moore

Movie · as Self (voice)

2022
The Old Man poster

The Old Man

TV · as Morgan Bote · 4 eps

2021
tick, tick... BOOM! poster

tick, tick... BOOM!

Movie · as "Sunday" Legend #4

2020
Stars in the House poster

Stars in the House

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2019
On Broadway poster

On Broadway

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2019
Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles poster

Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles

Movie · as Self

2019
It Takes a Lunatic poster

It Takes a Lunatic

Movie · as Self

2015
Listen to Me Marlon poster

Listen to Me Marlon

Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2014
Trailblazer Honors poster

Trailblazer Honors

TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep

2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2013
Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy poster

Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy

Movie · as Narrator

2013
Cabaret: The Musical That Changed Musicals poster

Cabaret: The Musical That Changed Musicals

Movie · as Self

2009
Warehouse 13 poster

Warehouse 13

TV · as Monty the Magnificent · 1 ep

2009
Nurse Jackie poster

Nurse Jackie

TV · as Dick Bobbitt · 1 ep

2008
Choke poster

Choke

Movie · as Phil

2008
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History poster

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History

Movie · as Self

2008
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical poster

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical

Movie · as Self

2007
Drama, Tanz und Beine

Drama, Tanz und Beine

Movie · as Narrator

2007
Private Practice poster

Private Practice

TV · as Dr. Alexander Ball · 1 ep

2007
Phineas and Ferb poster

Phineas and Ferb

TV · as Beppo (voice) · 1 ep

2006
Chicago: The Musical poster

Chicago: The Musical

Movie

2006
Brothers and Sisters poster

Brothers and Sisters

TV · as Dr. Jude Bar-Shalo · 1 ep

2005
Grey's Anatomy poster

Grey's Anatomy

TV · as Dr. Singer · 1 ep

2004
House poster

House

TV · as Ezra Powell · 1 ep

2004
Broadway: The American Musical poster

Broadway: The American Musical

TV · as Self · 6 eps

2003
Broadway's Lost Treasures poster

Broadway's Lost Treasures

Movie · as Host (segment "Leading Men") / Emcee (segment "Cabaret")

2003
111 Gramercy Park poster

111 Gramercy Park

Movie · as Hornsby

2002
The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family' poster

The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family'

Movie · as Self

2002
Short Cuts

Short Cuts

TV · as Tom McQuilten · 26 eps

2001
On the Edge poster

On the Edge

Movie · as Dr. Mensley (segment "Reaching Normal")

2001
Alias poster

Alias

TV · as Another Mr. Sloane · 3 eps

2001
Further Tales of the City poster

Further Tales of the City

TV · as Guido · 4 eps

2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent poster

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

TV · as Milton Winters · 1 ep

2001
Crossing Jordan poster

Crossing Jordan

TV · as Carl Meisner · 1 ep

2000
Dancer in the Dark poster

Dancer in the Dark

Movie · as Oldrich Novy

2000
The Fantasticks poster

The Fantasticks

Movie · as Amos Bellamy

2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation poster

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

TV · as Hank Kasserman · 1 ep

1999
A Christmas Carol poster

A Christmas Carol

Movie · as Ghost of Christmas Past

1997
The Music of Kander & Ebb: Razzle Dazzle poster

The Music of Kander & Ebb: Razzle Dazzle

Movie · as Self

1997
Buffy the Vampire Slayer poster

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

TV · as Doc · 3 eps

1996
The Empty Mirror poster

The Empty Mirror

Movie

1996
My Friend Joe poster

My Friend Joe

Movie · as Simon

1995
The Dangerous poster

The Dangerous

Movie · as Flea

1995
The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True poster

The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True

Movie · as Professor Marvel / The Gatekeeper / The Carriage Driver / The Palace Guard / The Wizard of Oz

1995
Venus Rising poster

Venus Rising

Movie · as Jimmie

1995
Star Trek: Voyager poster

Star Trek: Voyager

TV · as Caylem · 1 ep

1995
The Outer Limits poster

The Outer Limits

TV · as Dr. Nathan Seward, Gideon Banks · 1 ep

1994
Touched by an Angel poster

Touched by an Angel

TV · as Ronald · 2 eps

1993
The Music of Chance poster

The Music of Chance

Movie · as Willy Stone

1993
Blue Heelers poster

Blue Heelers

TV · 1 ep

1992
The Player poster

The Player

Movie · as Joel Grey

1992
Robert Altman's Players poster

Robert Altman's Players

Movie · as Self

1991
Kafka poster

Kafka

Movie · as Burgel

1991
Marilyn and Me poster

Marilyn and Me

Movie · as Johnny Hyde

1991
Brooklyn Bridge poster

Brooklyn Bridge

TV · 2 eps

1990
Night of 100 Stars III poster

Night of 100 Stars III

Movie · as Self

1988
Cabaret poster

Cabaret

Movie · as The Emcee

1987
Witnesses to the Holocaust: The Trial of Adolf Eichmann poster

Witnesses to the Holocaust: The Trial of Adolf Eichmann

Movie · as Narrator

1987
Queenie poster

Queenie

TV · as Aaron Diamond · 2 eps

1986
Christmas at Radio City Music Hall poster

Christmas at Radio City Music Hall

Movie · as Self - Host

1986
Matlock poster

Matlock

TV · as Tommy DeLuca · 1 ep

1985
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins poster

Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins

Movie · as Chiun

1984
The Compleat Gilbert & Sullivan

The Compleat Gilbert & Sullivan

TV · as Jack Point · 1 ep

1982
The Yeomen of the Guard poster

The Yeomen of the Guard

Movie · as Jack Point

1982
Night of 100 Stars poster

Night of 100 Stars

Movie · as Self

1980
Charlie Chaplin: The Little Tramp

Charlie Chaplin: The Little Tramp

Movie · as Self - Host

1979
CBS News Sunday Morning poster

CBS News Sunday Morning

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1978
Dallas poster

Dallas

TV · as Adam · 1 ep

1976
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson poster

Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson

Movie · as The Producer (Nate Salisbury)

1976
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution poster

The Seven-Per-Cent Solution

Movie · as Lowenstein

1976
Alice poster

Alice

TV · 2 eps

1976
The Muppet Show poster

The Muppet Show

TV · as Self - Special Guest Star · 1 ep

1976
Live from Lincoln Center poster

Live from Lincoln Center

TV · as Joel Grey · 1 ep

1974
'Twas the Night Before Christmas poster

'Twas the Night Before Christmas

Movie · as Joshua Trundle (voice)

1974
Man on a Swing poster

Man on a Swing

Movie · as Franklin Wills

1974
Dinah! poster

Dinah!

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1974
Flick Flack poster

Flick Flack

TV · 1 ep

1973
Don't Call Me Mama Anymore poster

Don't Call Me Mama Anymore

Movie

1972
Cabaret poster

Cabaret

Movie · as Master of Ceremonies

1972
Man on a String poster

Man on a String

Movie · as Big Joe Brown

1972
The Recreation of an Era poster

The Recreation of an Era

Movie · as Self

1972
The Julie Andrews Hour poster

The Julie Andrews Hour

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1971
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour poster

The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour

TV · 1 ep

1970
George M! poster

George M!

Movie · as George M. Cohan

1970
Night Gallery poster

Night Gallery

TV · as Andrew MacBane · 1 ep

1968
The Dick Cavett Show poster

The Dick Cavett Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1967
Ironside poster

Ironside

TV · as Mike Yeager · 1 ep

1967
The Carol Burnett Show poster

The Carol Burnett Show

TV · as Self - Guest / Various Characters · 2 eps

1964
What a Way to Go! poster

What a Way to Go!

Movie · as Patron (uncredited)

1963
Vacation Playhouse

Vacation Playhouse

TV · as Freddy Rockefeller · 1 ep

1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1961
Come September poster

Come September

Movie · as Beagle

1961
The Mike Douglas Show poster

The Mike Douglas Show

TV · as Self - Co-Host · 3 eps

1960
Surfside 6 poster

Surfside 6

TV · as Willy · 1 ep

1958
Bronco poster

Bronco

TV · 1 ep

1958
Lawman poster

Lawman

TV · as Owny O'Reilly · 1 ep

1958
77 Sunset Strip poster

77 Sunset Strip

TV · as Joey Kellogg · 1 ep

1957
Calypso Heat Wave poster

Calypso Heat Wave

Movie

1957
Maverick poster

Maverick

TV · as Billy The Kid · 1 ep

1957
Tonight Starring Jack Paar poster

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1956
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show poster

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1956
The Steve Allen Show poster

The Steve Allen Show

TV · as Self - rehearsing for 'Jack and the Beanstalk' · 1 ep

1956
Telephone Time poster

Telephone Time

TV · 1 ep

1956
Tony Awards poster

Tony Awards

TV · as Self - Winner / Performer, Self - Presenter, Self - Performer, Self - Nominee, Self - Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement Recipient · 1 ep

1954
December Bride poster

December Bride

TV · as Jimmy · 1 ep

1953
The Oscars poster

The Oscars

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1952
About Face poster

About Face

Movie · as Bender

1950
The Colgate Comedy Hour poster

The Colgate Comedy Hour

TV · as Self · 4 eps

1950
What's My Line? poster

What's My Line?

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1948
The Ed Sullivan Show poster

The Ed Sullivan Show

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1944
Golden Globe Awards poster

Golden Globe Awards

TV · as Self - Presenter, Self - Nominee, Self - Winner · 1 ep