American actor, singer, dancer, director, and photographer (born 1932)
Joel Grey
Grey in 2022
Born
Joel David Katz
(1932-04-11) April 11, 1932 (age 92)
Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Occupations
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)
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 and in Bob Fosse's 1972 film adaptation. He has won an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Tony Award. He earned the Lifetime Achievement Tony Award in 2023.[1]
Grey's Tony-nominated roles include for the musical George M! (1968), Goodtime Charley (1975), and The Grand Tour (1979). After portraying Amos Hart in the Broadway revival of Chicago (1996), he originated the role of the Wizard of Oz in the musical Wicked (2003) and played Moonface Martin in the 2011 revival of Anything Goes.
He directed the 2011 revival of Larry Kramer's The Normal Heart earning a Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play nomination.
He earned a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture nomination for his role in Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985). His other film roles include in Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson (1976), Kafka (1991), The Music of Chance (1993), The Fantasticks (2000), and Dancer in the Dark (2000). He earned an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for Brooklyn Bridge (1993). He also acted in Oz (2003), Alias (2005), House (2006), Nurse Jackie (2011), and The Old Man (2022).
^"Jennifer Grey Tears Up as She Presents Tony Lifetime Achievement Award to Dad, 'Cabaret' Star Joel Grey". Yahoo News. June 12, 2023. Retrieved June 13, 2023.
JoelGrey (born Joel David Katz; April 11, 1932) is an American actor, singer, dancer, photographer, and theatre director. He is best known for portraying...
Ferb. Jennifer Grey was born on March 26, 1960, in New York City, the daughter of stage and Academy Award-winning screen actor JoelGrey and former actress/singer...
Isabelle Stevenson Award to Jerry Mitchell Jennifer Grey – presented Special Tony Award to JoelGrey Main Show: Dominique Fishback and Lily Rabe – presented...
James Raul Julia 3 nominations Len Cariou Michael Cerveris Alfred Drake JoelGrey George Hearn Gregory Hines Richard Kiley Nathan Lane Brian Stokes Mitchell...
and JoelGrey. Film Musical – Cabaret (1972) – directed by Bob Fosse, music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, starring Liza Minnelli, JoelGrey, and...
musician and comedian. He was the father of actor JoelGrey and paternal grandfather of actress Jennifer Grey. Meyer Myron Katz was born on Sawtell Court in...
Happened on the Way to the Forum – David Burns and Jack Gilford Cabaret – JoelGrey and Edward Winter 1776 – William Daniels (refused nomination) and Ronald...
Costas Mandylor, Morgan Fairchild, Meredith Salenger, Jessica Alba, and JoelGrey. Eve (Audie England) grows up on a privately run prison island. She finds...
characters by wearing blackface." Boyd then said, "A good example of that was JoelGrey playing an ancient Korean in the 'Remo Williams' picture. There were dozens...
Concetta Tomei as Dr. Emma Brookner (based on Linda Laubenstein, M.D.). JoelGrey replaced Davis later in the run. During the original 1985 production,...
starred as Luisa in the musical film The Fantasticks with Joey McIntyre and JoelGrey, although the film was shelved until 2000. The same year, she appeared...
"Money, Money" from the 1972 film Cabaret, performed by Liza Minnelli and JoelGrey, and a short sample of "Money" by the Flying Lizards. There are also two...
Noah Reid) in the Season 5 finale of Schitt's Creek.[citation needed] JoelGrey performed the song in his episode of The Muppet Show. Steyn, Mark (30...
staged reading); the reading was directed by his then-father-in-law, JoelGrey. From 2013 to 2020, Gregg portrayed Agent Phil Coulson in the ABC television...
The show's opening night cast featured Sutton Foster as Reno Sweeney, JoelGrey as Moonface Martin, Laura Osnes as Hope Harcourt, Jessica Walter as Evangeline...
second theatrical film, Cabaret, starring Liza Minnelli, Michael York and JoelGrey. The film is based on the 1966 musical of the same name. In the traditional...
While understudying JoelGrey in the pre-Broadway tour of Cabaret, Grey lost his voice, and Sisti sang and spoke off-stage while Grey pretended to sing...
Banzie as Margaret Allison Rossana Rory as Anna Ronald Howard as Spencer JoelGrey as Beagle Ronnie Haran as Sparrow Chris Seitz as Larry Cindy Conroy as...
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