The following is a list of awards and nominations received by Kelsey Grammer.
Kelsey Grammer is known for his roles on stage and screen. Throughout his career, Grammer has been honored with various accolades including six Primetime Emmy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Tony Award.
Grammer grained stardom for his role as an intelligent but haughty psychiatrist Dr. Frasier Crane. He has played the role since 1984 starting on the NBC sitcom Cheers (1984–1993), in a guest role in the sitcom Wings (1992), and then the successful spinoff series Frasier (1993–2004). For the role he earned widespread acclaim and numerous accolades including four Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series in 1994, 1995, 1998 and 2004, two Golden Globe Awards for Best Lead Actor in a Television Series - Comedy or Musical in 1996 and 2001, and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series in 2000. He was previously Emmy nominated for two Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for Cheers and Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for Wings.
Grammer took a dramatic role as a corrupt mayor of Chicago in the Starz political drama series Boss (2011–2012), for which he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama and was nominated for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series. Since 1990, Grammer has lent his voice to the Fox animated series The Simpsons playing Sideshow Bob earning the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance in 2006. He also voiced a role in the Netflix animated series Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia (2016–2018) earning the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program in 2017.
On stage, he Grammer started his career in Broadway revivals of the William Shakespeare plays Macbeth (1981) and Othello (1982). He acted in the original off Broadway production of the Stephen Sondheim musical Sunday in the Park with George (1983). He played the title role in a Los Angeles production of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1999) and a Lincoln Center production of My Fair Lady (2007). He returned to Broadway playing half of a gay couple in the French musical comedy La Cage aux Folles (2010–2011) for which he was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play. He played Captain Hook in the musical Finding Neverland (2015–2016) earning a Drama League Award nomination. He served as a producer on the musical The Color Purple (2016) for which he won the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical.
Major associations Critics' Choice Awards 0 wins of 1 nomination Year Category Nominated work Result Critics' Choice Television Award 2012 Best Lead Actor in a Drama Series Boss
Emmy Awards 5 wins of 17 nominations Year Category Nominated work Result 1988Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Cheers () 1990 Cheers () 1992 Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy SeriesWings () 1994Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series Frasier ) 1995 Frasier () 1996Frasier () 1997Frasier () 1998Frasier () 1999Frasier () Outstanding Comedy Series Frasier 2000 Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy SeriesFrasier () 2001Outstanding Comedy SeriesFrasier Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy SeriesFrasier ()2002Frasier () 2004Frasier () 2006Outstanding Voice-Over PerformanceThe Simpsons () Daytime Emmy Awards2017 Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia
Golden Globe Awards 3 wins of 9 nominations Year Category Nominated work Result 1994Best Actor – Television Series Musical or ComedyFrasier 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2001 2002 2012 Best Actor – Television Series Drama Boss
Screen Actors Guild Awards 1 win of 18 nominations Year Category Nominated work Result 1994Outstanding Male Actor in a Comedy SeriesFrasier Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series1995Outstanding Male Actor in a Comedy Series Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series1996Outstanding Male Actor in a Comedy Series Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series1997Outstanding Male Actor in a Comedy Series Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series1998Outstanding Male Actor in a Comedy Series Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series1999Outstanding Male Actor in a Comedy Series Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series2000Outstanding Male Actor in a Comedy Series Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series 2001Outstanding Male Actor in a Comedy Series Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series 2002 2003
Tony Award 1 wins of 2 nominations Year Category Nominated work Result 2010Best Actor in a Musical La Cage aux Folles2016Best Revival of a MusicalThe Color Purple
Miscellaneous awards Organizations Year Category Nominated work Result American Comedy Awards 1995Funniest Lead Actor in a Television SeriesFrasier 1996 1999 2001 Banff Television Festival 2001 Sir Peter Ustinov Award Kesley Grammer Directors Guild Awards 1999 Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series Frasier Drama League Award 2015 Distinguished Performance Finding Neverland Golden Raspberry Awards 2015 Worst Supporting Actor The Expendables 3 / Legends of OzThink Like a Man Too / Transformers: Age of Extinction MovieGuide Awards 2005 Most Inspiring Television Acting A Christmas Carol: The Musical People's Choice Awards 1994Favorite Male Performer in a New Television SeriesFrasier 1999Favorite Male Television Performer 2002 Saturn Awards 2007 Best Supporting Actor X-Men: The Last Stand Satellite Awards 1998Best Lead Actor in a Series - Comedy or MusicalFrasier 1999 2002 Television Critics Association Awards 1997Individual Achievement in ComedyFrasier 1999 Teen Choice Awards 2014 Choice Movie - Villain Transformers: Age of Extinction TV Guide Awards |2001 Actor of the Year in a Comedy Series Frasier TV Land Awards 2005Classic Television Broadcaster of the YearFrasier 2006 Broadcaster of the Year Viewers for Quality Television Awards 1991 Best Supporting Actor in a Quality Comedy Series Cheers 1994Best Lead Actor in a Quality Comedy SeriesFrasier 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Honorary awards Walk of Fame 1 win of 1 nomination Year Category Title Results 2001Star on the Walk of FameKelsey Grammer
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