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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 11, 1932
Place of Birth
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Also Known As
- Joel David Katz
Joel Grey
0.9 Popularity
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
8.0
Self
Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story
2025
6.6
Self (voice)
Being Mary Tyler Moore
2023
7.2
Morgan Bote
The Old Man
2022
7.6
"Sunday" Legend #4
tick, tick... BOOM!
2021
0.0
Self
Stars in the House
2020
8.7
Self (archive footage)
On Broadway
2019
6.5
Self
Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles
2019
5.3
Self
It Takes a Lunatic
2019
7.5
Self - Presenter
Trailblazer Honors
2014
7.3
Self
Private Screenings: Robert Osborne
2014
Credits
Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story
as Self
2025
8.0
Being Mary Tyler Moore
as Self (voice)
2023
6.6
The Old Man
as Morgan Bote
2022
7.2
tick, tick... BOOM!
as "Sunday" Legend #4
2021
7.6
Stars in the House
as Self
2020
0.0
On Broadway
as Self (archive footage)
2019
8.7
Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles
as Self
2019
6.5
It Takes a Lunatic
as Self
2019
5.3
Trailblazer Honors
as Self - Presenter
2014
7.5
Private Screenings: Robert Osborne
as Self
2014
7.3
Cabaret: The Musical That Changed Musicals
as Self
2013
0.0
Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy
as Narrator
2013
7.0
Warehouse 13
as Monty the Magnificent
2009
7.7
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
as Self
2008
8.0
Choke
as Phil
2008
6.1
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical
as Self
2008
0.0
Private Practice
as Dr. Alexander Ball
2007
7.5
Phineas and Ferb
as Beppo (voice)
2007
7.9
🎬
Drama, Tanz und Beine
as Narrator
2007
0.0
Chicago: The Musical
2006
0.0
Brothers and Sisters
as Dr. Jude Bar-Shalo
2006
7.1
Grey's Anatomy
as Dr. Singer
2005
8.2
House
as Ezra Powell
2004
8.6
Broadway: The American Musical
as Self
2004
7.8
Broadway's Lost Treasures
as Host (segment "Leading Men") / Emcee (segment "Cabaret")
2003
6.1
111 Gramercy Park
as Hornsby
2003
4.0
🎬
Short Cuts
as Tom McQuilten
2002
0.0
The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family'
as Self
2002
10.0
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Milton Winters
2001
7.6
Alias
as Another Mr. Sloane
2001
6.8
Crossing Jordan
as Carl Meisner
2001
7.2
On the Edge
as Dr. Mensley (segment "Reaching Normal")
2001
5.6
Further Tales of the City
as Guido
2001
6.5
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Hank Kasserman
2000
7.6
The Fantasticks
as Amos Bellamy
2000
5.4
Dancer in the Dark
as Oldrich Novy
2000
7.9
A Christmas Carol
as Ghost of Christmas Past
1999
6.9
The Music of Kander & Ebb: Razzle Dazzle
as Self
1997
0.0
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
as Doc
1997
8.1
My Friend Joe
as Simon
1996
7.2
The Empty Mirror
1996
5.5
Venus Rising
as Jimmie
1995
1.8
The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True
as Professor Marvel / The Gatekeeper / The Carriage Driver / The Palace Guard / The Wizard of Oz
1995
6.5
The Outer Limits
as Dr. Nathan Seward
1995
7.7
The Outer Limits
as Gideon Banks
1995
7.7
The Dangerous
as Flea
1995
2.9
Star Trek: Voyager
as Caylem
1995
7.8
Touched by an Angel
as Ronald
1994
7.2
Blue Heelers
1993
6.2
The Music of Chance
as Willy Stone
1993
6.5
The Player
as Joel Grey
1992
7.2
Robert Altman's Players
as Self
1992
5.5
Kafka
as Burgel
1991
6.4
Marilyn and Me
as Johnny Hyde
1991
6.1
Brooklyn Bridge
1991
7.5
Night of 100 Stars III
as Self
1990
4.0
Cabaret
as The Emcee
1988
0.0
Witnesses to the Holocaust: The Trial of Adolf Eichmann
as Narrator
1987
0.0
Queenie
as Aaron Diamond
1987
4.0
Matlock
as Tommy DeLuca
1986
7.1
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins
as Chiun
1985
6.2
🎬
The Compleat Gilbert & Sullivan
as Jack Point
1984
0.0
The Yeomen of the Guard
as Jack Point
1982
0.0
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
1982
6.7
🎬
Charlie Chaplin: The Little Tramp
as Self - Host
1980
0.0
CBS News Sunday Morning
as Self
1979
6.9
Dallas
as Adam
1978
6.8
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
as Lowenstein
1976
6.2
The Muppet Show
as Self - Special Guest Star
1976
8.0
Alice
1976
7.1
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson
as The Producer (Nate Salisbury)
1976
5.4
Live from Lincoln Center
as Joel Grey
1976
8.6
'Twas the Night Before Christmas
as Joshua Trundle (voice)
1974
6.7
Dinah!
as Self
1974
6.7
Man on a Swing
as Franklin Wills
1974
5.8
Flick Flack
1974
0.0
Don't Call Me Mama Anymore
1973
0.0
The Julie Andrews Hour
as Self
1972
6.0
Man on a String
as Big Joe Brown
1972
7.0
Cabaret
as Master of Ceremonies
1972
7.4
The Recreation of an Era
as Self
1972
5.7
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
1971
6.5
Night Gallery
as Andrew MacBane
1970
7.8
George M!
as George M. Cohan
1970
10.0
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
1968
6.8
The Carol Burnett Show
as Self - Guest / Various Characters
1967
7.7
Ironside
as Mike Yeager
1967
6.8
What a Way to Go!
as Patron (uncredited)
1964
7.1
🎬
Vacation Playhouse
as Freddy Rockefeller
1963
7.0
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.5
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host
1961
5.4
Come September
as Beagle
1961
6.8
Surfside 6
as Willy
1960
5.0
77 Sunset Strip
as Joey Kellogg
1958
6.7
Lawman
as Owny O'Reilly
1958
5.6
Bronco
1958
5.9
Maverick
as Billy The Kid
1957
6.9
Calypso Heat Wave
1957
0.0
🎬
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self
1957
7.0
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self
1956
6.0
The Steve Allen Show
as Self - rehearsing for 'Jack and the Beanstalk'
1956
5.6
Telephone Time
1956
6.3
Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee
1956
5.9
Tony Awards
as Self - Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement Recipient
1956
5.9
Tony Awards
as Self - Performer
1956
5.9
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
1956
5.9
Tony Awards
as Self - Winner / Performer
1956
5.9
December Bride
1954
5.5
December Bride
as Jimmy
1954
5.5
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0
About Face
as Bender
1952
3.7
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
1950
6.8
What's My Line?
as Self - Panelist
1950
6.9
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter
1944
7.2
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
1944
7.2
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Winner
1944
7.2