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Joel Grey
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American actor, singer, dancer, director, and photographer (born 1932)
Film & TV
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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
- Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story — Self2025
- Being Mary Tyler Moore — Self (voice)2023
- The Old Man — Morgan Bote2022
- tick, tick... BOOM! — "Sunday" Legend #42021
- Stars in the House — Self2020
- On Broadway — Self (archive footage)2019
- Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles — Self2019
- It Takes a Lunatic — Self2019
- Private Screenings: Robert Osborne — Self2014
- Trailblazer Honors — Self - Presenter2014
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Key facts
- Born
- Joel David Katz , ( 1932-04-11 ) April 11, 1932 (age 94) , Cleveland, Ohio , U.S.
- Occupations
- Actor dancer singer photographer theatre director
- Years active
- 1951–present
- Spouse
- Jo Wilder ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1958 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1982 )
- Children
- 2, including Jennifer
- Father
- Mickey Katz
- Relatives
- Ronald A. Katz (brother)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Joel
- Family name
- Grey
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Cleveland
- Child
- Jennifer Grey
- Father
- Mickey Katz
- Occupation
- actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Award
- Drama League Award
- Instrument
- voice
- Official website
- www.joelgreyphotographer.com
- Image
- Joel Grey 2014.jpg
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- nominated for
- Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play
- Commons category
- Joel Grey
- date of birth
- 1932-04-11
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- Joel Grey
- sexual orientation
- homosexuality
- start of work period
- 1951-00-00
- name in native language
- Joel Grey
- writing language
- English language
- birth name
- Joel David Katz
- has works in the collection
- Whitney Museum of American Art
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Encyclopedic overview
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 for his performances in the Cabaret stage musical and film. He was presented a Lifetime Achievement Tony Award at the 76th Tony Awards in 2023.
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 co-directed the 2011 revival of Larry Kramer's The Normal Heart with George C. Wolfe, earning a Tony Award nomination for Best Direction of a Play at the 65th Tony Awards.
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