Joel Grey
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Joel Grey (born Joel David Katz, 1932) is an American actor, singer, dancer, and photographer.
He is best known for his role as the Master of Ceremonies in the Kander & Ebb musical Cabaret, as well as the 1972 film version.
He has received an Academy Award, Tony Award, and the Golden Globe Award. George M. Cohan was also a protagonist in George M. Cohan's musical George M. Cohan's George M. Cohan's role. In 1968, and the Wizard of Oz in the musical Wicked.
In the Broadway revivals of Anything Goes and Chicago, respectively, he appeared as Moonface Martin and Amos Hart.
Early life
Grey was born in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of Goldie "Grace" (née Epstein) and Mickey Katz, an actor, comedian, and singer. Both his parents were Jewish. He attended Alexander Hamilton High School in Los Angeles, California.
Personal life
Grey married Jo Wilder in 1958; they divorced in 1982. Jennifer Grey (star of the film Dirty Dancing) and chef James Grey were together for two children.
He was a photographer; his first book of photographs, Pictures I Had to Take, was published in 2003; Looking Hard at Unexpected Things, a sequel, was published in 2006. Images from My Phone, a collection of photographs taken with his camera phone, was released in 2009. "Joel Grey/A New York Life" was an exhibition of his work on display at the Museum of New York in April 2011. Joel Grey's fourth book, The Billboard Papers: Photographs, came out in 2013 and depicts New York City's many-layered billboards.
"I don't like labels, but if you have to write a mark on it, you're a gay man," Grey told People in January 2015. In his 2016 book, Master of Ceremonies, Grey discusses his family, his acting career, and the challenges of being gay.
Career
Grey began his acting debut in the Cleveland Playhouse's Curtain Pullers children's theatre program in the early 1940s, appearing in plays including Grandmother Slyboots, Jack of Tarts, and a leading role in the company's mainstage production of On Borrowed Time. He was performing as a featured performer at the Copacabana nightclub in New York by 1952, aged 20.
Grey appeared in many television westerns, including Maverick (1959), Bronco (1960) and Lawman (3 times in 1960 and 1961).
Grey played the Master of Ceremonies in the Broadway musical Cabaret, for which he received a Tony Award. Come Blow Your Horn (1961), Stop the World – I Want to Get Off (1962), Half a Sixpence (1965), George M. (1968), Goodtime Charley (1975), The Grand Tour (1979), Chicago (1996), Wicked (2003), and Anything Goes (2011). In November 1995, he appeared in The Wizard of Oz, a staged concert at Lincoln Center benefiting the Children's Defense Fund. The appearance appeared on Turner Network Television (TNT) in November 1995, but it was later released on CD and DVD in 1996.
In the 1972 film version of Cabaret, Grey received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in March 1973. His win was part of a Cabaret near-sweep, which saw Liza Minnelli win Best Actress and Bob Fosse win Best Director, but the Best Picture Oscar went to The Godfather. Grey also received a BAFTA award for his first film role six years ago, as well as a National Society of Film Critics, National Board of Review of Motion Pictures, National Society of Film Critics, and a Tony Award for his original stage appearance six years ago, making him one of only ten people to have won both a Tony Award and an Academy Award for the same role.
He has appeared at The Muny in St. Louis, Missouri, as George M. Cohan in George M! The Emcee in Cabaret (1971) and Joey Evans in Pal Joey (1983). Grey appeared in the title role in their production of Platonov (1977).
Grey appeared on the television game show What's My Line? as a panelist. In the 1967 season, as well as being the first Mystery Guest during its syndication in 1968, he was the first Mystery Guest during its syndication. In 1976, he appeared in "Razzle Dazzle" from Chicago and "Willkommen" from Cabaret in the fifth episode of The Muppet Show in its first season. He also played Master of Sinanju Chiun, Remo's senior Korean martial arts master, in the film Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985), earning him a Saturn Award and second Gold Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Chiun's character was best known for the lines "Meat of cow kills" and "You move like a pregnant yak" from the movie. In 1991, he appeared as Adam, a devil, in the final episode of the television series Dallas (1991). Grey appeared in When We Die Dead Awaken at the American Repertory Theatre in the same year. He appeared in John Patrick Shanley's "A Fool and Her Fortune" Emmy Award in 1993, and he was named as "Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series" for his recurring role as Jacob Prossman on the television show Brooklyn Bridge. He appeared on Star Trek: Voyager as a veteran soldier fighting to free his (deceased) wife from jail in 1995. In 1999, he appeared in Brian Friel's "Give Me Your Answer, Do! The Roundabout Theatre Company has a mounted scene.
Grey appeared in "Another Mr. Sloane" and performed Oldrich Novy in the film Dancer in the Dark in 2000) and appeared on Buffy the Vampire Slayer (as the evil reptilian demon Doc, 2001). He was a rich, paroled ex-convict on Law & Order: Criminal Intent (episode "Cuba Libre, 2003). In the hit Broadway musical Wicked, Grey also played the Wizard of Oz. He appeared on House and Sisters (2006), the latter of which he appeared in the role of Dr. Bar-Shalom, Sarah and Joe's marriage counselor. In Grey's Anatomy (2009), he appeared as Izzie's high school teacher who needs dementia care.
In the Roundabout Theatre Company's revival of Anything Goes at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre, Greyface Martin returned to Broadway in spring 2011. He appeared in Larry Kramer's The Normal Heart in 1985 Off-Broadway and went on to co-direct the Tony Award-winning revival in 2011.
Grey produced Fiddler on the Roof, a Yiddish-language performance that debuted at the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene, in 2018, and then moved to Stage 42 Off-Broadway. The performance, which was on display for more than a year and winning the 2019 Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle awards for Best Musical Revival, was a surprise hit.