Joel Grey

ActorDirector Apr 11 (age 93) Cleveland, Ohio, USA 1944–2025 (81 year career)

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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

Film

Dancer in the Dark

Oldrich Novy

Film

tick, tick... BOOM!

"Sunday" Legend #4

Film

Cabaret

Master of Ceremonies

Film

The Player

Joel Grey

Film

A Christmas Carol

Ghost of Christmas Past

Film

Choke

Phil

Film

Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins

Chiun

Film

What a Way to Go!

Patron (uncredited)

Filmography

Acting (109)

Movies (52)

Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story

2025

as Self

8.0

Being Mary Tyler Moore

2023

as Self (voice)

6.6

tick, tick... BOOM!

2021

as "Sunday" Legend #4

7.6

Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles

as Self

It Takes a Lunatic

as Self

On Broadway

as Self (archive footage)

8.7

Private Screenings: Robert Osborne

2014

as Self

7.3

Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy

2013

as Narrator

7.0

Cabaret: The Musical That Changed Musicals

2013

as Self

Choke

2008

as Phil

6.1

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical

2008

as Self

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History

2008

as Self

8.0

Drama, Tanz und Beine

2007

as Narrator

Chicago: The Musical

2006

111 Gramercy Park

2003

as Hornsby

4.0

Broadway's Lost Treasures

2003

as Host (segment "Leading Men") / Emcee (segment "Cabaret")

6.1

The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family'

2002

as Self

10.0

On the Edge

2001

as Dr. Mensley (segment "Reaching Normal")

Dancer in the Dark

as Oldrich Novy

The Fantasticks

as Amos Bellamy

A Christmas Carol

as Ghost of Christmas Past

7.0

The Music of Kander & Ebb: Razzle Dazzle

1997

as Self

My Friend Joe

as Simon

The Empty Mirror

Venus Rising

as Jimmie

The Dangerous

as Flea

The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True

1995

as Professor Marvel / The Gatekeeper / The Carriage Driver / The Palace Guard / The Wizard of Oz

The Music of Chance

as Willy Stone

The Player

as Joel Grey

Robert Altman's Players

as Self

Kafka

as Burgel

Marilyn and Me

as Johnny Hyde

Night of 100 Stars III

1990

as Self

4.0

Cabaret

1988

as The Emcee

Witnesses to the Holocaust: The Trial of Adolf Eichmann

1987

as Narrator

Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins

1985

as Chiun

6.2

The Yeomen of the Guard

1982

as Jack Point

Night of 100 Stars

1982

as Self

6.7

Charlie Chaplin: The Little Tramp

1980

as Self - Host

Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson

1976

as The Producer (Nate Salisbury)

5.4

The Seven-Per-Cent Solution

as Lowenstein

Man on a Swing

as Franklin Wills

'Twas the Night Before Christmas

1974

as Joshua Trundle (voice)

6.7

Don't Call Me Mama Anymore

Man on a String

as Big Joe Brown

Cabaret

as Master of Ceremonies

7.4

The Recreation of an Era

as Self

George M!

as George M. Cohan

What a Way to Go!

as Patron (uncredited)

Come September

as Beagle

Calypso Heat Wave

About Face

as Bender

Television (57)

The Old Man

2022

as Morgan Bote

7.2

Stars in the House

2020

as Self

Trailblazer Honors

2014

as Self - Presenter

7.5

Warehouse 13

2009

as Monty the Magnificent

Phineas and Ferb

as Beppo (voice)

Private Practice

as Dr. Alexander Ball

7.5

Brothers and Sisters

2006

as Dr. Jude Bar-Shalo

Grey's Anatomy

as Dr. Singer

House

as Ezra Powell

Broadway: The American Musical

2004

as Self

7.8

Short Cuts

2002

as Tom McQuilten

Crossing Jordan

2001

as Carl Meisner

7.2

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

2001

as Milton Winters

7.6

Alias

2001

as Another Mr. Sloane

6.8

Further Tales of the City

2001

as Guido

6.5

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

2000

as Hank Kasserman

7.6

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

as Doc

Star Trek: Voyager

as Caylem

The Outer Limits

as Dr. Nathan Seward

Touched by an Angel

as Ronald

Blue Heelers

Brooklyn Bridge

Queenie

as Aaron Diamond

Matlock

as Tommy DeLuca

The Compleat Gilbert & Sullivan

1984

as Jack Point

CBS News Sunday Morning

as Self

Dallas

as Adam

Alice

The Muppet Show

as Self - Special Guest Star

8.0

Live from Lincoln Center

as Joel Grey

Dinah!

as Self

Flick Flack

The Julie Andrews Hour

1972

as Self

6.0

The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour

Night Gallery

as Andrew MacBane

The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

Ironside

as Mike Yeager

The Carol Burnett Show

1967

as Self - Guest / Various Characters

7.7

Vacation Playhouse

1963

as Freddy Rockefeller

7.0

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

as Self

7.4

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self - Co-Host

Surfside 6

as Willy

77 Sunset Strip

as Joey Kellogg

Lawman

as Owny O'Reilly

Bronco

Maverick

as Billy The Kid

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

1957

as Self

7.0

Tony Awards

1956

as Self - Winner / Performer

5.9

The Steve Allen Show

1956

as Self - rehearsing for 'Jack and the Beanstalk'

5.6

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

as Self

Telephone Time

December Bride

The Oscars

as Self

What's My Line?

as Self - Panelist

The Colgate Comedy Hour

as Self

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Winner

Crew (1)

Movies (1)

Witnesses to the Holocaust: The Trial of Adolf Eichmann

1987

Director