Joel Grey

Acting / Production / Writing / Creator

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.

Personal Information

Place of Birth

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

About

Acting, Male

Birthday

11 April 1932, 93 years old

Known For

tick, tick... BOOM!

Dancer in the Dark

Cabaret

The Player

Choke

Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins

A Christmas Carol

Kafka

The Seven-Per-Cent Solution

Filmography

Production

Writing

Creator

Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story

Self

2025

Being Mary Tyler Moore

Self (voice)

2023

tick, tick... BOOM!

"Sunday" Legend #4

2021

On Broadway

Self (archive footage)

2019

Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles

Self

2019

It Takes a Lunatic

Self

2019

Private Screenings: Robert Osborne

Self

2014

Cabaret: The Musical That Changed Musicals

Self

2013

Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy

Narrator

2013

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History

Self

2008

Choke

Phil

2008

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

Self

2008

Drama, Tanz und Beine

Narrator

2007

Chicago: The Musical

2006

Broadway's Lost Treasures

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

2003

111 Gramercy Park

Hornsby

2003

The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family'

Self

2002

On the Edge

Dr. Mensley (segment "Reaching Normal")

2001

The Fantasticks

Amos Bellamy

2000

Dancer in the Dark

Oldrich Novy

2000

A Christmas Carol

Ghost of Christmas Past

1999

The Music of Kander & Ebb: Razzle Dazzle

Self

1997

My Friend Joe

Simon

1996

The Empty Mirror

1996

Venus Rising

Jimmie

1995

The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True

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

1995

The Dangerous

Flea

1995

The Music of Chance

Willy Stone

1993

The Player

Joel Grey

1992

Robert Altman's Players

Self

1992

Kafka

Burgel

1991

Marilyn and Me

Johnny Hyde

1991

Night of 100 Stars III

Self

1990

Cabaret

The Emcee

1988

Witnesses to the Holocaust: The Trial of Adolf Eichmann

Narrator

1987

Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins

Chiun

1985

The Yeomen of the Guard

Jack Point

1982

Night of 100 Stars

Self

1982

Charlie Chaplin: The Little Tramp

Self - Host

1980

The Seven-Per-Cent Solution

Lowenstein

1976

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

The Producer (Nate Salisbury)

1976

'Twas the Night Before Christmas

Joshua Trundle (voice)

1974

Man on a Swing

Franklin Wills

1974

Don't Call Me Mama Anymore

1973

Man on a String

Big Joe Brown

1972

Cabaret

Master of Ceremonies

1972

The Recreation of an Era

Self

1972

George M!

George M. Cohan

1970

What a Way to Go!

Patron (uncredited)

1964

Come September

Beagle

1961

Calypso Heat Wave

1957

About Face

Bender

1952