Joel Grey
Acting • Born 1932-04-11
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.
Filmography
112 credits
Dancer in the Dark
Movie • 2000
Oldrich Novy
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins
Movie • 1985
Chiun
Kafka
Movie • 1991
Burgel
The Player
Movie • 1992
Joel Grey
Cabaret
Movie • 1972
Master of Ceremonies
Come September
Movie • 1961
Beagle
tick, tick... BOOM!
Movie • 2021
"Sunday" Legend #4
'Twas the Night Before Christmas
Movie • 1974
Joshua Trundle (voice)
Choke
Movie • 2008
Phil
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson
Movie • 1976
The Producer (Nate Salisbury)
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
Movie • 1976
Lowenstein
A Christmas Carol
Movie • 1999
Ghost of Christmas Past
The Music of Chance
Movie • 1993
Willy Stone
The Empty Mirror
Movie • 1996
My Friend Joe
Movie • 1996
Simon
Being Mary Tyler Moore
Movie • 2023
Self (voice)
On Broadway
Movie • 2019
Self (archive footage)
Man on a Swing
Movie • 1974
Franklin Wills
On the Edge
Movie • 2001
Dr. Mensley (segment "Reaching Normal")
Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy
Movie • 2013
Narrator
Calypso Heat Wave
Movie • 1957
Broadway's Lost Treasures
Movie • 2003
Host (segment "Leading Men") / Emcee (segment "Cabaret")
Night of 100 Stars III
Movie • 1990
Self
The Dangerous
Movie • 1995
Flea
Marilyn and Me
Movie • 1991
Johnny Hyde
About Face
Movie • 1952
Bender
Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story
Movie • 2025
Self
111 Gramercy Park
Movie • 2003
Hornsby
What a Way to Go!
Movie • 1964
Patron (uncredited)
Charlie Chaplin: The Little Tramp
Movie • 1980
Self - Host
Man on a String
Movie • 1972
Big Joe Brown
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
Movie • 2008
Self
Robert Altman's Players
Movie • 1992
Self
George M!
Movie • 1970
George M. Cohan
The Fantasticks
Movie • 2000
Amos Bellamy
The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True
Movie • 1995
Professor Marvel / The Gatekeeper / The Carriage Driver / The Palace Guard / The Wizard of Oz
Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles
Movie • 2019
Self
The Music of Kander & Ebb: Razzle Dazzle
Movie • 1997
Self
It Takes a Lunatic
Movie • 2019
Self
The Yeomen of the Guard
Movie • 1982
Jack Point
The Recreation of an Era
Movie • 1972
Self
Venus Rising
Movie • 1995
Jimmie
The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family'
Movie • 2002
Self
Drama, Tanz und Beine
Movie • 2007
Narrator
Private Screenings: Robert Osborne
Movie • 2014
Self
Night of 100 Stars
Movie • 1982
Self
Witnesses to the Holocaust: The Trial of Adolf Eichmann
Movie • 1987
Narrator
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical
Movie • 2008
Self
Cabaret
Movie • 1988
The Emcee
Don't Call Me Mama Anymore
Movie • 1973
Cabaret: The Musical That Changed Musicals
Movie • 2013
Self
Chicago: The Musical
Movie • 2006
Alice
TV • 1976
House
TV • 2004
Ezra Powell
Brothers and Sisters
TV • 2006
Dr. Jude Bar-Shalo
December Bride
TV • 1954
The Colgate Comedy Hour
TV • 1950
Self
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
TV • 1971
Alias
TV • 2001
Another Mr. Sloane
Star Trek: Voyager
TV • 1995
Caylem
Blue Heelers
TV • 1993
Touched by an Angel
TV • 1994
Ronald
Further Tales of the City
TV • 2001
Guido
Surfside 6
TV • 1960
Willy
Private Practice
TV • 2007
Dr. Alexander Ball
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV • 1948
Self
Ironside
TV • 1967
Mike Yeager
Short Cuts
TV • 2002
Tom McQuilten
Dallas
TV • 1978
Adam
Bronco
TV • 1958
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
TV • 1956
Self
Brooklyn Bridge
TV • 1991
The Steve Allen Show
TV • 1956
Self - rehearsing for 'Jack and the Beanstalk'
Vacation Playhouse
TV • 1963
Freddy Rockefeller
Telephone Time
TV • 1956
The Outer Limits
TV • 1995
Dr. Nathan Seward
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
The Muppet Show
TV • 1976
Self - Special Guest Star
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
TV • 1997
Doc
Maverick
TV • 1957
Billy The Kid
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV • 2000
Hank Kasserman
Grey's Anatomy
TV • 2005
Dr. Singer
Night Gallery
TV • 1970
Andrew MacBane
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self - Co-Host
Dinah!
TV • 1974
Self
The Compleat Gilbert & Sullivan
TV • 1984
Jack Point
The Outer Limits
TV • 1995
Gideon Banks
Flick Flack
TV • 1974
The Old Man
TV • 2022
Morgan Bote
The Julie Andrews Hour
TV • 1972
Self
Trailblazer Honors
TV • 2014
Self - Presenter
December Bride
TV • 1954
Jimmy
Live from Lincoln Center
TV • 1976
Joel Grey
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
TV • 2001
Milton Winters
Warehouse 13
TV • 2009
Monty the Magnificent
The Carol Burnett Show
TV • 1967
Self - Guest / Various Characters
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self
Lawman
TV • 1958
Owny O'Reilly
Stars in the House
TV • 2020
Self
Queenie
TV • 1987
Aaron Diamond
Broadway: The American Musical
TV • 2004
Self
What's My Line?
TV • 1950
Self - Panelist
The Dick Cavett Show
TV • 1968
Self - Guest
77 Sunset Strip
TV • 1958
Joey Kellogg
Crossing Jordan
TV • 2001
Carl Meisner
CBS News Sunday Morning
TV • 1979
Self
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Presenter
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Nominee
Matlock
TV • 1986
Tommy DeLuca
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
TV • 1957
Self
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Winner
Phineas and Ferb
TV • 2007
Beppo (voice)