About
Joel Grey
Overview
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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. Grey is currently featured in the Broadway revival of Anything Goes as Moonface Martin.
Known for
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| 2024 | LIZA: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2023 | Being Mary Tyler Moore | Actor | Self (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2021 | tick, tick... BOOM! | Actor | "Sunday" Legend #4 | 72 Good |
| 2019 | On Broadway | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 2019 | Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles | Actor | Himself | 59 Average |
| 2019 | It Takes a Lunatic | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
| 2014 | Private Screenings: Robert Osborne | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2013 | Cabaret: The Musical That Changed Musicals | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2013 | Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy | Actor | Narrator | 59 Average |
| 2008 | Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2008 | Choke | Actor | Phil | 60 Fair |
| 2008 | Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2007 | Drama, Tanz und Beine | Actor | Narrator | N/A N/A |
| 2004 | Broadway: The American Musical | Actor | Self | 70 Good |
| 2003 | Broadway's Lost Treasures | Actor | Host (segment "Leading Men") / Emcee (segment "Cabaret") | 59 Average |
| 2003 | 111 Gramercy Park | Actor | Hornsby | N/A N/A |
| 2002 | Short Cuts | Actor | Tom McQuilten | N/A N/A |
| 2002 | The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family' | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2001 | On the Edge | Actor | Dr. Mensley (segment "Reaching Normal") | 58 Average |
| 2001 | Further Tales of the City | Actor | Guido | 69 Fair |
| 2000 | The Fantasticks | Actor | Amos Bellamy | 58 Average |
| 2000 | Dancer in the Dark | Actor | Oldrich Novy | 74 Good |
| 1999 | A Christmas Carol | Actor | The Ghost of Christmas Past | 61 Fair |
| 1997 | The Music of Kander & Ebb: Razzle Dazzle | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 1996 | My Friend Joe | Actor | Simon | 59 Average |
| 1996 | The empty mirror | Actor | 58 Average |
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| 1995 | Venus Rising | Actor | Jimmie | 58 Average |
| 1995 | The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True | Actor | Professor Marvel / The Gatekeeper / The Carriage Driver / The Palace Guard / The Wizard of Oz | 58 Average |
| 1995 | The Dangerous | Actor | Flea | 58 Average |
| 1993 | The Music of Chance | Actor | Willy Stone | 59 Average |
| 1992 | The Player | Actor | Joel Grey | 67 Fair |
| 1992 | Robert Altman's Players | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 1991 | Kafka | Actor | Burgel | 60 Fair |
| 1991 | Marilyn and Me | Actor | Johnny Hyde | 58 Average |
| 1990 | Night of 100 Stars III | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
| 1988 | Cabaret | Actor | The Emcee | N/A N/A |
| 1987 | Witnesses to the Holocaust: The Trial of Adolf Eichmann | Actor | Narrator | N/A N/A |
| 1987 | Queenie | Actor | Aaron Diamond | 69 Fair |
| 1985 | Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins | Actor | Chiun | 60 Fair |
| 1982 | The Yeomen of the Guard | Actor | Jack Point | N/A N/A |
| 1982 | Night of 100 Stars | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
| 1980 | Charlie Chaplin: The Little Tramp | Actor | Self - Host | N/A N/A |
| 1976 | The Seven-Per-Cent Solution | Actor | Lowenstein | 59 Average |
| 1976 | Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson | Actor | The Producer (Nate Salisbury) | 58 Average |
| 1974 | 'Twas the Night Before Christmas | Actor | Joshua Trundle (voice) | 59 Average |
| 1974 | Man on a Swing | Actor | Franklin Wills | 59 Average |
| 1973 | Don't Call Me Mama Anymore | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 1972 | Man On A String | Actor | Big Joe Brown | 59 Average |
| 1972 | Cabaret | Actor | Master of Ceremonies | 68 Fair |
| 1972 | The Recreation of an Era | Actor | 59 Average |
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| 1970 | George M! | Actor | George M. Cohan | 59 Average |
| 1964 | What a Way to Go! | Actor | Patron (uncredited) | 60 Fair |
| 1961 | Come September | Actor | Beagle | 60 Fair |
| 1957 | Calypso Heat Wave | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 1952 | About Face | Actor | Bender | 58 Average |
| 'Twas the Night Before Christmas | Actor | 69 Fair |
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| 1987 | Witnesses to the Holocaust: The Trial of Adolf Eichmann | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |