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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
CeremoniesKander & Ebb musical Cabaret. He has won the Academy Award, Tony Award, Golden Globe
Award, and BAFTA. in both the stage and film adaptation of the
Career
Grey originated the role of the Master of Ceremonies in the Broadway musical Cabaret in 1966
for which he won the Tony
Award. Additional Broadway credits include 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),
and Wicked[3] In November
1995, he performed as the Wizard in The Wizard of Oz in
Concert: Dreams Come True a staged concert of the popular story at Lincoln
Center to benefit the Children's Defense Fund. The
performance was originally broadcast on Turner Network Television (TNT) in
November 1995, and released on CD and video in 1996.[4] (2003).
Grey won an Academy Award for Best
Supporting Actor in 1972 for his performance as the Master of
Ceremonies in the film
version of Cabaret.[5] His victory
was part of a Cabaret near-sweep, which saw Liza Minnelli win Best Actress and Bob Fosse win Best Director, although it lost the
Best Picture Oscar to The Godfather. [6] Grey won over
front-runner Al Pacino for the
Best Supporting Actor while Fosse won over Francis Ford Coppola as Best Director. For
that role, Grey also won the BAFTA award for "The Most Promising Newcomer to
Leading Film Roles" [5] and a Tony
Award six years prior, making him one of only eight people who have won both a
Tony Award and an Academy
Award for the same role.[7]
He has performed at The Muny in
St. Louis,
Missouri in roles such as George M. Cohan in George M! (1970 and 1992)[8],
the Emcee in CabaretPal Joey (1983).[1] (1971), and Joey Evans in
Grey appeared as a panelist for the television game show "What's My Line?" in
the 1967 season, as well as being the first mystery guest during its syndication
in 1968. He was the guest star for the third episode of The Muppet Show in
its first season in 1976, singing "Razzle Dazzle" from Chicago and
"Willkommen" from Cabaret.[9] He also played Master of Sinanju Chiun, Remo's elderly Korean martial arts master in the
movie Remo Williams: The Adventure
Begins (1985), a role that garnered him a Saturn Award and a second Golden Globe nomination for
"Best Supporting Actor". In 1991, he played Adam, a devil, in the final episode
of the TV series Dallas (1991).[10] In 1993 he received an "Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series" Emmy nomination for his
recurring role as Jacob Prossman on the television series Brooklyn Bridge. In
1995, he made a guest appearance on Star Trek: Voyager as an aging rebel
seeking to free his (deceased) wife from prison.[11]
In 2000, Grey played Oldrich Novy in the film Dancer in the
Dark and had recurring television roles on Buffy the Vampire
Slayer (as Doc, 2001), OzLemuel Idzik, 2003) and Alias (as
"Another Mr. Sloane," 2005). He was a wealthy, paroled ex-convict on Law & Order: Criminal
IntentHouse and Brothers & Sisters (2007), on the latter of which he played the role of Dr. Bar-Shalom, Sarah and
Joe's marriage counselor. He appeared as Izzie's high school teacher who needs
treatment for dementia in Grey's Anatomy (2009).[11][12][13][14] (as (episode, "Cuba Libre", 2003). Joel Grey also originated the role
of the Wizard of Oz in the #1 hit Broadway musical "Wicked" He also appeared on
the shows