Joel Grey

Known for: Acting
Born: April 11, 1932, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Movies: 54

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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.

Best-Known Movies

7.6

tick, tick... BOOM!

2021

7.8

Dancer in the Dark

2000

7.4

Cabaret

1972

7.2

The Player

1992

6.1

Choke

2008

6.3

Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins

1985

7.0

A Christmas Carol

1999

7.5

Listen to Me Marlon

2015

6.4

Kafka

1991

6.2

The Seven-Per-Cent Solution

1976

Filmography

2025	Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story	Self
2023	Being Mary Tyler Moore	Self (voice)
2021	tick, tick... BOOM!	"Sunday" Legend #4
2019	On Broadway	Self (archive footage)
2019	Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles	Self
2019	It Takes a Lunatic	Self
2015	Listen to Me Marlon	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2013	Cabaret: The Musical That Changed Musicals	Self
2013	Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy	Narrator
2008	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
2007	Drama, Tanz und Beine	Narrator
2006	Chicago: The Musical
2003	Broadway's Lost Treasures	Host (segment "Leading Men") / Emcee (segment "Cabaret")
2003	111 Gramercy Park	Hornsby
2002	The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family'	Self
2001	On the Edge	Dr. Mensley (segment "Reaching Normal")
2000	The Fantasticks	Amos Bellamy
2000	Dancer in the Dark	Oldrich Novy
1999	A Christmas Carol	Ghost of Christmas Past
1997	The Music of Kander & Ebb: Razzle Dazzle	Self
1996	My Friend Joe	Simon
1996	The Empty Mirror
1995	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
1993	The Music of Chance	Willy Stone
1992	The Player	Joel Grey
1992	Robert Altman's Players	Self
1991	Kafka	Burgel
1991	Marilyn and Me	Johnny Hyde
1990	Night of 100 Stars III	Self
1988	Cabaret	The Emcee
1987	Witnesses to the Holocaust: The Trial of Adolf Eichmann	Narrator
1986	Christmas at Radio City Music Hall	Self - Host
1985	Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins	Chiun
1982	The Yeomen of the Guard	Jack Point
1982	Night of 100 Stars	Self
1980	Charlie Chaplin: The Little Tramp	Self - Host
1976	The Seven-Per-Cent Solution	Lowenstein
1976	Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson	The Producer (Nate Salisbury)
1974	'Twas the Night Before Christmas	Joshua Trundle (voice)
1974	Man on a Swing	Franklin Wills
1973	Don't Call Me Mama Anymore
1972	Man on a String	Big Joe Brown
1972	Cabaret	Master of Ceremonies
1972	The Recreation of an Era	Self
1970	George M!	George M. Cohan
1964	What a Way to Go!	Patron (uncredited)
1961	Come September	Beagle
1957	Calypso Heat Wave
1952	About Face	Bender

Directing, Writing & Producing

1987

Witnesses to the Holocaust: The Trial of Adolf Eichmann

Director

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