Birthdate: February 21, 1955
Birthplace: Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands
Soundbyte: "It takes a very strange person
to enjoy fame, with all the by-products
that come with it. It's not necessarily a
thrill."
Kelsey Grammer has had quite an interesting life. Strippers, rehab, personal tragedy, huge success and a heart attack...it's all there. Did you know that...
- He was born Allen Kelsey Grammer?
- Kelsey was the first actor in television history to have multiple Emmy nods for the same character on three different shows? He got two noms for his role as Dr. Frasier Crane on Cheers, another for a guest appearance on Wings, and nine nominations for his work on Frasier, of which he won four awards as Outstanding Actor.
- Kelsey's done voice work on the Toy Story movies (as Stinky Pete the Prospector) and on the hit television show The Simpsons, as Sideshow Bob?
- Kelsey attended Juliard for two years before dropping out?
- He did time at the Betty Ford clinic for drug and alcohol addiction in '96?
- Kelsey has suffered immense personal tragedy? When he was 12, his father was murdered on the front lawn of their Virgin Islands home. Seven years later, his sister was abducted, raped and murdered after leaving a Red Lobster in Colorado Springs and five years after that, his twin half-brothers died in a scuba diving accident.
- He had his appendix taken out only weeks after his Toy Story 2 co-star Tim Allen had the same surgery?
- Kelsey was the original voice for the Geico Gecko?
- He's on his third marriage? His first marriage, to dance instructor Doreen Alderman, lasted 8 years and resulted in a daughter, Spencer, also an actor. The second time around he married Leigh-Anne Csuhany, a stripper, which lasted a year. He's been married to Camille Grammer, a former Playboy model, since 1997. Camille and Kelsey have two children - son Jude and daughter Mason, both of whom were born by a surrogate mother.
- Kelsey had a mild heart attack over the weekend? He was paddle-boarding off the Hawaiian coast, where has a home with Camille, and was immediately taken to the hospital. He's still there now, though his spokesman said he is slated to be released later this week.
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