Joel Grey
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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.
Known for
Credits
The Player (1992)
as Joel Grey
Dancer in the Dark (2000)
as Oldrich Novy
tick, tick... BOOM! (2021)
as "Sunday" Legend #4
Cabaret (1972)
as Master of Ceremonies
Being Mary Tyler Moore (2023)
as Self (voice)
A Christmas Carol (1999)
as Ghost of Christmas Past
Choke (2008)
as Phil
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985)
as Chiun
Come September (1961)
as Beagle
What a Way to Go! (1964)
as Patron (uncredited)
Kafka (1991)
as Burgel
Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story (2025)
as Self
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson (1976)
as The Producer (Nate Salisbury)
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976)
as Lowenstein
Night of 100 Stars (1982)
as Self
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History (2008)
as Self
On the Edge (2001)
as Dr. Mensley (segment "Reaching Normal")
Man on a Swing (1974)
as Franklin Wills
The Music of Chance (1993)
as Willy Stone
Night of 100 Stars III (1990)
as Self
On Broadway (2019)
as Self (archive footage)
111 Gramercy Park (2003)
as Hornsby
Cabaret (1988)
as The Emcee
My Friend Joe (1996)
as Simon
The Fantasticks (2000)
as Amos Bellamy
Drama, Tanz und Beine (2007)
as Narrator
Marilyn and Me (1991)
as Johnny Hyde
The Dangerous (1995)
as Flea
Cabaret: The Musical That Changed Musicals (2013)
as Self
Robert Altman's Players (1992)
as Self
The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family' (2002)
as Self
Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles (2019)
as Self
Venus Rising (1995)
as Jimmie
It Takes a Lunatic (2019)
as Self
Private Screenings: Robert Osborne (2014)
as Self
'Twas the Night Before Christmas (1974)
as Joshua Trundle (voice)
Man on a String (1972)
as Big Joe Brown
George M! (1970)
as George M. Cohan
The Empty Mirror (1996)
Actor
Broadway's Lost Treasures (2003)
as Host (segment "Leading Men") / Emcee (segment "Cabaret")
The Yeomen of the Guard (1982)
as Jack Point
The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True (1995)
as Professor Marvel / The Gatekeeper / The Carriage Driver / The Palace Guard / The Wizard of Oz
The Music of Kander & Ebb: Razzle Dazzle (1997)
as Self
Calypso Heat Wave (1957)
Actor
Christmas at Radio City Music Hall (1986)
as Self - Host
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical (2008)
as Self
Witnesses to the Holocaust: The Trial of Adolf Eichmann (1987)
as Narrator
Chicago: The Musical (2006)
Actor
Don't Call Me Mama Anymore (1973)
Actor
About Face (1952)
as Bender
The Recreation of an Era (1972)
as Self
Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy (2013)
as Narrator
Charlie Chaplin: The Little Tramp (1980)
as Self - Host