David Hyde Pierce
David Hyde Pierce at the 1994 Emmy Awards
Born	April 3, 1959 (1959-04-03) (age 49) Saratoga Springs, New York, United States
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1987-present
Domestic partner(s)	Brian Hargrove
Awards won Emmy Awards Outstanding Supporting Actor - Comedy Series 1995, 1998, 1999, 2004 Frasier Screen Actors Guild Awards Best Male Actor - Comedy Series 1996 Frasier Best Ensemble - Comedy Series 1999 Frasier Tony Awards Best Leading Actor in a Musical 2007 Curtains

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Early life

Pierce was born in Saratoga Springs, New York, the youngest child of George Hyde Pierce,^[1] an insurance agent and aspiring actor, and Laura Marie Hughes.^[2] He has two older sisters, Barbara and Nancy, and an older brother, Thomas. As a child he became very interested in the piano and frequently played organ at the local Bethesda Episcopal Church in Saratoga Springs. He began acting in high school and was recognized as best Dramatic Arts student. He also received the Yaddo Medal^[3] for character and scholarship, and worked in theater while a counselor at Camp Kabeyun, in New Hampshire. However, his love of music was still strong so he decided to study classical piano at Yale University. Unfortunately, he soon grew bored with music history lessons and found that he wasn’t dedicated enough to practice the required amount of hours to become a successful concert pianist. Instead, he graduated in 1981 with a double major in English and Theatre Arts. Pierce then moved to New York City, where he worked several menial jobs (including selling ties at Bloomingdale's and working as a security guard) while acting in the theater during the late 1980s and early 1990s. Saratoga Springs redirects here. ... Bethesda, the name of a pool in the New Testament, has been adopted as a name by many other places and things. ... This article is about the Episcopal Church in the United States. ... Saratoga Springs is a city located in Saratoga County, New York. ... Yaddo was founded as a nonprofit organization in 1900 by the financier Spencer Trask and his wife Katrina, herself a poet, Nichols Trask, and philanthropist George Foster Peabody. ... Classical music is a broad, somewhat imprecise term, referring to music produced in, or rooted in the traditions of, European art, ecclesiastical and concert music, encompassing a broad period from roughly 1000 to the present day. ... Pianoforte redirects here. ... Yale redirects here. ... English studies is an academic discipline that includes the study of literatures written in the English language (including literatures from the U.K., U.S., Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, the Philippines, India, South Africa, and the Middle East, among other areas), English linguistics (including English phonetics, phonology... Serge Sudeikins poster for the Bat Theatre (1922). ... The Arts is a broad subdivision of culture, comprised of many expressive disciplines. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... Bloomingdales is a chain of upscale American department stores owned by Macys, Inc. ...

Career

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Pierce's first big television break came in the early 1990s with Norman Lear's The Powers That Be. Pierce played Theodore, a Congressman on the political comedy. Despite positive reviews from critics, the show was cancelled after a brief run. Pierce has commented in interviews that the cancellation came as a shock to him and that he was very disappointed the show did not continue. His career would soon, however, take off with a role on another sitcom. Because of his physical resemblance to Kelsey Grammer, the role of Niles Crane on the Cheers spin-off Frasier was created for him. For this role, Pierce was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Emmy for a record eleven consecutive years, winning in 1995, 1998, 1999 and 2004. For the last few years of the run of the show, Pierce was paid up to US$1 million per episode. Image File history File links Question_book-3. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... The Powers That Be was a United States television show created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman. ... This article is about the TV series. ... A spin-off (or spinoff) is a new organization or entity formed by a split from a larger one such as a new company formed from a university research group. ... Frasier is an American sitcom starring Kelsey Grammer as psychiatrist Dr. Frasier Crane. ... An Emmy Award. ...

Pierce also acts in movies from time to time. He appeared alongside Jodie Foster in Little Man Tate, with Anthony Hopkins in Oliver Stone's Nixon, and alongside Ewan McGregor in Down With Love. He also provided the voice for Doctor Doppler in Disney's 42nd animated feature Treasure Planet, Slim, a stick insect in Pixar's A Bug's Life and Abe Sapien in Guillermo del Toro's Hellboy. Alicia Christian Jodie Foster (born November 19, 1962) is a two-time Academy Award-winning American actress, director and producer. ... Little Man Tate is a 1991 motion picture which tells the story of Fred Tate, a 7-year-old child prodigy who struggles to self-actualize in a social and psychological construct that largely fails to accommodate his intelligence. ... For the composer, see Antony Hopkins. ... William Oliver Stone (born September 15, 1946), known as Oliver Stone, is a three-time Academy Award winning film director and screenwriter. ... Nixon is a 1995 film directed by Oliver Stone for Cinergi Pictures that tells the story of the political and personal life of former President Richard Nixon. ... Ewan Gordon McGregor (born March 31, 1971; pronounced )[1] is a Scottish actor who has had significant success in mainstream, indie, and art house films. ... Down with Love is a 2003 American romantic comedy film. ... Disney may refer to: The Walt Disney Company and its divisions, including Walt Disney Pictures. ... Treasure Planet is a 2002 Academy Award nominated science fiction animated feature film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation, and released by Walt Disney Pictures on November 27, 2002. ... Suborders Agathemerodea Timematodea Verophasmatodea The Phasmatodea are an order of insects, whose members are variously known as stick insects (Europe), walking sticks (in the Unites States of America), ghost insects[] and leaf insects. ... Pixar Animation Studios is an American computer animation studio based in Emeryville, California, United States, and is notable for its eight Academy Awards. ... A Bugs Life is a computer animated film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Buena Vista Distribution in the United States on November 25, 1998, in Australia on January 12, 1999 and in the United Kingdom on February 5, 1999. ... Abraham Abe Sapien is a fictional character in the comic book series Hellboy, created by Mike Mignola. ... Guillermo del Toro Gómez (born October 9, 1964 in Guadalajara, Jalisco) is an Academy Award-nominated Mexican film director. ... Hellboy is an English supernatural action-thriller, directed by Mexican director Guillermo del Toro. ...

In his role in Sleepless in Seattle Pierce plays Meg Ryan's character's brother, a professor at the Johns Hopkins University. Upon his sister's admission that she has been fantasizing about the man in Seattle, Hyde-Pierce's character replies, “It rains nine months of the year in Seattle.” This was roughly one year before the start of Frasier (also set in Seattle). Sleepless in Seattle is a 1993 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Nora Ephron. ... The Johns Hopkins University, founded in 1876, is a private institution of higher learning located in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. ... City nickname Emerald City City bird Great Blue Heron City flower Dahlia City mottos The City of Flowers The City of Goodwill City song Seattle, the Peerless City Mayor Greg Nickels County King County Area   - Total   - Land   - Water   - % water 369. ...

In 2005, Pierce joined Tim Curry and others in the stage production Spamalot. In August/September 2006, he starred in Curtains, a new Kander and Ebb musical at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles, which transferred to Broadway in March 2007. On June 10, 2007 Pierce won the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical at the 61st Tony Awards for his role in Curtains. On November 19, 2007, Pierce was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts Degree from Niagara University in Lewiston, New York. Timothy James Curry (born April 19, 1946) is an Emmy Award-winning English actor, singer, and composer, perhaps best known for his role as Dr. Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show and as Pennywise the Dancing Clown in Stephen Kings It. ... Monty Pythons Spamalot is a comedic musical lovingly ripped off from the film Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975). ... Curtains is a musical with a book by Rupert Holmes, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and music by John Kander, based on the original book and concept by Peter Stone. ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ... For other uses of Broadway, see Broadway. ... is the 161st day of the year (162nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... The Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical is awarded to the actor who was voted as the best actor in a musical play, whether a new production or a revival. ... The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live American theatre and are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League [1] at an annual ceremony in New York City. ... is the 323rd day of the year (324th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Niagara University is a Roman Catholic university in the Vincentian tradition, located in the Town of Lewiston in Niagara County, New York. ... Lewiston is a village in Niagara County, New York, USA. The population was 2,781 at the 2000 census. ...

In his Tony acceptance speech for "Curtains", he said his first words he spoke on a Broadway stage were 'I'm sorry, I'm going to have to ask you to leave".

Voice work

Pierce has a distinctive voice and, like his Frasier co-star Kelsey Grammer, is often called upon to provide voice work. Some of his more notable roles in this calling include the walking stick insect Slim in A Bug's Life, Doctor Delbert Doppler in Disney's film Treasure Planet, and the amphibian Abe Sapien in Hellboy (of note is the fact that Pierce refused credit for his Hellboy role, because he felt that it was Doug Jones’ performance, and not his own voice, which ultimately brought the character of Abe Sapien to life).^[4] He provided the voice for Drix, a cold pill in the animated comedy Osmosis Jones. In a deliberate in-joke, he has also voiced Sideshow Bob's brother, Cecil, in an episode of The Simpsons, "Brother from Another Series", in which he and Grammer essentially recreated the Niles/Frasier relationship (at one point, Cecil mistakes Bart for Maris, the unseen wife of Niles on Frasier). He once again returned as Cecil in the Series 19 episode Funeral for a Fiend. (Funeral for a Fiend was, in fact, a minor Frasier reunion, as John Mahoney, who portrayed Martin Crane, the father of Frasier and Niles Crane, provided the voice of Sideshow Bob and Cecil's father in the episode.) In 2006, he co-starred in the animated pilot for The Amazing Screw-On Head as the Screw-On Head's arch-nemesis Emperor Zombie; however, the series was not picked up. His commercial voiceover work includes voicing the Tassimo coffee system, an appropriate role as his trademark character Niles Crane was known for being an excessively fussy coffee connoisseur. Frasier is an American sitcom starring Kelsey Grammer as psychiatrist Dr. Frasier Crane. ... Ctenomorpha Chronus Ctenomorpha Chronus Medauroidea Extradentata Stick insects are members of the one of the two insect families Phasmatidae and Phylliidae. ... A Bugs Life is a computer animated film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Buena Vista Distribution in the United States on November 25, 1998, in Australia on January 12, 1999 and in the United Kingdom on February 5, 1999. ... Abraham Abe Sapien is a fictional character in the comic book series Hellboy, created by Mike Mignola. ... Hellboy is an English supernatural action-thriller, directed by Mexican director Guillermo del Toro. ... Douglas Jones (born May 24, 1960) is an American actor. ... Osmosis Jones (2001) is a part animated, part live action film whose title character is Osmosis Jones, an anthropomorphic white blood cell. ... Robert Underdunk Terwilliger, better known by his stage name Sideshow Bob, is a recurring character in the animated television series The Simpsons. ... The following are a list of fictional recurring characters in the animated television show, The Simpsons. ... Simpsons redirects here. ... Brother from Another Series is the sixteenth episode of The Simpsons eighth season and originally aired February 23, 1997. ... Funeral for a Fiend is the eighth episode of The Simpsons nineteenth season and first aired on November 25, 2007. ... Funeral for a Fiend is the eighth episode of The Simpsons nineteenth season and first aired on November 25, 2007. ... This article is about the British actor. ... Martin Crane (often called Marty) is a fictional character of the TV show Frasier. ... The Amazing Screw-on Head is the title of a one shot comic book written and drawn by Mike Mignola and published by Dark Horse Comics in 2002, starring the character of the same name. ... A Tassimo machine. ... For other uses, see Coffee (disambiguation). ...

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Personal life

Pierce's relationship with longtime partner, television writer/director/producer Brian Hargrove, was first covered by the mainstream media in a May 30, 2007 CNN.com interview with Pierce, whose publicist soon confirmed that he and Hargrove were a couple.^[5][6] When accepting his Tony Award for Curtains, Pierce thanked "my partner, Brian, because it's 24 years of listening to your damn notes — that's why I'm up here tonight."^[7] Pierce and Hargrove live in New York and Los Angeles with two Wheaten Terriers, Maude and Mabel. Pierce is very active in fighting for research into Alzheimer's Disease, as his father and grandfather suffered from the disease. He is also a regular supporter of AIDS charities and LGBT causes. Significant other Significant Other is the second studio album by Limp Bizkit, released on June 22, 1999. ... Brian Hargrove is an American TV writer/producer who has worked on such series as Caroline in the City, Wanda at Large, and most notably perhaps, Titus, the dark and edgy comedy aired by Fox between 2000 and 2002. ... is the 150th day of the year (151st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... CNN.com is the news website maintained by CNN. The website debuted on August 30, 1995, and it describes itself as the first major news and information website on the Internet. ... This article is about the dog type; for the rocket, see Terrier (rocket). ... Alzheimer redirects here. ... For other uses, see AIDS (disambiguation). ... The initialism LGBT also GLBT is in use (since the 1990s) to refer collectively to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender people. ...

Filmography

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References

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