Niles Crane
Birth name	Niles Winslow Crane
Born	June 10, 1957 (1957-06-10) (age 50) Seattle, Washington, USA
Occupation	psychiatrist
Spouse(s)	Maris Crane (divorced) Mel Crane (divorced) Daphne Moon
Children	David Crane

Dr. Niles Winslow Crane (b. June 10, 1957) is a fictional character on the American sitcom Frasier, a spin-off of the popular show Cheers. He is played by David Hyde Pierce. Niles is the younger brother of Frasier Crane and the son of Martin Crane. Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... is the 161st day of the year (162nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar). ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Seattle redirects here. ... Maris Crane is a character on the American television sitcom Frasier. ... Daphne Crane (nee Moon) is a fictional character on the American television sitcom Frasier, played by Jane Leeves. ... is the 161st day of the year (162nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar). ... A sitcom or situation comedy is a genre of comedy performance originally devised for radio but today typically found on television. ... Frasier is an American sitcom starring Kelsey Grammer as psychiatrist Dr. Frasier Crane. ... 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. ... This article is about the TV series. ... David Hyde Pierce (born April 3, 1959) is a Screen Actors Guild, Tony and Emmy Award-winning American actor, best known for his co-starring role as psychiatrist Dr. Niles Crane on the NBC sitcom Frasier alongside Kelsey Grammer. ... Dr. Frasier Winslow Crane (b. ... Martin Crane (often called Marty) is a fictional character of the TV show Frasier. ...

While it had originally been intended that Frasier be an only child, David Hyde Pierce was hired because Frasier producers saw his headshot and commented on how much he looked like a young Kelsey Grammer. Unlike Frasier, much of whose background comes from the Cheers series, Niles' background is established over the course of Frasier (with additional retcons made where necessary if Niles' existence clashes with previous revelations made on Cheers). Allen Kelsey Grammer (born February 21, 1955 in Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands) is a six-time Emmy and a two-time Golden Globe-winning American actor who is best known for his two-decade portrayal of psychiatrist Dr. Frasier Crane, whom he played for nine years on Cheers... Frasier is an American sitcom starring Kelsey Grammer as psychiatrist Dr. Frasier Crane. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This article is about the TV series. ...

On Bravo TV's countdown of the 100 Greatest TV characters, David Hyde Pierce described Niles as "Frasier if he had never gone to Boston."

Background

Born in Seattle, Washington, in 1957, to Hester Crane, a psychiatrist, and Martin Crane, a police detective, the exact date of Niles' birth and the age difference between the two brothers is never revealed. However, taking into account that Frasier was born in 1952, we can assume that the age difference is 5 years, give or take a few months, since we do not actually know Niles' exact birthdate. In the third season episode "the Friend" Niles says that he has been Frasier's brother for 38 years, and in the episode "IQ," we learned that Niles was given Frasier's tricycle when Frasier was eight. 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. ... For the capital city of the United States, see Washington, D.C.. For other uses, see Washington (disambiguation). ... Besides the main characters Frasier Crane, his father Martin and brother Niles, Daphne Moon, Roz Doyle and a few others, there are several minor characters who regularly appear on the American television sitcom Frasier, or who have important but limited roles. ... Martin Crane (often called Marty) is a fictional character of the TV show Frasier. ... Gumshoe redirects here. ...

Like Frasier, Niles was named for one of his mother's lab rats ("Are you Being Served"). Niles was an unusually sensitive child when growing up, and a frequent target for bullies. As a result, he was quite close to his older brother, and at the same time fiercely competitive with him. Like Frasier, Niles also preferred fine arts, music, and intellectual pursuits to boyhood activities like sports.

Niles attended Yale (as did David Hyde Pierce) and then Cambridge for his tertiary education and psychiatric training, (this in itself highlights his close yet competitive relationship with his brother, Frasier, who attended Harvard and Oxford). Niles describes his profession as "the saving grace of my life" (in episode "IQ") and is greatly respected professionally. He runs his own Jungian practice (Frasier is a Freudian) and has had his research published in several psychiatric journals. Even so, Frasier sometimes quotes Freud to coerce Niles emotionally. Yale redirects here. ... The University of Cambridge (often Cambridge University), located in Cambridge, England, is the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world and has a reputation as one of the worlds most prestigious universities. ... Harvard redirects here. ... The University of Oxford (informally Oxford University), located in the city of Oxford, England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. ... Jung redirects here. ... Sigmund Freud (IPA: ), born Sigismund Schlomo Freud (May 6, 1856 – September 23, 1939), was an Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist who founded the psychoanalytic school of psychology. ...

Personality

Niles is fastidious, snobby and fussy, and has gourmet tastes. Like Frasier, he is an admirer of the fine arts including opera, theatre and classical music, drinks fine wine and enjoys high culture and exclusive social gatherings, and frequently obsesses about knowing the right people and climbing the social ladder, even more so than his brother. Frasier once commented, "I'm a teamster compared to you." A gourmet is a person with a sensitive and discriminating palate, and who is knowledgeable in fine food and drink or haute cuisine. ... For other uses, see Opera (disambiguation). ... Serge Sudeikins poster for the Bat Theatre (1922). ... 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. ... The International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT), formerly known by the name International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of America, is one of the largest labor unions in the United States. ...

Physically weak and very uncoordinated, Niles has a long list of phobias and medical conditions, many of which are clearly psychosomatic. Most prominently, he is quite mysophobic, given to wiping his hands after human contact and wiping down chairs in public places before sitting on them. His nose bleeds when he tells a direct lie, and he faints at the sight of blood. When extremely stressed, he is prone to panic attacks and fits of hyperventilation which have, on more than one occasion, seen him lose consciousness. He also suffers from a long list of allergies, some exceedingly rare. He is seemingly hopeless at sports, barely able to catch objects even after simple throws. However, in some episodes he is shown to be a fair fencer - to such an extent as being able to hold his own in an impromptu duel with a professional swordsman - and he has had some lessons in kickboxing. Moreover, in the episode "Hooping Cranes", while attending a basketball game, he is fortuitously invited on court during the game's intermission to try his skill (or luck) at scoring from half court, and much to the astonishment of his brother and father (and himself), Niles makes the impossible throw. The brothers are often seen coming or going to squash matches, though Martin once commented in disbelief, "You have to wonder what happens on that squash court." Accompanying Martin on the shooting range one day, Niles discovered that he is an excellent marksman. On other occasions he has expressed interest in lifting weights and taking karate lessons, but these ventures are typically laughed at by his father and brother and often amount to nothing. For other uses, see Phobia (disambiguation). ... A psychosomatic illness is one with physical manifestations and supposed psychological cause, often diagnosed when any known or identifiable physical cause was excluded by medical examination. ... Mysophobia is a term used to describe a pathological fear of contamination and germs. ... A panic attack is a period of intense fear or discomfort, typically with an abrupt onset and usually lasting no more than 30 minutes. ... In medicine, hyperventilation (or hyperpnea) is the state of breathing faster or deeper (hyper) than necessary, and thereby reducing the carbon dioxide concentration of the blood below normal. ... Fencing advertisement for the 1900 Summer Olympic Games This article is about the sport, which is distinguished from stage fencing and academic fencing (mensur). ... Kicking to left side Kickboxing refers to sport-fighting using kicks and punches and sometimes throws and bows representing a certain martial art or can be practiced for general fitness, or as a full-contact sport. ... Squash racquet and ball Players in a glass-backed squash court International Squash Singles Court, as specified by the World Squash Federation Squash is an indoor racquet sport that was formerly called Squash racquets, a reference to the squashable soft ball used in the game (compared with the harder ball... A US Marine marksman. ...

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Role in the series

Niles is Frasier's constant companion and rival, and his secret love for their father's physical therapist Daphne Moon is both a source of tension and comedy in the show. Daphne Crane (nee Moon) is a fictional character on the American television sitcom Frasier, played by Jane Leeves. ...

Niles' first wife is Maris, the selfish, haughty, highly-strung and anorexic daughter of a wealthy Seattle family who is never seen on the show, despite being referred to frequently. After fifteen years of marriage, the two separate. Numerous attempts at reconciliation (mainly initiated by Niles), are followed by a bitter and protracted divorce. Maris Crane is a character on the American television sitcom Frasier. ... For other uses, see Anorexia. ... Television shows and stage plays sometimes include continuing characters who are never seen or heard by the audience, but only described by other characters. ...

Niles then marries Mel Karnofsky, Maris' plastic surgeon, whom he starts dating following his divorce. The two elope, but the marriage falls apart after only two days when Niles confesses his love for Daphne the night before her wedding to lawyer Donny. As a consequence, Mel forces Niles to participate in a prolonged charade of a happy marriage before granting him a divorce after he embarrasses her in front of her society friends. Besides the main characters Frasier Crane, his father Martin and brother Niles, Daphne Moon, Roz Doyle and a few others, there are several minor characters who regularly appear on the American television sitcom Frasier, or who have important but limited roles. ...

By far, Niles' most significant relationship on the show is with Daphne, perhaps an unlikely attraction given the significant differences in their tastes, temperament and social standing (he once referred to her as a "working-class Venus"). For numerous reasons during the first six seasons of the show, Niles is unable to confess his feelings for Daphne, who remains unaware of his love for her. Niles' feelings for Daphne are the basis for many gags on the show, including the numerous ways he demonstrates how besotted he is with her (such as being entranced by the smell of her hair or staring at her rear end when she bends over), but develops over the course of the series into an important plotline. Pierce engaged in innumerable bits of nearly unnoticeable stage business, displaying Niles' almost trancelike attraction to Daphne even when audience focus of attention is not on the pair. Niles is frequently jealous of Daphne's boyfriends (and even his own nephew, Frederick, who nurses a crush on Daphne as a pre-adolescent). Marble Venus of the Capitoline Venus type, Roman (British Museum) Venus was a major Roman goddess principally associated with love and beauty, the rough equivalent of the Greek goddess Aphrodite. ...

When the two do attempt a relationship, they must reconcile their many lifestyle differences, and Daphne is so worried she will not live up to Niles' idealistic vision of her that she begins over indulging on chocolate. She gains over fifty pounds, but Niles doesn't even notice until Daphne finally reaches her breaking point when she falls to the floor and is too heavy to get up without the help of Frasier, Niles and Martin (Prompting Martin's classic line; "Hey Daph I just thought of something funny, it took three Crane's to lift you".) and goes to a spa to lose the weight.

Ultimately Niles and Daphne marry in Reno, Nevada, and the series ends with the birth of their son, David who was born at the vet's. David is named after Frasier co-creator David Angell who was killed, along with his wife Lynn, in the crash of American Airlines Flight 11 in the September 11, 2001 attacks. Reno redirects here. ... Flight 11 redirects here. ... The World Trade Center on fire The September 11, 2001 attacks were a series of coordinated terrorist attacks against the United States on September 11, 2001. ...

Niles Quotes from Frasier

• "I'll miss the coffees." Niles' last line on the series finale spoken with tears and emotion. (Goodnight, Seattle)
• "Her lips said 'No', but her eyes said 'Read my lips.'"
• "While you were over there mixing metaphors like a Cuisinart, I had a breakthrough." (Author, Author)
• [In response to Frasier asking him if putting an ad in a magazine wasn't too commercial] "Oh, I'm sorry - were you talking? I was distracted by your head driving by on a bus." (Love Bites Dog)
• "How strange - I usually get some sign when Lilith is in town: dogs forming into packs, blood weeping from the walls." (The show where Diane Comes Back)
• "I thought all one had to do was draw a pentagram on the floor and chant 'I summon thee' three times" [upon finding out that Frasier cannot find Bebe Glazer, his ruthless agent]
• "What possessed you? Oh, right. She did." [On Frasier hiring Bebe]
• "Oh dear, look at the time. I have a session with my multiple personality. Well, not to worry. If I'm late, he can just talk amongst himself." (The Adventures of Bad Boy and Dirty Girl)
• "And I stormed out and slammed the door! Of course, it was that fourteenth century Bavarian cathedral door, so I had to get two of the servants to help me, but what it lacked in spontaneity it made up for in resonance." (The Last Time I Saw Maris)
• "She's managed to have her urinal cake and eat it too." [upon Niles' discovery that Maris' family business is based in urinal cakes and not timber as she always claimed]
• "He had a heart attack when he was out trimming Maris' elaborate hedge maze. The paramedics never had a chance." [reflecting on the passing of Maris' gardener Yoshi]
• " The man who floats like a Lepidopteran and stings like a Hymenopteran!" [Describing how Frasier taught someone an etiquette lesson, after Muhammed Ali's famous catchphrase] (High Crane Drifter)
• "Although I feel perfectly qualified to fill Frasier's radio shoes, I should warn you that while Frasier is a Freudian I am a Jungian. So there'll be no blaming mother today!" (Frasier Crane's Day Off)
• "Frasier, I've made a fist, and I'm thinking of using it!" [Frasier's response: "The thumb goes on the outside!"] (Shrink Rap)
• "Don't you dare call me irrational, you know that makes me crazy!"
• "[After being asked about sports] Oh yes, I can't sleep until I've found who hurled what ball through what apparatus."
• "I drove all the way to the Oregon border, but I had to turn back because I had fruit in the car."
• "Last night, I actually had a dream that my flour sack was abducted, and the kidnapper started sending me muffins in the mail!" (Flour Child)
• "I don't mind telling you we pushed our beds together that night, and that is no mean feat. As you know, her room is across the hall". (Selling Out)
• "My taekwondo instructor says I'm two moves away from becoming quite threatening." (You Can't Tell a Crook By His Cover)
• "Oh, for god's sake, Frasier don't waste your breath on this hairy, knuckle-dragging, mouth-breathing troglodyte who's probably the only male in existence who suffers from penis envy!" (High Crane Drifter)
• "Who else will teach my son how to throw a football ball?"
• "Maris is pushing me over the edge which is ironic because she can't push. We learnt that the time she got stuck in the revolving door."
• "You call that a tantrum? Maris used to do that once a week. The poor dear needed help to slam the door."
• "No, no, it's definitely something. I'm a psychiatrist I can read the signs." [In response to Daphne bursting into tears and then claiming 'nothing' was wrong]