Grant Shaud

Grant Shaud (born February 27, 1961 in Evanston , Illinois ; actually Edward Shaud III ) is an American actor who was best known for the role of Miles Silverberg in the television series Murphy Brown from the 1990s.

Career

Childhood and youth

Grant Shaud was born in Evanston, Illinois to Ann Barbara (nee Dougherty) and Edward Shaud, Jr. His family was Irish Catholic. He attended Conestoga High School in Berwyn, Pennsylvania, which he graduated in 1979. In 1983 he graduated from Richmond University with a degree in journalism. There he belonged to the Sigma Alpha Epsilon Association.

Career as an actor

Shaud moved to New York City in 1984 to work in the theater. In his first television role, he played a guest named Jack in Kate & Allie . From 1988 he played Miles Silverberg in Murphy Brown . He lived with fellow actor Jane Leeves before and during her contract period on the show where she played his girlfriend. He left the show in 1996 when its lead role was taken on by Lily Tomlin .

Most recently, he took on a number of assignments as a voice actor, e.g. B. in the movie Antz or the television series Batman: The Animated Series . He starred on The Drew Carey Show as Jack, who believed himself to be the devil. He also played Alex Rosetti in the television series Madigan Men , together with Gabriel Byrne .

Selection of appearances

watch TV

• Murphy Brown (as Miles Silverberg), 1988-1996
• Murder is her hobby (in the episode "Where Have You Gone, Billy Boy?" As ventriloquist Woody Perkins), 1990
• Drew Carey Show (hereinafter "The Devil, You Say" as Jack), 1996
• Superman: The Adventures of Lois & Clark (as Harold Kripstly / The Toyman in the episode "Toy Story"), 1997
• From the Earth to the Moon (as Bob Carbee), 1998
• Madigan Men (as Alex Rosetti), 2000
• A Touch of Heaven (hereinafter "The Sixteenth Minute" as Ed), 2002
• Oliver Beene (as Dr. Jerrimiah 'Jerry' Beene), 2003
• Pushing Daisies 2007
• Law & Order (hereinafter "Misbegotten" as Dr. Hoffman), January 2008
• Medium (in the episodes "Burn Baby Burn" and "Burn Baby Burn, Part 2" as Dr. Leo Crane), March 2008

Movie

• An Honorable Gentleman (as Arthur Reinhardt), 1992
• Men Seeking Women (as Les), 1997
• Antz (as the voice of Foreman), 1998
• The Crow III (as Peter Walsh), 2000
• Waltzing Anna (as JD Reno), 2006

theatre

• Torch Song Trilogy , Broadway , 1986
• Today, I Am a Fountain Pen (as Pete Lisanti), Theater 890 , 1986
• Writer's Block (as David), Atlantic Theater , 2003
• After Ashley (as David), Vineyard Theater , 2005
• Thicker than Water (various roles), Ensemble Studio Theater , 2008

Web links

• Grant Shaud in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Grant Shaud in the Internet Off-Broadway Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.filmreference.com/film/1/Grant-Shaud.html
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