Joel Gray

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Joel Gray, 2014

Joel Gray , actually Joel David Katz , (born April 11, 1932 in Cleveland , Ohio ) is an American actor and singer . His best-known role is that of the emcee in the musical Cabaret , for which he won both a Tony Award and an Oscar .

Life

Joel Gray, 1955

Joel Gray was born the son of the Jewish comedian Mickey Katz and appeared on stage for the first time at the age of ten. In 1952 he made his film debut with a supporting role in the film musical About Face alongside Eddie Bracken . However, Gray experienced his breakthrough on Broadway , where he played in numerous productions from the 1950s.

Joel Gray (right) with Ann Sothern and Don Porter, 1960

He became famous for the role of the emcee in the musical Cabaret , which premiered in 1966. Gray first played this role on Broadway under the direction of Harold Prince and received the Tony Award for it . He then played the eccentric emcee in the film of the same name by Bob Fosse on the side of Liza Minnelli , for which he in turn won the Oscar and the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor. This makes Gray one of the eight actors who managed to win a Tony Award as well as an Oscar for the same role.

Joel Gray then worked as a supporting actor in numerous television series and movies, including in Herbert Ross ' crime comedy No Coke for Sherlock Holmes in 1976 , as a Korean combat champion in the action film Remo - Unarmed and Dangerous, and in 1991 in Steven Soderbergh's Kafka biography Kafka . In 2000, Gray was one next to the pop singer Bjork and Catherine Deneuve to the international ensemble cast of Lars von Trier's film Dancer in the Dark , which at the Film Festival in Cannes , the Palme d'Or was awarded. More recently, he has mainly guest roles in some of the most popular US television series. He had his most distinctive television appearance in 1991, when he played the devil in the last episode of the television series Dallas .

In addition to his film and television appearances, Joel Gray continued to be mainly connected to the theater. He played the lead role of George M. Cohan in the world premiere of the Broadway musical George M! which earned him another Tony Award nomination. In 2003 he played the Wizard of Oz in the hit musical Wicked - The Witches of Oz at the side of Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth . He also played Amos Hart in Chicago , Joey Evans in Pal Joey and Moonface Martin in Anything Goes .

Joel Gray with wife Jo Wilder (1979)

Joel Gray was married to actress Jo Wilder from 1958 to 1982 . The couple have two children, chef James Katz and actress Jennifer Gray . In January 2015 , the 82-year-old actor came out as homosexual in an interview with US magazine People .

synchronization

Joel Gray has been dubbed by the following speakers: Wolfgang Digit in No Coke for Sherlock Holmes and Star Trek: Voyager ; Klaus Jepsen in Kafka ; Friedhelm Ptok in Dallas ; Peter Matić in Remo ; and Peter Fricke in A Christmas Carol-The Night Before Christmas .

Awards

Joel Gray at the 1993 Emmy Awards

In honor of his work at the theater , Joel Gray was given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6753 Hollywood Boulevard .

Theater engagements on Broadway

  • 1951: Original cast in the musical Borscht Capades
  • 1956: Member of the sketch show The Littlest Revue
  • 1961–1962: Original cast in the musical Come Blow Your Horn as Buddy Baker
  • 1962–1964: Broadway premiere of the musical Stop the World - I Want to Get Off as Littlechap
  • 1965–1966: Musical comedy Half a Sixpence as Arthur Kipps
  • 1966–1969: Original cast in the musical Cabaret as master of ceremonies
  • 1968–1969: Original cast in the musical George M! as George M. Cohan
  • 1975: Original cast in the musical Goodtime Charley
  • 1979: Original cast in the musical The Grand Tour
  • 1987–1988: Revival of the musical Cabaret as master of ceremonies
  • 1996: Revival of the Chicago musical
  • 2003–2004: Original Broadway cast as Wizard of Oz in the musical Wicked - The Witches of Oz
  • 2011: Director of the drama The Normal Heart
  • 2011–2012: Revival of the musical Anything Goes

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Commons : Joel Gray  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.ibdb.com/Person/View/43105
  2. ↑ Oscar winner Joel Gray comes out at the age of 82 ; T-Online article from January 28, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Gray, Joel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Katz, Joel David (real name); Kaye, Joel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American actor
DATE OF BIRTH April 11, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Cleveland , Ohio , United States