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Niles is the younger brother of Frasier Crane (played by Kelsey Grammer). Pierce was hired because Frasier producers saw his headshot and commented on how much he looked like a young Grammer. Unlike Frasier, part of whose background comes from Cheers, Niles's background is established over the course of Frasier. [3]
In his role in Sleepless in Seattle (1993), Pierce played the brother of Meg Ryan's character, a professor at Johns Hopkins University. The film was released three months before the start of Frasier. [12] In 2001, he starred in the cult 1981-set summer camp comedy Wet Hot American Summer, as the befuddled astrophysicist, Prof. Henry Newman.
The main character of the American television sitcom Frasier (1993–2004) and the 2023 revival Frasier is Frasier Crane. Other regular characters include: his father Martin, his brother Niles, producer Roz Doyle, and his father's live-in caregiver Daphne Moon. Other minor characters made regular appearances.
When David Hyde Pierce declined to participate in the reboot as Frasier's brother Niles, the opportunity for a lot of that much-loved quickfire snarky dialogue was lost. However, there was still a ...
Anthony LaPaglia (/ l ə ˈ p ɑː l i ə /, Italian pronunciation: [laˈpaʎʎa]; born 31 January 1959) [1] is an Australian actor. He has won three AACTA Awards, Best Actor in a Leading Role for Lantana (2001) and Balibo (2009), and Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Nitram (2021).
“Jaws 2″ star Marc Gilpin died this past weekend following a more than year-long battle with brain cancer. He was 56. The death of the former child actor — who in the “Jaws” sequel ...
Frasier (/ ˈ f r eɪ ʒ ər /) is an American television sitcom that was broadcast on NBC for 11 seasons from September 16, 1993, to May 13, 2004. The program was created and produced by David Angell, Peter Casey, and David Lee (as Grub Street Productions), in association with Grammnet (2004) and Paramount Television.
Daphne Crane (née Moon; born September 1964) is a fictional character on the American television sitcom Frasier, played by Jane Leeves. [1] An English immigrant from Manchester, Daphne is employed by Frasier as a live-in housekeeper and physical therapist for his father, Martin. [2]