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Grant Shaud (born Edward Shaud III on February 27, 1961) is an American actor best known for playing the character of Miles Silverberg on the 1990s TV sitcom Murphy Brown.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Selected stage and screen credits 3.1 Television 3.2 Film 3.3 Theater 4 References 5 External links

Grant Shaud was born in Evanston, Illinois and raised in Radnor, Pennsylvania. He attended Conestoga High School and graduated in 1979. In 1983, he graduated with a Journalism degree from the University of Richmond.

In 1984, Shaud moved to New York City to begin working in theater. His first acting role in television was as a guest character named Jack on Kate & Allie. In 1988, he began as Miles Silverberg on Murphy Brown. He lived with co-star Jane Leeves before and during her guest stint on the show, in which she concurrently played his girlfriend. He left in 1996 with his "boss" role on the show being taken over by Lily Tomlin.

In recent years he has also done some voice-over work in animation, most notably in the film Antz and the television series Batman: The Animated Series. He had a guest role in The Drew Carey Show as a character named Jack, who believed himself to be the devil. He also played Alex Rosetti in the sitcom Madigan Men, starring Gabriel Byrne.

• Murphy Brown (as Miles Silverberg), 1988-1996
• The Drew Carey Show (in episode "The Devil, You Say" as Jack), 1996
• Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman(as Harold Kripstly/The Toyman in episode "Toy Story"), 1997
• From the Earth to the Moon (as Bob Carbee), 1998
• Madigan Men (as Alex Rosetti), 2000
• Touched by an Angel (in episode "The Sixteenth Minute" as Ed), 2002
• Oliver Beene (as Dr. Jerrimiah 'Jerry' Beene), 2003

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

• Torch Song Trilogy, Broadway, 1986
• Today, I Am a Fountain Pen (as Pete Lisanti), Theater 890, 1986
• Writer's Block (play) (as David), Atlantic Theater, 2003
• After Ashley (as David), Vineyard Theatre, 2005

• Grant Shaud at the Internet Movie Database
• Grant Shaud at TV.com
• Grant Shaud at the Internet Off-Broadway Database