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Joel Grey
Joel Grey at the 1993 Emmy Awards. Photo by Alan Light.
Birth name	Joel Katz
Born	April 11, 1932 (1932-04-11) (age 75) Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Years active	1951 - Present
Awards Academy Awards Best Supporting Actor 1972 Cabaret Tony Awards Featured Actor in a Musical 1967 Cabaret

Joel Grey (born April 11, 1932) is an Tony and Academy Award winning American stage and screen actor.

Grey originated the role of the Master of Ceremonies in the Broadway musical Cabaret in 1966 for which he won the Tony Award. Additional Broadway credits include Come Blow Your Horn (1961), Stop the World - I Want to Get Off (1962), Half a Sixpence (1965), Goodtime Charley (1975), The Grand Tour (1979), Chicago (1996), and Wicked (2003). In 1995, he performed in The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True a musical performance of the popular story at Lincoln Center to benefit the Children's Defense Fund. The performance was originally broadcast on Turner Network Television (TNT), and issued on CD and video in 1996.

Grey won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1972 for his performance as the Master of Ceremonies in the film version of Cabaret. His victory was part of a Cabaret near-sweep, which saw Liza Minnelli win Best Actress and Bob Fosse win Best Director, although it lost the Best Picture Oscar to The Godfather. Grey beat front-runner Al Pacino for Best Supporting Actor while Fosse beat Francis Ford Coppola for Best Director.

Grey is one of only nine^[1] people who have won both a Tony Award and an Academy Award for the same role. He performed at The Muny in St. Louis, Missouri many times in roles such as George M. Cohan in George M! (1970 and 1992), the Emcee in Cabaret (1971), and Joey Evans in Pal Joey (1983).

Grey appeared frequently as a panelist on the television game show What's My Line? during its 1968 revival. He was also one of the first people to guest star on The Muppet Show in its first season, singing "Razzle Dazzle" and "Cabaret". In 1982 Grey was the on-camera host and narrator for the PBS special, To Hear. He also played an elderly Korean martial arts master in the movie Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985). In 1991, he played an out of this world man, Adam, on the series finale of Dallas.

In 2000, Grey played Oldrich Novy in the film Dancer in the Dark and had recurring television roles on Buffy the Vampire Slayer (as Doc, 2001), Oz (as Lemuel Idzik, 2003) and Alias (as "Another Mr. Sloane," 2005). He played the role of a demon in the final episode of Dallas and was a wealthy, paroled ex-convict on Law & Order: Criminal Intent (episode, "Cuba Libre"). He also appeared on the shows House and Brothers & Sisters, the latter on which he played the roles of Sarah and Joe's marriage counselor.

Grey was born Joel Katz in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of Grace and Mickey Katz, who was an actor, comedian and director.^[2] He graduated from Beverly Hills High School in Beverly Hills, California in 1950. He is the father of actress Jennifer Grey, the star of Dirty Dancing. In 1958 he married Jo Wilder. They divorced in 1982.

Grey's other occupation is his life-long avocation--photography. His first book of photographs, "Pictures I Had to Take" was published in 2003; its follow-up, "Looking Hard at Unexpected Things" appeared in the Fall of 2006.^[3]

• Wicked (2003)
• Chicago (1996)
• Cabaret (1987)
• The Grand Tour (1979)
• Goodtime Charley (1975)
• George M! (1968)
• Cabaret (1966)
• Half a Sixpence (1965)
• Stop the World - I Want to Get Off (1962)
• Come Blow Your Horn (1961)
• Borscht Capades (1951) (credited as Joel Kaye)

• Joel Grey at the Internet Movie Database
• Joel Grey at the Internet Broadway Database
• Joel Grey - Downstage Center interview at American Theatre Wing.org
• TonyAwards.com Interview with Joel Grey