​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Joel Grey (born April 11, 1932) is an American stage and screen actor, singer, and dancer, best known for his role as the Master of Ceremonies in both the stage and film adaptation of the Kander & Ebb musical Cabaret. He has won the Academy Award, Tony Award and Golden Globe Award. He also originated the role of the Wizard in the acclaimed musical Wicked.

Filmography

• The Old Man — Morgan Bote
• 2021tick, tick... BOOM! — "Sunday" Legend #4
• 2013Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy — Narrator
• Nurse Jackie — Dick Bobbitt
• Warehouse 13 — Monty the Magnificent
• 2008Choke — Phil
• 2007Drama, Tanz und Beine — Narrator
• Phineas and Ferb — Beppo (voice)
• Private Practice — Dr. Alexander Ball
• Brothers and Sisters — Dr. Jude Bar-Shalo
• 2006Chicago: The Musical
• Grey's Anatomy — Dr. Singer
• House — Ezra Powell
• 2003111 Gramercy Park — Hornsby
• 2003Broadway's Lost Treasures — Host (segment "Leading Men") / Emcee (segment "Cabaret")
• Short Cuts — Tom McQuilten
• Alias — Another Mr. Sloane
• Crossing Jordan — Carl Meisner
• Further Tales of the City — Guido
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent — Milton Winters
• 2001On the Edge — Dr. Mensley (segment "Reaching Normal")
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — Hank Kasserman
• 2000Dancer in the Dark — Oldrich Novy
• 2000The Fantasticks — Amos Bellamy
• 1999A Christmas Carol — Ghost of Christmas Past
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer — Doc
• 1996My Friend Joe — Simon
• 1996The Empty Mirror
• Star Trek: Voyager — Caylem
• 1995The Dangerous — Flea
• The Outer Limits — Dr. Nathan Seward, Gideon Banks
• 1995The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True — Professor Marvel / The Gatekeeper / The Carriage Driver / The Palace Guard / The Wizard of Oz
• 1995Venus Rising — Jimmie
• Touched by an Angel — Ronald
• Blue Heelers
• 1993The Music of Chance — Willy Stone
• 1992The Player — Joel Grey
• Brooklyn Bridge
• 1991Kafka — Burgel
• 1991Marilyn and Me — Johnny Hyde
• 1988Cabaret — The Emcee
• Queenie — Aaron Diamond
• 1987Witnesses to the Holocaust: The Trial of Adolf Eichmann — Narrator, Director
• Matlock — Tommy DeLuca
• 1985Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins — Chiun
• The Compleat Gilbert & Sullivan — Jack Point
• 1982The Yeomen of the Guard — Jack Point
• Dallas — Adam
• Alice
• 1976Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson — The Producer (Nate Salisbury)
• Live from Lincoln Center — Joel Grey
• 1976The Seven-Per-Cent Solution — Lowenstein
• 1974'Twas the Night Before Christmas — Joshua Trundle (voice)
• Flick Flack
• 1974Man on a Swing — Franklin Wills
• 1973Don't Call Me Mama Anymore
• 1972Cabaret — Master of Ceremonies
• 1972Man on a String — Big Joe Brown
• The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
• 1970George M! — George M. Cohan
• Night Gallery — Andrew MacBane
• Ironside — Mike Yeager
• 1964What a Way to Go! — Patron (uncredited)
• Vacation Playhouse — Freddy Rockefeller
• 1961Come September — Beagle
• Surfside 6 — Willy
• 77 Sunset Strip — Joey Kellogg
• Bronco
• Lawman — Owny O'Reilly
• 1957Calypso Heat Wave
• Maverick — Billy The Kid
• Telephone Time
• December Bride — Jimmy
• 1952About Face — Bender

Appearances as themselves (38)

• 2025Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story — Self
• 2023Being Mary Tyler Moore — Self (voice)
• Stars in the House — Self
• 2019Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles — Self
• 2019It Takes a Lunatic — Self
• 2019On Broadway — Self (archive footage)
• 2015Listen to Me Marlon — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self - Guest
• Trailblazer Honors — Self - Presenter
• 2013Cabaret: The Musical That Changed Musicals — Self
• 2008Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History — Self
• 2008Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical — Self
• Broadway: The American Musical — Self
• 2002The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family' — Self
• 1997The Music of Kander & Ebb: Razzle Dazzle — Self
• 1992Robert Altman's Players — Self
• 1990Night of 100 Stars III — Self
• 1986Christmas at Radio City Music Hall — Self - Host
• 1982Night of 100 Stars — Self
• 1980Charlie Chaplin: The Little Tramp — Self - Host
• CBS News Sunday Morning — Self
• The Muppet Show — Self - Special Guest Star
• Dinah! — Self
• The Julie Andrews Hour — Self
• 1972The Recreation of an Era — Self
• The Dick Cavett Show — Self - Guest
• The Carol Burnett Show — Self - Guest / Various Characters
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self
• The Mike Douglas Show — Self - Co-Host
• Tonight Starring Jack Paar — Self
• The Dinah Shore Chevy Show — Self
• The Steve Allen Show — Self - rehearsing for 'Jack and the Beanstalk'
• Tony Awards — Self - Winner / Performer, Self - Presenter, Self - Performer, Self - Nominee, Self - Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement Recipient
• The Oscars — Self
• The Colgate Comedy Hour — Self
• What's My Line? — Self
• The Ed Sullivan Show — Self
• Golden Globe Awards — Self - Presenter, Self - Nominee, Self - Winner