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Cool gray 111/16/2024 Grey made his Broadway acting debut in Borscht Capades where he was credit as "Joel Kaye". He changed his last name from Katz to Grey early in his career due to the stigma associated with having a surname with an obvious ethnicity attached. By 1952, at age 20, he was appearing as a featured performer at the Copacabana nightclub in New York. Grey started his career, at age 10, in the Cleveland Play House's Curtain Pullers children's theatre program in the early 1940s, appearing in productions such as Grandmother Slyboots, Jack of Tarts and a lead role in their mainstage production of On Borrowed Time. Career Early career Grey in a publicity photo in 1955 He attended Alexander Hamilton High School in Los Angeles, California. Grey was born in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of Goldie "Grace" (née Epstein) and Mickey Katz, an actor, comedian, and musician. He earned a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series nomination for Brooklyn Bridge (1993). His other film roles include in Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson (1976), Kafka (1991), The Music of Chance (1993), The Fantasticks (2000), and Dancer in the Dark (2000). He earned a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture nomination for his role in Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985). He directed the 2011 revival of Larry Kramer's The Normal Heart earning a Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play nomination. After portraying Amos Hart in Chicago (1996), and Moonface Martin Anything Goes (2011) in Broadway revivals, he originated the role as Wizard of Oz in the musical Wicked (2003). Grey's Tony-nominated roles include for the musical George M! (1968), Goodtime Charley (1975), and The Grand Tour (1979). He earned the Lifetime Achievement Tony Award in 2023. He has won an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Tony Award. He is best known for portraying the Master of Ceremonies in the musical Cabaret on Broadway as well as in the Bob Fosse directed 1972 film adaptation. Joel Grey (born Joel David Katz April 11, 1932) is an American actor, singer, dancer, photographer, and theatre director.
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