A supporting player of American stage, TV, and film who has specialized in playing neurotic and priggish... (Learn more)
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David Hyde Pierce’s Milestones
| Appeared on Broadway in "The Heidi Chronicles" for six months opposite Christine Lahti | |
| Became a regular on "The Powers That Be", an NBC political sitcom from Norman Lear | |
| Toured the Soviet Union and Japan with "The Cherry Orchard" | |
| Worked in off-Broadway and regional theater | |
| 1981 | Began selling ties at Bloomingdale's while studying acting |
| 1981 | Moved to NYC after graduating from Yale |
| 1982 | Broadway acting debut, "Beyond Therapy" |
| 1983 - 1985 | Moved to Minneapolis, MN; appeared in various productions at the Guthrie Theater |
| 1986 | Played Laertes in a New York Shakespeare Festival production of "Hamlet", starring Kevin Kline |
| 1988 | First film appearance, bit role in "Bright Lights, Big City" |
| 1993 - 2004 | Cast as Dr Niles Crane, brother of the title character, on the NBC sitcom "Frasier"; role created especially for him due to his physical resemblance to actor Kelsey Grammer |
| 1993 | Had featured role in "Sleepless in Seattle" |
| 1995 | Portrayed John Dean in Oliver Stone's biopic "Nixon" |
| 2000 | Cast as fictionalized version of book editor Michael Korda, called Michael Hastings in "Isn't She Great", the biopic of Jacqueline Susann |
| 2001 | Played an astrophysicist in "Wet Hot American Summer" |
| 2001 | Starred opposite Uta Hagen in the L.A. stage production "Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks" |
| 2001 | Voiced a rookie cold tablet in "Osmosis Jones" |
| 2002 | Cast in Soderbergh's "Full Frontal" |
| 2002 | Voiced the character Dr. Doppler in the Disney animated feature "Treasure Planet" |
| 2003 | Cast in the feature "Down With Love" |
| 2003 | Received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series for his role in "Frasier" |
| 2004 | Voice of Abe Sapien in the horror film "Hellboy" |
| 2005 | Co-starred in "Spamalot," Eric Idle's Broadway musical version of 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail' |
| 2006 | Played a Boston detective in the Kander and Ebb musical, "Curtains" at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles; show moved to Broadway in 2007 |
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