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 in which he costarred with Liza Minneli who's mother is Judy Garland, who was in the Wizard Of Oz. He played the role of the Wizard in the Original Broadway Cast of Wicked.
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Awards[]
Grey first won the Tony Award for his performance of his role in Cabaret. He also won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1972 for the film version of Cabaret. he also won the BAFTA award for "The Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles and Best Supporting Acot awards from Golden Globes, Kansas City Film Critics Circle, National Board of Review of Motion Pictures, National Society of Film Critics. He also won a Saturn Award and a Golden Globe nomination for Bes
Joel with Liza Minelli in Cabaret
t Supporting Actor in Williams: The Adventure Begins.
Joel Grey with Kristin Chenoweth, Meinhardt Raabe and Idina Menzel
Trivia[]
- Grey acted in the Broadway show Anything Goes along with Sutton Foster.
- Eight years before portraying the character in Wicked, Grey portrayed the Wizard in The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True, a 1995 television concert stage production of the 1939 musical film. The production also included future Elphaba actress Julia Murney as a background singer.
