Frasier is among the most decorated sitcoms of all time, and it helped David Hyde Pierce's movie and TV career after the show ended. Premiering in 1993, the NBC series followed Dr. Frasier Crane (Kelsey Grammer) in his move from Boston back to his hometown of Seattle following the dissolution of his marriage as seen on Cheers. While the series is named for Grammer's character and focuses heavily on his new career as a radio psychiatrist, the real heart of the show is his relationship with his father, Martin (John Mahoney), and brother, Niles (David Hyde Pierce).
Over the show's 11-season run, Niles helped flesh out Frasier's character beyond his origins in Cheers and became an icon in his own right. His haughty demeanor is underscored by an extensive list of phobias and obsessive tendencies, adding up to a character whose angsty self-enclosure in society's upper echelons seems more fearful than festive. David Hyde Pierce, who has won several awards for playing Niles Crane, is inextricably associated with the character. However, he had a successful career in theater, film, and television prior to his appearance on Frasier, and he hasn't stopped working since.
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David Hyde Pierce's stage career is particularly impressive; after Frasier ended in 2004, he joined the cast of Spamalot as Sir Robin, where he shared billing with Tim Curry and Hank Azaria. Two years later he starred as Lieutenant Frank Cioffi in Curtains, a musical murder mystery, for which he won a Tony in 2007. In 2010, he appeared as Warwick Wilson in The Perfect Host - his first movie role in person in years. He also found time to star in the West End revival of David Hirson's La Bête.
Although Frasier was over, the actor continued to win awards for a variety of projects. Pierce was nominated for two more Tonys, first in 2013 for his role in Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike and again in 2017 for his role in Hello, Dolly!, and also directed the original 2011 off-Broadway run and 2015 Broadway premiere of It Shoulda Been You. However, his on-screen career has continued to expand alongside his theatrical credentials.
Between 2014 and 2017, Pierce appeared in The Simpsons, The Good Wife, both reboots of Wet Hot American Summer, and Dustin Lance Black's miniseries When We Rise. He's currently set to play Father Conor in the upcoming thriller The Georgetown Project, and the alleged Frasier reunion could see him reprise his role as Niles. While his illustrious career outside the sitcom is certainly impressive, his portrayal of Niles will always be his most memorable. With the entirety of Frasier streaming on Hulu and a reboot in the works, fans of the series and of Pierce's work have a lot to look forward to and to look back on.
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