Cast & creator
Joel Grey
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, Late Night with Seth Meyers, Grey's Anatomy
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.
Also known as: Joel David Katz
54
film credits
68
television credits
121
1944–2025 · acting roles
6.9
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (122)
Showing 122 of 122 credits
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014
Grey's Anatomy
Dr. Singer
2005
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Hank Kasserman
2000
The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Host
1961The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
House
Ezra Powell
2004
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Milton Winters
2001
Star Trek: Voyager
Caylem
1995
Phineas and Ferb
Beppo (voice)
2007
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Doc
1997
CBS News Sunday Morning
Self
1979
What's My Line?
Self
1950
The Outer Limits
Dr. Nathan Seward
1995The Outer Limits
Gideon Banks
1995
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
1944Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944Golden Globe Awards
Self - Winner
1944
Dallas
Adam
1978
Crossing Jordan
Carl Meisner
2001
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968
Touched by an Angel
Ronald
1994
Maverick
Billy The Kid
1957
Tony Awards
Self - Winner / Performer
1956Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
1956Tony Awards
Self - Performer
1956Tony Awards
Self - Nominee
1956Tony Awards
Self - Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement Recipient
1956
Private Practice
Dr. Alexander Ball
2007
Ironside
Mike Yeager
1967
Matlock
Tommy DeLuca
1986
Brothers and Sisters
Dr. Jude Bar-Shalo
2006
Warehouse 13
Monty the Magnificent
2009
The Carol Burnett Show
Self - Guest / Various Characters
1967
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self
1957
Alice
1976
Nurse Jackie
Dick Bobbitt
2009
Blue Heelers
1993
Lawman
Owny O'Reilly
1958
Dinah!
Self
1974
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
1950
The Steve Allen Show
Self - rehearsing for 'Jack and the Beanstalk'
1956
Stars in the House
Self
2020
Night Gallery
Andrew MacBane
1970
77 Sunset Strip
Joey Kellogg
1958
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self
1956
The Oscars
Self
1953
Surfside 6
Willy
1960
Bronco
1958
December Bride
1954December Bride
Jimmy
1954
The Muppet Show
Self - Special Guest Star
1976
Telephone Time
1956
The Old Man
Morgan Bote
2022
Alias
Another Mr. Sloane
2001
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
1971
Live from Lincoln Center
Joel Grey
1976
Brooklyn Bridge
1991Vacation Playhouse
Freddy Rockefeller
1963
Trailblazer Honors
Self - Presenter
2014
Dancer in the Dark
Oldrich Novy
2000
The Player
Joel Grey
1992
The Julie Andrews Hour
Self
1972
tick, tick... BOOM!
"Sunday" Legend #4
2021
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins
Chiun
1985
Cabaret
Master of Ceremonies
1972
Further Tales of the City
Guido
2001
Flick Flack
1974
A Christmas Carol
Ghost of Christmas Past
1999
Being Mary Tyler Moore
Self (voice)
2023
What a Way to Go!
Patron (uncredited)
1964
Queenie
Aaron Diamond
1987
Come September
Beagle
1961
Broadway: The American Musical
Self
2004
Choke
Phil
2008
Night of 100 Stars
Self
1982
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson
The Producer (Nate Salisbury)
1976
Listen to Me Marlon
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2015
Kafka
Burgel
1991
Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story
Self
2025
Night of 100 Stars III
Self
1990
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
Lowenstein
1976
Man on a String
Big Joe Brown
1972
Man on a Swing
Franklin Wills
1974Short Cuts
Tom McQuilten
2002
The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family'
Self
2002
It Takes a Lunatic
Self
2019
The Music of Kander & Ebb: Razzle Dazzle
Self
1997
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
Self
2008
The Music of Chance
Willy Stone
1993
On the Edge
Dr. Mensley (segment "Reaching Normal")
2001
On Broadway
Self (archive footage)
2019
Robert Altman's Players
Self
1992
111 Gramercy Park
Hornsby
2003
The Yeomen of the Guard
Jack Point
1982
Cabaret: The Musical That Changed Musicals
Self
2013
The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True
Professor Marvel / The Gatekeeper / The Carriage Driver / The Palace Guard / The Wizard of Oz
1995
Broadway's Lost Treasures
Host (segment "Leading Men") / Emcee (segment "Cabaret")
2003
'Twas the Night Before Christmas
Joshua Trundle (voice)
1974
Cabaret
The Emcee
1988
My Friend Joe
Simon
1996
Don't Call Me Mama Anymore
1973
The Dangerous
Flea
1995The Compleat Gilbert & Sullivan
Jack Point
1984
The Recreation of an Era
Self
1972
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical
Self
2008
Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles
Self
2019
The Empty Mirror
1996
Marilyn and Me
Johnny Hyde
1991
The Fantasticks
Amos Bellamy
2000Drama, Tanz und Beine
Narrator
2007
Christmas at Radio City Music Hall
Self - Host
1986
Venus Rising
Jimmie
1995
Chicago: The Musical
2006
Calypso Heat Wave
1957
Witnesses to the Holocaust: The Trial of Adolf Eichmann
Narrator
1987Witnesses to the Holocaust: The Trial of Adolf Eichmann
Director
1987
George M!
George M. Cohan
1970
Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy
Narrator
2013
About Face
Bender
1952Charlie Chaplin: The Little Tramp
Self - Host
1980