He's a Shakespearean who became a clown. Grammer, who studied at the Juilliard School, got his first acting break when he was promoted from Lennox to Macbeth after the leading man quit a Broadway production. Then he spent 20 years as the orotund Frasier Crane. It was an unprecedented run in a comic role but stereotyped him as the fussy psychiatrist. Grammer tried reviving Macbeth on Broadway in 2001, but the New York Times dissed his performance as a "stodgy oratorical exercise." The show lasted just 13 nights. "That was a 22-year, very lucrative, extremely successful detour from who he really is."

"I like to do some different stuff," Grammer said as he shrugged off his suspenders after a day of playing Mayor Tom Kane. "Hollywood doesn't let you do that, so you've got to make it up yourself and get somebody to believe in it. It's a departure, but in terms of a 35-year career which started in drama, it doesn't really seem incongruous."

http://img.poptower.com/pic-62762/kelsey-grammer.jpg?d=600

http://articles.latimes.com/2011/sep/11/entertainment/la-ca-kelsey-grammer-20110911

He's going to be fine.

Interesting learning about how he got his start but I for one am very glad that he took the role of Frasier Crane! And he's been successful in Boss as well; judging from his Golden Globe award. That's awesome!