David Hyde Pierce

David Hyde Pierce
Born	April 3, 1959 in Saratoga Springs, New York, USA
Sometimes credited as	David Pierce
Notable Roles	Dr. Niles Crane in Frasier
Notable Episodes
Awards

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Roles

Starring Roles

Series	Role	Year(s)	Season(s)
The Powers That Be	Theodore Van Horne	1992–1993	1	2
Frasier	Niles Crane	1993–2004	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11

Guest Starring Roles

Series	Role	Episode	Airdate
Spenser: For Hire (credited as David Pierce)	O'Neill	2x21 - The Man Who Wasn't There	May 2, 1987
Crime Story (credited as David Pierce)	NSA Agent Carruthers	2x09 - MIG-21	December 15, 1987
Dream On	Jerry Dorfer	3x18 - The Guilty Party	September 26, 1992
Saturday Night Live	Host	20x11 - David Hyde Pierce/Live	January 21, 1995
The Outer Limits	Dr. Jack Henson	2x22 - The Sentence	August 4, 1996
Caroline in the City	Dr. Niles Crane	1x04 - Caroline and the Bad Back	October 12, 1995
Caroline in the City	Jimmy Callahan	2x03 - Caroline and the Cat Dancer	October 15, 1996
The Simpsons	Cecil Terwilliger	8x16 - Brother from Another Series	February 23, 1997
Titus	Jerry October	2x16 - Life Forward	February 27, 2001
The American Experience	Himself	14x01 - War Letters	November 11, 2001
Gary the Rat	Addison	1x09 - Strange Bedfellows	September 28, 2003
The Simpsons	Cecil Terwilliger	19x08 - Funeral for a Fiend	November 25, 2007
The Simpsons	Felix	26x01 - Clown in the Dumps	September 28, 2014
The Good Wife	Frank Prady	6x07 - Message Discipline	November 2, 2014
The Good Wife	Frank Prady	6x09 - Sticky Content	November 16, 2014
The Good Wife	Frank Prady	6x10 - The Trial	November 23, 2014
The Good Wife	Frank Prady	6x12 - The Debate	January 11, 2015
The Good Wife	Frank Prady	6x13 - Dark Money	March 1, 2015
The Good Wife	Frank Prady	6x14 - Mind's Eye	March 8, 2015
The Good Wife	Frank Prady	6x15 - Open Source	March 15, 2015
The Good Wife	Frank Prady	6x16 - Red Meat	March 22, 2015

Specials and Made-for-TV Movies

Title	Role	Airdate	Series/Banner
The Outer Limits Phenomenon	Himself	May 1, 1996
Kennedy Center's 25th Anniversary	Himself	August 18, 1996
3rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards	Himself	1997	Screen Actors Guild Awards
The Best of Chris Farley	Himself	1998	Saturday Night Live
The 51st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards	Host	September 12, 1999	Primetime Emmy Awards
Just for Laughs: Montréal Comedy Festival	Himself	1999
The "Frasier" Story	Himself	January 1, 1999
My Favourite "Frasier"	Himself	January 1, 1999
The 53rd Annual Tony Awards	Himself	June 6, 1999	Tony Awards
Jackie's Back!	Perry (The Deaf Rehearsal Pianist)	June 14, 1999
7th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards	Himself	March 11, 2001	Screen Actors Guild Awards
On the Edge	Barney in segment "Happy Birthday"	June 29, 2001
NBC's Funniest Outtakes	Himself	May 14, 2002
The 54th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards	Himself	September 22, 2002	Primetime Emmy Awards
On Stage at the Kennedy Center: The Mark Twain Prize	Himself	November 13, 2002
50 Greatest TV Animals	Himself	May 16, 2003
The Forgetting: A Portrait of Alzheimer's	Narrator	January 21, 2004
The 56th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards	Himself	September 19, 2004	Primetime Emmy Awards
50th Annual Drama Desk Awards	Himself	May 19, 2005	Drama Desk Awards
The 59th Annual Tony Awards	Presenter	June 5, 2005	Tony Awards
The Ultimate Sitcom	Himself	January 2, 2006
The 60th Annual Tony Awards	Presenter	June 11, 2006	Tony Awards

Talk Show Appearances

Series	Episode	Airdate
Maury		October 3, 1994
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno		November 28, 1994
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno		February 8, 1995
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno		September 14, 1995
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno		February 19, 1996
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno		September 16, 1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show		May 20, 1997
Late Night with Conan O'Brien		November 1, 1997
The Rosie O'Donnell Show		November 4, 1997
The Rosie O'Donnell Show		February 15, 1999
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno		January 27, 2000
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno		July 23, 2002
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn		July 31, 2002
Late Night with Conan O'Brien		May 9, 2003
Late Show with David Letterman		February 9, 2005
The View		May 2, 2005
The Tony Danza Show		May 9, 2005
The Tony Danza Show		November 29, 2005
The Megan Mullally Show	Show 42	November 14, 2006
Late Night with Conan O'Brien		March 12, 2007
The View		April 10, 2007
Late Show with David Letterman		April 24, 2007

Awards and Accolades

Primetime Emmy Awards

(4 Wins in 11 Nominations)

• Won: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series (1995, 1998, 1999, 2004)

Frasier

Screen Actors Guild Awards

(1 Win in 8 Nominations)

• Won: Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series (1996)

Frasier

Tony Awards

• Won: Best Leading Actor in a Musical (2007)

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