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David Hyde Pierce
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April 3, 1959 in Saratoga Springs, NY
Biography:Although he is best known for his role as anal-retentive psychiatrist extraordinaire Niles Crane on the celebrated sitcom Frasier, "David Hyde Pierce" has also done considerable work on the stage and screen. Fair, birdlike, and bearing an uncanny resemblance to Frasier co-star "Kelsey Grammer", Pierce is one of the entertainment business' finest purveyors of a certain kind of blue-blooded neuroticism, and, in the eyes of some viewers, has even gone so far as to make insecurity perversely sexy.

Born in Saratoga Springs, New York, on April 3, 1959, Pierce was raised in what he has described as a "very run-of-the-mill, middle-class" household. When he was eight, he began taking piano lessons, and he decided to pursue a career as a concert pianist. He continued to train until he got to Yale University, where he realized that he was better suited to the acting profession. Following graduation, Pierce... Full Biography

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Eric Idle, nominee Best Book and Best Original Score for "Monty Python's Spamalot", and...
Eric Idle, nominee Best Book and Best Original Score for "Monty Python's Spamalot", and...
David Hyde Pierce
Eric Idle, nominee Best Book and Best Original Score for "Monty Python's Spamalot", and...
Eric Idle, nominee Best Book and Best Original Score for "Monty Python's Spamalot", and...
David Hyde Pierce, winner of Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for "Frasier"
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