David Pierce
Milestones
- Birthplace: Saratoga Springs, New York, USA
- Birthday: April 3, 1959
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2006
Played a Boston detective in the Kander and Ebb musical, "Curtains" at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles; show moved to Broadway in 2007
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2005
Co-starred in "Spamalot," Eric Idle's Broadway musical version of 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail'
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2004
Voice of Abe Sapien in the horror film "Hellboy"
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2003
Cast in the feature "Down With Love"
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2003
Received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series for his role in "Frasier"
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2002
Cast in Soderbergh's "Full Frontal"
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2002
Voiced the character Dr. Doppler in the Disney animated feature "Treasure Planet"
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2001
Played an astrophysicist in "Wet Hot American Summer"
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2001
Starred opposite Uta Hagen in the L.A. stage production "Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks"
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2001
Voiced a rookie cold tablet in "Osmosis Jones"
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2000
Cast as fictionalized version of book editor Michael Korda, called Michael Hastings in "Isn't She Great", the biopic of Jacqueline Susann
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1995
Portrayed John Dean in Oliver Stone's biopic "Nixon"
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1993 to 2004
Cast as Dr Niles Crane, brother of the title character, on the NBC sitcom "Frasier"; role created especially for him due to his physical resemblance to actor Kelsey Grammer
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1993
Had featured role in "Sleepless in Seattle"
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1988
First film appearance, bit role in "Bright Lights, Big City"
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1986
Played Laertes in a New York Shakespeare Festival production of "Hamlet", starring Kevin Kline
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1983 to 1985
Moved to Minneapolis, MN; appeared in various productions at the Guthrie Theater
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1982
Broadway acting debut, "Beyond Therapy"
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1981
Began selling ties at Bloomingdale's while studying acting
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1981
Moved to NYC after graduating from Yale
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Appeared on Broadway in "The Heidi Chronicles" for six months opposite Christine Lahti
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Became a regular on "The Powers That Be", an NBC political sitcom from Norman Lear
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Toured the Soviet Union and Japan with "The Cherry Orchard"
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Worked in off-Broadway and regional theater