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David Hyde Pierce
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- #001
David Hyde Pierce holds the record for the most Emmy nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for his role as Dr. Niles Crane on Frasier (1993). He was nominated 11 times.
- #002
David Hyde Pierce got his first interview with the creators of Frasier (1993) because of his closeness to Kelsey Grammer. After the interview, the role of Niles Crane was written for him.
- #003
David Hyde Pierce is actively involved in the fight to find a cure for Alzheimer's disease, which his grandfather suffered from and died of. His father also developed the disease but died of pneumonia.
- #004
David Hyde Pierce attended Yale with Jodie Foster. While she was preparing to direct Little Man Tate (1991), she remembered him from a play he was appearing in at the time and called him to offer him a role.
- #005
David Hyde Pierce plays both the piano and the organ.
- #006
David Hyde Pierce graduated from Yale University with a double major in English and theater arts.
- #007
David Hyde Pierce once worked as a security guard.
- #008
David Hyde Pierce named his five favorite films as The Godfather (1972), Bonnie and Clyde (1967), Horror of Dracula (1958), The Unfinished Piece for Mechanical Piano (1977) and A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1982).
- #009
After graduating from Saratoga Springs High School in 1977, David Hyde Pierce received the Yaddo Medal as the best dramatic arts student.
- #010
David Hyde Pierce once sold ties at Bloomingdale's in New York.
- #011
David Hyde Pierce has been a friend of Brian Hargrove since the early 1980s. In his 2007 Tony Award acceptance speech, David shared that he and Brian had been together for 24 years. They moved to Los Angeles together in the early '90s and still live there.
- #012
David Hyde Pierce lives in Los Angeles with his longtime partner, TV writer/director/producer Brian Hargrove.
- #013
David Hyde Pierce was awarded the 2007 Antoinette Perry (Tony) Award for Best Actor in a Musical for the Broadway musical Curtains in New York City.
- #014
David Hyde Pierce and his husband have been outspoken in the media about the legalization of same-sex marriage in America.
- #015
In 1984, David Hyde Pierce was nominated for the Joseph Jefferson Award as Revue Director for Candida at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.
- #016
David Hyde Pierce attended Bethesda Episcopal Church in Saratoga Springs.
- #017
David Hyde Pierce was awarded the 2006 Back Stage Garland Award for Musical Performance for Curtains at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
- #018
In 1984, David Hyde Pierce was nominated for a Joseph Jefferson Award for his leading role in the play "Candida" at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.
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