By Cordillia Marvine
FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS
David Hyde Pierce (born David Pierce; April 3, 1959) is an American actor. Known for his portrayal of psychiatrist Niles Crane on the NBC sitcom Frasier from 1993 to 2004, he received four Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series as well as two Screen Actors Guild Awards. Pierce has also received five Golden Globe Awards nominations for Best Supporting Actor for the role. He won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his role of Lt. Frank Cioffi in the Broadway musical Curtains (2007).
Pierce acted in such films as Crossing Delancey (1988), The Fisher King (1991), Sleepless in Seattle (1993), Wolf (1994), Nixon (1995), Down with Love (2003), and The Perfect Host (2010). He voiced roles in Disney Pixar‘s A Bug’s Life (1998), Osmosis Jones (2001), and Treasure Planet (2002). He portrayed Henry Newman in the comedy film Wet Hot American Summer and reprised his role in two series from Netflix in 2014 and in 2017. From 1992 to 1993, Pierce starred in the NBC sitcom The Powers That Be. He has since acted in the CBS legal drama The Good Wife (2014–2015), the ABC docu-drama When We Rise (2017), and the HBO Max series Julia (2022–23).
Besides his performance in Curtains, Pierce also had Broadway roles as Sir Robin in Monty Python‘s Spamalot (2005), Vanya in the comedic play Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (2013) and Horace Vandergelder in the revival of Hello, Dolly! (2017). For the latter two, Pierce was nominated for a Tony Award. He made his Broadway directorial debut with the musical It Shoulda Been You (2015).
Pierce has spent years working with the Alzheimer’s Association on behalf of Americans with Alzheimer’s disease. He has appeared in Washington, D.C., to testify in support of expanding funding for treatment, and he publicly campaigned for the National Alzheimer’s Project Act. Pierce told MSNBC in 2011, “it is up to us, to all of us, to the American people and to their representatives about whether we face the challenges and make all the effort necessary or if we ignore it and just let this sort of tidal wave crash over us.”
TODAY’S ALMANAC
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Home Hint of the Day
Word of the Day
Puzzle of the Day
Born
- Washington Irving (author) –
- John Burroughs (naturalist) –
- Leslie Howard (actor) –
- Doris Day (actress & singer) –
- Marlon Brando (actor) –
- Wayne Newton (singer) –
- Alec Baldwin (actor) –
- David Hyde Pierce (actor) –
- Eddie Murphy (actor) –
- Amanda Bynes (actress) –
Died
- Jesse James (outlaw) –
- Johannes Brahms (composer) –
- Sarah Vaughn (jazz singer) –
- Graham Greene (writer) –
Events
- James Carrington patented a coffee mill –
- The Pony Express began postal service –
- The outlaw Jesse James was shot and killed by Robert Ford, a member of James’ gang –
- During the gold rush, a deadly avalanche occurred along Chilkoot Pass in Alaska –
- Writer F. Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda Sayre were married –
- Bruno Hauptmann was executed for the kidnap-murder of the Lindbergh baby –
- The first national issue of TV Guide was published –
- First mobile phone call made –
- Woody Allen’s film Annie Hall won four Academy Awards, including that for Best Picture –
- A French train broke the world speed record for conventional rail trains, reaching 357.2 mph –
- The Tsawwassen First Nation Final Agreement with Canada and British Columbia went into effect –
Weather
- A little more than 10 inches of snow fell in New York City –
- On this day and into April 4, 148 tornadoes touched down in a total of 13 U.S. states. –
- Boston, Massachusetts, was soaked with 2.91 inches of rain. Steuben County in New York State got half a foot of snow. –
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