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David Hyde Pierce

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David Hyde Pierce: Biography

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Birth Place: Saratoga Springs, NY
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 04/03/1959, Aries
Profession: Actor

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David Hyde Pierce Fast Facts:

Set out to be a concert pianist and initially studied music at Yale before switching to acting.
Worked as a security guard and sold ties at Bloomingdale's while trying to make it in New York.
Was stage legend Uta Hagen's last leading man. They costarred in a 2001 Los Angeles production of the two-character comedy Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks; Hagen insisted on waiting for Pierce to finish his season of Frasier so that they could appear together on Broadway, but while waiting she had a stroke and later died.
In 2005, made his Broadway musical debut in Monty Python's Spamalot.
Is a national board member of the Alzheimer's Association; lost both his father and grandfather to the disease.

David Hyde Pierce Relationships:
Brian Hargrove - Husband
Barbara - Sister
George Hyde Pierce - Father
Laura Pierce - Mother
Nancy - Sister
Thomas Pierce - Brother
David Hyde Pierce Awards:
2007 Tony: Actor (Musical) - Winner
2010 Tony: Isabelle Stevenson Award - Winner
2003 Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series - Nominee
2002 Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series - Nominee
1995 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television - Nominee
1996 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television - Nominee
1997 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television - Nominee
1998 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television - Nominee
2001 Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series - Nominee
2001 Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series - Nominee
2001 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television - Nominee
2000 Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series - Nominee
2000 Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series - Nominee
1999 Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series - Winner
1999 Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series - Nominee
1998 Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series - Nominee
1998 Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series - Nominee
1997 Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series - Nominee
1997 Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series - Nominee
1996 Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series - Nominee
1996 Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series - Nominee
1995 Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture - Nominee
1995 Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series - Nominee
1995 Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series - Winner
1994 Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series - Nominee
1994 Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series - Nominee
1994 Emmy: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series - Nominee
1995 Emmy: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series - Winner
1996 Emmy: Outstanding Supporting Actor for a Comedy Series - Nominee
1997 Emmy: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series - Nominee
1998 Emmy: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series - Winner
1999 Emmy: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series - Winner
2000 Emmy: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series - Nominee
2001 Emmy: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series - Nominee
2002 Emmy: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series - Nominee
2003 Emmy: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series - Nominee
2004 Emmy: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series - Winner
College:
Yale University, New Haven, CT (BA in English and Theater Arts, 1981)